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President, would have the power to impose this kind of restriction. so that deals with the statutory question. and, as i said before, the other question was did he do this with religious animus, religious prejudice, religious discrimination, and is that so serious that it infirms the resolution and the whole thing should be struck down? and the court says, look, we're aware of what the president said as a candidate. we're aware of what he said as president. but they said we're reviewing a presidential directive which, if you just look at the words, is neutral on its face in terms of whether or...

Executive. he's functioning 100% as a politician. most presidents function half one, half the other. but the chief executive thing will kick in at important moments. bill: is that because you have to be in there and be a governor to learn those skills? >> i think there is a lot to the fact that the president wasn't prepared to be president. the american people overlooked the lack of preparation. this is the most difficult job in the world. it's hard to put somebody in there who has never had executive responsibility. never had command. never run the military, or a government agency. he doesn't...

One of the defining speeches of the obama presidency was not delivered to a packed stadium. it did not have the president's final edits jotted into the margins, more did it include a teleprompter. instead, it was a 17-minute extell pre extell praness discussion on race in america, delivered to a half-empty press room on a friday afternoon. president's words were honest and deeply personal. in the view of conservative "new york times" columnist david brooks, his speech was a symphony. >> i thought this speech was one of the highlights of the presidency. i thought it was a symphony of indignatio...

I'm paraphrasing here -- that once the president reached the white house, now quoting, it appears his intense interest in the subject of race diminished, he would be judged by the content of his presidency, not the color of his skin. race seemingly became unimportant, if not irrelevant, to the first black president of the united states. he rarely spoke about it. this, a big departure. >> yeah. it seemed superficially unimportant, but it's important to remember race is his first subject, as it would be if you had a black father and a white mother. he brings to all the other issues, the way he f...

Morning that his sense -- and i'm paraphrasing here -- that once the president reached the white house, now quoting, it appears his intense interest in the subject of race diminished, he would be judged by the content of his presidency, not the color of his skin. race seemingly became unimportant, if not irrelevant, to the first black president of the united states. he rarely spoke about it. this, a big departure. >> yeah. it seemed superficially unimportant, but it's important to remember race is his first subject, as it would be if you had a black father and a white mother. he brings to all ...