Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im Jose Diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News in former president Donald Trumps legal troubles. Just in last hour, the new York Court of appeals rejected trumps efforts to overturn the Gag Order in his hushmoney criminal case. Joining us now, msnbc legal correspondent lisa ruben. Good morning. What more do we know about the Courts Decision . Reporter you know, sometimes when a court acts we see an entire opinion. Other times when they reject an application we can see as little ads one word, the word rejected or denied. This is more in that latter category. All we know that the court has said is that former President Trumps application for them to hear an appeal on the Gag Order before his sentencing was rejected because in the courts view there was no substantial constitutional question directly involved. And i want to pause there on the word directly. That may be the Court Signaling that they understand that, for example, the entire case does present a v
whether the president will have conflicts, or will be strictly and it to do what is best for the american people. i think this is important, but not necessarily on the criminal investigation front. more on the need for legislation front. and to your, point releasing the tax returns was a custom, not a legal requirement. charles, last question to you. what do you make of an appeals court signaling and possible and to trump s special master review? jonathan, i think that it is consistent with what most people would expect if they are looking at this objectively. and under the law. i think when you look at the original decision that was made by the district judge in this case, it left a lot of people scratching their heads. because this judge really comported legal reason and logic to try to come out with a decision that was a favorable to donald trump and his attorneys. when you are talking about examining this more critically and more effectively, it simply
the court already left in place mandates at educational institutions. taken together the headline here is it is hard to overturn covid vaccine requirements. and courts have upheld them for a century of all kinds of vaccines. now there can be limits when it comes, for example, to religious exceptions and how courts want to require that. meanwhile, the biden administration is set to publish details and a mandate rule in writing this week. that plan allows a major exception, allowing basically everyone who is affected by it to choose testing instead of vaccination if they want. still republicans in 11 states suing biden over it. and the president has told republicans have at it because he says he ll win these challenges. these brand-new court signaling that i m telling you about, they re definitely on his side. the supreme court has yet to hear a full case on this. but everything that we re learning including that new ruling from maine suggests they re okay with it. now, the ruling that i