Jamie Raskin
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Committee on the Judiciary's responsibility is to try to uphold the rule of law in America and to make sure that the courts are acting consistently with the Constitution and the rule of law and that the administration is acting consistent with the rule of law and the Constitution.
And right now, we've just entered a period of
chaos and lawlessness.
And we've got to restore respect for the rule of law.
Now, the good news is that more than 400 cases have been brought against this reign of lawlessness in the federal district courts.
And the opponents of Donald Trump, the plaintiffs who are trying to defend the rule of law, have won 96 percent of the cases.
And we're winning similar numbers in the appeals court.
The problem is when you get up
to the so-called shadow docket, the emergency docket of the Supreme Court, where we're seeing a lot of reversals.
But people do need to understand that the basic rule of law is holding, just like the juries are doing their jobs across the country.
And people have to remember, just like going to vote is part of your civic duty, being on a jury and acting responsibly and in support of the rule of law is also part of your civic duty.
Well, I think I mean, I think that that message which went out to the world, which apparently was originally directed to Pam Bondi, was revealing because for him, he sees it in completely personal terms.
You know, he can't imagine that there are people, in fact, most everybody involved in the court system who are interested in
neutral application of legal principles and laws and cases and so on.
For him, it's all about blood feuds and personal vengeance and vindictive actions.
So I do think he obviously harbors no goodwill towards James Comey and his family.
And he believes that being president of the United States gives him the right to do whatever he wants in order to go after James Comey
even if James Comey hasn't done anything wrong.
Well, we just gave him everything. Everything. Okay.
Well, we just gave him everything. Everything. Okay.