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Probably other examples, you dont need to go into detail, but you have -- >> [ yelling ]. >> -- president bush a pointed you. are there other cases that -- there has been other cases presumably that youve ruled against the administration of the person that appointed you. >> absolutely, mr. chairman. there were a slew of cases on everything from freedom of information act to some of the administrative law cases. the homdon is the one that comes to mind most because of the importance of that case ...

About homdon, but there are probably other examples, you dont need to go into detail. but you have -- [yelling in back of room] >> president bush appointed you. are there other cases -- there has been other cases presumably youve ruled against the administration of the person that appointed you. >> absolutely, mr. chairman. there were a slew of cases everything on freedom of information act to some of the administrative law cases, the homdon one comes to mind most because of the importance of th...

Theres probably other things you dont need to go into detail, but you have president -- president bush appointed you. are there other cases that -- theres been other cases, presumably, youve ruled against the administration or the person that appointed you. >> absolutely, mr. chairman. there were a slew of cases on everything from freedom of information act to some of the administrative law cases. >> okay. >> the hamdan one comes to mind because of the importance of the case. i ruled it was unla...

His -- where he was coming from when it came to torture, but it put him at odds with the leaders of his party at the time. >> it may have put him at odds with the leaders of his party, but it didnt put him at odds with with the military culture he grew up with, that his father and grandfather were a part of. its very much a part of our culture, that you dont torture, you dont need to torture, you treat powes humanely. thats what he was coming from, core values that the military continues to espo...

Other groups spoke out so strongly against what he was doing in the aftermath of the death of john mccain, a period of national mourning. >> absolutely, andrea. and, you know, its very difficult to explain. i think the way to start perhaps is just to look at how president trump reacts to things like this. his animosity for mccain was extremely well-known and he did not back down from that even in death, which drew a lot of criticism from people who knew senator mccain and who know president trum...

Emp >> no, its like an org we used to say there w d else b the but organi r day- kind major answers, major problems i cant imagine trump is no >> that its not still goi him. >> yeah. >> theres two schools of thought about the president. one is that he is incapable of self-restraint, impetuous no se the than he looks, himse and t him s on muell of fits it w chess, som ive seen fly off with > >> absolutely. >> and he gets very angry and >> yes, absolutel turns white. its really a very rough scene....

Mccain-palin 2008 campaign and the author of jumping the aisle, oliver mcgee joins us today, thank you so much, sir, for coming on. you lost a friend over the weekend and the country lost a great man, somebody that really made this country proud. >> absolutely, rob, i in preparing for the segment i read wonderful tribute by his good friend lieberman. i came away with the sense that john mccain was maverick, independent like joe lieberman but they were law make nester the spirit demand my book ju...

Give it up. and have a great quote - from john mccain spoke released in may. that i would like to read as well. eric: absolutely.>> he said i hope those that mourn her passing and those that dont, will celebrate as i celebrate. a happy life lived in an imperfect service to a country made of ideals. his continued success is the hope of the world. eric: that from captain chuck nash. john mccain and icon and american hero, a symbol for us all. thank you for being here. >> a privilege to be here. ar...

Says, if you cant reach a decision, do x. thats why its torturous for jurors, you never told us what to do. >> unanimity means one way or another you need 12 to acquit for not guilty, 12 to convict for guilty. 11-1 is not good enough. >> so the jury is struggling with we cant come to agreement on one of the 18. >> the judge can say you can give us the other 17 and keep working on the 18th, or keep working on all of them. >> can the judge say to the prosecution, are you good with the fact that we...

>> somya, thats what they call nursery shade. >> shots were fired, ari. i think we just saw some shots. >> do you have a final before we go? >> absolutely, the queen of soul, aretha franklin passed this week, and weve got to fall back from these terrible, terrible tributes. first of all mr. trump talked about how she worked for him on numerous occasions. fox news did a tribute, but threw up a photo of patti labelle. she is very much alive, by the way. jim carey did a cartoon and it looked nothin...