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
should say or look like . Thats my recollection, and thats about all i can reca
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. Mentioned about him maybe offering a job running the u. S. Army to a Bank President who approved these loans for him. Thats the only other reference to the Trump Campaign in the trial thus far. But two days ago, Out Of The Blue on crossexamination, the manafort Defense Lawyer asks rick gates, hey, did muellers prosecutors talk to you about your time working on the Trump Campaign . Did you talk to them about that . Prosecutor from the Special Counsels office gets up and objects. The judge summons both lawyers to come to the bench. He flips on the White Noise Machine which is a real thing so the jury and spectators hear the sound of like crashing waves instead of the conversation. The jury, the reporters in the room, spectators none of them can hear whats being said at the bench. The lawyers on both side stay up there and they have this long prust communication. We know its long because we know it takes six pages to trans
Rachel Maddow takes a look at the days top political news stories. Other reference in the whole Paul Manafort trial to his time on the Trump Campaign. This thing i previously mentioned about him maybe offering the job of running the u. S. Earl or the a Bank President who approved the loans for him. Thats the only other reference in the Trump Campaign thus far. Two days ago out of the blue, the manafort defense lawyer asks rick gates, did mueller ask but your time in the Trump Campaign . The prosecutor gets up and objects. The judge summons both sides to come to the bench. He flips on, i kid you not, the White Noise Machine which is a real thing. So the jury and the spectators hear crashing waves instead of the conversation. None can hear whats being said. They have this long private communication. We know it is long because we know it takes six pages to
transcribe. But we cant see the pages because they are sealed. Now, we do know after that bench conference, whatever happen there, the
The United States government has apparently failed to provide compensation or other redress to Iraqis who suffered torture and other abuse two decades after evidence emerged of US forces mistreating detainees at Abu Ghraib and other US-run prisons in Iraq.