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>> senator, that was a question that the court struggled with in the hamdi case, as you know. >> and we had a lot of conversations about how to proceed forward when you were in the bush administration. is that correct? >> we did. >> and you were in the camp of the youngstown still camp that if congress is involved, the president is stronger, not weaker. is that right? >> that's right, senator. >> but there are some authorities that the president as commander in chief have that cannot be taken away by the congress. th're inherent to the job. is that true also? >> there's certainly people who be...

In citizens united justice kennedy indicated campaign donations could only be justified by concerns about quid pro quo corruption. now president trump has said and i quote that the reason he made campaign donations was so that when he need something from them, they're there for me. using his campaign contributions to buy favors. shouldn't congress, not the court, make the case about the potential for corruption especially if we're talking about quid pro quos? >> senator, think there is room for lots of legislation in this area that the court has left. the court indicated that if, you know, pro...

Among other things the little guy would be protected as much as the big one." is it fair to say the court's decision in hobby lobby and your conkuri concurring position upheld this one -- >> i might give you a couple of others that rifka application that might shed line on this. it's the same statute that applies not just to hobby lobby. it also applies to little sisters of the poor and protects their legislation exercise and it's also been applied in a case where i appointed counsel because i saw something potentially meritorious there and our court held it applied to a muslim prisoner in okl...

You join i would tell you my reflection on that i represented class actions. i represented people class actions. i've ruled against class actions and i've ruled for class actions and in cass each it depend on the fat the most recent class action case that and and thos folks filed a class action for damage to their property and it took 25 years for that case bouncing up and down and pore a

Colorado women attorneys who are on the short list being considered by the bush white house. at that point, and your name was and in that case a billionaire donor intervened. he lobbied the white house to appoint you. you were his lawyer, he liked you. he made donations to he came and hut the are these areas of concern? >> senator, with respect to my nomination, as i recall -- >> i'm talking about the circuit. >> yeah, yeah. as i recall all of my clients were an awful lot of them came out of the woodwork to say nice,