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Presidents words which is legally controversial. you have a three-judge panel pressing both sides in legal arguments on legality of blocking the ban. cnns justice reporter laura jarrett live in washington with mo more. and as is often the case the the latest drama winds up fogging what we were focusing on. this matters. >> three clinton appointees on the court spent more than an hour grilling attorneys on both sides. the only thing everyone can agree on, well, the fact tropical storm never been ...

Just read the order, it is well grounded in the constitution, and it specifically addresses the statute that authorizes him to do it. but if it was done, if it was done for a religious purpose, nearly impossible for the justice department to justify that order. >> meanwhile, 15 states have supported the brief of the travel ban, how does this all play out? >> the deck is stacked against the president. he has a defense attorney basically in the court, making his case. the person making the case fo...

Right to know whether our president is under investigation for any criminal activity. letting us know, that will quell some of the anxieties. >> and catherine herridge reporting on both of those paid to the first female director of the fbi is not lost on the decision. >> of chuck schumer wanted to block out, interesting. >> fox news alert, the revised travel ban is back in federal court today for the second time in a week. that hearing in seattle is underway as we speak. before a three-judge pan...

Judges legislating from the bench. also you have seen obamas appointees in general saying positive things, clinton appointees of said good things about him. the problem the senate democrats is going to have is the left is so enraged, and there is this movement that they will put pressure on senate democrats to obstruct. i think most americans are going to look at gorsuch and say hes a pretty common sense guy, why are democrats opposed to him? theyre going to look like the extremists, gorsuch wil...

By taking him out of the justice department, he is -- you know, hes cut off from access to new information. but there is some question about how much he can and would disclose simply as a private citizen. >> got you. you brought up the politicizization of all of this. and the justice department itself. the gop has been complaining about that. is this just fueling the fire when it comes to questions about that? >> it certainly will fuel the fire. you know, just a day ago, sean hanity on fox news,...

So-called leak case. could this have to do with the election that happened last year and now were just suddenly learning about all this? >> its certainly reasonable for people in this atmosphere, this culture of intimidation of, of stone walling and obstruction and secrecy to come to that conclusion. but i think you have to know a little bit about the history of the judge in this case, royce lambert. he was a reagan appointee. he had a reputation among the left. they hate him. they consider him ...

Secret letters used by the fbi to demand detail ed from banks and internet companies, so-called national security letters for today the justice department argued that even challenging the governments authority to make this kind of demand was against the law. today the clinton appointed judge in the case ruled the national security letters violate the right to free speech. she banned them outright. second case comes from a three-judge panel in the circuit of the district of columbia, second only ...

Memo in which a lawyer writes the following: nowhere do i see that we can show that either the party or malik shabazz suggested, counseled or endorsed the bringing or brandishing of weapons. robert, that is not true because shabazz went on national television immediately after the election and defended the actions thus an enforcement right there. at the very least -- >> after the fact. >> isnt that pretty strong evidence that you were encouraging and endorsing before the fact? >> look, the justi...

Nixon appointees sitting in judgment of nixon, the same for clinton appointees. and hes appointed, nominated at the very time that trump is so much in the soup. but under the standard, first, he will not commit to recusing at the hearings. hell say hell think about it. and when push comes to shove, i think he likely will not. >> peter, some will look at what we just aired and find some of the democratic lawmakers vein-p vein-p vein-poppingly loud. and others will agree. how is this shaking out i...

Of federal powers as unconstitutional, and that attitude sometimes goes all the way up to the supreme court. >> correct me if im wrong. you mentioned party lines. along those lines, has this been ideological? if you look at the two judges so far that have found this constitutional and one that found it unconstitutional, what is the ideology here? >> you know, in the sad but true category, the partisanship that we see every day in congress and in the fight for the white house exists in the judici...