the lawyer said for the government, your honor. josh gardner. and jody hunt, assistant attorney general for the civil division. the judge said mr. gardner, i know you are on vacation so i hated to interrupt that. that s the way they start. it s a sign that something is unusual here. josh gardner is the justice department career lawyer who has been handling the case for the justice department defending what the trump administration was trying to do with the census and he lost that case at the supreme court last week. the justice department conceded as of last night that it s over and the trump administration won t be adding the new question to the census. that it s done. the guy has been handling the case for the justice department lost the case and told the court they are conceding and it s done. now that it s done, that dude has gone on vacation. so why is he back in this hearing today phoning into this emergency hearing? apparently this is not done. if you want to know why he has to
justice department defending what the trump administration was trying to do with the census and he lost that case at the supreme court last week. the justice department conceded as of last night that it s over and the trump administration won t be adding the new question to the census. that it s done. the guy has been handling the case for the justice department lost the case and told the court they are conceding and it s done. now that it s done, that dude has gone on vacation. so why is he back in this hearing today phoning into this emergency hearing? apparently this is not done. if you want to know why he has to call in because it s not done is because of the other guy from the justice department who phoned in with him. the head of the civil division, jeff sessions s recent chief of staff and seen what happens to senior justice department officials in the trump administration when they don t give trump what he wants no matter what it is. so you have the trial attorney
trump beating the ghost of jeff sessions all over again, for sessions refusing to do what he wanted the justice department to do. and this is how it all came out. at this hearing today. just remarkable. so, the judge starts off and says good afternoon. and he asks the plaintiffs to introduce themselves. they do so. then he said for the government? the lawyer said for the government, your honor. josh gardner. and jody hunt, assistant attorney general for the civil division. the judge says, mr. gardner, i know you re on vacation, so i hated to interrupt that. that s the way they start. right away, it s a sign that something is unusual here, right? josh gardner is the justice department lawyer, career lawyer who has been handling this case for the justice department, defending what the trump administration was trying to do with the census. he just lost that case at the supreme court last week. i mean, the justice department has conceded, as of last night, that it s over, that the trump ad
been handling the case for the justice department defending what the trump administration was trying to do with the census and he lost that case at the supreme court last week. the justice department conceded as of last night that it s over and the trump administration won t be adding the new question to the census. that it s done. the guy has been handling the case for the justice department lost the case and told the court they are conceding and it s done. now that it s done, that dude has gone on vacation. so why is he back in this hearing today phoning into this emergency hearing? apparently this is not done. if you want to know why he has to call in because it s not done is because of the other guy from the justice department who phoned in with him. the head of the civil division, jeff sessions s recent chief of staff and seen what happens to senior justice department officials in the trump administration when they don t give trump what he wants no matter what it is.
inner tube. there are inner tube concessions at the border. i m not kidding you, that s a fact. tucker: unbelievable. i m laughing, but the details are great. thank you for bringing them. good to see you. tucker: president trump s travel ban on several countries, was upheld by the supreme court last week. this is a professor at university of detroit school, he says this is white supremacy. professor, thank you for coming on. thank you. tucker: how is it white supremacy, that ban? well, it s basically the continuation of trump s rhetoric but comes with the whole history of sort of white supremacist immigration law that we have had since the founding of this country. you had to be white in order to be naturalized from 1790 until 1952. that was the law for the vast majority of the history of this country. what trump is trying to do is go