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Arguments about trump on february 8th, but some critics suggest a justices already made up their minds. i have to say, if you are skeptical about this court, there is a good reason to be skeptical. they have shown they re not a conservative court. they re not a court that feels bound by precedent. if the court follows the constitution, as it claims to it shouldn t be that difficult occasion. but i have to say, i don t have a lot of confidence in this court. joining me lisa rubin former rnc chairman and my co-host on our new msnbc show that weekend, michael steele. liza, you and i, you hopped in the chair as this news broke yesterday. we ve now had more than 24 hours to digest it. help us understand the overall timeline for the supreme court decision. the supreme court, alicia, let s go backwards. the supreme court is going to hold oral argument on february 8th. and while that seems like a very compressed timeline, particularly by supreme court standards, you and i also know a lot ....
Relying on the advice provided to him by certain of his lawyers. and if he chooses that defense, that is essentially like saying, and good faith, i had lawyers telling me i had a chance here, and that there was something to the john eastman, kenneth chesebro arguments about mike pence and his power under the constitution. i did not willfully, flagrantly violate federal statutes. there might be something there. and we ll have to wait and see. lisa rubin, my friend as always, thank you so much for taking the time to be with us on what is our last show day. michael steele, you re sticking with me. next, the stakes of the court s decision and sharp focus. the iowa caucus is right around the corner. and we go to texas, where the state republican leadership prepares for battle with the doj over its extreme new law targeting immigrants. that s great. i know, i ve bee telling everyone. baby: liberty. oh! baby: liberty. ....
Seeks. lisa, that attack on institutions, special counsel jack smith has responded to trump s filings to hold him in contempt of court. how do you expect that power struggle between smith and trump to play out? i don t expect judge chutkan to rule for contempt. i think it was a silly and perhaps even important thing for objects mitt to continue to file a motion in that case while the case is state. that haven t been said, it s certainly not worthy of contempt. and the motion that trump filed, asking judge chutkan to hold him and others and his office in contempt was borderline hysterical and done solely for political purposes, not legal purposes. that motion is not going to be countenanced by that judge. but she was never the audience in the first place, alicia. another headline that caught my eye. nbc reporting that trump won t be able to use the, quote, idiot defense against his january 6th charges. talk me through that. ....
Skeptical about this court, there is a good reason to be skeptical. they have shown they re not a conservative court. they re not a court that feels bound by precedent. if the court follows the constitution, as it claims to always, it shouldn t be that difficult occasion. but i have to say, i don t have a lot of consequence confidence in this court. joining me lisa rubin and my co-host on our new msnbc show that weekend, michael steele. liza, you and i, you hopped in the chair as this news broke yesterday. we ve now had more than 24 hours to divest it. help us understand the overall timeline for the supreme court decision. the supreme court, alicia, let s go backwards. the supreme court can hold oral argument on february 8th. and while that seems like a very compressed timeline, protected by supreme court standards, you and i also know a lot can happen between then and now. not only politically and that we have iowa and new hampshire, ....
There is a good reason to be skeptical. they have shown they re not a conservative court. they re not a court that feels bound by precedent. if the court follows the constitution, as it claims to it shouldn t be that difficult occasion. but i have to say, i don t have a lot of confidence in this court. joining me lisa rubin former rnc chairman and my co-host on our new msnbc show that weekend, michael steele. liza, you and i, you hopped in the chair as this news broke yesterday. we ve now had more than 24 hours to digest it. help us understand the overall timeline for the supreme court decision. the supreme court, alicia, let s go backwards. the supreme court is going to hold oral argument on february 8th. and while that seems like a very compressed timeline, particularly by supreme court standards, you and i also know a lot can happen between then and now. not only politically and that we have iowa and new hampshire, prior to that, but legally as ....