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The consumer financial protection bureau pose a significant threat to individual liberty, end quote. so does it follow that you think that other independent agencies are also constitutionally suspect? >> the supreme court has of course upheld since 1935 humphries executor decision, the practice of independent agencies. on the cfpb decision, the structure of that agency deviated from the traditional historical practice of independent agencies. >> you think the humphries that was 80 years ago was correctly decided? >> it's a precedent of the supreme court and it's been reaffirmed many times. but...

My mom, of course, was a state trial judge. the whole system of state government is most people's interaction with, with government. and federalism in that sense makes -- ensures accountability because you know better usually, your local and state elected officials than you do, and you can, therefore, make your views known on whatever governmental issues is of concern to you. for example, the schools is a classic one. >> so, what is the importance -- >> we're going to skip across town once again because the president has once again spoken to the assembled press pool. this next bit is motivated...

On the other side congress does have authority to regulate and has done so. with respect to contribution limits, however, there are cases where the contribution limits are too low, so subsequent to the e-mail you're talking about, the supreme court has twice struck down contribution limits, one in a case randall versus serell. >> i'm aware of these cases. >> justice breyer wrote. >> mm-hmm. >> so i don't think there's -- buckley versus vallejo is an important precedentprecedent. there's others, mcconnell, citizens united -- >> my issue is we've had past nominees who said they would honor prece...

Pre-existing conditions? >> senator, that's a pending case so i cannot talk about it. >> okay. this is just my concern, because of this expansive view of executive power where it brings us and where we end up. i want to move on to some consumer issues. in 2016 you wrote an opinion which was later overturned by the full d.c. circuit in which you found the consumer financial protection bureau unconstitutional. the majority recognized that millions of people were devastated by the financial crisis and they upheld this bureau and we know now in realtime the bureau has helped about 30 million consu...

Removable at will. in the case of the cfpb so the -- [ protester yelling ] >> i want to turn to what the majority felt about your dissent and i think they recognized that the dissent would threaten many if not all independent agencies. i think they specifically mentioned the ftc and i would add other ones like the federal reserve, securities and exchange commission. does it follow that you think these agencies are unconstitutional? >> no, i didn't say anything remotely like that, respectfully, senator, in that case. all i was talking about was a single-headed independent agency. >> but that's ...