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Tolerate a violation of the constitution of these clauses, what about the rest of the constitution? why should we obey any of it? you know, congress could defund the office of the white house, the presidents executive office and leave him with one secretary if all of these people wouldnt testify when it passed a budget and have a showdown with the president. >> yes. and in fact, what is becoming clearer, i think, is there will have to be some kind of procedural escalation on the part of the cong...

Strike against general motors enters its third day, presidential candidate cory booker has unveiled a plan that he says will help workers. the senator says hes going to fight for a law that makes it easier for workers to form a union, protect their right to strike and ban right to work laws he also said he would fight for a $15 an houwage, push for paycheck fairnes domestic as are treated fairly under labor laws, for pregnant women and older women. he also wants to ban mandatory arbitration clau...

All going to come, but it may be long after hes president by the time we get all this information. so whats going to have to happen is once we get it and we realize hes broken all the norms, congress is going to have to pass -- actually do their job and pass laws that frame exactly what the president can and cannot do. because the emoluments clauses, there are two emoluments clauses in the constitution. its not that theyre vague, but they dont spell it out that can be quickly enforced by the tru...

Really well-reasoned, deep, thoughtful opinion said, no, the district court got it wrong. the hotel owner and people involved in the hospitality industry, people who work in the restaurant business who have to compete against donald trump for the business of foreign governments, and also state and federal governments, theres actually two emoluments clauses, and i can talk about that, do have standing to bring the suit. so the case will go forward. this is a huge day for the rule of law in americ...

>> thats absolutely right. there are three cases currently pending against the president for this, the one that c.r.e.w., joined by business owners who compete with the presidents hotels but obviously cant offer access and influence over the president, theres the ones that -- theres that case that was decided today. theres a case that the district of columbia and the state of maryland brought and the case that members of congress brought. but prior to this, you didnt have any federal courts cons...

Told what they denied was that we are conducting an investigation into whether to report articles of impeachment. now, its certainly not the case that we have decided to report articles of impeachment. thats done at the end of the investigation. we are investigating whether we have adequate grounds and whether its advisable do that or not. we will make that determination. we will vote articles or impeachment or decide not to. >> do you have time do this before the election? >> oh, yeah. we do. i...

Report articles of impeachment. now, its certainly not the case that we have decided to report articles of impeachment. thats done at the end of the investigation. we are investigating whether we have adequate grounds and whether its advisable do that or not. we will make that determination. we will vote articles or impeachment or decide not to. >> do you have time do this before the election? >> oh, yeah. we do. i think we do. thats what were doing. and there is ample precedent. we will answer ...

It works for them because our system of justice moves slowly. and at some point its all going to come, but it may be long after hes president by the time we get all this information. so whats going to have to happen is once we get it and we realize hes broken all the norms, congress is going to have to do their job and pass some laws that say -- that frame exactly what the president can and cant do because the emoluments clauses, there are two emoluments clauses in the constitution, and theyre a...

These staying -- the stays over in scotland. it works for them because our system of justice moves slowly. at some point we will -- its all going to come, but it may be long after hes president by the time we get all this information. so whats going to have to happen is once we get it and we realize hes broken all the norms, congress is going to have to pass actually do their job and pass laws that dprframe exay what the president can and cannot do. there are two emoluments clauses in the consti...

Since 2015, a figure that is far higher than previously known. all of this is also the subject of an ongoing congressional investigation. katie benner, cynthia alksne remain with us. before we resume our conversation, lets listen to the executive director of c.r.e.w., on this topic of emoluments. >> the emoluments clauses of the constitution were not household names. it was not something most people knew about because presidents just followed them. presidents didnt try to keep global businesses ...