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branches of government or can one thumb their nose that leads to an authoritarian regime . We are looking at a very historic moment. Looking at what the power of con
maurice c. spa shapiro chair of law school. where he teaches torts, criminal procedure and constitutional law. after a stint at tulane law school, professor turley joined the gw law faculty in 1990 and in 1998 became the youngest chaired professor in the school s history. he has written over three dozen academic articles for a variety of leading law schools, leading law journals, i m sorry, his articles on legal and policy issues appear frequently if national publications. a chicago native, professor turley earned degrees from the university of chicago, northwestern university school of law. now we welcome all our distinguished witnesses, we thank them for participating in today s hearing. if you will please rise, i will begin by swearing you in. raise your do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that the testimony are you about to give is true and correct to