began. and where the conservative majority, super majority, frankly, on this court, is taking us. we all know our country has three branches of government. each branch is supposed to restrain the others from exercising too much power their checks and balances. that is actually how all this is supposed to work, but the supreme court is acting as if it has no restraints and as if it is the sole decider with its decision in west virginia versus , which on thursday, limited the epa s ability of regulating emissions that cause climate change. as justice elena kagan s dissent, the court does not know how to address climate change, but the quarter points itself, instead of congress or the expert agency, as a decision-maker on climate policy. i cannot think of many things more frightening. unquote. also can t think of anything more frightening than a rogue supreme court whose ruling has run roughshod over the role of congress, the executive branch, prior to court precedents. and, o
Good morning, everybody. And welcome to brookings. Welcome to those in person and those online. On cspan. Before i introduce our distinguishedho guests running e program today. We are going to do 60 minutes of discussion among the three of us then we will open up for 30 minutes of questions from the floor as well as questions online. We do ask identify yourself and identify any appropriate affiliation. Lets get on with the program the Brookings Institution and the governor of the studies program off which i am part, i m a visiting v fellow here at brookings and government studies program. We are honored to welcome back to brookings the assistant attorney general jonathanto kanr from the Justice Department. Let me quickly introduce both. They need no introduction, but i will give them a short one here. Leah. On the faculty at columbia law school. Before that she was counsel of the house antitrust subcommittee before that she was an attorney advisor to then the commissioner who was now c
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Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time we welcome everyone to todays hearing on the weaponization of the federal government the chert not recognize the gentleman from kentucky mr. Matthew to lead us on the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Appreciate the enthusiasm. [laughter] will start with Opening Statements and then move into our witnesses the chert recognizes himself an Opening Statement. Big government was colluding with big tech to censor americans as the first thing we learn but now it is Big Government including a big banks and big business to spy on everything american spot, every place they go, everything they do. Big government once Financial Data at its full of Sensitive Information about you. Our investigation started fbi whistleblower came forward and talk to the committee he was
Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess at any time we welcome everyone to todays hearing on the weaponization of the federal government the chert not recognize the gentleman from kentucky mr. Matthew to lead us on the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Appreciate the enthusiasm. [laughter] will start with Opening Statements and then move into our witnesses the chert recognizes himself an Opening Statement. Big government was colluding with big tech to censor americans as the first thing we learn but now it is Big Government including a big banks and big business to spy on everything american spot, every place they go, everything they do. Big government once Financial Data at its full of Sensitive Information about you. Our investigation started fbi whistleblower came forward and talk to the committee he was