This took place at the George Washington University Law school in washington, d. C. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our symposium celebrating the 100th anniversary. 100 years ago today, not today, but 100 years ago this year, Congress Passed a tat chute authorizing each justice to have a stenographer and a clerk and ever since then, the clerkships have developed into a superb institution and the National Institution center in philadelphia is honored to bring together former Supreme Court clerks for the first time in history for an all clerk reunion. Representi ining clerks from 25 justices over 50 terms. To come and celebrate this great anniversa anniversary. I am jeffrey rosen. Also a professor here at George Washington law school and im so happy both these institutions i care so much about have united for this important ak dcademic symposium. The Constitution Center in philadelphia has a very Inspiring Mission from the u. S. Congress and that is to bring together citizens of differe
A conversation with the ukrainian president we do not have presently with President Trump in any resolution from the floor so the appearance of this is that theres a rush to judgment on everybodys part you hear a candidate for president on the other side saying even before they saw the transcript that came out a couple of days ago that that he should be impeached and then you hear republicans absolutely certain that hes done nothing wrong which you know maybe on the 4 corners of that document he has it so i think that its a mistake to have these hearings in closed door sessions like the are right now in the Intelligence Committee at least in less there are some National Security information there you can have hearings in open Public Session either by the Intelligence Committee judiciary somebody if theres a whistleblower you can put literally what ive done is chairman in the past you put a bag over their head to put a sheet over something that then muffle their voice so you arent discl
Trump in any resolution from the floor so the appearance of this is that theres a rush to judgment on everybodys part you hear a candidate for president on the other side saying even before they saw the transcript that came out a couple of days ago that that he should be impeached and then you hear republicans absolutely certain that hes done nothing wrong which you know maybe on the 4 corners of that document he has it so i think that its a mistake to have these hearings in closed door sessions like the are right now in the Intelligence Committee at least in less there are some National Security information there you can have hearings in open Public Session either by the Intelligence Committee judiciary somebody if theres a whistle blower you can put literally what ive done is chairman in the past you put a bag over their head to put a sheet over something that then muffle their voice so you arent disclosing them but its not a National Security issue they say these hearings should not
I think that it was not a good thing to do i wouldnt recommend doing it im not sure its impeachable of itself i dont think it rises to the same level as we had in the clinton impeachment trial of certainly not of crimes like perjury lying under oath in front of a court or grand jury or tampering with a witness or hiding things in that sense of obstructing justice it doesnt rise to the same level as watergate where you had not only the break in but the cover up and clearly abuse of a number of agencies so the question is twofold one is did the president commit a any crime or an abuse of power that would merit a article of impeachment on its own related to that and number 2 do you want to remove him from office now that latter decision is going to be made if it gets through you know a passage of the house there thats going to be made by the u. S. Senate and i think its clear that he and i think everybody generally agrees that its highly unlikely. He would be removed for this but he might
Along with public trust. The House Committee on the judiciary will come to order. Without objection, the judge is authorized to declare recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to the oversight hearing on Police Practices. Before we begin, i want to briefly recognize susan jensen whose last day on the committee after 20 mores of service is tomorrow. Susan is highly respected on both sides of the aisle, is one of the preeminent experts on bankruptcy Administrative Law and the federal court system. It is a testament to her knowledge and fairness that she worked as counsel and later senior counsel for both republican and democratic chairs of this committee. First hired by former chair henry hyde for her expertise in bankruptcy law, susan later moved to the democratic staff under former chair and Ranking Member john conners where she expanded her portfolio to include Administrative Law and ethics issues. When i was elected to serve as chair, i also asked susan to serve as the community pa