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It out like mcgann. why shouldnt she? it is working. there are six people who refused to testify in front of the house and the house hasnt done anything about it. probably the way this will play out is eventually somebody will push on mcgahn and however that is resolved in the courts will sort of trickle down to all of the other witnesses. but you have to start. the house is giving up its authority. the white house the white house is stiff arming them and getting away with it. and until the hous...

What is the difference between an appellate court judges job and a supreme court justices job? >> there are many. >> specifically with regard to questions where theres been a precedent. >> so at the d.c. circuit level, court of appeals level, we follow vertical stare decisis. were not allowed to deviate from a supreme court press department. lets put it this way. on the d.c. circuit, we were considering a prior precedent of our own. we can do that at times if the conditions for overrule ago prec...

Counsel. someone who is a lawyers lawyer who will stand by the presidency and defend the presidency and work on behalf of the presidency which at times will come into conflict with president trumps demands for loyalty. part of whats going on here, the president views the presidency, the executive branch, as so much about himself. its about defending him, its about promoting him, its about protecting him, and thats not what our system was built for, and thats not what the white house counsels off...

Federal level, at the circuit level, has been one of those successes and don mcgahn has been behind a lot of that. >> absolutely, which is why you got that tweet from chuck grassley and why mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, put out the most effusive statement in a very long time. >> he said hes the best white house counsel hes ever known. >> hes ever known. and the reason is theyve been able to push through just a huge number of conservative judges. and in part thats because of rule c...

Demands for loyalty. part of whats going on here, the president views the presidency, the executive branch, as so much about himself. its about defending him, its about promoting him, its about protecting him, and thats not what our system was built for, and thats not what the white house counsels office is for. thats what rudy giuliani can do and is doing, but hes a separate outside attorney for the president, and frankly, there is fear in the orbit that the president hasnt even taken that role...