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Hospital. the court right now is on a brief recess. they're not sitting and won't take the bench this week. as you said earlier in the month she did miss one day of oral arguments. she had the stomach flu. i have been watching her carefully since the beginning of this term and she has been such an active participant. she is often the first one asking questions and she follows up. keep in mind the court has been hearing big cases. d.a.c.a., lgbt rights. we are right in the middle of a really momentous term. >> this is the latest in a series of medical problems she has been experiencing as of la...

Chief of staff is going to federal court, not the federal court, but he's asking a federal court to decide whether or not he has to testify. that issue could be another one. that could be another one that makes it to the supreme court. one r more thing. we've b talked about the term, these cases, but also if the impeachment moves to a senate trial, it's john roberts who's going to have to walk cross the street and preside over that. the supreme court doesn't like to be in the center of political fray. it's really find iing itself in the center now. >> wow, a lot and isn't it st case the, tell ...

Take a listen. >> this is a very simple, straight fforward act. the president broke the law. he went on a telephone call with the president of ukraine and said i have a favor though. and then proceeded to ask for an investigation of his rival. and this is a very strong case of bribery. >> so then melissa what is the difference now of calling it a quid pro quo versus a bribery? there's something streenategic about the use of that vernacular, that word, that possible crime now. >> i think it is very strategic to begin shifting toward use ina term that connotes a crime as opposed to something lik...

In the heart of the presidential election. >> wow so the president's lawyers are also expegted to come to the court in the next couple of days with an impeach m related case. what's that about. >> this term is such a big term. even without the impeachment proceedings, they're looking at abortion. looking t immigration. on top of that now, we know that his personal lawyers are coming to the supreme court next week because they want the justices to take up the case that president trump is fighting a subpoena for his income tax returns. and now his lawyers are coming to the supreme court with thi...

That may not be familiar with bolivia, morales has been in power or had been in power since 2006. so it would have been 14 years in power and in order to stay in power in 2016, he called for a referendum that he lost but then supreme court that was in his pocket changed the rules and they said it was constitution for him to run for one more term which would have kept him in power until 2025. so people were fed up and they said no mas. >> thank you so much. it's expected to be one of the most closely watched cases of the term. this week, the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments over whether...