Flynn is a defendant without a prosecutor and litigation now without any controversy between the actual parties to the case. Instead of promptly granting dismissal as required as a matter of law, judge sullivan denied two defense motioning opposing any amicus at all, appointed mr. Gleeson to usurp the job of prosecutor, and went forth to right theening wrotes he perceived. To right the wrongs he perceived. The job of the United States attorney is otherwise occupied. In adding these unconstitutional burdens of process to punish Michael Flynn, judge sullivan discarded any semblance of the unbiased, impartial adjudicator this court extolled in the 2019 chapter of that case saga. As a cornerstone of any system of justice worth the label. Four rulings are required to conclude this novel article three excess. Judge sullivans petition for rehearing must be flatly denied with clear language that a judge has no injury and no standing to seek relief of this courts rulings. Because judge sullivan
And then senator paul will tell you how he feels. I want to state at the outset i support President Trump. The mannernd respect in which he has approached his commanderinchief powers. More than any other president in my lifetime, President Trump has shown a lot of restraint. He has been reluctant to get us involved in wars all over the globe. He has been mindful and respectful of the fact that when the American People are asked to give up blood and treasure, sending off their sons and daughters and moms and dads into battlefields, he is therefore very careful about it. I respect that enormously. My comments are not directed at the attack that occurred friday. Well leave that to another day. I will say that we were brought into this briefing today to talk about that attack friday. I had hoped and expected to receive more information outlining the legal, factual and moral just got moral justification for the attack and was left unsatisfied. The briefing lasted only 75 minutes, whereupon
For a conversation on Monetary Policy and the possibility of inflation in the u. S. Economy. Former Federal Reserve chair bernanke and Larry Summers speaking. Live coverage just getting underway. Will undoubted lly weighing. Thats the fun. We think that the question of rethinking the two Percent Inflation target is one of the most important questions facing Monetary Policy makers at the moment. You might say the backward looking question that we need to think about which we are thinking about is how did unconventional policy really work and should unconventional policy really be considered conventional policy. We look forward i think you have to argue that one of the biggest questions now is whether given everything we know whether a two Percent Inflation target framework is the right one for Monetary Policy. After all, when it was conceived nobody anticipated we would have so many years of trying to get inflation up to two percent and nor did we think that the long run equilibrium Int
Good morning to everybody whose here and especially those who have prepared for testimony today. We welcome everybody on what i think will be the final day of judge gorsuchs confirmation hearing. Weve already heard two days of impressive testimony from the nominee. I think hes shown great command of the law and i think he has showed a humility with his humble delivery and i think people learned a lot about our not only our political system but our judicial system with whats going on the last three days. Today will hear from a number of outside witnesses. Well hear from a number of distinguished witnesses both in support and in opposition to the nominee. They will all speak to the qualifications to be a Supreme Court justice. I look forward from hearing from all the witnesses today. Let me modify this a little bit because im going to spend maybe 15 minutes at the Agriculture Committee because the nominee for secretary of agricultures before that committee and im a member of that committ
Good morning to everybody whose here and especially those who have prepared for testimony today. We welcome everybody on what i think will be the final day of judge gorsuchs confirmation hearing. Weve already heard two days of impressive testimony from the nominee. I think hes shown great command of the law and i think he has showed a humility with his humble delivery and i think people learned a lot about our not only our political system but our judicial system with whats going on the last three days. Today will hear from a number of outside witnesses. Well hear from a number of distinguished witnesses both in support and in opposition to the nominee. They will all speak to the qualifications to be a Supreme Court justice. I look forward from hearing from all the witnesses today. Let me modify this a little bit because im going to spend maybe 15 minutes at the Agriculture Committee because the nominee for secretary of agricultures before that committee and im a member of that committ