Zurcher, catty quay will be here in 20 minutes time, questions to both of them are very welcome. Katty kay. Heres a prophetic video clip from a couple of years ago. I believe the Attorney General has an obligation to follow the law, the constitution, and give their independent legal advice to the president. Well, thats true, and like any ceo with a law firm, sometimes lawyers have to tell the ceo, you cannot do that, dont do it, it will be in violation of the law, you will regret it. Please, no matter how headstrong they might be. Do you feel that the duty of the Attorney Generals Office . |i do you feel that the duty of the Attorney Generals Office . I do, to fairly and partially evaluate the law and provide the administration with impartial legal advice. That is sally yates, talking at a Confirmation Hearing in 2015. This time yesterday she was americas acting Attorney General. Not any more. Donald trump fired her after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to enforce the presid
Zurcher, catty quay will be here in 20 minutes time, questions to both of them are very welcome. Katty kay. Heres a prophetic video clip from a couple of years ago. I believe the Attorney General has an obligation to follow the law, the constitution, and give their independent legal advice to the president. Well, thats true, and like any ceo with a law firm, sometimes lawyers have to tell the ceo, you cannot do that, dont do it, it will be in violation of the law, you will regret it. Please, no matter how headstrong they might be. Do you feel that the duty of the Attorney Generals Office . |i do you feel that the duty of the Attorney Generals Office . I do, to fairly and partially evaluate the law and provide the administration with impartial legal advice. That is sally yates, talking at a Confirmation Hearing in 2015. This time yesterday she was americas acting Attorney General. Not any more. Donald trump fired her after she ordered Justice Department lawyers not to enforce the presid
We have cspan with us this afternoon, when you ask your questions please line up at our audience mike and form a line. Lastly, this is not the last event for the today. While we would usually ask you to fold up your chairs, today we ask that you leave your chairs for the next event. I welcome you to politics and prose, on behalf of our wonderful staff. We do over 500 events events per year, in addition to events in the space and other locations and venues across the city. We we also hold book groups, classes, and literary trips. I would like to begin by saying i am pleased to welcome Public Policy and law professor of history at virginia university, as he presents his new book dissent and the Supreme Court, its role in Court History and the nations constitutional dialogue. He has written and edited 52 books, his previous books include biography Supreme Court justice which is deemed monumental at the New York Times review, in in addition to the vision and discord, and supreme decisions.
The same inning, perhaps feeling adrenaline walker told him maybe we are the front runner . Looking at the crystal ball of years. What is the future between bush and walker. Both camps want to play down that they are at war. Walker is trying to frame bush as old as yesterday and get to things like immigration. The bush people think walker will chase shiny objects, be too aggressive, and get himself in a problem going too far to the right like romney did in 2008. They believe that walker will stumble and hes not ready for prime time. They will look for opportunities to throw him off his game. When walker began his assent there were a lot of people in elite circles that thought the same thing. I think there are still some people that are believing that. I think they will eventually maybe not directly, because it highlights weaknesses, but they will indirectly point out that hes not a hypocrite, which is bush is not being. Common core, walker has geared to the right, and bush is a man of
United states Central Command says we have control aircraft operating in airspace monitoring the situation within the strait of hormuz, u. S. Naval forces have been in contact with u. S. Ships operating in the area to ensure their safety. Senior u. S. Officials call a seizure of the tankers a significant escalation for an already tense region in the persian gulf. An act of piracy, that is according to a senior u. S. Official as iran sees is two british operated tankers. The operator of the u. K. Senate imperial says that it ship was encroached by a small unidentity i have craft in the strait of warm. We are presently unable to contact the vessel that is now heading north towards iran. The company says there are 2023 aboard the ship and it has lost contact. We will work very aggressively with our partners in the region and with those partners internationally at commerce. As they seized the two ships, 100 diplomats from over 60 countries met at the state department to prevent just that.