The discussion now on the 25th amendment. Our guest inn a law professor at Michigan State university. You wrote on friday morning that the law is clear about handling president ial illness but it can get murky fast. Talk about what is clear. The 25th amendmenter gives procedures for transferring power from the president to the Vice President things get murky if the president contests thein cabinet and things get really problematic if the president and Vice President are both incapacitated because then we have a lot of gaps in the law. You watch this unfold since friday. What concerns you the most . I think again there is an area where the president might think that he is able and its hard to know how the president is doing and what the side effects of the medication might be. Still not incapacitated enough that the 25th amendment was necessary going to kick in. But theres a potential were the president has been paired but not incapacitated and that is what worries me most now when we m
Quickly tonight as we start, because as i tried to communicate last week, the drafting of or constitution, the history of its formation, is extraordinary, to say the least. It is a remarkable moment in all of world history. And we are here at 233 years later and our constitution is in the news daily, being referred to as we almost speak here tonight in the United States senate again and again in reference to one particular aspect of the constitution, but again, its alive and well and so, to think about the fact that this came together from a period of midmay until midseptember of 1787 is really remarkable. So, we recall from last week that we said that the revolutionary war, you know, a lot of folks arent really clear of the sequencing, and its important to know it, that conflict began in lexington and concord in massachusetts in 1774. And these very independent colonies, all british colonies that operated with their own governments and their own leadership and so forth, suddenly had t
Development of the u. S. Constitution and what he believes are its main principles. Mr. Mcnulty served as Deputy Attorney general in the george w. Bush administration from 2006 to 2007. Good evening. Welcome to class number two of our study of the u. S. Constitution. Great to see you all here tonight. Last week we looked at the history, a brief look at history that toledo a drafting of the constitution. I want to just recap that quickly tonight as we start because as i try to communicate last week, the drafting of our constitution, the history of its formation is extraordinary to say the least. It is a remarkable moment in all of world history. And we are here at 233 years later and our constitution is in the news daily, being referred to as we almost speak here tonight in the United States senate again and again in reference to one particular aspect of the constitution, but, again, its alive and well. Is to think about the fact that this came together from a period of midmay until mid
Good afternoon, everyone. We then, republican senators, had another extension discussion about the way forward on healthcare at lunch. Well be doing that as i indicated last week, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. Were trying to come together behind a proposal to repeal and replace obamacare. On the floor, regretfully, we had to go through a lot of procedural hoops just to confirm the deputy secretary of transportation number three of justice and i even had to file closure on governor branstad ambassador to china who came out of the Foreign Relations committee unanimously. You can see the democrats want to make everything go as slow as possible. Well work our way through that on a confirmation and will be back in touch with you on healthcare. Our conference has been spending a lot of time talking about the way forward on healthcare. We know that obamacare is broken and needs to be fixed. Everybody in this country, i think, knows that. The status quo is unsustainable. We are looking for
Good afternoon, everyone. We then, republican senators, had another extension discussion about the way forward on healthcare at lunch. Well be doing that as i indicated last week, tuesday, wednesday and thursday. Were trying to come together behind a proposal to repeal and replace obamacare. On the floor, regretfully, we had to go through a lot of procedural hoops just to confirm the deputy secretary of transportation number three of justice and i even had to file closure on governor branstad ambassador to china who came out of the Foreign Relations committee unanimously. You can see the democrats want to make everything go as slow as possible. Well work our way through that on a confirmation and will be back in touch with you on healthcare. Our conference has been spending a lot of time talking about the way forward on healthcare. We know that obamacare is broken and needs to be fixed. Everybody in this country, i think, knows that. The status quo is unsustainable. We are looking for