asked him how to do a muslim ban legally. and just as those comments were relevant in analyzing the legality, the first executive order, so may the remarks last night of white house senior adviser stephen miller on the upcoming order. fundamentally, you re still going to have the same basic policy outcome for the country but you re going to be responsive to a lot of very technical issues that were brought up by the court and those will be addressed. but in terms of protecting the country, those basic policies are still going to be in effect. joining me now, washington state solicitor general noah purcell who argued the challenge that led to that temporary restraining order of trump s executive order which is still in place. mr. purcell, respond to stephen miller there. is that going to be in your feature in your next brief? i saw a few lawyers joking about essentially miller handing the opposition ammunition. it i mean it is a troubling statement if they re going to put back in
is that going to be in your feature in your next brief? i saw a few lawyers joking about essentially miller handing the opposition ammunition. it i mean it is a troubling statement if they re going to put back into place as he put it the same basic policy that the courts have already held, raised serious constitutional questions, that s a problem. that s a real problem. how much does intent matter? i think that s it s something you said to me the last time we spoke, it stuck with me. the intent alone can render something unconstitutional. a policy that would be perfectly fine if the intent was to discriminate can be rendered fully unconstitutional simply because it s motivated out of unconstitutional anis or desire to discriminate that s absolutely true. that is an accurate statement of the law. i don t remember if i used this example last time or not but an example i ve used with people is if a city says you have to shovel all the snow on your sidewalks on saturday morning,
federal defendant not the big entitlement spending that s really going to amount to substantial reductions in spending. you know, i hear you. i think this president is going to have to do something. i think he should demonstrate leadership. you are running for president and you know that no politician that wants to get reelected going to give his opposition ammunition. that s what the president thinks he would be giving republicans ammunition. well, juan, what i was going to say was the 61 billion wasn t enough but the president put 6 billion on the table and called that meeting the republicans halfway. look, the approach that s being used by both the republicans and democrats right now trimming around the engs is not going to do some serious fiscal surgery like we need. this is why i am proposing and i would use what i call horizontal cuts, a given amount across the board of all the federal agencies and vertical cuts. this is when you do the deep surgery. they are not doing the deep
really going to amount to substantial reductions in spending. you know, i hear you. i think this president is going to have to do something. i think he should demonstrate leadership. you are running for president and you know that no politician that wants to get reelected going to give his opposition ammunition. that s what the president thinks he would be giving republicans ammunition. well, juan, what i was going to say was the 61 billion wasn t enough but the president put 6 billion on the table and called that meeting the republicans halfway. look, the approach that s being used by both the republicans and democrats right now trimming around the engs is not going to do some serious fiscal surgery like we need. this is why i am proposing and i would use what i call horizontal cuts, a given amount across the board of all the federal agencies and vertical cuts. this is when you do the deep surgery. they are not doing the deep surgery right now. neither party is, juan. juan: you kn
really going to amount to substantial reductions in spending. you know, i hear you. i think this president is going to have to do something. i think he should demonstrate leadership. you are running for president and you know that no politician that wants to get reelected going to give his opposition ammunition. that s what the president thinks he would be giving republicans ammunition. well, juan, what i was going to say was the 61 billion wasn t enough but the president put 6 billion on the table and called that meeting the republicans halfway. look, the approach that s being used by both the republicans and democrats right now trimming around the engs is not going to do some serious fiscal surgery like we need. this is why i am proposing and i would use what i call horizontal cuts, a given amount across the board of all the federal agencies and vertical cuts. this is when you do the deep surgery. they are not doing the deep surgery right now. neither party is, juan. juan: you kn