Consumer and Worker Protection and inflation. Watch free to choose saturdays 7 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan2. Since 1979 in partnership with the cable industry cspan provided complete coverage of the halls of congress from the house and Senate Floors to congressional hearings Party Groupings and committee meetings. Cspan gives you a front row seat on how issues are debated and presented with no commentary, no interruptions and completely unfiltered. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Up next, remarks from several republican members of congress who spoke at the conservative action conference. First, House Judiciary Committee chair jim jordan in caps off florida. Please welcome chairman of u. S. Judiciary Committee Jim jordan and c packed chairman. I get to ask chairman jim jorn questions. Hes usually the one. Lets start off with whats on a lot of peoples minds. Does he not understand we can still be friends . But the love is over . Does nikki haley not get wh
What an honor to be with you today. It is so great to be with you. Thank you for being true patriots and loving america. You had met me before and you know my background and history. I am a farmer, ranger from south dakota who is blessed to be the 33rd governor of the great state of south dakota. [applause] i was raised by a family who worked very hard. They solved problems, believed in personal responsibility and not waiting for the government to be the answer. I love the outdoors. Most of the time working in the dirt and being comfortable in my jeans and wearing of all caps. As governor, my hours are often filled with something different. I am here today to let you know 2024 should not be a year where we get hung up on dirty politics. Where one disagreement were picking our leaders on how long theyve been in the senate or how many speeches they give each year. The choice is clear. Two kinds of people in this country right now. There are people who love america and there are those who
There is a possibility they may see some opportunity for some immunity for some president ial decisions. If they decide it that way, it may have to go back down to the District Court which could cause further delay. I appreciate you not being sidetracked by somebody who apparently wants to scream louder than anybody else. Catherine, the lower courts have been unanimous that trump cannot claim immunity. Does that tell you something . I cant imagine theyre going to say a former president has absolute immunity for criminal acts. What will be a win for donald trump is if theyre saying were sending it back to judge chutkan to determine which, if any he would have immunity for and which he would not. Thats a win because that would delay the trial, which is already delayed. So what of course obviously jack smith and Special Counsel is hoping for, a majority of the court will just say, no, absolute immunity from Criminal Prosecution for a former president and clearly jack smith would say this
Check abuses of power especially the use of official power for private gain. Here the Executive Branch is enforcing congressional statutes and seeking accountability for petitioners alleged misuse of official power to subvert democracy. That is a compelling public interest. In response, petitioner raises concerns about potential abuses. But established legal safeguards provide layers of protections with the Article Iii Courts providing the ultimate check. The existing system is a carefully balanced framework. It protects the president but not at the high constitutional cost of blanket criminal immunity. That has been the understanding of every president from the framing through watergate and up to today. This court should preserve it. I welcome the courts questions. Does the president have immunity or are you saying there is no immunity even for official acts . Yes, justice thomas. But i think it is important to put in perspective the position that we are offering the court today. The
The Us Supreme Court or historic arguments are about to unfold testing former president Donald Trumps unprecedented claim of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. The hub couldnt determine if the Presumptive Republican president ial nominees federal election subversion trial happens before this year is 2024. Election or at all . Im Kaitlan Collins outside of the high court and im Anderson Cooper over looking at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse while the Supreme Court hears trumps Immunity Case the former president is here in New York City in the midst of His First Criminal Trial For Hush Money Scheme allegedly aimed at helping his 2016 president ial campaign the leadoff witness, former National Enquirer executive david pecker resumes his testimony soon, recovering. Both of these monumental cases in the hours ahead. Im jake tapper in washington and this is cnn Special Coverage, the trump Immunity Battle at the Us Supreme Court ab