Hud, to the secretary of hhs, to the secretary or the assistant secretaries, and they say, my constituent smith has a matter before you that has been pending for 18 months, we would appreciate it if you would review that and take action. And then the elected official says to smith, i did my best on this. And smith thinks, good, hes used his influence. Mr. Francisco right. Justice breyer a crime . My goodness. Mr. Francisco absolutely not, your honor. Justice breyer all right, fine. Mr. Francisco absolutely not. Justice breyer you say absolutely not. Thats what i thought that you would say. Mr. Francisco and i think that Justice Breyer so i want to know but the words you used were attempt to influence. And so though i dont think thats the right word, and i want to know what the right words are mr. Francisco sure. Justice breyer in the instruction that the judge is going to give. Not in your case mr. Francisco mmhmm. Justice breyer but in general. Mr. Francisco well, can i give you an ex
Des moines, iowa at 2 00 eastern. Mike pence, who was worn and raised in indiana, has been governor since 2013. Prior to that, he was a u. S. Representative for six terms. It was revealed yesterday their republican governor would join the president ial ticket trump, with and official announcement to come later this morning. We will show you past events with governor pence, beginning with a speech he gave last year at a dinner hosted by the conservative medical action conference, known as conservative Political Action conference, known as cpac. [applause] gov. Pence thank you for the warm introduction. Good evening to you all. It is an honor to be with you among such a large group of so many americans. Men and women who represent the bulwark of the leadership of the conservative movement in the United States of america. I appreciate the kind introduction, but the introduction i prefer is a little bit shorter. Im a christian, a conservative, and republican. In that order. [applause] ther
Investigation or to personal privacy. Lbj was reluctant because every one has federal agencies thought this was a nightmare. You mean, people can be rummaging through our files . We cant do that. Bill moyers help the newspaper editors to marshal their argument about how we are in favor of open government. One of the fascinating things we found was that bill moyers had actually written a really nice signing statement for president johnson where there is this ringing language that springs from our most essential principles that democracy works best when the people know what their government is doing. They must have access to the policy rules. Government officials should not be able to pull curtains of secrecy. It is best in the light of day. What is great about that we now , know from lbjs own schedule that on the telephone, johnson called moyers and said cut that out. Come on. Moyer has to x through this ringing declaration of freedom information of information and puts in there, yes, i
Maybe you have a weapon or Something Like that. But this is a warrant to do whatever. It is a littleknown fact. That they have a reference to keep them uptodate on the technology. [inaudible] [laughter] that violent do violent videogames thatcher remember when she was expecting concerned about the breath of the ban in the statute she made a comment about the clerks back up the chain so they can get educated. And Justice Sotomayor mentioned shes a fan of technology and has more than one device and i think just having that degree of diversity on the bench and technological experience diversity for ones is important. Disney hd or whatever its called. Okay lets go to this gentleman right here. We will ask all of you if you could just introduce yourself and tell us if you have any affiliation and then ask your question. I am an adjunct professor at Georgetown University law center and i would like to ask professor kenrick can you please tell us what is the procedural history of that case .
The Bipartisan Policy Center and the Concord Coalition all offering their views. Live coverage on cspan2. The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in the case balancing federal whistleblower protections against National Security. The case involves robert maclean, a u. S. Air marshal fired for telling a reporter that the tsa canceled missions on commercial flights that required marshals to stay overnight. His supervisor told him that the cancellations were to save money, believing the tsa action risk passenger safety can maclean leaked the information to a reporter prompting congressional criticism and leading to the tsas reversal of his decision. Next up, the oral arguments in Homeland Security department versus maclean. Will hear arguments first this one in case 13894 of the department of Homeland Security versus robert maclean. Spent mr. Chief justice, and may place a corporate in section 114 r , congress directed tsa to promulgate regulations prohibiting disclosures that would