january 6th select committee hearings, judge luttig called out donald trump and his cronies as a clear and present danger to american democracy. you will recall that when the disgraced twice impeached four times indicted ex-president was pressuring mike pence to help him overturn the 2020 election results, pence in his moment of legal need called judge luttig for advice and in no uncertain terms he told mike pence that legally and constitutionally he could not help trump do what he wanted to do. now judge luttig is sounding the alarm again, about another constitutional question. does trump s role in the insurrection, not just make him a really, really bad choice to be the commander in chief, but does it actually bar him from ever holding office again? judge luttig argues that under the 14th amendment trump is actually prohibited from ever being the president again. judge luttig s legal theory is being adjudicated in multiple courts in multiple states right now. judge luttig h
particularly right now with democracy under attack. and we re giving thanks for some of our most favorite conversations. each of these individuals in their own way is on the front lines of protecting democracy. one of those fortunate voices is legendary conservative legal scholar judge michael ludig. he s a conservative s conservative. he was short listed to be named to the u.s. supreme court. as one of the star witnesses during the january 6th select committee hearings, judge luting called out donald trump as a clear danger to the democracy. you ll recall when the twice impeached four times indicted ex-president pressured pence to overturn the election results pence called luttig for advice and he told him legally and constitutionally he could not help trump do what he wanted to do. now the judge is sounding the alarm again about another constitutional question. does trump s role in the insurrection not just make him a really, really bad clois to be the commander in chief, b
we also need to be focused on the day after, and so in conversations that we ll be having through the course of this weekend, i expect you ll see a focus there and particularly how we can get over time to two states for two peoples, which in our judgment remains the best guarantor and maybe the only guarantor of a secure jewish and democratic israel and palestinians with the state that they re entitled to. so these will be the things that we re focused on. these are challenging times. these are intensely difficult issues, but i am convinced that american diplomacy can make a difference in moving everyone to a better place. that s what we ll be working to do. thank you, mr. secretary. do you assess that israel has shown restraint up to this point, and what are the concrete steps you ll be pushing them on? and are you confident you ll actually be able to get them to make any movement on this given the maximalist positions we ve seen? as has been said and it s important, isr