the pass. one constitutional law expert suggests that the courses that this out. and a new thick piece for nbc news.com, law professor writes, quote, by embracing the idea that they are the ultimate arbiter of political disputes, courts and judges position themselves the standing above separation of powers disputes, that is they claim to be neutral arbiter sending the ground rules for other governing institutions. but this is a decidedly non neutral posture, it empowers the courts themselves and consistently disempower s congress. joining me now from more, a former federal prosecutor, franklin monster junior. franklin, good morning. welcome to the show. what do you make of this pretty novel argument that the court should not be involved in settling disputes over congressional subpoena, like the one issued by the january six committee to donald trump. well, good morning, i think this has already been demonstrated that the courts have jurisdiction, and they
these negotiations. i m going to let chuck schumer and joe manchin get down to business, and that turned out i mean, for biden to basically step away from a thing he loves to do, be in the middle of the deal, i think there was a degree of political discipline and wisdom in that move that is easy to overlook, but it s genuine and helped get this thing done. discipline is not a word we ve tended to associate with joe biden over the years, and a willingness to minimize his own role, not to be out front, and i think you re right. again, he showed a tremendous amount of patience, and i think maria theresa s point is really well taken. this is good news for our governing institutions, you know. they are actually able to get some stuff done. well, that was one of the things biden said he was going to try to prove with his presidency. we can talk about that now with energy secretary jennifer granholm. it s always nice to be there on a day when something gets signed. how are you doing? ho
that last sentence is really the reason anybody should care about this because a lot of people make the argument that this is history, it might be in aberration, it is anomaly, donald trump is an anomaly. we have learned, in fact, the institutions that we have, strong though as they are, we are not strong enough to prevent and authentic. yeah, this is a democracy. in a democracy, the people have a right to the truth about their own governing institutions. we came very close to losing it all on that day. had mike pence succumbed to the extraordinary pressure and coercion campaign being brought down upon him by donald trump and his lieutenants, what would have happened is that pence would have returned to senator dozens of electoral college votes, lowering joe biden s vote total from 3062 below to 70 electoral college, if you had filed trump s orders and rejected arizona, georgia and
government. we have what will be a very riveting story to tell america about how this came about, what were the causes behind it and what we need to do to fortify our institutions in the future against coups and insurrections. that last sentence is really the reason anybody should care about this because a lot of people make the argument that this is history, it might be in aberration, it is anomaly, donald trump is an anomaly. we have learned, in fact, the institutions that we have, strong though as they are, we are not strong enough to prevent and authentic. yeah, this is a democracy. in a democracy, the people have a right to the truth about their own governing institutions. we came very close to losing it all on that day. had mike pence succumbed to the extraordinary pressure and coercion campaign being brought down upon him by donald trump and his lieutenants, what would have happened is that pence would have returned to senator dozens of electoral college votes, lowering joe
The US Treasury on Friday issued a new general license allowing international aid organizations and private firms to conduct commercial and financial transactions with Afghan government institutions. The new license represents a shift in US policy that had impeded ordinary commerce with Afghan government agencies headed by US sanctioned Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) and