The federal courts are successfully acting as a necessary check on Donald Trump's use of military force within American cities.

“judges and the courts are serving as a pretty effective bullwark against his moves.”

Federal judges are increasingly acting to hold the administration accountable by speaking out and issuing rulings against its actions.

“So when you put this all together, what are we watching? At least since February, at least in the last month, federal judges are rising up and grabbing torches and pitchforks and realizing that they have a job to do and they've got to do it now.”

The speaker contends that the Trump administration's efforts to manipulate the judicial system and distort facts, specifically regarding the reflecting pool controversy, are eventually checked by the

“He put it out there in black and white, the true story, because under the pain of perjury in court, you have no choice but to tell the truth. You can say what you want on cable TV, nobody's going to come after you, you can spit things out on social media, nobody's going to come after you, but you ca”

Juries are not always consistent even when presented with the same evidence, which is a justification for using bellwether trials in mass tort litigation.

“it was remarkable how on the difficult issues, the difficult issues, the jury split and did not find consistent. I've taken that as uh pretty good evidence of the way in which juries can come to different outcomes.”