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Cant discriminate. the courts over and over again are going to send him that message. under our constitutional structure, it was deeply embedded in the constitution that this new position, president of the united states was not going to be a monarch. was going to be subject to the law. the courts get to control this. and he is going to be subject to a special counsel who is going to turn over every rock. and he is going to have to put up with it there is no way he can bluster his way out of this...

And even if the supreme court decided to take it, the arguments are pretty overwhelming. and the findings of the court below are pretty overwhelming. it is very hard to argue that is not a ban based on religious discrimination. the courts found that in tremendous detail. were talking about really carefully written opinions. lengthy increase into the facts. i believe the supreme court shouldnt touch it. i dont think they need to touch it. and the president himself needs to move on. we do not need...

Lengthy increase into the facts. i believe the supreme court shouldnt touch it. i dont think they need to touch it. and the president himself needs to move on. we do not need to enact laws based on religious discrimination in this country. and i dont think any court is going to allow it. >> if the court does take the case, whats the timetable? when would you expect? >> then it rolls over into later this year. theyre not going to do anything until late in the year. but in the meantime, there is n...

And he is going to have to put up with it there is no way he can bluster his way out of this one. >> the travel ban cases on the doorstep of the united states supreme court now, this will be the presidents first experience with the united states supreme court possibly ruling on his issues. where does it stand now u? there is a date in june where the court will decide whether or not to hear it? >> whether or not to hear it, yes. we submitted briefs this week arguing that the court should leave th...

Came about. you recall he said this to refute some of the things james comey said. if there are tapes, they would vindicate a lot of the things that president trump has said. >> why arent they answering the question? >> i wish they would too. well have to wait in short order. >> this is one of the weirdest bits of presidential bluster i have seen in a long time. presumably, there are no tapes. the secret service said they dont have any tapes. they dont know if somebody else might have taping. he...

Mueller has evidence that the president, himself, has done something wrong, either initially in connection with russia or, more importantly now, in connection with these obstruction allegations arising out of his discussions with jim comey. on the other side it appears the president is using the same kind of tactic he used in his business which is go with civil litigators, a lot of bluster, a lot of threats. i dont know that that works really well in a criminal investigation. certainly in my exp...

Youre not personally under investigation. now the personal circumstances of firing comey have the special counsel taking a look at it. >> right, exactly. this whole, all of the presidents bluster or most of the presidents bluster has been about how it involves him, and this investigation dismissing it as a democratic complaint over and over again. >> excuse. >> its excuse. >> i dont mean to interrupt but the presidents words in the rose garden were interesting in the sense hes been told by his l...

Youth. four. and during the campaign, what did he continually harangue hillary clinton about? the meeting her husband had with the attorney general. and kept saying that was pure evidence of corruption. that the mere existence of a one-on-one meeting between loretta lynch as attorney general and bill clinton meant that hillary clinton should not be allowed to run for office. donald trump is all bluster and bluffing and threats. and youve already seen that his new york lawyer is not very good. he...

Into his realm, people he met, how much money he had, how successful he was. and hes never -- i mean, we had decades now of trump frequently lying or exaggerating about a wide range of thing. >> now, i might say its just bluster. why does it matter, especially now that hes president? >> theres a difference in bluster and exaggeration than flat out lying. he said in the campaign, he opposed the iraq invasion. that wasnt true. he said during the campaign, he only borrowed a million dollars from hi...

Donald trump is all bluster and bluffing and threats. and youve already seen that his new york lawyer is not very good. he doesnt spell things correctly. he gets facts out of order. he has no sophistication to deal with this, which is not going to serve trump well. one other thing i think is important here. when you played rand paul, i dont think he listened carefully. my piece at d.c. report today is how comey actually made it quite clear that only technically was the president not the subject ...