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WITH CONSTITUTIONAL LAW EXPERTS.
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SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL HOSTED THE PANEL. KATHLEEN SULLIVAN, AND KENNETH STARR, AND JOHN YOU ARE THE PANELISTS. THIS IS A LITTLE LESS...
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| 00:00:37 |
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GO FROM MY RIGHT AND YOUR LEFT, I GUESS. WE HAVE KATHLEEN SULLIVAN, DAVID COLE, WALTER DELLINGER, PROF. DRAWN -- PROFESSOR JOHN YOO. I WILL TELL YOU...
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| 00:04:20 |
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BY THE PRESIDENT AND HIS EXECUTIVE BRANCH. WE HAVE BECOME SO FAMILIAR IN OUR LEGAL CULTURE THE THINKING THAT INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION IS THE...
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| 00:11:30 |
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WITH THE TEXT. I WILL COME TO THE OATH OF OFFICE. ARTICLE 2, SECTION 3 IN NUMERATES THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT. ONE OF THOSE CRITICAL POWERS IS "HE...
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| 00:20:08 |
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CELEBRATE THE PRESIDENT'S FIDELITY TO HIS OATH TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTION AND HIS DECISION TO SUBORDINATE THE OBLIGATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL OVER STATUTORY...
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| 00:20:55 |
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DOUBT STEERED THE EXPERIENCE OF MY FELLOW PANEL MEMBERS FOR SEEING THE NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL ACTION. MAYBE IT IS THE PERSPECTIVE THAT ONE TAKES WHEN YOU'RE...
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| 00:34:45 |
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PRESIDENTS HAVE ALWAYS MADE THESE CLAIMS. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT TO JOHN AND THEN TO DAVID EXECUTIVE POWER AND THEN ABOUT GEORGE W. BUSH THAT WAS NOT...
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| 00:36:35 |
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CLEAR ABOUT CLINTON'S ASSERTION OF POWER IS THAT HE
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| 00:36:37 |
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DID IT PUBLICLY. THERE WAS NO SECRET VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW. AND HE WAS READY AND WILLING FOR CONGRESS TO REVISE IT AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE POWER OF CONGRESS....
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| 00:38:04 |
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TELL YOU, BUT THE LAST TIME SHE ASKED ME TO APPEAR ON A PANEL, COULD NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE I WAS DETAINED AT THE AIRPORT. THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE THE TSA...
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| 00:44:30 |
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LAW, WHICH PLACES CONSTRAINTS ON OTHERS, AND VIOLATING A FEDERAL CRIMINAL STATUTE THAT MAKES WITH THE PRESIDENT WILL DO A CRIME? THEY ARE QUITE DIFFERENT...
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| 00:44:59 |
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UNLIKE JEFFERSON WHO WAS PASSIVE AND REFUSE TO ENFORCE UNCONSTITUTIONAL LAWS, LINCOLN TOOK ACTIONS WHERE HE ACTIVELY DID THINGS WHICH DID NOT JUST MAILE...
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| 00:50:31 |
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LESS SANGUINE VIEW OF THE EXTREME INDIFFERENCE TO THE LAW THAT CONGRESS EXHIBITED IN RECENT ADMINISTRATION. >> I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE LEARNED NOT...
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| 00:50:55 |
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I AM SURE IT WAS NOT LOST ON YOU THAT 90% OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THAT COLLECTIVE INTRODUCTION WORD JUDGE, GENERAL, DEAN, PRESIDENT STAR. 10% OR THE...
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| 00:55:58 |
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OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY. IF THE PRESIDENT ORDERED THE EXTERMINATION OF A VILLAGE,
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| 00:56:04 |
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THAT WOULD BE HIS EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY. THAT IS THE KIND OF ASSERTION OF POWER THAT WE SAW. A REAL FAILURE TO LIVE UP TO WHAT JUDGE DEAN, A GENERAL,...
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| 00:58:53 |
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| 00:58:54 |
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I HAVE THREE QUICK POINTS. FIRST, I ACTUALLY DO NOT THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS THE POWER TO ACT OUTSIDE THE CONSTITUTION. I THINK THAT THE COMMANDER-IN-...
