THEY CAN’T GET PAID ON THE GI BILL AND WE ARE GOING TO ASK
THEM TO SHOOT WOMEN AND CHILDREN
AT THE BORDER, I WOULD BE
SHOCKED IF MATTIS ALLOWS THIS TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >>> PRESIDENT TRUMP AND CHIEF
JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS WERE LOCKED
IN A WAR OF WORDS OVER THE U.S.
JUDE SHALL SYSTEM.
THE SPAT STARTED AFTER PRESIDENT
TRUMP COMPLAINED OF BIAS BY A,
QUOTE, OBAMA JUDGE WHO BLOCKED
THE PRESIDENT’S MIGRANT ASYLUM
POLICY.
POLICY. MAKING A RARE STATEMENT TO THE
ASSOCIATED PRESS JUST BEFORE
THANKSGIVING JUSTICE ROBERTS
DECIDED TO OPENLY REBUKE
PRESIDENT TRUMP’S COMMENTS.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS SAID WE DO
NOT HAVE OBAMA JUDGES OR TRUMP
JUDGES, BUSH JUDGES OR CLINTON
JUDGES, WHAT WE HAVE IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF DEDICATED
JUDGES DOING THEIR LEVEL BEST TO
DO EQUAL RIGHTS TO THOSE THOSE
APPEARING BEFORE THEM.
THE PRESIDENT TRIPLED DOWN ON
HIS ASSESSMENT BOTH ON TWITTER
AND AFTER HIS THANKSGIVING CALL
TO U.S. TROOPS STATIONED
OVERSEAS.
OVERSEAS. >> WE DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT LAWS
AND WE HAVE PEOPLE INTERPRETING
THE LAWS AND THEY ALWAYS GIVE US
A BACK INTERPRETATION.
SO HOPEFULLY WE’VE SHOWN SOME
LIGHT ON THE NINTH CIRCUIT.
I KNOW THAT CHIEF JUSTICE
ROBERTS, JOHN ROBERTS, HAS BEEN
SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT
AND I THINK WE -- I HAVE A LOT
OF RESPECT FOR HIM, I LIKE HIM
AND RESPECT HIM, BUT I THINK WE
HAVE TO USE SOME COMMON SENSE.
>> SO MICHAEL STEELE, YOU HAVE
DONALD TRUMP IN A DEBATE OVER
JUDE SHALL INDEPENDENCE WITH THE
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME
COURT, JOHN ROBERTS.
PRETTY ASTOUNDING TO HEAR THE
CHIEF JUSTICE SPEAK OUT PUBLICLY
LIKE THAT.
LIKE THAT. >> IT IS.
>> IT IS. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
JUSTICE ROBERTS COMING INTO AND
ESTABLISHING THE ROBERTS COURTS,
THE ONE THING THAT HE WANTED TO
MAKE SURE WAS THAT UNDER HIS
LEADERSHIP THE COURT DOES NOT
GET SUCKED INTO THIS POLITICAL
VORTEX WHICH CERTAINLY HE SAW
FIRSTHAND DURING THE OBAMA YEARS
ON ISSUES LIKE HEALTHCARE AND
OTHER ISSUES LIKE THAT.
SO HE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY CLEAR
PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, JUST HOW FAR HE SEES
THIS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
PRESS -- I MEAN THE POLITICAL
WORLD AND THE JUDICIAL WORLD
MERGING TOGETHER.
MERGING TOGETHER. OF COURSE, THE PRESIDENT LOVES
THE FIGHT AND THE PRESIDENT OF
COURSE WANTS TO MAKE THE CASE
AGAINST THE NINTH CIRCUIT, BUT
THE PROBLEM IS THE PRESIDENT
DOESN’T KNOW THE NINTH CIRCUIT
FROM A CIRCUIT BREAKER SO IT
DOESN’T REALLY MATTER.
BUT IT’S HOW HE IS PUSHING UP
AGAINST THE SYSTEM, AGAIN, ONE
MORE INSTITUTION THAT IS IN
KEEPING WITH THIS IDEA OF
DECONSTRUCTING THE
DECONSTRUCTING THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE, THE NEXT
WAVE OF THIS IS THE COURT SYSTEM
AND WE’VE SEEN THAT OVER AND
OVER AGAIN NOW.
