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95% of them are resolved in the district, on the trial level, on the district court level. only 5% of those cases are appealed. that means that the vast, vast, vast majority of people have gone through our judicial system and accepted its judgment. of the court of appeals cases, and there are thousands and thousands and thousands of them, we only hear about 60 to 70 cases in recent years. and anywhere its been as high as 40 to 70% of the cases are decided almost unanimously. there is certainly a...

Now. >> joey, when you read through this, what was your initial thought about the conviction and the sentence for it? because on the outside, we thought somebody make some sense of this for us. >> christi, in looking at it, the crime is very heinous. certainly it deserves punishment. apparently at the trial level, the argument was self-defense. when she went to this mans home, she was a prostitute being put up to it by her pimp. she was scared of what he would do, pulled out a pistol from her po...

Congress, they can take your property so you have to go and fight and they have to give you fair market value and you can fight and say they can rely on the constitution but it would be a long, hard-fought battle in most like we in favor of the government because they do have the right. >> eric: if it is up in the court like it will become how long could it take? could that more and partly prevent the wall from being built in the first place? >> absolutely, the first thing they will do is say th...

Not to review or overturn the facts of a trial court except in the presence of clear error. >> very rare, yeah. >> thats very -- it is a very important important standard. i hadnt thought about it in separation of powers but it is a very important principle. i was a trial level. >> and the constrapt, does that separation of power tones as well. >> i will give you a similar answer. i dont know about that, but i would say it is an important general practice. sometimes there are exceptions that a c...

You are overreaching. you are overreaching. we have seen some decisions come back in unanimous fashion that says mr. president, youre going too far. >> thats interesting. the supreme court has also slapped down congress and presidents. thats how our three branches work. it is generally not the job of congress to determine the constitutionality of the actions of the president. thats the job of the supreme court. this is just -- >> which is why theyre going to file a lawsuit to let the supreme cou...

>> there were a few problems on the trial level. they defined the burden of proof wrong. once they raise if for defense the prosecutor had to prove it. and she deserves a new trial. and now the issue is can the prosecution still prove she is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. she said she was staying her grouped. and prosecution said she had a avenue of escape and came back. >> in florida, there is a mappedatory minimum. as we mentioned there was a restraining order against him and he was convict...

>> a high-stakes pardon showdown. could we learn today if most of those prisoners released in mississippi will have to go back to prison? along those, four convicted murderers. >> classes are resuming at that l.a. school where the entire staff was fired after two teachers were arrested on child abuse cases. investigators at this point have made yet another disgusting discovery. >> they were not fired, they were reassigned temporarily. >> should say not fired but cleared out. >> the bom...

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Final decision at your trial level. has the judge given you any indication of when he expects to rule? >> we anticipate he will rule within the next couple weeks. i would anticipate by the end of this month. we should have a ruling from judge vincent and then im sure there will be appeals and cross appeals. we will end up in the 11th circuit. we will make it to supreme court. im confident of that. >> greta: the other interesting thing, theres a special provision in the supreme court rules, they ...

Final decision at your trial level. has the judge given you any indication of when he expects to rule? >> we anticipate he will rule within the next couple weeks. i would anticipate by the end of this month. we should have a ruling from judge vincent and then im sure there will be appeals and cross appeals. we will end up in the 11th circuit. we will make it to supreme court. im confident of that. >> greta: the other interesting thing, theres a special provision in the supreme court rules, they ...