.MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump explains his indifference to recent defeats in court.
Close video The Rachel Maddow Show, 10/11/19, 9:48 PM ET Trump suffers legal 'body blow' among collection of court losses Neal Katyal, former acting U.S. solicitor general, talks with Rachel Maddow about the day’s string of bad legal news for Donald Trump, particularly in a case in which he was trying to prevent Congress from having access to his tax returns. share tweet email save Embed On a variety of fronts, the federal judiciary has been a nagging thorn in Donald Trump’s side.
On Friday afternoon, Trump suffered a series of embarrassing legal setbacks, including defeats in cases related to his border barriers and his so-called “public charge” rule, among other things But what struck me as notable was the president’s response when a reporter asked him on Friday afternoon about the court losses, some of which he said he hadn’t yet heard about.
In other words, as Trump sees it, his recent court defeats are merely temporary. Soon, even more of his judges will be on the bench, at which point the courts will rule in his favor and give him what he wants. But as a rule, presidents at least try to keep up appearances and say their judicial nominees will be fair arbiters, not predictable partisans. Trump sees no need to maintain the pretense: he expects his judges to deliver for him.
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