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In terms of an exercise -- >> so you -- if a court has held a statute constitutional, do you believe a president should have to enforce it? >> so for example, let's talk about for example the marijuana laws. those are constitutional. but a u.s. attorney or the attorney general could say we're not going to devote our resources to low-level marijuana offenses. those are constitutional -- >> let me try one other example with you. the texas case on pre-existing conditions. the administration has taken the position that it's unconstitutional that part of the affordable care act, that insurance comp...

Low-level marijuana offenses go in terms of an exercise of prosecutorial discretion. >> but if a court has held a statute constitutional, do you believe that a president should have to enforce it? >> so, for example, let's talk about, for example, the marijuana laws. those are constitutional, but a u.s. attorney or the attorney general could say we're not going to devote our resources to low-level marijuana offenses. those are perfectly constitutional. >> let me try another example for you, the texas case on pre-existing conditions. the administration has taken the position that that is uncons...

Impeachable offense and that really is a question for the house and the senate. >> let me move on. this is about actual opinions and really along the same lines that i know senator coons is going to talk to you about the special counsel statute and we're very concerned about that. but in the 7 sky v. holder case, i quote, this is you, under the constitution the president may decline to enforce a statute that regulates private individuals when the president deems a statute unconstitutional, even if a court has held or would hold the statute constitutional. and so then you told me when we had th...

Statute constitutional. this statement by you flies in the face. it gives license to this president, donald john trump, or any president who chooses to ignore the constitution, to assert authority far beyond that envisioned by our founding fathers. there are many people who are watching carefully. i'm going to make a suggestion to you today, and it won't be popular on either side of the aisle. if you believe that your public record is one that you can stand behind and defend, i hope that at the end of this, you will ask this committee to suspend until we are given all the documents, until we h...

That's never happened in america, the supreme court has prevented that from happening. the court also found it no evidence of terror emanating from those in seven countries and that's a problem on a couple of levels. this is the most defensive part of their decision and their reasoning. they say there's no evidence of any terrorism from these seven nations, they are wrong completely. all they had to do was spend 5 minutes googling it. at some time ago, the judiciary committee issued a list of 60 individuals who were arrested and most of them convicted of foiled terrorist plots. you don't have ...