Talked to his Attorney General yet. Thats right. Reporter i had a chance to catch up with kellyannec conway. I asked her whether or not the president views this decision as some sort of set back or defeat. She didnt exactly answer that question, but heres what she had to say. This is a defeat . Do you see this as a setback . He sees it as the statute provides a president with great latitude and authority to protect the citizens and protect the Nations National security. This was not argued on the merits. Now that well have an opportunity to argue on the merits, we look forward to doing that. I think his tweet was perfect when he said, well see you in court. There you go. Some confidence being expressed by Kellyanne Conway at the white
house. Not a lot new in terms of arguments being laid out by the white house in response to this, just the very tough talk that were going to see you in court. That is not exactly going to win the day at the Supreme Court. I asked Kellyanne Conway, is thi
went to the supreme court, if he got another ruling that is there an advantage for him to get a positive ruling at a lower court level before going to the supreme court? if he goes to the supreme court from this ruling from a ruling against him, does that in any way sort of prejudice the supreme court against the case? well, obviously, if it s a 4-4 decision it would not be sufficient to overturn it would go back on appeal. exactly. there s that disadvantage here. there is the point i made earlier, i think this is a poorly respectp earlier, i think this is a poorly respectoor ly reasoned opinion so it s a good candidate for appealing but on an eight-member court there s a problem. i would say the court barely scratched the surface on the facts at the district level and the ninth circuit level. there are many terrorists who have come in from somalia, the bowling green terrorists, those plotters were from iraq, so the
it s frank lutz, a conservative labeling guru. this week his firm held a focus group to gauge reaction to of aurl things the name of the washington, d.c., nfl franchise. and one of the questions for participants of the focus group is whether the name redskins is offensive. well, no need for a focus group when it comes to the nfl s top dog. we know how he feels about the team name because he defended it in a letter. called the name a unifying force that stands for strength, courage k, pride and respect p. that s a misunderstanding that runs so deep i do feel compelled to respond with a letter of my own. dear roger goodell, it s me, ari, look, commish, it is tough to come out against the washington redskins, the world s fourth most valuable sports team, worth more than $1.5 billion. but your response to ten members of congress urging a name change that we saw this week was pretty