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Cost in a bad situation. some have suggested _ cost in a bad situation. some have suggested that - cost in a bad situation. some have suggested that biden i have suggested that biden should invoke the 14th amendment which states the validity of us debt should not be questioned and just burrow on constitutional grounds. would that work and is there a precedent for that?— would that work and is there a precedent for that? there is no precedent _ precedent for that? there is no precedent to — p...

Today is because several of them call me and said we dont want to be dershowitz. we dont want our family exposed to. this is not about me. i can deal with it. its about the message sends to everybody in america when a high profile, successful lawyer are can be treated the way i was treated even though i voted against trump because i defended his constitutional rights -- howard: right. >> -- not to be -- on constitutional grounds. that sends a terrible message. i will fight back. howard: now your...

Here is the republican national committees use of these words, gent legitimate political discourse to describe the insurrection. whos more in line do you believe with the majority of republican voters right now? would it be the rnc or these lawmakers like mitch mcconnell, for example, who are speaking about against it? >> i think its the rnc. ill give mitch mcconnell credit for consistency because at the time of the trump impeachment, he voted to acquit on constitutional grounds over the removal...

Is of no moment. the rule wasnt supposed to take effect until january anyway. so what it means, the fifth circuit will evaluate this after briefing an argument. the question is, will they actually strike down this rule? if they do so, they have to do it on either statutory or a constitutional basis. the order said they had concerns about both. i dont see any problem here unless they can identify specific statutory failure like the process was problematic. which they said is not the case. i dont ...

Closely watched and viewed through a highly partisan lens. >> can i just make one quick observation before we have to wrap? >> sure. >> the census issue might not be over, right? i mean, its entirely possible now that they can take the result as crafted by roberts and come back to the court with something that they couldnt deny? quick thought from you. >> thats exactly right because john roberts said that under, you know, administrator procedures act, under enumeration clause, constitutional gro...

Russia case. the suspicion built over months. remarkable things to hear. cnn justice correspondent evan perez is with me now. not only did mccabe confirm the fbi was concerned the president was a threat but they kept congress informed, the gang of 8. how did they react? >> thats right. i think what mccabe is trying to do here is push back prerhaps o criticism that starting this represented a coup of some sort against the elected president of the united states. take a listen to what else he had t...

My team. i reviewed it with our lawyers, discussed it -- >> did you tell congress? >> i told congress what we had done. >> did anyone object? >> thats the important part here, savannah. no one objected. not on legal grounds, constitutional grounds or based on the facts. >> joining us now is angus king, a member of the senate intelligence committee. we are just hearing it for the first time. mccabe said he said he was opening a counter-intelligence investigation. the fbi on the president. no one ...

>> thats the important part. nobody objected. not the legal, constitutional grounds, or based on the facts. >> a member of congressional leadership tells fox news that his claim is confusing and possibly misleading because congressional leadership knew months earlier that the term campaign was under investigation. on "60 minutes," he said the firing of director comey and other incidents involving russia drove his decision-making. >> that was on the presidents mind. then the president made those ...

Theyre on environmental grounds, constitutional grounds, many other situations. >> yeah. another topic i want to look at with you is 2020. you have a new piece out that cites polls with the most popular choices in the democratic party, and the candidates are not officially in the race yet. break this all down for us. >> absolutely. so, we saw that bernie sanders and joe biden are the most popular candidates right now. and we saw that actually out of biden and sanders supporters and other support...

Public service. i want to get back to professor dershowitz. you said youre rooting for mr. purce wil purcell, explain, unpack that if you can. >> i think the policy is terrible. i think the president should rescind it, go back to the drawing board, do exactly what mr. purcell said, go through the national security council, consult with his new attorney general and draft a rule that would pass constitutional muster. i dont like this law. so i hope he wins, but on constitutional grounds, i think h...