The Trump Presidency promises to be a fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by americas founding fathers. The new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. A new Executive Order on the matter is imminent. My guest today is donald verrilli, us Solicitor General under barack obama. Does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law . Donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, its good to be here. Lets start with a personal perspective. Having served five years as obamas Solicitor General, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative Executive Legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended . Well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. But as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the Obama
The Trump Presidency promises to be a fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by americas founding fathers. The new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. A new Executive Order on the matter is imminent. My guest today is donald verrilli, us Solicitor General under barack obama. Does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law . Donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, its good to be here. Lets start with a personal perspective. Having served five years as obamas Solicitor General, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative Executive Legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended . Well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. But as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the Obama
A fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by americas founding fathers. The new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. A new Executive Order on the matter is imminent. My guest today is donald verrilli, us Solicitor General under barack obama. Does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law . Donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, its good to be here. Lets start with a personal perspective. Having served five years as obamas Solicitor General, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative Executive Legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended . Well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. But as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the Obama Administration, i think, is startin
A fascinating test of the resilience of the system of government crafted by americas founding fathers. The new president has already slammed the courts for overstepping their authority in blocking his so called travel ban. A new Executive Order on the matter is imminent. My guest today is donald verrilli, us Solicitor General under barack obama. Does the constitution ensure that the white house is always subject to, not above, the law . Donald verrilli, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen, its good to be here. Lets start with a personal perspective. Having served five years as obamas Solicitor General, how painful is it for you to watch donald trump pledging to undo so much of the legislative Executive Legacy left behind by barack obama, and of course a legacy that you defended . Well, had you asked me that question two months ago i probably would have said extremely. But as time has passed, i think the resilience of the achievements of the Obama Administration, i think, is startin
no real clarity but we do know behind the scenes, the president has started to talk about potential replacements. house speaker paul ryan was asked about this earlier today. the president gets to decide what his personnel is. that s his he s the executive branch for the legislator branch and determines who is hired and fired in the executive branch, if he has problems with the attorney general, i m sure he ll bring them up hielf. would that be obstruction of juice it s up to the president to decide personnel decisions and any possible follow-up. if he has questioconcerns, i m he ll talk to him directly. the president will hold a joint press conference with the prime minister of lebanon and will take reporters questions. we ll get to ask the president ourselves whether he wants attorney general jeff sessions to go and why he doesn t fire him. i think that will be during my 3:00 eastern show today so