whoever it is, should be a law enforcement professional. reporter: warner s call to skip a politician is echoed by republicans. we have a chance to reset as a nation. the president has a chance to clean up the mess he mostly created, so i would encourage the president to pick somebody we can all rally around including those who work in the fbi. reporter: senate majority whip john cornyn, former texas attorney general was interviewed long with mike rogers, former fbi agent, rogers has the endorsement of the 13,000 strong fbi agents association. while able candidate, graham advised against him. it s time to pick somebody within the ranks or such of reputation that has no political background at all. reporter: also on the short list, bush appointee and virginia judge henry e. hudson who struck down the obamacare individual mandate saying congress exceeded authority. and two women, fran townsend,
themselves, veterans. other candidates are adam lee. the special agent in charge of the richmond virginia office, andrew mccabe, the acting director and michael j. garcia, former prosecutor and associate judge on new york s highest court. john cornyn, a former texas attorney general was interviewed against long with mike rogers and also on the short list, a bush appointee, henry e. hudson. over the weekend, republicans and democrats urged the president to avoid a partisan choice. whoever the future director should be is a future law enforcement professional. i hope the president won t choose a political nominee. it s time to pick somebody within the ranks or such a reputation that has no political
i m saying only that i wouldn t draft him in a sanity fantasy league. our winner, judge henry e. hudson, the district judge in virginia who yesterday ruled against part of health care reform after not recusing himself though he owns a firm that has nothing but republican clients one of whom the man who filed the suit in which judge hudson ruled. the conflict of interest equivalent of the marching band with 76 trombones was not necessary. he s been called on it by the far right. a right wing blog, warren kerr writes, had a chance to read judge hudson s opinion, and it seems to me it has a fairly obvious and quite significant error. hudson, if a person s decision not to purchase health care insurance at a particular point in time does not constitute the type of economic activity subject is equally offensive to the constitution. we re deep in the woods here.
we re deep in the woods here. mr. kerr writes the necessary and proper clause of the constitution is what allows congress to take steps that are not specifically authorized by the constitution. like nearly all of them. if hudson were right, kerr says, he just erased a critical part of the constitution. judge henry hudson, today s worst person in the world. [ sneezes ] you re up next.
in time does not constitute the type of economic activity subject is equally offeive to the constitution. we re deep in the woods here. mr. kerr writes the necessary and proper clause of the constitution is what allows congress to take steps that are not specifically authorized by the constitution. like nearly all of them. if hudson were right, kerr says, he just e rationed a critical part of the constitution. judge henry hudson, today s worst person in the world. [ male announcer ] you know her.