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That and the reaction, it looks like a literal nightmare that you might have about, like, a stress dream about -- >> it is. >> about being unprepared for something. but as a trial lawyer, what is your reaction to watching that? >> watching that, these are such basic concepts, such basic skills in a hes asked about, and daubert, every trial lawyer knows that relates to expert witnesses and the standard for admitting expert testimony. a motion in limine is something that comes up during the course...

>> to watching that? these are such basic concepts, such basic skills hes asked about. daubert, every trial lawyer knows that that relates to expert witnesses and the standard for admitting expert testimony. on motion in limine, thats something that comes up during the course of a trial to get an advanced ruling from a district court judge on a ruling on evidence. >> how common is a motion in limine? 10 being basically every trial has one, 1 being quite obscure. >> probably a 12. these are not o...

Looks like a literal nightmare that you might have about like a stress dream about being unprepared for something. but as a trial lawyer, what is your reaction to watching that? >> to watching that? these are such basic concepts, such basic skills hes asked about. daubert, every trial lawyer knows that that relates to expert witnesses and the standard for admitting expert testimony. on motion in limine, thats something that comes up during the course of a trial to get an advanced ruling from a d...

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Dominate a critical judge position, lifetime position that really has no experience in that area? >> its quite odd. its not odd that you have different attorneys from law, transactional attorneys, litigators, in a variety of fields. every attorney is deemed to be a generalist. so we have to know about every single thing. however, a federal judge has a unique position to really be overseeing litigation, wolf, its a courtroom its not transactional services. so its odd to nominate for this. >> this...

Sorts of areas of the law. there are nuanced areas of the law, more experts and specialists than others, but youve got to know the federal rules of evidence, whats going to comprise most of your day if not year if not lifetime tenure. things like motion practice, litigation, overseeing a trial, depositions, expert testimony, is it a quack doctor or something we should think about ? these basic things you have to know about. his absence or inability to answer the question was astaunching, even in...

House counsel don f. mcgann ii. he was asked directly to identify the family members or other persons who are likely to present other potential conflicts of interest. he made no mention of his wife working at the white house, nor that she is chief of staff to don mcgahn who has led the white house effort to rapidly fill courthouse vacancies with young staunchly conservative judges. the white house says she was not involved in the selection of her husband as nominee. but there is more. she has em...

Identify the family members or other persons who are likely to present other potential conflicts of interest. he made no mention of his wife working at the white house, nor that she is chief of staff to don mcgahn who has led the white house effort to rapidly fill courthouse vacancies with young staunchly conservative judges. the white house says she was not involved in the selection of her husband as nominee. but there is more. she has emerged in recent weeks as a witness into the special couns...

>> i have no indication that there will be a vacancy. keep in mind what happened with neil gorsuch, in order for him to take this lifetime position on the highest court of the land, the republicans had to change the senate rules. so a simple majority vote now is all thats necessary. traditionally, we have required 60 votes so that any person would have bipartisan support for this lifetime appointment. the republicans have had to change that rule so that neil gorsuch could come up to the court. i...

Keep in mind, what happened with neil gorsuch, in order for him to take this lifetime position on the highest court of the land, the republicans had to change the senate rules. so a simple majority vote now is all thats necessary. traditionally, wed required 60 votes, so that any person would have bipartisan support for this lifetime appointment. the republicans had to change that rule, so that kneel gorsuch could come up with the court. i would hope we would return to bipartisanship when it com...