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Attacks the independence of any institution that suggests he cant do whatever he wants when he wants. you know, the judge in this case, judge tiger in this case, has a federal statute that he read the plain language of that said no, actually, when people come into this country they can come into the country and seek asylum. and theres nothing in the statute that requires them to walk into a particular door. so you dont get to just ignore the federal statute that congress passed. this is like con...

The federal statute that congress passed. this is like constitution 101. right? branches of government. you dont get to just ignore the word of the congress. and judges dont get to ignore what is an obvious and an everyday person reading of the statute. but remember that donald trump, not only did he like set us up and set the supreme court up, the supreme court has been bending over backwards to remind americans they are going to work together even though we have the brett kavanaugh hearings, t...

You know, the judge in this case, judge tiger in this case, has a federal statute that he read the plain language of that said no, actually, when people come into this country they can come into the country and seek asylum. and theres nothing in the statute that requires them to walk into a particular door. so you dont get to just ignore the federal statute that congress passed. this is like constitution 101. right? branches of government. you dont get to just ignore the word of the congress. an...

Clinton case, without question, but by the same token the obstruction of justice case is he is, im not saying that its clear-cut, but the obstruction of justice case is he was trying to stop an investigation and when he couldnt get what he wanted, he fired the guy heading the investigation. >> but again, were friends here, thats conflating two different standards under obstruction of justice. so you cannot use the comparison. the president has the constitutional authority to deal with those that...

Deputy attorney general that james comey should not be leading the fbi. its ironic based on the action they recommended and that he took in consultation with others hes now being investigated by the agencies that told him to take that very action, removing the fbi director. so this idea, this is the threshold constitutional issue that has to be addressed before anything starts. when we talk about investigations before you can get to investigation, you got to determine does the constitution allow...

With this situation. this is not a situation of witness tampering. this is not a situation of bribery. >> no, its firing the guy in charge of the investigation. >> look, the constitution is -- i mean, this is constitution 101 here. the president has the authority as the chief executive to make those kind of determinations. james comey, by the way, stated at his hearing. >> he did. >> that he understands that he servelz at the pleasure of the president. so this is not some complicated case and by...

Already admitted hed already made his decision long before rod rosenstein issued the memo, so whether or not rosenstein made that recommendation, it was irrelevant, according to the president, about his decision but in terms of whether or not the president can obstruct justice by telling people under him what to do or firing them, i lived through the 90s and im old enough to remember people on the right saying that president clinton obstructed justice by telling people who worked for him what to...

Management and budget you want after him for writing muslims "do not know god" and that "they stand condemned." >> it is indefensible, hateful, islamaphobic and insult to over a billion muslims throughout the world. >> senator, are you saying someone is necessarily hateful and islamaphobic if they believe in their private life and express the only path to god is through jesus christ? >> no, absolutely not. look, what our constitution, one of the great parts of our constitution is to protect free...

Can a president who has a constitutional authority take a certain action, then be prosecuted for taking the action, and in this particular case you had a scenario where the president receiving advice from a variety of his government officials, was told by his attorney general and by his deputy attorney general james comey should not be leading the fbi. its ironic based on the action they recommended and that he took in consultation with others hes now being investigated by the agencies that told...

A billion muslims throughout the world. >> senator, are you saying someone is necessarily hateful and islamaphobic if they believe in their private life and express that in their private life the only path to god is through jesus christ? >> no, absolutely not. look, what our constitution, one of the great parts of our constitution is to protect freedom of religion. you practice what religion you want, i do, mr. vote does, thats what its about, but at a time when we are dealing with islamaphobia ...