Talked to his Attorney General yet. Thats right. Reporter i had a chance to catch up with kellyannec conway. I asked her whether or not the president views this decision as some sort of set back or defeat. She didnt exactly answer that question, but heres what she had to say. This is a defeat . Do you see this as a setback . He sees it as the statute provides a president with great latitude and authority to protect the citizens and protect the Nations National security. This was not argued on the merits. Now that well have an opportunity to argue on the merits, we look forward to doing that. I think his tweet was perfect when he said, well see you in court. There you go. Some confidence being expressed by Kellyanne Conway at the white
house. Not a lot new in terms of arguments being laid out by the white house in response to this, just the very tough talk that were going to see you in court. That is not exactly going to win the day at the Supreme Court. I asked Kellyanne Conway, is thi
look, i think that s fundamentally correct. i don t think that the president s decisions on national security are unreviewable. that s really not the argument that the administration is putting forward here. the argument instead is that under a supreme court precedent called youngstown, when the president acts with the explicit blessing of congress, which the president has done here, he is entitled to a presumption of constitutionality. when those two political branches are in agreement, the court should defer on the issue of national security. i do not see that the ninth circuit engaged in any such deference here. they did argue unreview to believe the this court. in a very half hearted way. they actually just seemed confused. the guy paused for a long period