of independent agencies general. the humphries executor [protesting in the background]. i think she s referring there i read her as referring to independent agencies are traditional and permissible. the independent counsel statute is different from the independent agencies that existed with the federal trade commission securities and exchange commission. i did not real her old article to in any way let s put it this way. justice kagan may have complimented scalia s dissent. you criticized the independent counsel statute as a travesty. i m trying to get to the bottom of why you held that view and said it in a speech two years on. olson, was a one-off case about a one-off statute that has not existed in 20 years. the statue is gone. the case as justin kagan i
i m kidding. if you re waiting for them to lay a glove on this guy, they won t do it. he s comporting himself very good. right now it s senator coons and then ben sasse. the process has deteriorating. in the meantime, you know the drill here. they ask a lot of questions. they leave very little time for answers. but for judge kavanaugh on a day here the markets have been in between wondering how this will go. so far it s not a fight. back to the hearing. not agreeing with the legal theory. i m trying to get to the point i disagree with that, senator. i look forward to exchanging papers on this in the next round tomorrow. but it s an important point. it is. i ve read that article. it s a great article. presidential administration by justice kagan. then professor kagan. she was referring to the concept
is now before me as a nominee to serve on the supreme court. so i ve got a question. would you vote to overturn morrison? senator, first of all, i if cora matsu has been overturned and buckview is a disgrace. so you say oh, this 30-year-old decision about a statute long gone, that s the one i m going to hold up to get rid of. i really did have justice kagan s comment foremost in mind. i thought she already talked about morrison v. olson. nothing to do with the view of presidential power? i ve written about the special counsel system. i ve said in the 1999 georgetown article that the special counsel system is the traditional approach that is used when there s a conflict of interest in the executive branch. i said that is traditional.
still out there somewhere. that s right. there is one suspect on the loose. should be mindful that all of the arrests have taken place in the northeast portion of the united states. the one suspect that is still being sought used the name christopher mistos. he is not in custody. he did not live in the united states. he purported to be a canadian citizen. according to the legal documents at some point he received a bag of money from officials that were connected with the russian/u.n. mission here in new york and at this hour he is being sought. shep? shepard: david lee miller live in new york tonight. thanks very much. now, judging the nominee. one senator said today confirmation hearings can be like eating spatting with a spoon. a lot of work not very satisfying. lawmakers seemed ready to dig in this afternoon as elena kagan supreme court confirmation hearings began. the current united states solicitor general walked into the hart senate office building on capitol hill where she q
chicago, to the criminals, i would like to say that the chicago crime buffet is over. we are not prey. shepard: this happened to be john paul stevens last day on the supreme court. he wrote one of the dissenting opinions saying: the case also came up on the first day of confirmation hearings for the nominee to replace stevens, elena kagan. one senator called the decision shocking and a sign of radical changes on the court in recent years. i believe the proliferation of guns have made this nation less safe, not more safe. we now have more guns than people in this country. and the supreme court has thrown aside seven decades of precedent to exacerbate this situation. the supreme court did not strike down chicago s handgun ban.