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president trump on this decision. welcome to the program. glad to have you. great to be here. sean: you and a lot of prominent judicial scholars were asked to look for certain candidates that fit this meaning of a constitutionalist, and originalist. maybe some americans are hearing this term for the first time. how would you best define those terms and differentiate a regionalism from judicial activism? first of all, the way to think about it is a judge has a deep sense of fairness and a sense of impartiality. when he is grounded in text and original meaning of the constitution, she is putting the text and the original meeting ahead of any political predisposition he may have. that s the way a judge cases. fairly and partially without regard to your own predispositions or prejudices. sean: a judicial activist assembly of a liberal put a liberal would want on the court? somebody believes that the constitution is a living and breathing document that they have the right ....
capricious, ash tear or made sense. the supreme court in boumedin struck it down saying it was not an adequate substitute for habeas. that s correct, senator. your role was to find out a way to engage congress on the detainee treatment because it was your view that congress, being involved, would strengthen the president s hand? as a lawyer? yes. i was not a policymaker but i did advise. as a lawyer. as did many others. there were very other many fine lawyers, too, senator, who advised the administration that engaging congress would be a good idea, because we had read our youngstown and our justice jackson. any lawyer i think who understands this area of the law would suggest the president is stronger when he has congressional support. the signing statement. is it fair to say there was a conflict between the vice president s office and other parts of the bush administration about what the signing statement should say or look like? that s my recollection, and ....
hearts we weren t going to kill them. that was training. that kind of training helped prepare them for the treatment that they got. john mccain was tortured. what they did to him in the hanoi hilton and other prisoner of war sites in north vietnam was torture. we ve never done that kind of thing. never condoned it. some of our allies may have done it but we department. the bottom line is, when congress made these things illegal, they re going to stay illegal until congress changes it. neil: when i hear the president said as he did today in this press conference and that he would defer i hope i have the right wording there to his defense secretary, what did you make of that? well, i make of it donald trump became famous for saying year you re fired. if he doesn t like that the secretary of defense won t do it i know these mean well. i know jim mattis very well. he was not going to issue that kind of order and he has the authority to issue though orders. he s no ....
are we going to repeal and replace obamacare with something better? this is the covenant that we made with the american people when we ran on a repeal and replace plan in 2016. we are designing a system that is not going to lower costs, and that is the big deal. by removing the mandate of a government-mandated, you must buy this program or you will pay a penalty, and eliminating choice, we are enacting, i think, very strong conservative flat numeric values and health care that give all-americans more choice at a lower cost. i think that should be a very positive message. make no mistake, the president is very proud of the product they produce. we are going to try to make this bill better if we can, but right now, where it is, it is not what we told the voters we were going to do. shannon: tonight, as president trump finds himself in sell mode, we will delve deep into the divisions. page david mcintosh, president of the club for this year, he just met with the president
worldwide. in his first speech abroad he urged them to purge their communities of, quote, the foot soldiers of evil. the man who campaigned heavily on a proposed muslim ban today asked islamic leaders in the middle east to unite with america in the global fight against terrorism. let s get out to nick robinson in the saudi capital where president trump gave that speech today. nick. reporter: ana, part of president trump s message seemed to be to alleviate the concerns of those in the room that under president obama they lost the support of the united states. he said our friends never need to question our support, a reassuring message for those in the room, but he had a tone that was designed, if you will, draw the audience in. he said, i m not here to tell you how to live your lives, that we have common values, and through those common values we can find common security. he also said that what s troubling the region is not an issue of a contest between faith. this is not a ....