>> EXTRAORDINARY, THOUGH, THAT
YOU WOULD HAVE THE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF THE SUPREME COURT BELIEVE A
COMMENT FROM THE PRESIDENT RISES
TO THE LEVEL OF HIS SPEAKING OUT
NOT NECESSARILY IN A POLITICAL
WAY, BUT IN HAVING TO DEFEND THE
JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN TOTAL.
>> I MEAN, THERE’S SO MANY EX
STRORD NAER THINGS THAT HAPPEN
MULTIPLE TIMES EACH DAY WE WILL
HAVE TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER
WORD OTHER THAN EXTRAORDINARY.
ON THANKSGIVING DAY WHEN HE IS
GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED
STATES, LET’S NOT FORGET HE ALSO
IN HIS THANKSGIVING MESSAGE TO
THE TROOPS POINTED OUT THAT HE
WAS THANKFUL FOR ALL THE GREAT
THINGS THAT HE HAD DONE FOR THIS
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. I MEAN, THE LEVEL OF MEGILLAH
MANIA HERE IS SO OVER THE TOP
IT’S INCREDIBLE.
IT’S INCREDIBLE. AT THE END OF THE DAY WE COME
BACK TO THE FACT THAT HE IS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
AND HE CAN INVOLVE US, THIS
COUNTRY, IN ALL OF THESE
ABSURDITIES AND THE CHIEF
JUSTICE SPEAKING OUT RAISES, I
THINK, AN OBVIOUS QUESTION.
IF THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE
UNITED STATES CAN SPEAK OUT IN
DEFENSE OF THE JUDICIARY, WHERE
ARE THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF
THE UNITED STATES SENATE OR THE
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, WHERE ARE
THEIR VOICES IN TERMS OF
SPEAKING OUT FOR THEIR
INDEPENDENCE AGAINST THIS
ONSLAUGHT OF RIDICULOUS
ASSERTIONS BY THE PRESIDENT THAT
THE UNITED STATES ARMY CAN SHOOT
CIVILIANS AT THE BORDER, THAT
THE NINTH CIRCUIT AND MICHAEL --
MICHAEL IS EXACTLY RIGHT, HE
DOESN’T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE NINTH CIRCUIT AND A
CIRCUIT BREAKER.
CIRCUIT BREAKER. WHERE ARE THESE VOICES OF THE
REPUBLICANS?
REPUBLICANS? >> I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO START
TO SEE.
TO SEE. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU GUYS FEEL A
SHIFT, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE
ELECTION.
ELECTION. WHEN HE USED TO GET OUT THERE
AND SAY WE’RE GOING TO SHOOT
PEOPLE AT THE BORDER O YOU KNOW,
THE JUDE SHALL SYSTEM SHOULD
REPORT TO ME, WHATEVER, YOU
SENSED FEAR AND ANGER.
NOW THERE IS ALMOST A PATHETIC
CHUCKLE THAT HAPPENS WHEN HE
SPEAKS.
SPEAKS. HE REALLY SEEMS TO ME AT LEAST
JUST VISCERALLY TO HAVE BEEN DE
DEFANGED.
DEFANGED. I WOULD START TO SHAKE AND WANT
TO STEAM AT THE TV, NOW THERE IS
A CLOWN ASPECT TO IT.
WITHOUT THE DANGER --
>> HE’S STILL PRESIDENT.
>> HE’S STILL PRESIDENT, BUT YOU
STARTED TO SEE A LITTLE BIT WITH
THE SAUDI ARABIA THING, WITH
LINDSEY GRAHAM, THEY’RE STARTING
TO PEEK OUT A LITTLE BIT AND
SPEAK UP.
SPEAK UP. I THINK YOU WILL SEE MORE AND
MORE OF THAT.
I DON’T THINK THE BIG BAD WOLF
SEEMS AS BAD ANYMORE.
>> THE POLITICAL CALCULUS FOR
THE REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE IS
THAT A LOT OF THE SENATE RACES
THAT WERE RUN BY REPUBLICANS
BECAUSE THEY ALIGNED THEMSELVES
WITH THE PRESIDENT.
