Spoke with Sergey Kislyak last july. It was during these conversations, im told by j. D. Gordon, they talked about improving relations between the u. S. And russia. It was dur thag time, erin, that j. D. Gordon says he went to the convention, Advocating On Behalf of the campaign for language in the gop platform that advocated against the arming of the ukrainians in their fights against the prorussian rebels. That is something the Trump Campaign denied they were doing at the time. It denied it was advocating for that language in the gop platform. Flash forward to december and according to a Senior Administration official, the president s soninlaw, Jared Kushner and the former security adviser, Michael Flynn, wret with the ambassador during a previously undisclosed meeting. James comey was making the rounds with house members. Democrats were not happy when the top democrat, adam schiff, who believes comey was not forthcoming on key details in the investigation into russia and the contact
Exhibiting the kind of profound indifference to the racial contours of the jeff session nomination that i wouldnt have expected from somebody as savvy as mitch mcconnell. If they did that on purpose to be racially provocative, to stir you racial currents here, i think thats scary and gross. If they did it accidentally, i think its political malpractice. But i think theyve just turned this issue and Elizabeth Warren and the Jeff Sessions nomination into a much hotter, more hotly contested and sort of scarier thing that its been up until now. It was remarkable. Do you think it changes any votes . Thats my last question. I dont know. Weve seen a lot of republicans say they were willing to support Jeff Sessions, joe mancion. An extraordinary legal battle over the fate of the travel ban. A threejudge panel is considering an argument on whether to keep a hold on the order. Is there any reason for to us think theres a real risk . The president determined that there was a real risk. I cant bel
If motion stay we ask that you deny it. Thank you. Thank you ill give you five minutes for rebuttal. I want to address a couple of quick points. Whatever den says about looking at counselor decisionmaking does not suggest we look behind National Security determines made by the president that determination four corners of determination are based on the congressional determination that the country at issue is of different. I thought you were using den and mandel as your now youre saying its distinguishable, are you relying on those cases or not . We are relying on them for the limits that the Court Reviews this issue. Im adding when you have a document itself and thats best evidence of intent of the president relies excluively on the cause made by congress by the safety concerns presented by the countries at issue that is the end of the inquiry and should be. The fact i know counsel for the other side cited this Court Car Danous Decision and they in dedescribing the state of the Law Cour
Well show you the ballots on the senate floor after the brutal silencing laugh night of senator Elizabeth Warren. The decision s by the judges of the Ninth Circuit which may come later this week could test the limitations of president ial authority and expected to be ultimately be appealed to the United States Supreme Court. Today President Trump defended his authority and attacked the judges who will render that decision as well as the court system, itself. I listen to lawyers on both sides last night, and they were talks about things that had just nothing to do with it. I listened to a panel of judges and ill comment on that i will not comment on the statements made by certainly one judge, but vi have to be honest that if these judges wanted to, in my opinion, help the court in terms of respect for the court, theyd do what they should be doing. I mean, its so sad. We havent had a decision yet,
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Week. You know, he has four basic options, martha. And it sounded like from his News Conference today he might take two at the same time. Lets look at those four options. One would be to appeal to a larger panel of the Ninth Circuit. Its called an en banc hearing. 11 judges picked randomly from the remaining 26 judges in the Ninth Circuit. He could appeal to the u. S. Supreme court and he could try the case on its merits in district court. He seemed to suggest he would do that by saying that he will win eventually. The fourth option would be to rewrite the Executive Order. Make it clear that legal permanent residents such as green card holders are not affected by the travel ban. The white House Counsel tried to clarify that when it comes to enforcement. But it was after the fact. So, if the case goes back to judge robart, we know that a schedule could happen as soon as next week where we have briefs and judge robart as i said, in his ruling, in issuing the t. R. O. Said it is likely th