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The losing side here may go to the united states supreme court to overturn whatever is done today. so, this will be a major moment, but it will not be the last moment in the tortured legal history already of this executive order. and very quickly, jeffrey, the fact that the three-judge panel, one of them, judge canby, was appointed by president jimmy carter. one judge freed land was appointed by president obama. and judge clifton was appointed by president george w. bush. can we read into anything, two appointed by a democratic president and one appointed by a republican president, if it s a 2 to 1 vote, we know what happens. 2 to 1, right. you know, the fact is it is often significant to know which president appointed the judge. the fact is democratically appointed judges tend to vote in a more liberal direction. republican appointed judges tend ....
Point in the next few months. and very quickly, jeffrey, the fact that it was a unanimous decision by these three federal judges, canby, friedland, clifton, how significant is that in considering where to go next? if it were 2-1 would that have made a difference? as a technical matter there is no difference from a 2-1 to this decision. as a matter of the public perception of the two rulings there is a difference between 2-1 and 3-0 especially when the judges come from different politic political back rounds. this decision will have a lot more credibility because it is unanimous and i think it complicates the trump administration s attempt if they choose to make it to disparage ....
Clifton, is hawaiian. and even more unusually, he s a republican from hawaii. there are not a lot of republicans from hawaii. he was appointed by president george w. bush in 2002. he just took senior status, which means he, like judge canby is on a lesser schedule. it is an unpredictable group. none of the three have records that would lead you to predict definitely how they would come out one way or another. but we ll certainly know more, if not everything, after listening to them ask questions for an hour. it will be fascinating to hear the questions from the judges and the responses from the two sides. gloria, have you ever seen a case like this go before a federal panel with so much at stake, so early in a new presidential administration? two weeks in, i can t recall. of course not. and i was talking to some republicans today who were ....
Campaign, lind i graham who he accused the other day of wanting to start world war 3, or john lewis. that is his m.o. to challenge anybody who challenges him. to jackie s point, what we re seeing here is really significant because it is the opening of another the opening of another front where you have the president, much like president obama, not only having to fight the other party in congress, but facing resistance from the states that are controlled by the other party who are essentially opening a second front against him, in this case through the courts. quickly, jeffrey, if unanimously these three judges rule against the president, judge canby, why freed land, judge clifton, do you think he s going to tweet about the three of them in i would say that s about as certain as the sun will rise tomorrow morning. that we will get a tweet reaction one way or another. everybody stand by. there is a lot more news coming into the situation room. this note to our viewers, later to ....