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Relief to catch this case likely gets called a shadow docket. what were the full court, without proof a case, without hearing gets, kids simply reject it and for it the 11th circuit to continue with the review that it has undertake it. >> to that point i want to emphasize this. there is concern circulating about the idea that clarence thomas, because hes the justice from the supreme court assigned to the 11th circuit where they mar-a-lago drama is unfolding, that justice customarily make a decis...

Justice thomas is the justice in the 11th circuit. they allocate one justice to each of the circus, and they try to keep them in the area that they come from. justice thomas is from savannah, georgia which is in the 11th circuit which is why he looks at those cases when they come up. once suspects that the likely outcome is that the former presidents motion will be handled on the shadow docket. well be very unusual of justice thomas handled this on his own and issued and in chambers opinion. far...

Putting some kind of emergency stay in place here? >> yeah, he is assigned to the 11th circuit as their circuit justice. ian sherr as such as justice roberts is thinking today trying to protect the legitimacy of the supreme court, the last thing he need is this dispute being presided over by clarence thomas. but there he is, because he is assigned to get circuits, so this is whats referred to as the shadow docket. this is not merit rethink the way that they get cases to the usual processing, whe...

They will not entertain. and as judge cannon, who i think has taken unfair rap, said in her original order, what this may entail is a brief pause. but so what? the real question is not going to be these hundred documents. the real question in six months is going to be whether or not the former president should be charged. thats going to be the real question. >> thats what i want to ask you. you dont think the supreme court will even take it off? >> i do not, i dont. >> why not? >> only because i...

S legal team gives him some evidence for why this isnt classified, so far they havent, hes already said, i know the law on this. i know we defer to the government in protecting our national security. so its hard to imagine his review finding something different from what hes already said. >> melissa, can i ask you about the supreme court in all of this? a, are you surprised that the court has given the department of justice a week to respond? and to, given how politicized this courts and in spec...

>> thats what i want to ask you. you dont think the supreme court will even take it off? >> i do not, i dont. >> why not? >> only because its a narrow standing issue. and its an issue of whats called an inter lock tory appeal, whether they had a right to appeal in the first place. its not of any great consequence. and i think justice thomas will probably refer it to the full court. so, its the politicized. and i think he clearly will not get five votes. i predict that it will be a unanimous, if ...

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Hmmm. Didn't see that one coming.

>> so -- yeah. and you -- what do you think? what do you think of the responses? what do you think -- were they telling the truth in that moment? >> well, when theyre saying it the law of the land and they arguably use this to convince certain senators to vote for them, i think that is a major problem. he said it was the law of the land. they are talking about the fact that its been affirmed time and time again and thats why i think a lot of people are shocked. i will tell you that im not shocke...

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