Ruth Marcus

of Wilmer Cutler and Pickering, which is one of the firms that got the executive order, was that it had the temerity not just to hire Bob Mueller in the first place, but to take him back after he served as special counsel investigating Russia and the first Trump administration. In election interference, yeah. And I think the law firms were unwilling to—

acknowledge blameworthiness when they weren't blameworthy. They were unwilling to pay the extortion price that Trump had set. And I think for some firms, they couldn't figure out the way into the to the administration to try to negotiate the same deal that firms like Paul Weiss and Skadden had.

acknowledge blameworthiness when they weren't blameworthy. They were unwilling to pay the extortion price that Trump had set. And I think for some firms, they couldn't figure out the way into the to the administration to try to negotiate the same deal that firms like Paul Weiss and Skadden had.

acknowledge blameworthiness when they weren't blameworthy. They were unwilling to pay the extortion price that Trump had set. And I think for some firms, they couldn't figure out the way into the to the administration to try to negotiate the same deal that firms like Paul Weiss and Skadden had.

I'm kind of 75-25 on this. Somebody asked me several weeks ago to go on a podcast to talk about a Trump third term, and I blew them off. I was like, that's ridiculous. It's not even a close question. And I think that was probably wrong on my part, because since then, the president has famously told us that he's not kidding. And the one thing that I have learned recently

I'm kind of 75-25 on this. Somebody asked me several weeks ago to go on a podcast to talk about a Trump third term, and I blew them off. I was like, that's ridiculous. It's not even a close question. And I think that was probably wrong on my part, because since then, the president has famously told us that he's not kidding. And the one thing that I have learned recently

I'm kind of 75-25 on this. Somebody asked me several weeks ago to go on a podcast to talk about a Trump third term, and I blew them off. I was like, that's ridiculous. It's not even a close question. And I think that was probably wrong on my part, because since then, the president has famously told us that he's not kidding. And the one thing that I have learned recently

is that when he says he wants to do something, you should not just dismiss it as idiot trolling by somebody who has never read the Constitution and doesn't respect it at all. He is going to try to push this in some way. And so I am way less dismissive of his craziness than I used to be.

is that when he says he wants to do something, you should not just dismiss it as idiot trolling by somebody who has never read the Constitution and doesn't respect it at all. He is going to try to push this in some way. And so I am way less dismissive of his craziness than I used to be.

is that when he says he wants to do something, you should not just dismiss it as idiot trolling by somebody who has never read the Constitution and doesn't respect it at all. He is going to try to push this in some way. And so I am way less dismissive of his craziness than I used to be.

I think he has found none of them are actually Roy Cohn, but in their totality, there are a lot of mini-Roys. He has excluded the people who will stand up to him. Think about people like... Bill Barr, even Jefferson Sessions, like the head of the Office of Legal Counsel.

I think he has found none of them are actually Roy Cohn, but in their totality, there are a lot of mini-Roys. He has excluded the people who will stand up to him. Think about people like... Bill Barr, even Jefferson Sessions, like the head of the Office of Legal Counsel.

I think he has found none of them are actually Roy Cohn, but in their totality, there are a lot of mini-Roys. He has excluded the people who will stand up to him. Think about people like... Bill Barr, even Jefferson Sessions, like the head of the Office of Legal Counsel.

Exactly. On top of that, in their place, has brought in the most pliable people that he can imagine. And I'm talking about that from Pam Bondi down.

Exactly. On top of that, in their place, has brought in the most pliable people that he can imagine. And I'm talking about that from Pam Bondi down.

Exactly. On top of that, in their place, has brought in the most pliable people that he can imagine. And I'm talking about that from Pam Bondi down.

We don't have to add it up.

We don't have to add it up.

We don't have to add it up.

Discuss. They used to give us take-home exams. I think the framers of the Constitution fully understood the... that arrangement. And whether it's a flaw or not, they understood that the judiciary was, in fact, the least dangerous branch.