january 6 committee new surprise. new evidence requiring a special hearing tomorrow. first, over the weekend, thousands of people took to the streets to protest the supreme court decision. sweeping away the rights of millions of americans. the new poll show that a majority of americans oppose the ruling. republicans know it s unpopular. they re attempting to make the truly ludicrous claim they are the party that cares about women. compassionate conservativism. look, you know the republican party should do now, it should use this victory if you see it that way to change itself and become a party that helps with women, change its reputation. become a party that helps women and children. becomes responsible. you know it s a bad idea when the entire panel cannot help but laugh out loud on live tv. that claim republicans could possibly support women, right now. it falls apart immediately. after south dakota governor said she wants to help support mothers in her state, abc cite
Capricious, ash tear or made sense. The Supreme Court in boumedin struck it down saying it was not an adequate substitute for habeas. Thats correct, senator. Your role was to find out a way to engage congress on the Detainee Treatment because it was your view that congress, being involved, would strengthen the president s hand . As a lawyer . Yes. I was not a policymaker but i did advise. As a lawyer. As did many others. There were very other many fine lawyers, too, senator, who advised the administration that Engaging Congress would be a good idea, because we had read our youngstown and our justice jackson. Any lawyer i think who understands this area of the law would suggest the president is stronger when he has congressional support. The Signing Statement. Is it fair to say there was a conflict between the Vice President s office and other parts of the Bush Administration about what the Signing Statement
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Oh the new one well bring out the dogs. Mush dogs barking the old ones just fine well do anything, seriously anything, to help our customers. Thanks. Ally. Do it right. Tonight, they prepare to go before congress and the country. No matter what happens this moment will change our nations politics. Later on, roz roderosenstein. Was he being sarcastic. First, negotiation after negotiation. Shifting the Judiciary Committee on thursday at 10 00 a. M. I, of course, will be there too. Some of the details about this hearing have been worked out. The hearing will be open and dr. Ford will testify first. Democratic senators will ask questions. But important factors are so far unresolved. Like how much time will be allowed for those questions. And then theres the matter of whether republican senators themselves or perhaps their staffers or an outside counsel will do the questioning. This is important in part because all the republicans on the committee are men. At the same time, judge kavanaugh
Whether you think thats good or bad and matches the abuse of powers is an open question. And then he goes through and argues he doesnt see what he calls a statutory crime. And well see that debate as well. There are people youre going to hear from who are going to say its got to be an actual felony and then there are going to be other people pointing out the constitution doesnt require that. It has words like treason, bribery and high crimes. So were going to get into the weeds here, but the big picture is keep your eye on which witnesses and exchanges are talking about the serious question of whats impeachable. The other noise you can try and tune out as with any hearing. Mr. Wiesman, your last words of advice as we settle in to watch the legal experts. I think its very important to keep your eye on the facts and the law. And i think one of the things that the public is rightly upset about is the rule of law not being applied. And so i think the quote you read is fun, its sort of catc
Articulating that in the clip you played a moment ago. he admitted that the far right legal movement knows that their agenda is very unpopular. they are constantly worried these justices, once they get on the court, will lose their nerve to see through things like overturning the roe decision. they felt a need to build up an alternate universe where the justices would be reassured they were doing god s will to make it harder for people to vote and make it impossible to impose common sense gun safety restrictions and allow for access to contraception for women. to some extent what he was saying was explosive. this is it what the federalist society does out in the open every day. the federalist society exists because they became concerned that for years republican presidents were nominating people like john paul stevens or david suitor who once they got on the court were liberal. the federal society exists to create that same amen chorus for the justices so they can show up