We miss you already Mr. Chairman!! Alicia Menendez and I will hold it down.

WATCH: b-boy bouiebaisse joins Chris Hayes after writing in his NYT opinion column, 'Trump has asked the Supreme Court if he is, in effect, a king. And at least four members of the court, among them the so-called originalists, have said, in essence, that they’ll have to think about it.'

NEW: Courtroom sketches from Day 8 of Trump's hush money trial show David Pecker on the stand being cross examined by Trump's attorney, Emil Bove, as Donald Trump and Judge Merchan listen.

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TOMORROW: Rep. Robert Garcia joins The Weekend with Symone D. Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Eugene Daniels (in for Michael Steele). Tune in from 8am-10am ET.

.Lisa Rubin: 'One of the most simple and democracy-enhancing things this court could have done would be to say there may be circumstances in which presidents are entitled to immunity but this indictment as alleged here doesn't constitute one of those scenarios...'

How many times have we heard candidates give revealing interviews after they lose to Howard Stern (the best interviewer in the biz) and people ask why candidate x didn’t do said interview earlier. Team Biden giving it a try is fascinating.

'Curtain has been pulled down':

Brendan Buck and Symone D. Sanders Townsend discuss the potential political impact of former President Trump's legal woes as the road to November heats up.

READ new analysis from Symone D. Sanders Townsend👇

A lower Manhattan courtroom just dealt a fatal blow to the Trump mystique

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This was one of the most telling comments this morning. This is the justice system.

Not all of us agree that Ford’s pardon of Nixon was a good decision.

During the Senate confirmation proceedings for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, we repeatedly told the Senate about what a difference one justice can make with her unique voice. That contribution is on full display today.

Alito: 'Did I understand you to say, 'Well, you know, if he makes a mistake, he makes a mistake. He's subject to the criminal laws just like anybody else' You don't think he's in a peculiarly precarious position?'

Michael Dreeben, representing the U.S.: 'He's under a…

Sotomayor: What is plausible the president creating a fraudulent slate of electoral candidates? Is that plausible that would be within his right to do?

Sauer: Absolutely

Trump’s lawyer is arguing before the Supreme Court that the fake electors scheme and Trump calling and pressuring officials in an attempt to change election results are 1) official acts and 2) should be immune from prosecution.

Agreed.

Scoop: Kim Kardashian will go to the White House today and participate in a criminal justice roundtable with VP Kamala Harris to highlight Biden's pardons, a WH official told Axios.

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The RNC's senior counsel for election integrity was indicted today in Arizona for election conspiracy and fraud.

You can't make this up.

Today, there is more important news than pieces of Biden’s press shop fighting with the New York Times. Okay?