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Administration of justice, was an office involving the administration of the government. >> like she is running for office and shes got an agenda. >> if i were the judge in this case i would seriously question her competence to try the case in a fair manner because her goal is not conviction. her goal is justice. her goal is the correct outcome on the basis of the evidence. >> and justice, what she said there, was by any and all means necessary. >> thats a little threatening. >> wrong! wrong, ma...

Commentator michael smerconish. i saw this immediately after my show yesterday. somebody pulled me in their office and said you got to see this. its like you just dont believe -- its like youre watching it in slow-mo. you cant believe shes saying this. >> the irony is that someone so beautiful was so ugly right? >> so ugly. >> indefensible. >> shes been yanked off air for a week. >> slap on the wrist. >> you think -- youve been on the radio. youre a listener saying -- >> get rid of her. espn nee...

Deserves more of the blame. explain that unusual strategy lets bring in former public defender and professor of the column and author of "indefensible." i dont understand why he would not take a plea. >> well, that is the question chris. he has plead guilty and he has conceded functionally his guilt and he has done it tactically. >> and so with what do you mean by that? i guess that the question is if you get up in the opening statements of a trial of your client in which basically everyone can ...

Joining me, "the new york times" reporter charles bagli and author of "indefensible: one lawyers journey into the inferno of american justice," david feige. charles, youve been reporting on durst for 15 years. this moment in "jinx," which i say is an incredibly well done series, youre in it and feature fairly prominently in it. the way the cops know susan berman is dead, they get this note, right, this anonymous note, or they know -- they find the body before that, but this is the big clue. last...

Joining me, "the new york times" reporter charles bagli and former public defender and author of "indefensible: one lawyers journey into the inferno of american justice," david feige. charles, youve been reporting for "the new york times" on this case and the dursts for 15 years. this moment in "jinx," which i want to say is incredibly well done series. youre in it. you feature fairly prominently in it. basically the way the cops know that susan berman is dead inside her apartment is they get th...

Tightly the way its supposed to so you cant breathe? thats all that happened, the classic seat belt maneuver. thats what the union leader did today, stood in front of the a microphone and rewrote a chokehold to a seat belt maneuver. hes willing to do that, stand up there and say anything to defend the indefensible whenever necessary. but as is customary, patrick lynch was not content to depend his officer in trouble. he needed someone to attack, since his police officer was not to blame for anyt...

Concerning his legal authority to act. i do not believe that what we have done is inconsistent with that. >> really? next week the senate takes up this issue, and moments ago i spoke with senator rand paul. senator, good to see you tonight. so jeh johnson assures us that the president did not contradict himself and that we should not believe our lying eyes. the very same thing president obama tried to tell george stephanopoulos a week ago sunday. do you believe the president has reversed himself...

Sunday. do you believe the president has reversed himself? >> i dont even know how you can, with a straight face, defend the indefensible. how do you defend against the presidents actual words 20 times saying he didnt have the power? the president went even so far as to say hes not a king, hes not an emperor, that he cant do this. now we have a complete about face and everybody will say, oh, well, the president changed his mind. >> is this not disrespectful? why not just say, yes, he reversed hi...

Articulate ability to be under the presidents directive if you dont. and that is a expression of constitutional protection that does not exist. >> lets bring in daniel, deputy editor of the wall street journal. i know you have listened to some of jay johnsons testimony. is he trying to defend the indefensible. >> hes not doing that too well. the members of the committee are raising right questions. the one we heard now and another question was asked to secretary johnson is whether by legalizing ...

And privacy and found to be in violation of the separation of powers and now they have been found to be in violation of the first amendment and the religion clauses. i mean, you just dont want to get out of bed after a week like that. it has been a rough stretch, hasnt it, in this battle between supreme court and the white house? >> it has been. the president and the administration have lost some 9-0 rulings and it wasnt a first amendment decision, hobby lobby, about an act of congress, but the ...