Good morning, everyone my name is and needed kumar im a White House Correspondent and associate editor at politico. Im so glad to be joined by the maryland governor, the chairperson of the National Governors association this year. We have a lot of things i want to talk about so we will talk about the environment and the Opioid Epidemic and well talk about security at the polls and of course we will talk a little bit about politics. Lets go ahead and get started. Good morning. There is a battle brewing between maryland in the epa over the chesapeake day cleanup. Youve expressed pennsylvanias lack of progress in reducing pollution on that day and them unwilling to do anything about it. What do you think is behind that, do you think that is because the Trump Administration is unwilling to go after pennsylvania in an Election Year . The Chesapeake Bay is a National Treasure ive been focused on the whole five years ive been governor and trying to focus on bay restoration and cleanup room. W
Weve explained in our motion the District Court committed at least two serious errors of law in granting the request. Start with the it is the case, however, that we agreed with the District Court on the irreparable harm is not that important. Our contention in this case we thought that we would like to [inaudible] i agree with you that we have to show that dont agree we dont have that that the disclosure of grand jury information from a massive criminal investigation that concluded only eight months ago, there are only 25 pending criminal matters that come out of that proceedings. There are 2800 criminal grand jury subpoenas in connection directly to the material thats exactly the yes, and thats the point on our second argument that thats the committees burden to demonstrate that. Well, i suggest that the courts findings plus special counsel supports volume two, plus, what the said in the supplemental statements during oral arguments seems to specify why it thinks certain material is
Would begin the first in a series of hearings on the state of the federal judiciary in the 21st century. In this hearing we will investigate ideas for promoting ethics, accountability, and transparency in the federal courts. We focus on these ideas in our first hearing on the judiciary because they flow from two foundational principles of due process. First that no one can be a judge in his own case. Second, to form a Supreme Court Justice Felix frankfurter , justice must satisfy the appearance of justice. Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice. Both rules embody the understanding that the constitutions implicit promise of equal justice under law depends on at least two things that our court must be fair, independent and impartial and that we must also believe that our courts are fair, independent, and impartial. Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice it might take a second but we intuitively understand that. It means that as the Supreme Court recently explained both th
Mornings hearing on the federal judiciary in the 21st century for promoting, accountable, ethics and trips. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. Today we begin the first in a series of hearings on the state of the federal judiciary in the 21st century. In this hearing we will investigate ideas for promoting ethics, accountability an transparency in the federal courts. We focus on these ideas in our first hearing on the judiciary because they flow from two foundational principles of due process. First, that no one can be a judge in his own case. Second, to quart felix frankfurter, quote, justice must satisfy the appearance of justice, end quote. Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice. Both rules embody the understanding that the constitutions implicit promise of equal justice under law depends on at least two things that our court must be fair, independent and impartial, and that we must also believe that our courts are fair, independent and impartial. Justice must satis
Banning abortions at 20 weeks is about a bunch of politicians intruding on one of the most wrenching decisions that a woman will ever make. Its been 45 years since roe v. Wade, 45 years since women gained the constitutional right to a safe, legal abortion. 45 years since the days of illegal abortions. Ive lived in that america. Ive lived in the world of back alley butchers and wrecked lives, and we are not going back, not now, not ever. Thank you, madam president. I yield the floor. The presiding officer the senator from hawaii. Ms. Hirono madam president , i would like to thank my friend, senator murray, for organizing this block of time for us. You just heard from senator warren and for all the work senator murray has done to fight for women all across the country. Todays debate is the latest battle in the continuing assault on a womans constitutionally protected right to an abortion. As decided by the Supreme Court in roe and reaffirmed in casey, the right to an abortion is rooted f