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It was an extremely unpopular decision that wanted to protect his constitutional rights. and for ensuring that -- here is something unpopular. we cant protect his rights. yet, when you were asked why you feel how you do know, on the independent counseling statute, you feel differently than you did in the 1990s. and you mentioned it to senator feingold that you feel differently because of 9/11. and that the president needs to be given more reign, i guess, to focus on national security issues. i a...

That. i have talked about that in the u.s. telecom decision. they have not yet provided specific guidance. do you look at the number of people affected, the amount of money involved, kind of attention it has received in congress, the kind of attention it has received in the public, and you make a judgment based on that, whether this is the kind of rule, as justice breyer first explained, really feeling smaller parts of the statute, or a big social or economic decision. there are lots of factors ...

The people who are affected by our decisions. we love the process because we are used to process, and it helps us make better, more informed decisions. >> thank you. let me talk a little bit about what i touched on yesterday. obviously, the independents in the judiciary, was our issue is here. most important questions i think you have been asked her about that. senator coons and i, along with a few others, we travel to southern africa a few months ago. we met there with the constitutional court ...

I tried to make clear to you senator coons and otherwise that i have repeatedly discussed the tradition of that kind of system with approval in the journal article that i wrote in the late 1990s as well, most recently in the phh decision, distinguishing that. the old independent counsel system, and more, which dealt with it, nonexistent, and i have always spoken approvingly of the general system and the tradition of special counsel. >> well, thank you. and i hope that puts it to rest. like i sai...

Reach a more informed decision. each of us will be more prepare prepared. and we have learned from the lawyers, but also from each other, the questions, similar to the way that this process works. you hear about other senators. thats marks thoughts for you to ask questions. so too for the judges. then we conference right after the oral argument. we give our tentative use, we debate and discuss, and it is very collegial. there is a lot of fluidity. it is not here is my position and thats it. for ...

President obama argued, he planted a seed in me that i interpreted it too narrowly. thats included not just international law, but u.s. historical practice. and i went back and really thought about that. he made a compelling case, and i went back and have dug deeper, studied it. ultimately concluded he was right. what he had said, and i referenced that in my subsequent opinion, based on the arguments, i had gone back. it just like a replay official. i made the call in the original case, but went...

Special counsels, which i have distinguished multiple times over the years. >> so im just concerned that im having difficulty getting what i think is a clear and decisive answer from you on a number of things. would you overturn morrison, what is your view of executive theory. is it appropriate for a president to fire a special counsel investigating him. im just going to come back to a decision that you rendered this year, this phh decision. i urge folks that are having any interest in this or t...