Congress has the authority to subpoena thirdparty companies for access to President Trumps financial records. This is an hour and a half. For access to President Trumps financial records. This is an hour and a half. The honorable, the chief justice and the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court of the United States give their attention, god save the United States and this honorable court. The first case we will argue today is case 19715, donald trump versus masers usa. Mr. Strawbridge. May appease the court, the subpoenas here are unprecedented in every tenth before these cases no court upheld the use of congress subpoena power to demand the personal records of a sitting president , no kitty to committee had tried to tell of the personal papers, let alone to the purpose of considering potential legislation. There is a reason this is the first time a Congressional Committee has attested a gambit. It is long been understood since congress and subp
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Summer state work period. Everily day countless terrorists are plotting their next attack against the United States. There are measures that we can take today that will help make americans safer at home and while traveling from destinations abroad. Several of those measures are included in the f. A. A. Bill that we passed with over 90 votes in the United States senate. Madam president , today i call again on the house of representatives to take up this bill so that we can continue our work to keep americans safe. Madam president , i yield the floor. I suggest madam president , before i yield the floor, i have seven unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during todays session of the senate. They have the approval of the majority and minority leaders sm. And i ask unanimous consent t these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Thune madam president , i ask unanimous consent that the Senate Recess un
Translating the values of the fifth amendment to the modern age. The fifth amendment, concerned about thought crimes, not exerting psychological pressure. He ended by quoting my hero about how government is the omnipotent teacher and you can see that in his letter he thought the court has to be a shining emblem for what Human Dignity needs. We heard the chief justice you can do the best job you could in the context of the law. Time will affect decisions. Youre suggesting its time for us to rethink the technology i think it is. I think miranda could be updated and could be more effective. There were at the love people thinking about this and hopefully, we can all come together and try to think about things like body cameras, video taping and interrogations. Other things that would update miranda. Thanks to both of you for being here tonight on our 11 of 12 cases in the landmark cases series. We appreciate your insight from the miranda case. Thank you so much for being in our audience to
Well, this hearing will come to order. First of all, let me welcome Justice Breyer and Justice Kennedy. Thank you for being here today. I know both of you have testified before our subcommittee in times past and we appreciate you coming back and being with us here again today. We all look forward to this time to have an exchange. Not often does the legislative branch and Judicial Branch get to talk to each other, so we look forward to that. I think all of us know that a fair and impartial judiciary is very much a cornerstone to our democratic system of government. And so the fact that youre here today, i think is important. I think the work that you do is obviously very, very important. And not only you resolve disputes between individuals, but also between the executive branch of the federal government as well as legislative branch. And to do that, you need the respect of the citizens. And i think you have that. I think you also give respect to the citizens and their view of whats rig