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Attorney general eric holder has announced that the new Justice Department initiative aimed at Building Trust between local Law Enforcement and the civilians they serve by providing training. He said the effort is a response to what happened after the Police Shooting in ferguson misery last month. The attorney general discussed the new initiative at the Justice Department last week. [inaudible conversations] welcome to all of you including the members of the media. Its good to see you all. I am ...

Any likelihood of that anytime soon. You never know what might happen. In terms of what would happen if Justice Ginsburg did step down, it depends insignificant part on which Party Controls the senate. That is going to be the big question. We will know more about that shortly. It is a political process question and it depends on who votes for who. I think it is what controls the senate. We have already seen the filibusters eliminated. While they are Still Available for some dream Court Supreme c...

Court were to reverse and say that the statute were to be enforced, there would be a perception, at least the state department believes there would in the middle east, that the u. S. Has retreated from the longestablished policy on neutrality of the status of jerusalem. There is a practical problem presented to the Supreme Court in this case. The difficult constitutional interpretive collection on whether the president s authority is exclusive since the time of George Washington and if this part...

Act is working. And families, businesses and taxpayers are better off as a result. Four years after president obama signed a law, middleclass families have more security and many who already had insurance have better coverage. If fewer americans are insured and come at the same time, we are spending our Health Care Dollars more wisely and we are starting to receive higherquality care. As we walk through the evidence, it might be helpful to add a little historical context. As a country, we have b...

Offense, without congress authorizing it, we will have created a horrible precedence. It is still far from clear what congress will do when it comes back after the midterm elections. In washington, bruce leshan, wusa9. Now the white house did send a statement to Congress Today saying the president does have the Legal Authority to bomb syria under the congressional authorization to use force against al die al qaeda and saddam hussein. The missing uva student, hannah graham. Peggy fox joins us wit...

Have received approval from the department under what was previously known at preclearance because they sought to simply regulate and protect the ballot as opposed to act in a different way but where there is an indication that the vote will somehow be harmed, i believe the department of justice certainly has the obligation to review that matter to look carefully at all the facts in evidence and then proceed accordingly. I couldnt agree with you more. I find it ironic and painful that at this mo...

Is in their parties primaries. If you are seen as being unorthodox can, as you were saying, or as Party Loyalists would say unfaithful to the partys positions on these issues, you tend to get Interest Groups who come after you with funds. They will often mount a primary opponent that makes your life difficult. And there are all kinds of institutions now in place and resources in place that really keep the parties politicians towing a very ideological line on these issues. So more and more thats ...

Low prices continue. More Domestic Production and that means coming from alaska. I will say in addition to the price, one of our biggest concerns you see, and we think it has gotten to the point where it is willful and every project senator senators talk about and everything is delayed. Delayed. We think it is willful and the weapon of choice of this administration to actually kill projects. It is a big problem. We have time for one more. What sort of assureance has been given that new Mapping T...

Because there were not looking for evidence of a legislative intent to create a right to judicial review. Your position is thats already there under the apa. Unless there is evidence of a judicial intent, of a congressional intention to preclude judicial review . Thats exactly right. Thats the presumption created by the apa. The way that your honor articulated it is the way the Supreme Court has articulated it time and again. Thats the governments burden to show by clear and convincing evidence ...

He is our guest this week on the communicators. Commissioner welcome. The debate on Net Neutrality is a moving target right now on the hill and the fcc getting ready to do something. Whats the debate morph into at this point in your view . Guest first, peter thanks for having me on yet again and you picked a good time. The agency is em broiled in a number of high profile issues, Net Neutrality first and foremost among them. To me, the debate has morphed into a political football which i think is...