YOU SEE LINDSEY GRAHAM WHO AT
ONE POINT WAS A VOICE FOR PRETTY
RIGHT HAND FOREIGN POLICY AND
WAS FAIRLY CRITICAL OF THE
PRESIDENT EARLY ON, NOW HAS
COMPLETELY DOUBLED DOWN FOR HIS
SUPPORT FOR VIRTUALLY ANYTHING
AND EVERYTHING THAT THE
PRESIDENT SAYS.
PRESIDENT SAYS. THAT’S THE POLARIZATION THAT
HAPPENED IN THE MIDTERMS.
YES, THE DEMOCRATS WON HUGE
MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE, BUT THE
SENATE -- THE SENATE REPUBLICANS
WHO WON, THEY WON LARGELY ON THE
SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT.
SO THEIR CALCULUS CHANGES, IT
GIVES THEM EVEN LESS INCENTIVE
TO FIGHT HIM AND A NUMBER OF THE
SENATORS WHO HAVE BEEN WILLING
TO BE INDEPENDENT ON THIS ARE
NOW LEAVING THE SENATE.
>> I DON’T REALLY THINK ANYTHING
HAS CHANGED SO FAR AND I
APPRECIATE DONNY, YOUR VISCERAL
SENSE OF THINGS.
THE REALITY IS THAT THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE HOUSE IS
MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN IT WAS
BEFORE BECAUSE THE MODERATE
MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DEFEATED.
>> OR LEFT.
>> WHATEVER YOU CALL MODERATE
REPUBLICANS ARE NO LONGER THERE
IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE HAS
A BUNCH OF NEW MEMBERS WHO RODE
IN ON TRUMP’S COAT TAILS, I PUT
QUOTES AROUND THAT, BUT TIED
THEMSELVES TO TRUMP LIKE JOSH
HOLLY, THOSE PEOPLE ARE
DEDICATED TO TRUMP AND YOU HAVE
PEOPLE LIKE MITCH McCONNELL
AFRAID TO GET PRIMARIED, SO
McCONNELL THAT’S HIS GREATEST
FEAR, HE IS UP FOR REELECTION IN
2020 THE ONLY WAY HE WILL LOSE
IN KENTUCKY IS IF SOMEONE TAKES
HIM ON FROM THE TRUMP RIGHT.
THERE MAY COME A DAY WHERE THIS
ALL KICKS IN, WHERE THE LOSSES
THAT THEY SUFFERED, WHAT IT
MEANS FOR THEM LEGISLATIVELY,
WHEN SUBPOENAS START TO FLY, IF
THE PRESIDENT’S APPROVAL RATING
STARTS TO NOT JUST GO DOWN A
LITTLE BIT BUT WE START TO SEE
IT GET DOWN IN THE LOW 30s, YOU
MIGHT SEE REPUBLICANS THEN START
TO CHANGE THEIR CALCULATIONS,
BUT ON THE BASIS OF WHAT WE’RE
SEEING RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT,
YOU KNOW, APART FROM THE
OCCASIONALLY LONE REPUBLICAN
VOICE WHO SPEAKS OUT, WE’VE
HEARD THOSE PEOPLE FOR TWO
YEARS, THEY SPEAK OUT FOR TWO
SECONDS AND DON’T DO ANYTHING.
NOTHING HAS DRAMATICALLY
CHANGED.
CHANGED. IT MAY BUT NOT SO FAR.
>> SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY CAME
OUT AND QUESTIONED JOHN ROBERTS,
WHY DIDN’T YOU COME OUT FOR
OBAMA WHEN ALITO CRITICIZED --
>> IT WAS ALITO WHO REBUKED
OBAMA.
OBAMA. >> THAT WAS A SIGN OF SENILITY
AS MUCH AS ANYTHING.
>> THAT’S REASSURING.
>> NO, IN THIS CASE THERE WAS
SOMEONE MORE SENILE THAN YOU,
MIKE.
MIKE. >>> STILL AHEAD, MUCH MORE ON
THE CONFRONTATIONS AT THE BORDER
AND IF THE PRESIDENT GOT AHEAD
OF HIMSELF WHEN HE SAID PEOPLE
SEEKING ASYLUM MUST REMAIN IN
MEXICO WHILE THEIR CLAIMS ARE
BEING PROCESSED.
>> FOR HAVING A GREAT FAMILY AND FOR HAVING MADE A TREMENDOUS