that harmed children, close businesses and churches, even the endless re upping ofg emergency covid o powers, the destruction of historical markers and statuesal, the use f big tech as proxy sensors forme the current regime. all of this, all o of it pointst to one ugly, inescapableug conclusion. our governmentpabl is being run by a cadre of powerful post american forces. our current political leadership acts as thoughol our constitution and the freedoms protected by that constitution areoms no longer valid. they ll always be a reason forn them to ignore our constitution these days like systemic racism, they ll talk climateid change or another covid variant, maybe gun violence january six and they won t explicitly sayay at least not yet. but they don t want us to live under a constant illusion. that leaves the primary decision making to the people of the 50 states , nor thatnt they want the designation americans d citizen to really have any special meaning at all for any of us
outstanding supreme court decisions. joining me now to talk about all of them as we wait for them to come down, cnn chief legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, jeffrey toobin. i want to start on a case that is so consequential. explain this for the power of the administrative state and the executive branch to delegate its power. congress passes laws. i think everybody knows that. but laws are generally phrased in fairly general terms. and we have administrative agencies that translate those laws into rules that individuals and companies must follow. the question in the west virginia case is how much deference, how much do we allow the administrative agencies to interpret the laws that congress gives them. there s a doctrine of law called the chevron deference where court has said if it s reasonable, we will allow administrative agencies to interpret congress s statutes. what conservatives have been fighting for in recent years is for the supreme court to say, no, we
bomb s presidential duties. is that not a bit of average hearing here in this argument? i think that what he s doing there, to a certain degree, is countering jack smith s argument that there is no immunity at all for a former president. and so those types of things that he listed that should have immunity attached to them, if you accept checks myths argument, when the white house changes hands, that next administration could theoretically prosecute somebody for those things. wouldn t they only be able to prosecute them if they were actually illegal? i think that s the point i m making. those actions that were described there, where is the illegality? you may not like them, but they re not illegal. and that s really or the immunity comes. and a lot of things presidents do, by the standards that you and i have to be held to, are illegal. ordering strikes that are going to kill people. if you or i did, that would go
then when the white house changes hands, the next administration could theoretically prosecute somebody for those things. i don t think reporter: when they only be able to prosecute them if they were actually illegal? i think that s the point i m making. those actions that were described their, where is the illegality? he may not like them, but they re not illegal. that s really where the immunity comes down to. a lot of the things that presidents too, by the standards that you and i have health to be held to our legal, ordering strikes that are going to kill people, if you arrived at that, then that s the nature of being in office. reporter: tim, not to press you too much on this, i just think that the issue of a
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