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And that power has never ever been successfully challenges. article two, section two of the constitution gives the president the authority to protect the american people. congress has given the president the authority to protect the american people from foreign nationals. so, this judge robart from seattle issues an emergency temporary restraining order on the ground that the plaintiffs, the states of washington and minnesota, will suffer irreparable harm and would most likely win their case if ...

And the critics believe that neither one of those things was in the law. when you look at article two, section three, it says the president shall take care the laws be faithfully executed. thats his job to carry out the law passed by congress. im sure that the president who was a constitutional professor himself would say he is well within the law and others might point to previous executive orders and say presidents do this all the time. >> i think our constitutional law professor president nee...

Presidents speech is indicative of everything that falls under the category, very important things required by the constitution. have you ever noticed how the constitution described the state of the union? you might be surprised to find the founders are vague and sound bored with the whole idea of it. article two, section three reads he shall from time-to-time give to the congress information of the state of the union. recommend to their consideration such measures as he may judge necessary and ...

About this institution of the presidency that endows those who occupy it with this feeling that they should be running the show. >> but heres the difference. while these kinds of decisions could be made by mubarak and sadat, this time what youre seeing is precisely what we want to see. these important issues about the role of government in society and the role of religion are being had for the first time and thats a huge step for the kind of hopefully democratic system we want to see in egypt. >...

The senate making what is called a recess appointment and republicans on and off the campaign trail erupt. >> what are rules to president obama? he is such an important man. i mean he is the presidentst united states, isnt he? >> you just saw yesterday that the president appoint people to the national labor relations board without the confirmation of the senate as a political pay back to his friend. >> when a president decides to violate the spirit of the law and to use the power of the presiden...

race. he also got booed on stage. well show what you that is all about. first, the new polling from suffolk university. mitt romney with a commanding 41% of likely republican voters. he is followed by ron paul at 18%, rick santorum and newt gingrich at 7%. this, of course, in new hampshire. both paul and santorum are on the rise since iowa. congressman paul took the day off from campaigning. santorum had a full day trying to turn his near victory in iowa to gains in new hampshire and t...

first, the new polling from suffolk university. mitt romney with a commanding 41% of likely republican voters. he is followed by ron paul at 18%, rick santorum and newt gingrich at 7%. this, of course, in new hampshire. both paul and santorum are on the rise since iowa. congressman paul took the day off from campaigning. santorum had a full day trying to turn his near victory in iowa to gains in new hampshire and trying to sell his brand of social conservativism in a leave me alone sta...

Few and far between. now, are they nonexistent? well, suppose congress said something like were going to take away the presidents pardon power. a power thats specifically committed to the president by article two. i think that would be a hard case. i think the court might say, well, notwithstanding that congress tried to do that. congress cant do that. the president has that power and doesnt matter what congress says about the matter. but those are very few and far between. for the most part the...

I know you considered at least on the issue of tariffs and a couple other issues saying as a member of the judiciary committee you will no longer allow judges out of the committee unless theres actions on tariffs. >> as george will put it, article three branch is important, the court, and we approved a number of judges. that is important. but article one, the congress, article two, the executive are as important as well. i do think unless we can actually exercise something other than approving t...

Approved a number of judges. that is important. but article one, the congress, article two, the executive are as important as well. i do think unless we can actually exercise something other than approving the presidents executive nominees, we have no reason to be there. so i think myself and a number of senators, at least a few of us, will stand up and say lets not move any more judges until we get a vote, for example, on tariffs. >> lets not move any more judges. of course, jeff flake said tha...