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Administrations side but him getting john roberts, its poking the bear a little bit. if trump believes that the courts have been politicized, kind of going after them again is kind of tempting faith and you may risk the ninth circuit or other circuits of judiciary ruling against the trump administration on even less controversial items or executive actions. kristin: well, president trump did seem to try to tone down the rhetoric just a little bit by saying he does really like the chief justice s...

Other people before her at secretary of state doing the same thing. you can dismiss it if you want, but legally speaking did they or did they not duty same thing? >> we have to look at the e-mails and compare that to what they found in hillary clintons e-mails, but unless there are classified documents there -- >> its just huh spoypocrisy bu legal -- >> theres a very serious element of hypocrisy. >> not a legal crime but only a political one. the president was teeing off on the ninth circuit, an...

Court, and if those numbers look high, its because once a case is kicked to the supreme court theres a chance it will be overturned. >> they are close calls and they may have to be reversed, otherwise why is the supreme court going to get involved in it. the only way to look at a circuit to see if something is out of whack, how many total cases get reversed not how many that the supreme court plucked out of their docket to look at. fewer than 1% of the cases they handle get reversed. when they g...

Worthy of consideration than other circuits in this country. >> margaret, we talked during the course of the brett kavanaugh hearings, as i look at the way justice roberts has responded to the presidents attack here, it makes me wonder the degree to which that was a cause or a consequence. chief justice john roberts has spoken out about the poe litization of the judiciary. its something hes talked in speeches at law schools across the country. help us decide his frame of mind? >> its taken him a...

Amicab amicably. often the supreme court decides them 5-4, so theres no disgrace in having a court be reversed. in fact, the 9th circuit isnt even at the top of the list when it comes to courts that the supreme court will reverse frequently. the reality is these are difficult issues and our system rests on this preassumption that an independent judiciary will make decisions based on the law and the facts and not on politics. for a president to undercut that is dangerous. its unprecedented, and i...

Lens of that judges judicial philosophy, reviewed the precedent, reviewed the law and decided that what he had done did not follow it. >> just a few points on the 9th circuit. there are two circuits that have higher rates of reversals than the 9th. it doesnt have the highest rate. it is slightly higher than average but it is not the most. jim, when you look back at this week, if i told you two years ago that president trump would spend a week attacking admiral mcraven, the guy who was in charg...

In an official statement he said, quote, we do not have obama judges or trump judges, bush judges or clinton judges, what we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them. that independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for. again, it is remarkable that a chief justice had to feel like he needs to issue such a response. he knew it would get under the presidents skin, and it did. after golfing the presi...

It to you as a female. >> come on, lily. lily tomlin, what are you going to do? >> im going to do a lady tonight whos an employee of one of americas most beloved institutions. >> fenicia, this is ernestine, i want you to check out a circuit check on all the circuits at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. because, honey, its almost impossible to get through to that man. >> in the 60s, "laugh-in" was one of the hottest programs on tv. and all of these famous characters we associate with lily tomlin became f...

Decisions from the ninth circuit, which has become a big thorn in our side. its a terrible thing when judges take over your protective services, when they tell you how to protect your border. its a shame. its a shame. its a disgrace frankly. essentially theyre legislating. >> joseph moreno is back with me. lets fact check. trump says the ninth circuit overturned more than any circuit in the country. is that true? >> so, brooke, thats a misconception that has been thrown around and the president ...

Theres not conservative or so. other circuits have gotten more liberal or conservative over the years, thats true. when presidents take office, what do they tell their supporters, i will appoint certain kinds of judges. i think its okay for the chief justice to look out for the integrity of the judiciary, but lets be honest, these judges do have ideologies. >> when you are a president and you nominate a judge, you are nominating somebody who you think that their ideology or where they are coming...