significant responsibility for investigating and formulating the advice to be given to the president. i think you are familiar with that case. do you think that is still good law? i think the d.c. circuit is a good source of law. in the supreme court case nixon versus administrator gsa1974, the judicial watch case relied on that precedent. that case said that the communications to advise the president would be only on official government matters. do you think that s still good law? i think the supreme court s opinion is still good law until it s reversed. i see no sign it will be reversed. we were here in the judiciary committee pursuing testimony from mr. mcgahn and the court wrote in the 2019 case this is a quote to make the point as plain as possible it is clear to this
and become a republican? i don t. it would solve the problem. if i were the majority leader instead of chuck schumer we wouldn t be doing this. the country does not need it, does not want it, and i wouldn t be putting this kind of package on the floor. dana: we ll see. he says it is not true. the reporter standing by his sources. the democrat side what they try to do is pass through their election law, the federalizing of elections. it didn t pass but they ll give it another shot. where will it go? i hope nowhere. it is against the law in america to discriminate against voters on the basis of race. the voting rights act is still intact. what they re trying to do is have the federal government take over all the ways that we do elections in this country, which are historically been administered at the state level. it is not a single state in america enacting new laws after the pandemic passed trying to suppress the vote based upon
principles of prosecution. thank you very much. pull the mic a little closer. is that better? thank you. mr. shab it i start by asking that an op-ed that appeared in last week s wall street journal by the author of the patriot act, mr. sensenbrenner entitled the patriot act wasn t meant to target parents. most of us had other jobs before we got here to congress. for example, i practiced law for quite a few years. i was a county commissioner, a member of cincinnati city council and before that i was a school teacher in cincinnati in the inner city. all the students in the school were african-american and i taught the seventh and eighth grade. it was my experience that the
those who turn in neighbors, co-workers or strangers they suspect someone violated the law or helped the woman get an abortion after six weeks. it creates fear and suspicion that stops women from seeking help. it is a dangerous law that is repugnant to the constitution and i thank you for the department s swift action to protect these essential rights. we can become a country where only some people in some states enjoy their constitutional rights. as attorney general, you have the power to help our country navigate the generational trauma of oppression and move past the challenges of the last four years. thank you again for appearing before us today. i look forward to your testimony. i now recognize the ranking member of the judiciary committee mr. jordan. chairman said the trump d.o.j. was political and went after their opponents. are you kidding me?
0 another statute, the justice department defends the constitutionality of statutes construed as constitutional. we believe that statute can be, yes. i would like to move on. recently you directed the f.b.i. to coordinate with 14,000 school districts after the national school board association asked you to protect school boards from the imminent threat of parents. along with friends, neighbors and constituents i have attended multiple school board meetings over the last year and have a child in public school yet. very concerned about some of the things going on. yes, some of those school board meetings get heated. are we, my friends, constituents and neighbors, are we domestic terrorists? are we criminals? no. again, i don t know the facts that we are talking about but the only way that you are criminals of the few commit acts in violation of the statutes which would mean threats of violence or actual violence. and i m sure you haven t done that. have states asked for help? the s