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A lot more than what it was. >> could have been a lot more. it was a visible failure. and it came into context after that same department i mentioned at the doj had been reeling from prior criticism that lost its nerve or gotten gun shy in these kinds of cases. you have to keep in mind -- this kind of loss in court is rare. criminal prosecutors have very high conviction rates. indeed, they get most defendants to plead out. they go the trial in special cases, and they win. at the time it was also...

Just know how to use it in the campaign trail to boost democratic candidates in georgia, michigan, and wisconsin. meanwhile the tire race for tony everest faced off with this republican challenger tim michaels for the first and only time on the debate stays. joining me to break down all the biggest moments is nbc shaquille brewster from lets say a nominee of false wisconsin. i think its gonna. right shaq, welcome which race appears to be joined by our interest? because nationally, that senate ra...

What does that mean? when are we going to see? more of that -- former u.s. attorney from the eastern district of -- michigan school of law. great to have you. first, im gonna start with a very basic question and i realize weve been using this term. i dont know if people really understand what it is. what is a magistrate judge? why do we call this judge a magistrate judge, and what is their job? what is their role? >> magistrate judges were created in the 1970s. the idea was that the district cou...

Crimes went unsolved in america. do we think we imprison too many violent criminals or not enough? >> senator, its important for our rule of law to ensure that people are held accountable who are breaking the law in the ways that you mention and otherwise. >> where do you think the families of all those victims think? do you think we should arrest and convict and sentence all these criminals who get away with it? >> senator, i know what the families of law enforcement think because im one of the...

Appellate courts i would often say please dont quarrel with the facts in this you have a knocked down case. if you want to get the appellate court to relitigate the facts youre up against the harshest standard of review available. clear error is no small thing. outside of the narrow finding it somehow the district court got it wrong, filtered through that clear error standard are there other circumstances in which it is proper for for appellate courts to do their own independent fact-finding out...

0 christianity, judaism, islam, embraces traditional definition of marriage, correct? >> i am aware that there are various religious faiths that define marriage in a traditional way. >> do you see that when the supreme court makes a dramatic pronouncement about the invalidity of state marriage laws, that it will inevitably sit in conflict between those who ascribe to the supreme courts edict and those who have a firmly held religious belief that marriage is between a man and a woman? woman? >> w...

0 recommendations, whether theyre in congress, theyre not the kinds of things that i can opine about. >> so you dont want to opine whether 17 years is too long or too short a sentence for murder? >> senator cotton, the congress has prescribed a number of factors that judges look at when they sentence. it may in many cases not be. i cant answer in the abstract in the way that you -- >> these are very concrete. lets turn to rape. do you know how long the average inmate convicted of rape serves in ...

Wrongful death suit against the retail store and dealer who sold the firearm, and also against the gun manufacturer bush master and its parent company remington who argued they were protected from civil responsibility through federal law. plaintiffs lost against those gun manufacturers at the trial level, so they appealed to the connecticut supreme court, which just ruled that families can go forward against the gun manufacturers but on only one thoroug thorough, that marketing of the ar-15 caus...

But it is a grand jury subpoena from d.c., where the mueller grand jury is currently seated. and its the production of documents from a company thats owned by a foreign government. thats a really interesting distinction. its not just a privately-owned company. its a foreign company owned by a foreign government. theyve lost at the trial level, the foreign company, and theyve lost at the appellate level. the supreme court doesnt have an obligation to rule on it, they can say, well take a hard pas...

Where does that come from? why has the 9th circuit been the subject of this ire for some time? >> i think its true that lawyers in other parts of the country and judges do sometimes refer to the 9th circuit as a more liberal circuit. if that was ever true, its certainly no longer true as president trump has in past weeks appointed a number of new judges to the court of appeals. the issue with judge tigar whos a well-respected trial judge, not a member of the 11th circuit be a judge who hears cas...