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President decided to do an end run around the senate for now and install a loyalist as acting ag, the plaque box, matthew whitakers federal prosecutor is steadily getting a dose of daylight thanks, to the free press. in recent dies a whole bunch of his pass is getting an airing, from his mysterious non-profit that he applied on the iowa supreme court while bragging about his football career. when asked if he would enhance iwass supreme court, he cited senior season on the football team. its safe...

You refer to whitaker as a nobody. how is that different from that of the president? >> this rhetoric is in legal papers, a complaint that we have filed in the united states district court. what matters here are not our words, but the law. >> yes. >> and -- >> but youre not worried about words like lackey and lap dog minimizing what youre saying and making it sound more personal and more like the president is rightly criticized for? >> the courts are going to decide whether or not we have been d...

Federal government, let alone the highest office at the justice department. if allowed to stand, mr. whitakers appointment would create a road map for the evasion of the constitutionally prescribed senate advice and consent role. joining us here live is senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. along with senator sheldon whitehouse and mazie hirono, he filed this suit today. senator, thank you for being here. >> thank you so much, rachel. >> as senators, how do you have standing to bring this l...

Hirono. senator, thank you for being here. >> thank you so much, rachel. >> as senators hour, do you have standing to bring this lawsuit? >> the presidents end run around the constitution deprives us of our right to vote, each of us as senators was elected by our people in our state to vote on advising and consenting. and there is a larger issue also than just our being injured because were deprive to have had right to do our job. its also a check and balance which the founders envisioned to app...

Decision making. my thanks to both of you. i turn now to senator richard blumenthal, who is suing the president over this new acting attorney generals appointment, mr. whitaker. and david corn joins me from washington, as well. senator, if you heard the conversation we were just having, it leads right in line to what youre doing. why do you argue tonight that mr. whitakers appointment itself is unlawful? >> this appointment of matt whitaker is an end run around the constitution, an evasion of th...

Several firefighter, professional firefighter organizations say that heavy wind, dry soil created a tinderbox atmosphere in california in certain areas and thats what really helped fuel these fires. there is a view held by some progressives, some environmentalists that the president wants to promote pro logging policies that would make an end run around bedrock environmental laws and would be an excuse to raid californias forests. well have to take a look at the provision in the farm bill the pr...

Convenie convenient. >> betting has not been a strong suit of this administration ever. what they concluded from that is it doesnt matter. they concluded and the president concluded that oh, sure, all of the critics that will carp about this or that. he will blow right through them. i had a flash back. remember when part of the reason he was already confirmed bite the senate. if the president fired sessions, the senate would be angry well that and wouldnt want to confirm someone new. if he took ...

Whitaker has told us, he said it on this network and other networks, what his views are. and so the idea that, you know, that there needed to be a conversation, no, i dont think so. but boy, it sure seems compromised. both from an ethics perspective but really from a constitutional perspective, this is a really troubling thing, the idea that the president can just install his lackey in. >> how does this play out then? i mean, the president has made his choice. is there a legal challenge that cou...

You cant just do an end run around it and impose your own person. number two, even before the lawsuit, i think we have to think about the election on tuesday and the house democrats being in control of a branch of government and the house can simply say, you know, this is a fake attorney general. this is not someone we will fund the justice department with, as its head. theyll cut funding, they may say well only fund mueller and not fund anything else until you get a real attorney general. so th...

Believe the appointment of whitaker is unconstitutional? >> yeah, i mean, the constitution says in it that the senate is to confirm principled department heads like the attorney general. indeed, the attorney general is kind of the best example of someone that needs to be senate confirmed. and whitaker is effectively a constitutional nobody. hes not someone the senate has confirmed, and the whole idea behind our constitution is to prevent the president from just reaching into the bowels of the ju...