Capricious, ash tear or made sense. The Supreme Court in boumedin struck it down saying it was not an adequate substitute for habeas. Thats correct, senator. Your role was to find out a way to engage congress on the Detainee Treatment because it was your view that congress, being involved, would strengthen the president s hand . As a lawyer . Yes. I was not a policymaker but i did advise. As a lawyer. As did many others. There were very other many fine lawyers, too, senator, who advised the administration that Engaging Congress would be a good idea, because we had read our youngstown and our justice jackson. Any lawyer i think who understands this area of the law would suggest the president is stronger when he has congressional support. The Signing Statement. Is it fair to say there was a conflict between the Vice President s office and other parts of the Bush Administration about what the Signing Statement
should say or look like . Thats my recollection, and thats about all i can reca
The speaker warned him off of that. Made very clear that the individuals that would be voting for this bill were many of the individuals that helped republicans secure and maintain the majority, told them it Wasnt The Best idea. That said, there was still a House Freedom caucus meeting that was scheduled with tom price and nick mulvaney. They allowed that to happen after it was clear after the meeting there would be no movement with the conservatives, the House Freedom caucus members. The call was made. President trump called the speaker and told him clearly it was time to pull the bill and that is exactly what happened and the ramifications of that arent just micro, not just this week or this bill. They are health care, period. Obamacare stands not just for now, not just for the next couple months butter for the foreseeable future. A lot of republicans talked about if this goes down maybe kind of go piecemeal, piece by piece, try to do this in smaller chunks than all at once but is th
Mcgahn. He says that sessions made a huge error, hes very frustrated. A couple people have said one of the few times theyve seen him get genuinely angry as opposed to the blufter that we know the president is prone to was about Jeff Sessions. Hes upset about the russia recusal situation and feels angry and hamstrung about the fact that the Executive Order that the president himself signed related to a Ban On Travel a temporary ban, quote unquote, from muslim majority nations was struck down by the court. This was within the first week of the administration and set the tone Going Forward and in the president s mind, Jeff Sessions is tied to everything. Lastly, your colleagues just broke some news which is fascinating about jim comey asking Jeff Sessions not to be left alone again with the president or that he didnt want to be left alone with the president. Its quite striking. Essentially you have the fbi director concerned about the position apparently that the president might put him i
An investigative and investigatory perspective how much they will be willing to explain what happened on their platform and how much they will try to hold on to as a trade secret. Facebook is not going to keep this same public profile they got for much longer. The old saying you cant be neutral on a social media, train platform, i dont know. I am ari melb ber, we have a professional story we are tracking, what bob mueller might have in his possession and how long agone the story is going. Why some conservatives tell President Trumps season of betrayal on the white house faceoff with espn, their socalled culture war. But first the Breaking News from st. Louis. This is the scene right there we want to show you tonight. Several hundred protesters are in the streets. They are protesting breaking
news, an acquittal of a former st. Louis Police Officer who was on trial for murder for g kiting a black man after a car chase. Now, today, judge Timothy Wilson found that former st. Louis Police O