Minutes of context, and things i see happening in washington, and then i will turn it over entirely to you. The way we will do that is that there are microphones on either side of the room, and rather than having me picking and choosing within the audience, please line up behind the microphones if you in fact have a question or a comment. I will ask you to be brief in your questions or observations , and i will be brief and my responses because we probably will have lots of people who want to be heard. Another thing i want to say is just so you know, we agreed to , allow cspan to record this town hall meeting. I have no doubt whatsoever that we can show the country the kind of thoughtful and respectful dialogue that we have here in Fairfield County so just be aware that you could get famous on cspan. [laughter] so that you are aware. And as i said, before we get into your questions and comments and observations, i just wanted to take a few minutes to give you some context on some thing
Are joined by Bill Mccollum, former congressman from florida. Joining us this morning to talk about the impeachment effort in the house, and a former member who has an intimate knowledge of the clear whether the u. S. Supreme Court Whenever finder was due process required here what ever find there was due process, again, because the constitution gives us power, sending all of it to congress. ,n the other hand, it is silent and inherently in American History, due process has been accorded. I think that is what this process is right about right now. The president rightfully claiming that he is not being given the same kind of opportunities that were given to president clinton, or, in the rightsaying, this is not i wouldve had no opportunity to present and crossexamine. It is clear that there is discretion, and he might get it under the rule that was passed last week on the floor. It is not mandated or directed. Did president clinton testify . Caller there were people that of and he had a
Begin with. What do you want to fix in the court . Realized other courts need fixing but fix the court is the only nonpartisan National Organization that adds for greater accountability primarily in the Supreme Court. We believe transparency and account ability means Live Streaming the hearings at the Supreme Court which are currently not livestreamed. Smart policys a change and the Financial Disclosures to be posted online. We want them to explain their conflicts of interest and we want them to follow a code of conduct. Justices are the only judges that dont have to follow a professional code of conduct. We want to convince them to adopt one. Host what led to the founding of your group . Working in d. C. Like a political consultant and i was working on cases where that would reach the Supreme Court. Issues Like Health Care or marriage or voting and a lot of the litigants were in california and they just assumed tune in to. Span cspan was doing this to some extent. That i talkeded to b
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The moment of silence, the reading of the names, and the ringing of the bell. Cello athlaying wreathlaying ceremony. Coverage of the 18th anniversary of the 9 11 terrorist attacks on atpan, cspan3, and online cspan. Org. Or listen free on the cspan radio app. Speaks atal candidate a breakfast in New Hampshire. She has eventsys planned through this weekend. Welcome. Director. Ecutive [applause] thank you. Herehe executive director at the center for politics at the institute of politics. This is a special series we have and we are continuing on today. President of saint anselm college. This is his first politics and eggs. This is a wonderful occasion. We probably will have a little bit more activity between now and february. I would like everyone to recognize him. [applause] and of course our sponsors here are the people that allow us to have these breakfasts. Wonderful new sponsors. We also have their board chair and his wife. Just a side note that carol works for senator kennedy in the