Continue to burn out of control in the u. S. Now home for a 1000000 people in oregon on day an evacuation warning. A relocation plan for refugees but serious concerns remain amongst the community of how safe that new home on a bangladeshi island may really be. The gulf state of bahrain has followed the United Arab Emirates and agreed to normalize ties with israel u. S. President donald trump announced it to speaking with king hamad bin khalifa and the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu theyve hailed the move as an historic breakthrough to furthering peace in the middle east a White House Correspondent kimberly health at her small. Following a friday phone call with the king of bahrain and israels leader the u. S. President made this announcement on twitter israel and the kingdom of bahrain would be establishing full diplomatic relations bahrain now joins the United Arab Emirates after its announcement last month that the country would be establishing full diplomatic ties with is
Statement from me and from mr. Cole then well go tow our distinguished witnesses. Today the rules committee will hold a hearing to discuss how the constitution separated powers between the legislative and executive branches and how the balance of power between these branches has shifted over time. We are doing this in the hopes of finding concrete Bipartisan Solutions to better ensure congress is playing the role our nations founders envisioned. Thats a lot, i know. And while a constitutional debate may be fun for law students and legal scholars and mr. Raskin [ laughter ] the it wasnt fun when i was yeah. For the rest of us, it could feel a little in the weeds. So, so for the rest of us, let me simplify. You know, we throw around the phrase, the peoples house, a lot around here, but this really is but this really is about whether we remain the institution that our nations founders created to be the voice of the people. The constitution entrusts congress with deciding how to spend fede
Better than estimated. How would you characterize the recent data and the strength of the economy . Win i would say its solid. We had some outliers, but you look at some models, the atlanta fed has growth somewhere around 2. 3 . The new york fed now has some thing around 1. 2 . I expect the truth is somewhere in between. I think we will avoid recession in 2020. Thats what the yield curve is telling us. We went from an extended period of inverted yield last year to positive. I think markets feel pretty good. That said, we have a few hurdles out there. Vonnie iran the and one of them. How do you see this escalating tension, the titfortat impacting markets, particularly currency markets . Win we started the year pretty much popping open champagne, hitting record highs in the equity market, but we got a serious dose of reality. A. Trump has ignited situation in an already quite unstable region. Iran has pledged retaliation. When, what, where, we dont know. That is not just against u. S. It
Columbia seek to an implied cause of action to enforce emolument clause against the president of the United States. The Municipal Court committed errors in dismissing the suit could i ask you to speak up just a little bit and bring the microphone closer if you can. And the plaintiffs are fundamentally mistaken in asserting that this court is powerless to correct any of those errors at this time. Now, we have identified two different paths through which this court can grant mandamus relieve. The Supreme Court in cheney made clear, its utmost when involving mandamus and the preds of the United States and in no case would a court be required to proceed against the president as it would against a private individual and moreover, the court said that the high respect due the office of the president must be considered throughout the entire proceeding. Now, what does that imply in this case . It implies the following. Their position is that even if the District Court erred in refusing to dismi
Good afternoon, everyone. Notwithstanding the change in the schedule, were going to start on time, the new time. So, on behalf of myself and bob wise, who is my supremely and talented collegial codirector of the nyu law schools legislative and regulatory process clinic, i wanted to welcome you here today to the fourthyear of the form. Forum. We are joined by another nyu law entity. A nonpartisan, multidisciplinary director, and the rachel called brenner, who is here, has been invaluable in helping pull together the programs this afternoon. This forum would not be possible without the generous support of a Renowned International law firm. It gives me great pleasure to partnere peter ross, a in the chicago office, who knows a lot about what we are talking about today. He served his district for six terms, from 2002019. He chaired the house ways and means subcommittee on oversight, where he championed efforts that were supported on a bipartisan basis to overhaul the irss civil Asset Forfe