A fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by americas founding fathers. The new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. A new Executive Order on the matter is imminent. My guest today is donald verrilli, us Solicitor General under barack obama. Does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law . Donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, its good to be here. Lets start with a personal perspective. Having served five years as obamas Solicitor General, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative Executive Legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended . Well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. But as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the Obama Administration, i think, is startin
A fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by americas founding fathers. The new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. A new Executive Order on the matter is imminent. My guest today is donald verrilli, us Solicitor General under barack obama. Does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law . Donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, its good to be here. Lets start with a personal perspective. Having served five years as obamas Solicitor General, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative Executive Legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended . Well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. But as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the Obama Administration, i think, is startin
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Who pushedne leader to open the first Eagle Academy in the bronx and she made a promise to return four years later to offer the keynote address to our first graduating class. And that is a promise that she kept. You see, im with Hillary Clinton because she has been with us. [applause] men who areve young confident, future leaders who are resilient. Just look at them, america. [applause] they are brilliant. [applause] and full of promise. And we start every day with the poem, the same poem that strengthen the resolve of the imprisoned Nelson Mandela when he recited it each day so young men of the Eagle Academy. Black as the pit from pole to pole, i think with the gods may e from my soul [cheers and applause] thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. That was amazing and im very proud parent of two amazing boys as you just heard, she is winning fight for kids all upr the country, opening opportunities they cannot even imagine. Far from the spotlight and over her entire career, when Hil
Out of foster care. She wanted to do it because she knew that tom delay, for all of our differences, was an adoptive parent, and she honored him for doing that. The bill they worked on, which passed in an overwhelming bipartisan majority, led to a big increase in the adoption of children out of foster care , including noninfant kids and special needs kids. It made life better because she is a change maker. Thats what she does. When you are doing all this, were alive does not stop. 1997 was the year chelsea finished high school and went to college. We were happy for her, but sad for us to see her go. I will never forget moving her into her dorm room at stanford. It would have been a great little reality flick. There i was in a trance, just staring out the window, trying not to cry, and there was hillary on her hands and knees, desperately looking for one more drawer to put that liner paper in. Finally, chelsea took charge and told us ever so gently that it was time for us to go. [laught