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alleged nazi sympathizer who became an alleged marga murder for january six. plus, one of trump s fake electors caught on tape as she escorts data breaches into a county office in georgia. and how invalidating 2020 became a litmus test in wisconsin. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. it has been about 32 hours since a trump appointed federal district judge issued this astonishing ruling, essentially siding with donald trump s lawyers, giving the ex president knew the everything he wanted and more in the case of his clearly on lawful and possibly criminal retention of classified documents that are not his. now, we will get to the details of the ruling itself, but first, it is notable that this decision has come under unbelievable, overwhelming and near universal criticism. law professor of duke university telling new york times, quote, this ruling is laughably bat and the justification is even flimsier. paul rosen by a former george w. bush
and how invalidating 2020 became a rhino litmus test in wisconsin. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. it has been about 32 hours since a trump appointed federal district judge issued this astonishing ruling, essentially siding with donald trump s lawyers, giving the ex president nearly everything he wanted and more in the case of his clearly on lawful and possibly criminal retention of classified documents that are not his. now, we will get to the details of the ruling itself, but first, it is notable that this decision has come under unbelievable, overwhelming and near universal criticism. law professor of duke university telling new york times, quote, this ruling is laughably bat and the justification is even flimsier. paul rosen by a former george w. bush official cause the ruling, quote, a generally unprecedented decision by a judge. andrew weissmann, formerly prosecutor and law investigation, who i speak to at this table in a moment, w
on gerrymandering congressional and state legislator maps, hasn t changed. but the political makeup of the court has, flipping from a democratic two republican majority in november. the impact of this judicial redo could stretch far past the tar heel state, where the 14 congressional districts are evenly split between the parties, even shaping who controls the u.s. united states house of representatives in 2024 and beyond. it s extremely unusual. i think it s possible though that it may become the new norm. if we ve got a purple state like north carolina, where partisanship of a court can flip on a, dime flipped on one election. so, how do we get here? in february 2022, when democrats held up for three majority on the bench, the court declared the gop -controlled legislature s original maps for an extreme partisan gerrymander, that violated the state constitution s guarantee of free elections and must be withdrawn. republican lawmakers argued the court did not have standing to mand
chose the state legislative maps going forward. the state legislator maps are in by republicans to gerrymander themselves into the position for republicans in this next one. my understanding is, if you take the 2020 election, right, so burundi numbers with the 2020 election, biden won the state, what would that look like in the state houses? i put them right on the brink of having to third super majority in both chambers of the state legislator, and that means that the small number a state legislator contests will be absolutely critical to ensure that we have any symbols of democracy in the state alongside defeating the extremists of the governor race and i just want to hammer this one for people, this is a state that is quintessentially tight, 50/50 state. purple, purple purple, purple this is the if you had this exact same result as 2020, when joe biden won the state, republicans and both houses with the new maps would have near supermajority simple to houses. i can