in some ways. well, thank you. that s what i was aiming for. well done, my friend, thank you. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so anything much going on in the news? enjoying these sleepy summer days without much happening? aghh. all right. we have a bunch of stuff to coffer tonight. first, the former president of the united states is going to be sentenced for 34 felony convictions next week on thursday. the prosecutors who brought that case and who prosecuted in court that case against donald trump, they were due today to make their sentencing recommendation to the judge. in a new york state case like this, it s not the jury that convicted trump that will decide what his sentence is. it s the judge who oversaw the case. it s juan juan merchan who will sentence trump. the maximum sentence under law that trump could face is four years in prison. it s very possible, however, that he might not get any prison time at all. for he does get a sentence of con
tomorrow. so anything much going on in the news? enjoying these sleepy summer days with not much happening? agh. all right, we ve got a bunch of stuff to cover tonight. first, the former president of the united states is going to be sentenced for 34 felony convictions next week on thursday. the prosecutors who brought that case and who prosecuted in court that case against donald trump, they were due today to make their sentencing recommendation to the judge. in a new york state case like this, it s not the jury that convicted trump that will decide what his sentence is, it s the judge who oversaw the case. it s judge juan merchan who will sentence trump. the maximum sentence trump could face is four years in prison. it s very possible, however, that he might not get any prison time at all, or if he does get a sentence of confinement, it s possible it could be home confinement, we just don t know. on the one hand, what he s been convicted of, while it is 34 felonies, it s a
performance in confirmation hearings may earn support to clear the 60 vote threshold and put him on the bench. npr legal affairs correspondent joins me now. such a pleasure to have you and i want to get right into the questions here. as we talk about the democrats who are already publically against him, what are they taking from the hearings to try to sell on the senate floor? well, their argument is essentially you denied our nominee to the supreme court who president obama picked for almost a year, and you have replaced him with somebody who is too conservative for us to vote for. that s basically their argument. but they don t have the votes. they can t they can t defeat him. and i m frankly doubtful that they could defeat him with a filibuster because all the republicans have to do then is change the rules. so the debate that we ve seen and certainly lindsey graham
with one open seat and an aging bench, president trump has the opportunity to shape the court for generations to come. pamela brown, cnn, washington. joining us is npr legal affairs correspondent, nina totenberg, and jornl washington law professor turley. as far as nominating, as the process goes, i think people assume it s going to be easy for trump to get his choice confirmed. is that actually the case? well, remember, this is not a wide margin. even if he picks up the seat in louisiana, you d have 52 republican senators. you can throw in on a tie vice president pence. but that is not necessarily a lead pipe cinch of a margin that you need as president, if you re going to put someone on the court, who has said that they re opposed so thoroughly to roe v. wade, that could you could end up losing a few moderates on