Cant be forced to testify before congress. Lets bring in attorney david rifkin, he served during the reagan and georg george h. W. Buh administrations. Welcome. Thank you for coming today. David, how strong is this president s case for saying that his aides dont have to testify because of this immunity . Very strong. It is a wellestablished immunity, paul, dates back to 1971, an opinion written by william republica renquist, been reaffirmed in nine administrations and both parties, fully case law. Ittheres a group of people tht see the president every day, he communicates with them, the 1971 opinion says the president is a coequal branch, he cannot command that members of congress appear before him. They cannot command he appears before them. I want to emphasize one more point. The reason the president has a strong position, theres another form of absolute immunity based upon 1989 opinion, he went on to be a chief judge in the fourth circuit. That stands for the proposition that Nation
now eligible for release. joining us criminologists, and head of psychology at birmingham university. thank you for joining us on the program. we are told that she has a low risk of re-offending. how difficult is it for somebody who has carried out such a monstrous crime to be rehabilitated? the parole board take their duty very seriously as you can imagine. they have approximately 25,000 cases of percenters who come off parole every year and the recruitment is quite rigorous for staff who joined the parole board whether they re psychologist, psychiatrists, members from the probation panel on social workers. they do know that the risks are there. and that no decision made by the parole board is 100% safe. of course they base their decisions on expert interviews.
UWC Thailand becomes Full Member in the Global UWC Movement
UWC Thailand becomes Full Member in the Global UWC Movement
UWC Thailand has been officially granted full member status to the United World College (UWC) movement, ending its probationary status which it has held since 2016 when it first joined.
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The UWC International Board on April 16 recognised that there has been a significant positive change with regard to the governance structure, personnel and funding of UWC Thailand, as well as an agile response to the difficult current year.
Jens Waltermann, Executive Director of UWC International, said, “UWC Thailand for many years has made important and innovative contributions to UWC education, be it through its Mindfulness programmes or Arrowsmith. After its impressive transition to becoming a school firmly rooted in, and carried by its school community, we have also seen a recommitment to scholarship provision and to building a true residential commun
exercising your constitutional right. and that s what s so unsay unsay here from the side of the department of justice. paul: the question would be a matter of equal justice. a wrote-in response to your column, mcgern, sympathy for all the rich and famous but what about all the the guy who gets grabbed for burglary and wants to go to trial and the police slap on more charges and put him away for 20 years. so why should she get off easy? i think they have a point. if you believe that these other people, racial minorities are being charged unfairly, is the answer then to charge someone else unfairly? i think that s a really weak argument and i m with kim. a lot of this is people calling her arrogant for insisting on a constitutional right. let me point out that when felicity huffman was sentenced, the probation panel that wrote a report on it could identify no
exercising your constitutional right. and that s what s so unsay unsay here from the side of the department of justice. paul: the question would be a matter of equal justice. a wrote-in response to your column, mcgern, sympathy for all the rich and famous but what about all the the guy who gets grabbed for burglary and wants to go to trial and the police slap on more charges and put him away for 20 years. so why should she get off easy? i think they have a point. if you believe that these other people, racial minorities are being charged unfairly, is the answer then to charge someone else unfairly? i think that s a really weak argument and i m with kim. a lot of this is people calling her arrogant for insisting on a constitutional right. let me point out that when felicity huffman was sentenced, the probation panel that wrote a report on it could identify no