Good morning and welcome, everyone, especially the nominees and their families. Today well hear from two panels. Well hear from justice ead of colorado, nominated to be Circuit Court judge on the 10th Circuit Court. Did i get the pronunciation wrong . On the second panel well hear from four nominees to District Court, senator coons, do you ave any opening remarks today . Senator coons thank you to serve alongside you in the Ranking Member in todays confirmation hearing. Id like to almost each of the nominees and families and friends of the United States senate and congratulate you on the nominations and look forward to posing questions to you. The positions to which youve been nominated are important and the federal jude is federal judiciary is bedrock of our democracy. They resolve disputes between real people and determine whether him the freedoms are protected and given the weightiness of their responsibilities and lifetime tenure that comes from a judicial appointment, these are cr
[silence] what happened ins the shocking, its tragic, for those affected and their families, it is devastating. Its hard to imagine their pain. I hope they will know that we are praying for them now, hope they will find strength of the lovingkindness around the in these hours of darkness andnding pain. I hope they will see her country standing by their side today,gu Many Americans are still in shock and people have begun to wonder why someone will do something this terrible. Investigators will continuebu their dedicated work in search of answers, what is clear is this is a moment for National Morning for prayer. Just a moment ago, President Trump letter country in observing a moment of silence. As you noted this morning, we are grateful for the courageous efforts of the First Responders. They put their lives on the lines to save others. They do so with selflessness that reminds us of the courage and mercy the remains possible within each of us. Times of terrible grief, the same is true
May it please the court. The issue before the court today was considered and decided by our founders on three separate occasions in 1787, 1788, 1789. By a vote of seven still at states against three at the Constitutional Convention is a key part of the ratification the very next year and with the very First Congress on each occasion the founders coated for a single individual rather than a plurality of the presidency of the structure best calculated to ensure a strong and vigorous and accountable executive. The president alone shall take care of the law shall be executed. That obligation according to James Madison in the supreme and the Supreme Court just seven years ago with Free Enterprise fund empowers the president to keep them accountable to hold the power to remove them from office. Didnt that change with humphreys executor . That case that i just quoted is Free Enterprise fund. That was many years later than humphreys executor but the Free Enterprise fund made it clear that ther
The president doing . He is the president and . I tc constitution as it was intended to be applied. And the president s in america have operated outside of the realm of their executive authority constitutionally speaking for decades. So, to judge donald trump for me is not to judge him against obama or merge w bush. In your view have adhered to the constitution. Guest it has been a long time since we had a president that was truly constitutional. Look at article ii of the constitution, that is the delegated authority for the executive branch. When we look at that we realize how little power the president has especially autonomously, i show my students you look at the constitution, article 1, the powers delegated to congress, article 2 delegated to the president and article 3 delegated to the judiciary. In america we gravitated more toward an allconsuming executive rather than an executive in service to the legislative. What we have now in america is a bit of an aberration of what the p
And so Jeffrey Sandusky just like his father is now behind bars. The adopted son of the former penn state assistant football coach is facing a list of charges. Im lucy noland. Iain page. Arrest of the 41yearold has reopened some old wounds. Brad sattin spoke to the District Attorney who is overseeing the case and joins us in studio name brad. Reporter iain the scene of Jeffrey Sandusky walking in handcuffs eerily familiar the scenes of his father doing the same thing. Jerry sandusky not too long ago. Jeffrey sandusky of course innocent until proven guilty. Tonight hes being accused of slit sit to go young teenaged sisters and the da tells me they have the evidence to prove it. More than five years after Jerry Sandusky was first arres arrested, now its his 41yearold adop adopted son jey sandusky leaving a courtroom Near State College monday following his arraignment. We spoke to the District Attorney via face time. Naturally probably had the same thought as lot of people have that this