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
get ginsburg, sotomayor, breier to come on your side. don t appeal to the supreme court. you ll lose there. let it play out on the merits because i think they can win there. or as alan dershowitz suggested make the executive order more limited to appease the ninth circuit and let this go away. isn t that donald trump, president trump, having to admit this thing was rushed, wasn t well thought out and we made a mistake and partly. it should have never applied to legal permanent residents. they have a full panoply of constitutional rights. they should say we rushed this, we re amending it. appease the ninth circuit and the national security of the united states. one of the most fascinating parts of this are the countries they chose to single out and continue the place at the feet the obama administration. they rely on what happened on 9/11 but they fail to honor the fact 15 of the 19 attackers were from saudi arabia, not included in the executive order. two were from the united a