Are open for business, we are working, were doing the public work, work very well, i think. So there are two current members, im the acting chairman. Im a republican. And i have my colleague, terrell mcsweeny, whos a democrat. But the thing to remember about the ftc is we are generally a bipartisan agency. Were an enforcementoriented agency, so our rules allow us to have a quorum with as few as two commissioners, so that isnt affecting our work. But, of course, we have to Reach Agreement to take action. Fortunately, most of the work that the ftc does is very much focused on real harms to consumers, fraud, we review mergers, we review antitrust issues, and those are areas where there is a lot of agreement. The other thing thats happening, you know, under hi leadership as chairman, ive asked staff to go back and take a look at some of the things that were doing that maybe need to be better focused or perhaps have a more limited impact on business or are our civil investigative demands to
Judge kennedy in an of itself is a superb candidate for united stes Supreme Court. In comparison to do not this gentleman justice. He has a deep compassion for the law, as many of you know your keys highly intelligent of his academic record. We can discern that come and his experience, 12 years on the Appellate Court in california and in the western area demonstrates a level that very few nominees to the Supreme Court demonstrate. Obviously, judge kennedy is a conservative, and here represented are here as democrats. We support him because of our personal knowledge of judge kennedy. I look back in Sacramento County where he grew up and where i grew up, and i can talk to the 1 Million People in Sacramento County, and that one of them would have anything negative to say about this candidate. One individual when asked by a reporter what they thought of him said, they noticed a lack of an observable ego. Judge kennedy is a man of humility, a man of compassion. Hes an individual that really
Current justices. We begin with the longest serving member of the court, anthony kennedy, appointed by Ronald Reagan after the failed nomination of robert pork. Confirmed unanimously in 1988, replacing and nixon appointee, Justice Lewis powell, and previoly served on the nth ciuit court of appeals. Heres a brief portion of the Justice Kennedy confirmation hearing, beginning with an introduction by robert matsui. Mr. Matsui its too bad that two individuals preceded judge kennedy for this nomination. I noticed the editorial in the New York Times this morning, they made reference to judge bork and judge ginsburg and i say its a shame because we shouldnt be here today comparing judge kennedy to his two previous nominees. Judge kennedy in and of himself is a superb candidate for the United States Supreme Court. And comparisons do not do this gentleman justice. He has a deep compassion for the law, as many of you know. Hes highly intelligent from his academic record. We can discern that. And
Current justices. We begin with the longest serving member of the court, anthony kennedy, appointed by Ronald Reagan after the failed nomination of robert pork. Confirmed unanimously in 1988, replacing and nixon appointee, Justice Lewis powell, and previoly served on the nth ciuit court of appeals. Heres a brief portion of the Justice Kennedy confirmation hearing, beginning with an introduction by robert matsui. Mr. Matsui its too bad that two individuals preceded judge kennedy for this nomination. I noticed the editorial in the New York Times this morning, they made reference to judge bork and judge ginsburg and i say its a shame because we shouldnt be here today comparing judge kennedy to his two previous nominees. Judge kennedy in and of himself is a superb candidate for the United States Supreme Court. And comparisons do not do this gentleman justice. He has a deep compassion for the law, as many of you know. Hes highly intelligent from his academic record. We can discern that. And
Next Supreme Court justice with a simple majority vote. Republican senators invoked the socalled Nuclear Option to lower the vote threshold and defeat a filibuster mounted by senate democrats. Joining me now to discuss these legal issues and more is john yu, a uc berkeley law professor. Thanks for being here. So the president ordered a missile strike thursday on syria, and he did it without clearing it through the u. N. Security council or through congress. Weve seen a lot of response in the last day. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called the attack proportional, but she also joined more liberal and conservative members of congress, including congressman barbara lee, in calling for a congressional vote. Youre a constitutional scholar. Is what the president did legal under u. S. Or International Law . Lets take the constitution first. So president s have long used force abroad without getting a declaration of war from congress. In fact, we havent declared war since world war ii. But