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It out like mcgann. why shouldn't she? it is working. there are six people who refused to testify in front of the house and the house hasn't done anything about it. probably the way this will play out is eventually somebody will push on mcgahn and however that is resolved in the courts will sort of trickle down to all of the other witnesses. but you have to start. the house is giving up its authority. the white house the white house is stiff arming them and getting away with it. and until the house asserts its authority in court and files more of these actions to enforce these subpoenas, no wi...

What is the difference between an appellate court judge's job and a supreme court justice's job? >> there are many. >> specifically with regard to questions where there's been a precedent. >> so at the d.c. circuit level, court of appeals level, we follow vertical stare decisis. we're not allowed to deviate from a supreme court press department. let's put it this way. on the d.c. circuit, we were considering a prior precedent of our own. we can do that at times if the conditions for overrule ago precedent are met. we can't do that with respect to supreme court precedent. we have to file that. ...

Counsel. someone who is a lawyer's lawyer who will stand by the presidency and defend the presidency and work on behalf of the presidency which at times will come into conflict with president trump's demands for loyalty. part of what's going on here, the president views the presidency, the executive branch, as so much about himself. it's about defending him, it's about promoting him, it's about protecting him, and that's not what our system was built for, and that's not what the white house counsel's office is for. that's what rudy giuliani can do and is doing, but he's a separate outside atto...

Federal level, at the circuit level, has been one of those successes and don mcgahn has been behind a lot of that. >> absolutely, which is why you got that tweet from chuck grassley and why mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, put out the most effusive statement in a very long time. >> he said he's the best white house counsel he's ever known. >> he's ever known. and the reason is they've been able to push through just a huge number of conservative judges. and in part that's because of rule changes in the senate, in part it's because don mcgahn and his team have been vetting people and...

Demands for loyalty. part of what's going on here, the president views the presidency, the executive branch, as so much about himself. it's about defending him, it's about promoting him, it's about protecting him, and that's not what our system was built for, and that's not what the white house counsel's office is for. that's what rudy giuliani can do and is doing, but he's a separate outside attorney for the president, and frankly, there is fear in the orbit that the president hasn't even taken that role seriously enough to have sort of a top flight, white collar criminal defense attorney who...