entering this country without permission and give birth to a child, we reward that child with u.s. citizenship. martha: he later backpedaled on that and changed his mind, said he regretted bringing it up. but in moments, brit hume is here on the vitriol toward president trump following this announcement. first we start with constitutional law attorney jonathan turley for a levelheaded look at what the president actually can and cannot do. jonathan, good to have you with us here tonight. you say you are glad the president brought it up because you believe it will force the courts to look at it, and that is good. that is absolutely correct. we are about 150 years late in finding out what this amendment means. it has been a debate since this was first ratified, all of this debate turns on these six rather ill chosen words, what was meant by being subject to the jurisdiction of the united states? some of the drafters of the time
think we all understand that now. i i was done by the writing of the handwritten statement. eighth grade writing. i m sorry. we are out of time. thank you for that analysis. the latest. hail mary turned, senator jeff merkley will s says that he is seeking injunction in court, asserting an obstruction of constitutional duty to advise and consent of nominees. writing is now, constitutional law attorney jonathan turley, just flew here, ran into the studio. washington examiner contributed by written york. mr. jonathan turley, i m glad you made it, number one. talk about that merkley claim. is completely, utterly meritless. it won t last very long and quiet. there are cases that have been dismissed along the same lines that were actually stronger. this one doesn t even reach any level of possibility for a federal judge.
investigation is underway i think this point whatever the truth is the american people want to get to the bottom of it. we already have intelligence agencies on hand saying that in fact the russians interfered in the presidential election for they were working for president putin and he said on t.v. himself before a lot of people that he was working in favor president trump. it does not mean that that is how the president got elected. he got elected fair and square. we know that. everyone has established that. meanwhile though, there are allegations out there. are you then you have other reports that i started talking about which is supposedly improprieties at the fbi and doj. asking because you come here as a constitutional law attorney, former white house counsel for president reagan and george h. w. bush. what are americans right now to make of all of this?
ethical, and privacy reason, and concerns as well. so we wanted to know if it is illegal. so we turned to the constitutional law attorney who said that many states have las s to protect you from being videotaped, but they only apply in places that are like public bathrooms or changing rooms or t the hotel room or pretty much anywhere that you would have a reasonable expectation of privac privacy, and ana, the attorney said that the back seat of a stranger s vehicle may not apply in these situations. we should mention that the uber driver has not face nid krimd o criminal charges and not suspected of anything. so i is interesting how this unfolds, but it appears that he has not violated the law, but he is violating the policies that the ride share companies have in place. and how do the companies deal with that? is he still driving for them? not anymore. lyft says they have deactivated the driver, and the safety of the community is the top
change? jonathan turley, constitutional law attorney. thanks for being with us tonight. this is one of the things that helped to get president trump elected. a lot of republicans and conservatives are across the saw this opportunity to, for the first time in a very long time, swing the court to a conservative leaning court. when you look big picture at this as a constitutional law professor and attorney, what do you think the impact on america is going to be? there s no question that the center of gravity is going to move to the right. if kavanaugh is put on the court. he is more conservative on some issues then kennedy before him, but that was expected, indeed, that was promised by president trump. ironically, the person he most resembles in not just his resume, but his writing style and interpretive approach is john roberts, who the president