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And move on. but i dont know if thats the right way to view this. how do you see it going forward? >> well, i think the right question, joshua, is what happens if donald trump is reelected in 2024. i think this incident and these incidents described potentially in the book demonstrate how strong the institutions are in the united states. the military doesnt put up with that. we can prevent those types of people from rising through the ranks of the military because theres an advise and consent an...

Were at this point in terms of putting nominations forward and getting people approved. there are still these critical roles left open. theres a number of factors. one, weak candidates, candidates who cant get approved by the senate and, two, the senate itself. were seeing a 50/50 split which makes it much more difficult to get people through the senate. experts say this kind of dha could pose health and national security risks. youre seeing an increased pressure on the biden administration and ...

Case for insurrection. yet, no one in particular has been charged with that. am i correct? >> no. no one has been charged with insurrection or sedition. you have roughly 100 people who have been charged with either assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers, which means you have four out of five defendants who are charged with really nonviolent crimes. a lot of people have been charged with something called obstruction of an official proceeding. this is the justice departments w...

Ginsberg departed. hes got his full complement of four clerks hired for next term. hes given a major speech and is preparing to unveil a major book about keeping politics out of the judiciary in september. and hes promoting that book at least right now as a sitting justice. so i dont see it. but the pressure could get stronger. >> its incredibly timely, but considering that it relies, this whole confirmation process relies on politics seems -- >> can i add one thing quickly? you know, the senate...

Mitch mcconnell denied president obamas nomination of merrick garland. that is one justice. and then of course barrett following a very late confirmation process in donald trumps term which many republicans said they would not have done so close to the election. that gets you from 6-3 to 4-5 potentially the other direction. jeffrey toobin, there you have it. this is a conservative court. >> you know, as it is often said, elections have consequences. and donald trump got elected president when he...

Has available to work on things that they know they cant get done in congress. that includes voting rights. that includes any other civil rights and anything that cant go through reconciliation. and so thats whats happening now. this is kind of the justice department going on the offensive saying that, hey, we, you know, acknowledging that something, they feel like something bad happened here in georgia, that this law was targeted to make sure that black people couldnt vote. that is what this ju...

Every single lever to work on things that they can get done in congress. that includes voting rights, that includes any civil rights, anything that can go through reconciliation. this is what is happening now, this is the justice department going on the offensive saying, hey, we have been acknowledging that something -- that something bad happened here in georgia that they thought this was targeted to make sure black people can vote. this is what this justice departments going to look at. theres...

Aide, is harkening back to the confirmation process of amy coney barrett when obamacare was a huge issue and democrats were saying that obamacare was going to be dismantled because of amy coney barrett being on the supreme court. well, this aide says that everyone who demagogued on the issue last october owes amy coney barrett an apology. so we could perhaps see the framing of their response to this through the lens of the supreme court, hallie. >> let me get this straight. its more on the polit...

Politics and public policy incremental reform is better than major transformational changes. >> dana: shannon bream lets add her. you cover the court. this is a 7-2 decision. give us your read on that. it is a new court so i am curious what you think how it went down at 7-2. >> remember there was so much talk during barretts confirmation process she would be the vote to get rid of obamacare. we heard that over and over and over again from democratic senators during they are confirmation hearing....

>> president biden has given john kerry cabinet level authority, green light to go to china and negotiator climate change deal that will have tremendous impact on the economy. john kerry was never confirmed by the u.s. senate so he hasnt gone through a normal confirmation process. we dont know what this new role is. what exactly what a 40 exactly john kerry has so given john kerrys passed as secretary of state it has been proven he gave iran our military secrets and betrayed the trust of our gre...