Neal Katyal

She will now have, it appears, the votes to win, because she’s got new Republican support.

I think Cruz and Hawley and these people have orchestrated a stupid, silly attack that hasn`t stuck.

What`s changed is a Republican Senate which has become far more extreme, far more radical.

It`s a really -- it`s truly historic. And I think that she will have the gravitas and the love of the American people to try and reduce some of these tensions in our society.

And so this vote, in a way, I don`t see Justice Jackson being tremendously different from her former boss, Justice Stephen Breyer.

We have got to talk about it, Ari, because I`m not saying Judge Jackson anymore. I`m saying Justice Jackson. It`s over.

If he says multiple felonies were committed, multiple felonies were committed.

I think we learned a lot about the Republicans in the Senate. And I think we learned a lot about her. I mean, I`ve known Judge Jackson for more than 20 years. I`ve even argued cases in front of her. And what I saw today, I always thought…

The essence of the rule of law is that nobody is above it. And Trump has skated by because of frankly, weakness on the part of investigators in the past.

You almost got to feel bad for the Republicans. You know, they’re committed to opposing her. They just haven’t figured out why.

I think what America saw today was a normal and decent person. And that is not always the case with all Supreme Court justices if you look back over history.

this filing is not about John Eastman. It's a filing about Donald Trump. And it's serious because what you have here, it's a big deal.

I will say, Leondra Kruger and Ketanji Brown Jackson -- not to take anything away from anyone else, but I have worked really closely with both -- they are extraordinary candidates, extraordinary. The nation will be so, so lucky to have…

plausibly led to the insurrection.

I think the president can walk and chew gum at the same time. So, Ukraine obviously is a big time commitment of this part. But this is a really important process. I`m glad to see that it is on an expedited schedule.

It is a final judgment I think on Trump`s kind of long-standing view that he can say what he want, do what he want and the law will never catch up to him.

Donald Trump was the only person to suggest marching to the Capitol while the vote certification was underway.

I mean it’s really important, Lawrence. And so first thing is that you know, as you say, I know Leondra Kruger. I was her boss for three years. I also know Ketanji Brown Jackson. I have worked with her. But I want to say, you have to…

What I think the president needs to do is look for someone in the mold of a Justice Kruger who can reach across the aisle and come up and forge good decisions.

What Trump did over the weekend, dangling out pardons, is potentially and probably criminal.

I think the most important thing when you talk about that legally, and that request is -- and it bears repeating in Trump`s comments this weekend, is all of these events happened at his behest.

You know, you just got to ask, where does all this stop between the draft executive orders the John Eastman memo`s, every document that comes out is like of a voice over saying, and then someone had a worse idea.

That`s potentially criminal.

I mean, it’s been more than 200 years in this country, and we haven’t had it.

I think that kind of -- it is inconsistent and hypocritical to hear Hannity and Tucker and all these people complaining about a race test now, when there has been one in the past.