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As regions, rather than for example through the ukrainian parliament. that would do in practice is give russia leaders, who have a very direct line of communication to those figures, effectively a veto over issues like the future evolution of the ukrainian constitution and major policy issues. this deal was signed by the ukrainians effectively with a gun to their heads. and i think its not one that many ukrainian leaders today are really eager to bring back into force. it’s today are really ea...

Areas, giving legal advice. and if something can be reasonably argued and president wants to take that position, you advance in good faith. second issue would be policy, what do we emphasize? do we go after the cartels or human trafficking and so forth, they are policy issues, they are political, that is fine. the third area is the special area. that is the administration of the criminal justice system. there the obligation of the attorney general is to make sure that decisions are made as to in...

Everyone, including mr. carlson in this country has the first amendment rights, that includes his right to speak, his right to be inaccurate or wrong, protected up to a point. we can get into law later sometime, but hes allowed to make mistakes. what does it tell you from foreign policy perspective that the kremlin finds this so darn useful. where american conservatism took this term. ronald reagan wouldnt like much of whats on fox prime time, he used to be the gold standard for tough foreign po...

And the answer to the question of why did putin attack ukraine now is, i think, is because he felt the moment was right and he had spent months preparing for this. he had achieved a situation when theres no, realistically, theres no force within russia, theres no political party or political leader who could challenge him on any of the policy issues. the most important and prominent opposition leader, alexei navalny, is injail. his organisation, called the anti—corruption foundation, is banned...

Questioning, offering either crisp legal answers or policy deflections. she said it was her due to avoid policy statements, drawing a line between what politicians my prefer, and what judges do. it was dry, and at times kind of boring. perhaps deliberately so. >> im particularly mindful of not speaking to policy issues. our obligation as judges is not to create policy. i believe that judges are not policymakers. >> thats the way this system works. are you okay with that? >> as a policy matter, s...

Idea. >> well, respectfully, senator, other nominees to the supreme court have responded as i will, which is, that it is a policy question for congress and i am particularly mindful of not speaking to policy issues, because i am so committed to staying in my lane of the system. because im just not willing to speak to issues that are properly in the province of this body. >> okay. >> then i would interrupt your answer -- and you dont have to respond to this, but i think youre saying that breyer a...

0 facts, im applying the law in as neutral and consistent a manner as i can. because that is the duty and requirement of the judicial oath. im also very conscious of the limits of judicial authority, of the restrictions that exist in the law to prevent me as a judge from becoming a policymaker. this means that i carefully scrutinize my jurisdiction. it means that i look at the text and focus on the text and the intentions of the legislatures that drafted that provision. or the intention of the f...

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