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>> have i explained everything accurate here? >> yes, i think you did. merrick garland came into this job with a mission of restoring the independence of the justice department and a commitment to be nonpartisan in all his decisions. i think maybe he's overcorrected. he reminds me of the dad who coaches his own child in little league, and out of an abundance to show how fair he is, benches his own kid, even though he is the best player. nobody knows how fair you are in you lose the game. >> on the carroll case, i remember this was a shock in the world and in the news-reading public, when the j...

Overcorrected. he remines me of the dad who coaches his own child in little league and out of an abundance to show how fair he is benchs his own kid. i remember this was a shock in the news-reading public, when the justice department made this decision they told the court this defamation case against trump cannot go forward. he was acting in his official capacity as president when he said these defamatory, crude, untrue things about e. jean carroll, and therefore it's the u.s. government that you're going after, the u.s. government can't commit defamation, and so, therefore, this case has to d...

Merrick garland. he's running the justice department under joe biden. and aside from that sort of poetry about how he got the job, how is the justice department going under merrick garland? i will tell you, it's the job i think i would least like to have in the whole federal government right now. like if you could give me my pick of jobs in the biden administration, my first choice would be i don't want the job. my last choice would be, i want to be the attorney general coming in to clean up the justice department after what just happened there under the previous president. i mean, being attor...

Their career. symbolism has sort of a small j justice to it. in practical terms, the result of that is that the attorney general of the united states is merrick garland. he's running the justice department under joe biden. and aside from that sort of poetry about how he got the job, how is the justice department going under merrick garland? i will tell you, it's the job i think i would least like to have in the whole federal government right now. like if you could give me my pick of jobs in the biden administration, my first choice would be i don't want the job. my last choice would be, i want...

Tick-freaking-tock, democrats. that's one takeaway. but the other part of the story here, you know, somebody has finally done right by judge julien neals. the republicans did leave him dangling, and that could have been the end of it. but president biden remembered he had been a good nominee. they didn't let the republicans have the last word in terms of the way they treated him. biden renominated him and they got him through. so there. late is better than never. they didn't forget him. and that's something. and that, of course, that same kind of small j justice was at work, of course, when pr...