Run Constitutional News Today

This compromise bill. So as you mention the politics are fascinating. You have the president and Vice President calling rank and file democrats asking them to vote in favor of the package. You had nancy pelosi and Elizabeth Warren on the other side saying stand up and fight. Bottom line it got through. There were conservative defections because some of them wanted to vote to fight the immigration executive order. It now appears that that will happen in february when funding for Homeland Security...

Add all of this up. what have we learned and where are these hearings going, do you think? >> well, i think what weve learned is that donald trump pushed what he knew to be a lie, what he was told was illegal and un-constitutional, what we learned today was that even his legal team, the people arguing loudest in court and on the tv, the court of public opinion, rudy guiliani in particular said we got lots of theories. weve got no evidence. they had nothing. they gas lit the country, divided our ...

Learned is that donald trump pushed what he knew to be a lie, what he was told was illegal and un-constitutional, what we learned today was that even his legal team, the people arguing loudest in court and on the tv, the court of public opinion, rudy guiliani in particular said we got lots of theories. weve got no evidence. they had nothing. they gas lit the country, divided our democracy, duped their supporters, tried to intimidate fellow republicans to overturn our elections based on nothing. ...

Favorites. they could have defunded obamacare and offered an alternative. they could have taken the president on with his un-constitutional, unlawful action. and shown theyre tough. >> has the party been desperate to push something through if theyre going to gain power? >> theyre afraid of the shut down and gave into appropriators that crafted these bills and wanted to be done with it. they could have had a vote youre getting senate democrats on record, for pushing back against the presidents am...

Moment in history. >> its amazing how democrats are praising elizabeth warren in the senate. >> listen. go elizabeth. >> she called people that wanted to shut down the government. >> let me go back to the tweet. because this is how he summed it up. it funds obamacare. and is filled with political favorites. they could have defunded obamacare and offered an alternative. they could have taken the president on with his un-constitutional, unlawful action. and shown theyre tough. >> has the party bee...

Un-constitutional. our founding fathers looked to a philosopher on the separation of powers and that it would be tyranny. >> why isnt congress holding him accountable? terry jeffreys brings up that today. why are republicans not checking in this usurping of legislative power? >> the question is why arent the democrats standing up for the constitution? this shouldnt be a partisan issue. there should be democrat heros who will stand up and say i know hes a democrat president but i know reading doe...

Yes, i think its illegal, un-constitutional. our founding fathers looked to a philosopher on the separation of powers and that it would be tyranny. >> why isnt congress holding him accountable? terry jeffreys brings up that today. why are republicans not checking in this usurping of legislative power? >> the question is why arent the democrats standing up for the constitution? this shouldnt be a partisan issue. there should be democrat heros who will stand up and say i know hes a democrat presid...

Judge has strong words for the obama administration. this is the second warning for white house this week. the first was a george w. bush appointee. the president now taking incoming from both sides of the aisle on the bench well. told you a federal judge warning the sp program will likely be judged un-constitutional. and another to keep secrets about international development efforts. district judge here ellen seigel huvell went after this administration saying the government appears to adopt c...

Commitment inherited in our country would be ironic and sad. this could be the -- you could have a presidential selection for a supreme court justice today or tomorrow and this could be one of those cases talked about during those confirmation proceedings. megyn: it would go up to the 7th circuit court of appeals. ways your feeling how the court will look at this. >> they have not been great on religious liberty issues. one of the presidents leading contenders for the supreme court diane wood ha...

Good people are so afraid of an out of control border, that they had to resort to a law that i think is un constitutional. until we prove to the american people we can secure our borders and quite frankly, madam secretary we have a long way to go. but once we get there, comprehensive reform should come up, will come up, and i believe we can do it by 2012. >> joining us once again tonight, arizona congressman raul grialva. the house is not going to move on immigration according to the leadership ...