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Neal Katyal

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Neal Katyal is a prominent American attorney and legal scholar known for his work in constitutional law. He served as the Acting Solicitor General of the United States from 2010 to 2011, becoming the first Asian American to hold this position. Katyal has argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court, often focusing on issues related to civil rights and government accountability. He is a partner at the law firm Hogan Lovells and has been a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches courses on constitutional law and national security law.

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Feb 28, 2021

I think we undermined a lot of our soft power too. Instead of making America great, I think what those events on January 6 did was really call into question the American experiment in the eyes of the world.

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Feb 28, 2021

The John Lewis Voting Rights Act would create a new Section 5 with teeth and would survive a legal challenge.

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Feb 28, 2021

the hypocrisy about blue lives mattering, when you saw what happened on January 6. And the Republican Party and those folks who used to say Blue Lives Matter, you hear not a peep out of them.

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Feb 28, 2021

I think Director Wray, frankly, has a lot of explaining to do. I was surprised that he took the job when he did given, what Donald Trump did to Comey.

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Feb 24, 2021

And in particular, I think they need to authorize the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

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Feb 24, 2021

They do, Brian and it is a clear and present danger right now. Just since the November election, over 100 different bills have been introduced, and state legislatures that make it harder for people to vote.

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Feb 15, 2021

The problem wasn’t the facts. They overwhelmingly prove the facts.

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Feb 15, 2021

The idea that they were so -- the Republicans were so afraid of the truth that they were willing to prevent coronavirus legislation.

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Feb 14, 2021

At that point, it`s very hard not to open the criminal investigation.

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Feb 14, 2021

Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House, called for a January 6 commission.

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Feb 14, 2021

I think Trump already faces legal exposure now on three different fronts.

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Feb 12, 2021

The House and Senate could use the 14th Amendment to try and bar Trump from running again.

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Feb 12, 2021

This is what they want to say is OK? I mean, that is the destruction of that party through and through.

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Feb 12, 2021

The idea that the Secret Service would not have told the president of the United States that the Vice President was under attack, that is preposterous.

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Feb 12, 2021

I think Trump`s lawyer, it looks like he lied in this hearing, and we need to get to the bottom of it.

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Feb 12, 2021

And I think Trump`s lawyer, it looks like he lied in this hearing, and we need to get to the bottom of it.

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Feb 10, 2021

If there were no Donald Trump as president, there would have been no insurrection. He is 100 percent but for cause of the violence that occurred.

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Feb 10, 2021

Omission when you`re the president, is obviously enough. You have a duty and you take an oath to protect the people of the United States and omissions count just as much for impeachment.

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Feb 9, 2021

If I`m Donald Trump, I`m a little worried at this point because, yes, they got away today.

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Feb 9, 2021

And if I`m Donald Trump, I`m a little worried at this point because, yes, they got away today. They only had six Republican votes against Trump. They got away on a dry constitutional issue, which the American public doesn`t really want to…

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Feb 9, 2021

Yes, I mean you called it way better. I`d go a step further and say it`s amazing there wasn`t an antimatter explosion at the U.S. Capitol. When Jamie Raskin gave -- I mean, I`ve seen a lot of oral arguments. He gave maybe the best oral…

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Feb 7, 2021

You can’t remove a dead person and you can’t give a dead person a lifetime ban.

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Feb 7, 2021

Well, Donald Trump has made a lot of stupid legal arguments over the years, but, Ari, this one I think takes the cake for being the most stupid.

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Feb 7, 2021

It’s very bad for Donald Trump. Remember, these are Trump’s own people, his supporters.

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Feb 3, 2021

This isn’t free speech, this is incitement.

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