Good morning. The Judiciary Committee will come to order, and without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on the unconstitutionality of president obamas executive actions on immigration, and ill begin by recognizing myself for an opening statement. Last november president obama announced one of the biggest constitutional power grabs ever by a president. He declared unilaterally that by his own estimation almost 5 million unlawful aliens would be free from the legal consequences of their lawless actions. Not only that, by granting them deferred action, he would bestow upon them benefits such as legal presence, Work Authorization, and access to the Social Security trust fund and the earned income tax credit. President obama took these actions despite having stated over 20 times in the past that he didnt have the constitutional power to take such steps on his own. As the washington posts own fact
The definition gets cloudier not more specific in my view. And in fact, you know, if we end somewhere like three out of the seven, that would be clear too, wouldnt it . Wouldnt it be just as clear to say navigable waters are waters that are navigable for interstate commerce and why wouldnt that be we have been the area that lacks clarity right now is not the issue of navigable waters. The Supreme Court actually spoke very definitively that navigable waters need to be looked at in a way that isnt the traditional definition. We havent been looking at navigable waters the same way. It is a recognition that navigable waters in their ability to provide the functions that we look for, are really severely impacted by the waters that flow into them. So the challenge we tried to face in the clean water rule was to take a look at how do we identify those rivers streams tributaries, wetlands that feed into those navigable waters that we need to understand and protect so that they wont degrade tho
Screeria nigeria. Obamas executive orders on immigration. And later, a hearing on Home Ownership and mortgage lending. At an event hosted by the center for American Progress, state legislators from texas minnesota, and new jersey spoke about what their governments are doing to help the middle class. Topics include the minimum wage and health care costs. This is just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for braving the cold. For those of you watching at home, we had a big snowstorm here in d. C. , and it was difficult for a lot of people to get in, and we have a pretty full room considering the circumstances. So welcome to all of you. Thank you to winnie. One of my first jobs in politics was here at the center for American Progress when it was still just a fledgling organization with about i dont even remember at the time. But winnie was my boss here, and it was an honor to work for her. I learned so much from her, so thank you for the introduction and thank you for hosting u
Subpoenas without Court Approval for documents relevant to an authorized inquiry. In addition, grand juries have authority to subpoena the records potentially relevant whether a crime has occurred and the grand jury also dont require Court Approval. In addition to for the amendment doesnt require a warrant when the government seeks purely transactional information or medved ai as the states content of communications. This information is voluntarily made available to the phone company to compete the call and for billing purposes and for the courts have therefore said a reasonable expectation as private. I would stress however section 215 is more restrictive than the constitution demands because it requires the approval of the federal judge. While the medellin is extraordinary in terms of the amount of data required its also extraordinarily protective in terms of the strict limitations placed on accessing the data. For these reasons i think the program is entirely conducted in a manner t
According to the Madison Police chief is that officers were responding to reports of an individual running through traffic causing a disturbance, as officers were responding the call was upgraded told that this person had committed some kind of battery. The chief says when officers arrived the subject was in an apartment and officers forced entry because he heard a disturbance inside. And at that point they say that the teen then attacked the officer, knocking the officer to the ground with a blow to the head. Thats when the officer drew his weapon and fired at the teen. I understand that youve had the opportunity to speak to the shooting victims mother. What did you learn from her . I did. I spoke with her about five hours after this happened. She is obviously shaken up. Shes angry, she told me she wants answers, she wants to know what happened to her son. She said that the mayor of madison, pauling solin, had been to the home to speak with her. As we were leaving the medical examiner