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Former Trump lawyer: ‘The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a president as evil as Trump’
MSNBC· 2025-11-23 14:49
As thousands of protesters took to Donald Trump's backyard yesterday, calling for his impeachment, Trump was already reeling from a week where his legal losses were mounting on numerous fronts, both presidential and personal. An appeals court rejected Trump's efforts to revive his defamation lawsuit against CNN. A federal judge ruled Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Washington DC was illegal.And another federal judge ruled that Trump likely violated the law when he tried to cut millions of dol ...
Judge Luttig: 'We the People' are the final backstop for American democracy
MSNBC· 2025-11-02 19:31
Our friend, the judge, J. Michael Ludig joins me now. Judge, good morning.Thank you for being with us. >> Good morning, Ally. It's a pleasure always to be with you.You have said, judge, that this moment is unlike any that we've seen to test the judiciary uh the way it's being tested. What makes this more dangerous, for instance, than previous constitutional crises like like Watergate or even McCarthyism. Ally, Judge Greyber's uh um words were an extraordinary plea from a sitting judge, historical.And the si ...
Hegseth DODGES questions if he'd follow court rulings on troops in L.A.
MSNBC· 2025-06-13 15:51
Senator Baldwin asked you about the legal authority for uh the Marines in my uh state. I disagree with you. I thought not only do I not want Marines in uh Iran, I don't want them in California.But I don't want to get a gotcha. You you know, they said what provision your administration since then has filed in the federal district court. You're arguing that the Marines should be allowed to defend federal property.I disagree with you. That's your argument. Here's where I hope we can agree.Whatever the federal ...