Well, hello, everyone. Im bhan behalf of georgetown law, i want to welcome you to our conversation on constitutional priorities. My name is nean neal katyal. Im joined by general paul clement. Thank you for joining me. Paul this should be fun. Neal i think we should dig into how this transition might be different than past transitions. And maybe well talk a little bit about the specific cases that could be impacted by the change in the administration. Maybe we should talk a little about that too. Right before getting into all that, paul, would you just mind introducing yourself to the audience . Paul sure, i would be happy to neal. My name is paul clement. Ill just talk about two things that are relevant for todays presentation. First, is just the georgetown connection. Im a georgetown undergrad and somebody who has been teaching at the law school in various capacities since the clinton impeachment, since 1998. Thats when i featured a separation of powers class at the law school some o
Priorities in the first hundred days. My name is neil and i am joined by my colleague paul. Paul, always good to see you. Likewise neil, great to see you. It will be fun. We both served in the Solicitor Generals Office during past transitions i think we should probably start by digging in a little bit on to what is happening in the front and how this transition might be different than past transitions. Maybe we will talk about specific cases that could be impacted by the change in the administration and you know, i think given that there is another impeachment trial about to begin maybe we should talk a little bit about that too. Maybe before getting into that carl, would you just mind introducing yourself to the audience. Sure, i would be happy to neil. Im paul clement and i will talk about two things that are relevant for todays presentation. First, just the georgetown connection. I am both a georgetown undergrad and somebody who has been teaching at the law school in various capacit
And it is beginning to look a lot like a socially distant christmas as the rock center tree lights up and as we all mask up and get in line. It is thursday, december 3, this is Worldwide Exchange. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening and welcome from wherever in the world that you may be watching. Im Brian Sullivan thanks for joining us. Here is how your money and Global Markets are setting up their day. Futures not giving us a lot of clues. Were pretty much mixed. We had more gains for the s p 500 yesterday. Yes, another record. Your 28th of the year if you are counting at home the nasdaq 100 also hitting a new record today though, we also focus squarely on oil. Opec and its allies meeting today to try to hammer out a deal to extend production cuts through march. They could not get a deal done on monday. Today rush 1sia and other natio join the talks if no deal is made or they reduce the cut instead of extending the entire thing, oil prices and stocks could take a big hit, tha
Welcome, everybody. I think we have some republicans that have a leadership election, but theyll be coming in. Can you see me . Can you hear me . Is it working . Well, the election is over. Theyre still counting the votes and making legal challenges and once all of the legal challenges are made and the votes are counted, well have that done. We still have two outstanding races in georgia to determine the control of the senate. And the committee will keep moving forward doing its work. We have next week social media oversight. I cant wait to have the social media ceos come to the committee and explain themselves about their platforms. I think theres a lot of bipartisan support to take a hard look at social media platforms. The earned act is still a business pending before the committee and after the hearing well have markup. But today, we have mr. Mccabe, the number two at the fbi during crossfire hurricane. I think hes going to appear remotely. I appreciate him coming. And what ill do
Time was up. We had to follow the schedule called for by the constitution and our laws. Host we take you live down to a discussion hosted by the Federalist Society on the presidency and the rule of law. This is on the powers of the executive office and the limits of those powers. Panelscussion among the was centered around the following proposition, the constitution prescribes the president take care that the laws be faithfully executed and swears an oath to that effect on taking office. Many believe that the constitution says the president has discretion in handling his office. Norms have developed to control the exercise so that the tooldency is not used as a to punish enemies or reward political friends. The questions our panelists will be addressing our how does the rule of law constrain and protect the president . . Hat role do these norms play have norms eroded . If so, why . What role has congress, the media, social media, and other factors played in the exercise of president ia