vis-a-vis affirmative action. explain. i believe that president trump, by appointing conservative anti-affirmative action justices and by using the justice department to go after the colleges and universities, i believe he will end affirmative action like lincoln ended slavery. as you know, bob jones university, many years ago, lost its nonprofit status because of its racist policies. similarly, when it comes to the issue of affirmative action, the colleges and universities have pleaded guilty as charged. they publicly endorsed racial discrimination in the form of affirmative action in the fisher case. therefore, the trump justice department could use, with the supreme court, could effectively force the universities to end their racist affirmative action policies. by forcing them to lose their federal funding. so, as i said, president trump will end affirmative action like lincoln ended slavery. and i want to put on the
he s out there on a road where he can hurt somebody. but yet, it s his private property. absolutely, but i definitely think it s improper for law enforcement to speculate as to someone s attention about future acts. the law in michigan seems to be based on the accessibility of where all of this transpired. meaning if he were not in his backyard, if he were in his remote area that was not necessarily accessible, then they could not have prosecuted him. did i state that accurately? i m not sure about that. what the court decided was that private driveways are generally accessible to motor vehicles, in this case. and the majority of the court s interpretation was that generally accessible means an area that s physically capable of being reached. now, the michigan statute initially just concluded drunk driving in three area, a highway open to the general public and
it might be the same case with this, we don t know yet. what s important is bob mueller be allowed to continue with his investigation without interference or harassment by the president. do you think, senator coons, that the revelation this week with the assistance of a grand jury, the fact that a grand jury has been appointed by special counsel mueller to take care of the issue that that inoculates mueller from being discharged? in other words, the whole world knows is this a certification investigation, a grand jury, 16 lawyer assigned to the case. does that in itself make it more difficult for the president if he wanted to to get rid of mueller? well, i think it makes it harder for the president to continue saying that this is fake news. that this is nothing to the investigation. that it s, frankly, sort of gone offer the rails. as you noted earlier and as jeff greenfield was just talking to you about, it s jut ordinary course of business for a federal investigation. but the pre
they are well, listen, let s because you are using the nickname, let s go there. you said that what lincoln did vis-a-vis slavery trump does affirmative action. explain. i believe that president trump by appointing conservative anti-affirmative action justices and by using the justice department to go after colleges and universities, i believe that he will end affirmative action like lincoln ended slavery. as you know, bob jones university, many years ago, lost its nonprofit status because of its racist policies. similarly, when it comes to the issue of affirmative action, the colleges and universities pled guilty as charged. they publicly endorsed racial discrimination in the form of affirmative action in the fisher case. therefore, the trump justice department could use and
i ll remind you, michael, there s something called a veto override. i think the reason the president signed that russian sanctions bill was because it was clear at the time beggiven the numbers h humiliated having veto overridden if he tried to veto it. might be the same with this case. we don t know yet. what s important he s allowed to continue with the investigation without harassment or interference by the president. do you think the investigation this week as to existence of a grand jury, impanelled by special counsel mueller to look at the russian meddling issue, that that, in and of itself, inoculates mueller there being discharged? now the whole world knows there is a grand jury. this is a serious investigation. 16 lawyers have been assigned to the case. does that, in and of itself, make it much more difficult for the president, if he wanted to, to get rid of mueller? well, i think it makes it harder for the president to