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| 01:02:42 |
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IF YOU HAVE SITUATION LIKE THIS, THE PRESIDENT HAS GONE BACK TO THE 1950'S AND ASSUME THAT THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THE INTELLIGENCE...
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| 01:05:31 |
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INTELLIGENCE. HOW FAR DOES THAT POWER GO? WHEN DOES IT BECOME LAW ENFORCEMENT? ON THE OTHER HAND, THE 9/11 ATTACKS CAUSED A HUGE PROBLEM FOR THAT SYSTEM....
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| 01:08:32 |
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FOR A LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL SCAFFOLDING. WHAT YOU HAVE SENT SUGGESTS THAT THERE IS A WIDE SENSE OF AGREEMENT THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME FORM OF CONSULTATION...
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| 01:11:04 |
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NOT CONSTITUTIONAL TO TRADE ON WHAT -- I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF FOR A MOMENT AND DISAGREE A BIT WITH MY FRIEND JOHN ON THE...
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| 01:15:33 |
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BOTH WITH AND THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF CAUSE AND CONCLUDING...
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| 01:21:00 |
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FULLY AWARE OF THE INTERROGATION METHODS THAT WERE USED. THEY MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF THE LEGAL JUSTIFICATION IS THAT THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH MIGHT HAVE BUT...
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| 01:22:34 |
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THAT WERE FULLY BRIEFED AND THOSE 8 MEMBERS OF THE CONGRESS SAY, WE WERE NOT TOLD, YES, YOU WERE. WHATEVER THE TRUTH OF THAT, IT SHOWS A FAILURE WHEN...
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| 01:34:22 |
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POWERS TO WORK? BUT IF YOU HAVE AN PEACE IN PLACE WHERE IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, THE PRESIDENT IS OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY THE SENATE AND HOUSE AND THEY HAVE...
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| 01:36:15 |
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DEBATES OVER WHETHER TO PASS, THE PRESIDENT SENT IN HIS SPOKESPEOPLE WHO SAID
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| 01:36:23 |
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THAT IT WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO PASS THE STATUTE. THEN THEY PASSED THE STATUTE THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. IT WAS A VERY HARD...
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| 01:36:50 |
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COUNSEL TESTIFIED FOR BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS THAT EVEN IF CONGRESS DID ALL THE THINGS THAT IT WAS BEING GUIDED TO DO, THE LAW WOULD STILL BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL...
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| 01:40:43 |
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AN APPEAL FOR A CERTAIN PETITION. RATIFICATION IS PUT FORWARD IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DEFEND CONGRESS. IN THE CASE IS ALREADY THERE. THEY CAN COME IN...
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| 01:45:46 |
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YOU CAN COME IN. NO ONE WHO HAS A STAKE IN THE OUTCOME IS GOING
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| 01:45:55 |
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TO APPEAL. THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT SAID THAT THERE IS A RIGHT TO SENSE AND COURAGE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION AND THEN A REFERENDUM WAS PASSED TO OVERTURN...
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| 01:47:11 |
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THE GOVERNOR AND JERRY BROWN ARE MORE ENTITLED UNDER THEIR AUTHORITY IS TO NOT DEFEND THE STATUTE IF THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION....
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| 01:48:12 |
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I HESITATE BUT I HAVE TO CORRECT JUDGE STARR ON HIS HISTORY.
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| 01:48:23 |
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I WAS IN THE REAGAN WHITE HOUSE. THE LEGISLATIVE VETO WENT THROUGH THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL'S OFFICE. THE PRESIDENT SAID, STARR IS RIGHT FOR ONCE. SERIOUSLY...
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| 01:50:22 |
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COUNTRY. IT IS EASY TO DISCUSS THESE THINGS IN THE ABSTRACT AND DISCUSS THE SERIOUS RIGHTS THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED AND HOW THE BRANCH'S WORK TOGETHER BUT...
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| 01:51:40 |
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AS WELL. CRITICISMS ARE OUT OF ORDER. ONI WENT THROUGH WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS NUMEROUS TIMES AND. DOES ANYONE HERE IMAGINE THAT 150 YEARS FROM THIS...
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