game here, and you know what the problem with that is in that s dangerous for the entire country. you gave the transcript out. it wasn t tribanscribed really from a recorded call. i don t love their protocols and i don t like how they put it in this password-protected place either. that s not my zone. i m the president s counsel. i am not the white house counsel, and you know that. i m not blaming you for it. i m saying i don t like it. and i m saying that high crimes and misdemeanors, jay, it only exists in politics. and it s about, according to our founding fathers, it s about people in positions of public trust buziabusing that power. chris, you re a smart guy. how does this end? how does this end? do you really believe the president of the united states will be impeached and convicted in the united states senate based on that phone call with ukraine? do you really believe that? i do not. i don t think that s a fair representation. well, that s what the constitution requ
just waiting until the staff is done talking over there. the aba said it made the request because of its respect for the rule of law and due process under the law. i chose to get on this committee, i didn t get on it right away because i had done this work for eight years before i got on here. i got on here two years after i got to the senate because i decided i wanted to continue that work, to uphold the respect for the rule of law and due process under the law. but that s not what i saw yesterday. so if this committee isn t going to respect the law and if we go to the floor and the same thing happens again, i would remind my colleagues that the constitution does not say we the ruling party. it constitution says we the
sport. this is why it translates into the larger than life lessons. i m not a patriots fan. i m a jets fan. they stink for you who don t follow football. you can t argue anymore with anyone that this is not the best franchise and best quarterback in winning when it counts. it is great to witness history. i love being able to witness the good kind. i m not a pats fan. if you don t respect what happened, you don t respect nothing. let s talk about the division of power in the contusion. t constitution. the travel ban that is developing. all of the deadlines coming that we take you through about the review of the ninth circuit appellate court of the travel ban. minnesota and washington involved in the litigation. how far will it go? what is the process? what is the administration say?
wanted him to do. now, you have to understand something the part of the press release that was put out today by the administration was that they had cleared this with the office of legal council at the department of justice. the problem with that is that the office of legal council only looks at whether or not the form, whether or not it s facially constitutional. she was looking beyond that. there s two prongs to this. is it constitution, number one, as a law, and number two, as it s applied. and it was her judgment as it s been two district court judges judgment that it s not constitutional as applied. sean, obviously, the legal arguments can go round and round and round. you know, there are a lot of comparisons being drawn now between the trump administration and the nixon administration, especially when it comes to nixon directing the attorney general to investigate the prosecutor for watergate, and the attorney general resigning.
the politicians need take a closer look at the constitution. i ll give you the last word. so is it the constitution that s the culprit or the way politicians do business or not do business? honey, it s the politicians. we are 9 hours before and everyone is trying to get ready for new year s eve. that s the problem, not constitution. i agree that the politicians can be the problem. but the reason is they are the problem is they keep point together constitution to defend their ideas which aren t necessarily supported about it constitution. this professor was throwing out a provocative idea, politically incorrect idea to get the country thinking and getting people and his students to think critically about our history.