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Exhibiting the kind of profound indifference to the racial contours of the jeff session nomination that i wouldnt have expected from somebody as savvy as mitch mcconnell. If they did that on purpose to be racially provocative, to stir you racial currents here, i think thats scary and gross. If they did it accidentally, i think its political malpractice. But i think theyve just turned this issue and Elizabeth Warren and the Jeff Sessions nomination into a much hotter, more hotly contested and sor...

Created a constitution that gave congress the sole power to declare war and divided the responsibility to wage war between the executive and legislative branches. as congressman abraham lincoln wrote to his friend william herndon in 1848, the early americans resolved that no one man should hold the power to take the nation into war. beschloss says, quote, were the founders to come back, they would probably be astonished and chagrinned to discover that in spite of their ardent strives, the life o...

Wrote to his friend william herndon in 1848, the early americans resolved that no one man should hold the power to take the nation into war. beschloss says, quote, were the founders to come back, they would probably be astonished and chagrinned to discover that in spite of their ardent strives, the life or death of much of the human race has now come to depend on the character of a single person who happens to be the president of the united states. this dynamic, this sort of personalization of w...

What do you say to the narrow argument that trump partly backed down last week, why do you need to sue? >> because his executive action, ari, was incomplete, it was incomprehensible, probably doesnt work right. we have no sense of what will happen to the children, where theyll go, how long it will last. like many of the things this administration has done, they dont really think through them in a logical way. so were filing suit to defend the constitutional rights of these families and certain o...

Have to frustrate federal law enforcement. so you can be sure im going to use every power i have to stop that. >> as you understand, he is alleging that california as a legal process which you lead are somehow out in excess of your state authority and that hes going to push back. your response, sir? >> were going to do what we need to do in california. we believe in upholding the law, including federal law and the constitution, and thats exactly what were doing. i think ag sessions had at least ...

May never see their kids or parents again. >> thats the human side of this, why theres outrage still going around the nation. you mention being an attorney. this is a crash course in a kind of law school for the nation, but not the good kind because everyone is sitting around their dining room table talking about how this works. it is understandable that some people feel given problems in the country, given poverty and everything we owe our citizens, the question comes up what do we owe other pe...

Oval office, is above the law. >> you say no one is above the law. this goes to an interesting point which you understand and i think viewers have gathered. the immigration power is second probably only to war making power for an area where the chief executive gets wide, wide latitude, traditionally in the courts, as you know. yet in the travel ban and on sanctuary cities and border separation policy, we have seen this president, even with the wide latitude appear to go beyond it. what does it t...

Missiles has usurped some of the congresss exclusive war-making power. we now have a president who knows nothing of the constitution and knows nothing of our history, and by all appearances, arrived in the job surprised that congress had any power over him at all or that the courts had any power over him. and so 241 years after the declaration of independence, 228 years after the constitution, how are the founding documents holding up against what might be the only president who has never read t...

Congresss exclusive war-making power. we now have a president who knows nothing of the constitution and knows nothing of our history, and by all appearances, arrived in the job surprised that congress had any power over him at all or that the courts had any power over him. and so 241 years after the declaration of independence, 228 years after the constitution, how are the founding documents holding up against what might be the only president who has never read them? joining us now, joy reid, th...

Look what theyre not doing on voter incht d. laws out of north carolina. im telling you, he has lost every single significant case there. and im not so sure theyre looking for any chance they can to push back against a president that does not respect judicial authority. >> and professor terley believes the law is still on trumps side on this. do you believe that, too, when it hits the supreme court? >> theres no doubt that it gives the presents huge immigration powers, broad and often powerful. ...