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Exhibiting the kind of profound indifference to the racial contours of the jeff session nomination that i wouldnt have expected from somebody as savvy as mitch mcconnell. If they did that on purpose to be racially provocative, to stir you racial currents here, i think thats scary and gross. If they did it accidentally, i think its political malpractice. But i think theyve just turned this issue and Elizabeth Warren and the Jeff Sessions nomination into a much hotter, more hotly contested and sort of scarier thing that its been up until now. It was remarkable. Do you think it changes any votes ...

Created a constitution that gave congress the sole power to declare war and divided the responsibility to wage war between the executive and legislative branches. as congressman abraham lincoln wrote to his friend william herndon in 1848, the early americans resolved that no one man should hold the power to take the nation into war. beschloss says, quote, were the founders to come back, they would probably be astonished and chagrinned to discover that in spite of their ardent strives, the life or death of much of the human race has now come to depend on the character of a single person who hap...

Wrote to his friend william herndon in 1848, the early americans resolved that no one man should hold the power to take the nation into war. beschloss says, quote, were the founders to come back, they would probably be astonished and chagrinned to discover that in spite of their ardent strives, the life or death of much of the human race has now come to depend on the character of a single person who happens to be the president of the united states. this dynamic, this sort of personalization of war making power, that being consolidated in the president, that is a dynamic i have written about my...

What do you say to the narrow argument that trump partly backed down last week, why do you need to sue? >> because his executive action, ari, was incomplete, it was incomprehensible, probably doesn't work right. we have no sense of what will happen to the children, where they'll go, how long it will last. like many of the things this administration has done, they don't really think through them in a logical way. so we're filing suit to defend the constitutional rights of these families and certain of the children. no child should be put in a child internment camp. >> you are suing the trump ad...

Have to frustrate federal law enforcement. so you can be sure i'm going to use every power i have to stop that. >> as you understand, he is alleging that california as a legal process which you lead are somehow out in excess of your state authority and that he's going to push back. your response, sir? >> we're going to do what we need to do in california. we believe in upholding the law, including federal law and the constitution, and that's exactly what we're doing. i think ag sessions had at least one part right, that is that we're using every power we have under the law. we will defend ours...