From House Democrats. Its such a body blow to our democracy. Just how far reaching was this effort by the Justice Department . Hello, im dana bash in washington where the state of our union is trying to mend fences and build bridges. As President Biden is welcomed back to the club at the g7 summit in europe, he is also preparing for a closelywatched summit with russian president Vladimir Putin as tensions between the two countries continue to rise. The president will take questions from reporters this hour. We will bring that Press Conference to you live when it happens. In the meantime, the president s priorities here at home from infrastructure to Voting Rights have run smack into the reality of a 50 50 senate. And late this week, a stunning new revelation prompted an uproar on capitol hill and beyond. We learned the trump Justice Department seized Cell Phone Data from the former president s political enemies including members of congress. And joining me now exclusively is the House
This theory turns the integrity of every official action at every level of government into a potential federal fraud investigation. It end runs mcnally and skilling by subsuming Honest Services fraud within property fraud and by criminalizing ulterior motives, even without bribes or kickbacks. It would affect a sweeping expansion of federal criminal jurisdiction into a particularly fraught area. This is not the law. This court in cleveland held that Regulatory Authority is not property. So an official who induces a sovereign decision through deceit has not obtained property by fraud. Only when the official lies to divert state resources to private use has he stepped out of the regulatory realm and committed property fraud. This rule distinguishes property fraud from Honest Services fraud and from routine political conduct. Here because the defendants simply reallocated the traffic lanes from one public use to another, the Port Authority at most was deprived of regulatory control, not p
Judicial independence, this is just over an hour. Thats a very bright light. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is mike hogan, assistant Vice President for development and human relations at jw law school. Its my privilege to welcome you all this afternoon to the fifth and final conversation with Supreme Court Justice Steven bryer, arc of a great career. [applause] Justice Bryer welcome back to gw. I would like to extend welcome to gw alumni and friends and various members of gw alumni Advisory Boards that have joined us from around the country including california, arizona, illinois, new york and, of course, here in washington, d. C. Its now my great pleasure to introduce the dean of the George Washington University Law school please welcome to the stage dean dana boeing matthew. [applause] so excited. Im going stay on script, though. Good afternoon and welcome im dana, my pronouns are she, her and hers. It is my great privilege to welcome you to this the fifth and final installment of thi
Thats a very bright light. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is mike hogan, assistant Vice President for development and human relations at jw law school. Its my privilege to welcome you all this afternoon to the fifth and final conversation with Supreme Court Justice Steven bryer, arc of a great career. [applause] Justice Bryer welcome back to gw. I would like to extend welcome to gw alumni and friends and various members of gw alumni Advisory Boards that have joined us from around the country including california, arizona, illinois, new york and, of course, here in washington, d. C. Its now my great pleasure to introduce the dean of the George Washington University Law school please welcome to the stage dean dana boeing matthew. [applause] so excited. Im going stay on script, though. Good afternoon and welcome im dana, my pronouns are she, her and hers. It is my great privilege to welcome you to this the fifth and final installment of this only gw experience. Amazing series would not hav
Judgments that i believe will stand the test of time. [applause] i think we are out of time. Book tv is on facebook. Publishing news, behind the scene pictures, author information and to talk directly with authors during live program. Facebook. Com booktv. Now a program on the Supreme Court marks the beginning of a new term starting monday. Supreme Court Justice talks about the latest book the court and the world. [inaudible conversations] [applause] welcome to the Constitutional Center t most exciting day of the year. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis, and this really is a remarkable day because we have, first of all, the tremendous honor of a visit by Supreme Court Justice Stephen bryer. [applause] chief justice monk many distinctions, many books hes written including the one we are going to talk about today, he was essential to the creation of this B