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Stuart Taylor, journalist and author, weighs in on Attorney General Eric Holder’s contempt hearing and the Supreme Court’s health-care ruling.
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-- -- -- Smart program circular -- -- conservative out of the National Journal.
Issued of course on the news media.
From the -- at Stanford Law School.
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I don't understand why we don't -- -- more.
Did make can be one of troops that are difficult to book or not -- -- -- OK so.
That is our -- -- civilians Soledad.
Is that anyway yeah before we get to the -- court.
Announcement your thoughts on that the house is gonna vote today.
On only be attorneys general are told her in contempt.
Call.
And that's expected -- to secure their toast to all Republicans and some Democrats gonna vote.
So my question is once that happens on one.
-- the content what happens after the camp dumped a lot of noise a lot of noise because guess to a justice approving such prosecutions for content.
-- Can improve prosecution -- themselves.
So so generally speaking it's it's kind of show.
It -- you know maybe it maybe it effective long term reputation because people particularly was held in contempt that.
It doesn't these days frankly it doesn't amount to much except another -- Another partisan -- Like remember -- Bill Clinton didn't amount to Orlando and -- Military is kept people busy for a -- about this kooky people they're very busy throughout.
And and I think this is going to be.
It is this just kind of Peter out.
Also the underlying.
Argument.
Seems seems a little small matter is that all the noise would make it suggests that question is whether.
Whether holder and his aides might as Citi sensitivity embarrassed to have made public Baptist -- running operations down on the border.
Operation fast and furious it's it's sort of hard to believe that -- planned to get a border agent killed.
And so this seems to me the worst that could be at least documents with congress strategy yet.
It is embarrassment and not not -- big deal.
All of a -- sold -- soul -- -- why wouldn't Davis Love -- deal all but if there's just some embarrassment and -- June.
Accurately point out is unlikely but they're also around drawn -- got a way to get aboard a guide to -- On American YY and plus plus sister via borne all the Mexicans were drilled.
Well.
I think the reason they would look -- today.
You know is black well it was just Andover is not -- I question network put forward say we've -- its natural.
And I think it's possible that they are pretty embarrassing.
I think it's more likely that they're worried about a precedent I don't mean in some high minded sense -- -- future attorney general.
Hard time funding to -- if they go wrong this time and say okay you can have a document.
And every other time.
Congress wants some documents.
Those sort of say well you give to -- slash title so articulate quote this time.
So I think president's attorney general tend to get to a point where they -- -- -- they they sort of the usual thing and they claim executive privilege.
-- even if they don't have any haven't had much to hide.
So let's -- the president obviously that would be.
Out of factor and has Clinton as well so.
Not to cover up something that he might have no formal sector be possible to -- Clearly been paralyzed the the chairman and it's going after holder has said publicly -- contradicting speaker John Boehner.
That that there's no evidence that the president it's.
For the White House.
There are here except -- sure it doesn't like it to take -- it to executive privilege -- this is pretty much Justice Department show.
I don't think there's much indications that the president of the White House was.
Deep into the decision making it about cooperation festive period.
While -- reserve drillers are -- -- for a contributing and other there from National Journal.
But is still kitchen of course not of sound turned.
-- -- just finished it up because exams this week that president it is sort of a too much spring quarter thing April and may you -- -- on the news media which is basically -- -- -- is that if here.
The news media you worry about -- -- doing to see you of course there were a lot more about -- bankrupt these days that's.
Libel invasion of privacy national security leaks can compete -- I don't staff I can't sit and -- think he gets to forcibly have worried -- prosecuted for.
So was there a great deal of rentals -- was -- Part of refers to -- Yeah I think I think them.
I think it's really fascinating subject area and the and the students and to seem -- like Connecticut.
-- -- that limits their interest and it is not many -- can make him.
The meeting representing media corporations.
Making its very living represented media corporations that are sort of melted away after work very.
I don't but the cursor -- huge news.
Spread global analysis -- Their decision on the president's health care plan -- liberty or drills obamacare.
One of the possible is nearly.
That is huge and I would say that I had to bet money that I'd bet on them are probably that.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- But I wouldn't bet a lot and I wouldn't give you -- want dispute could go either way if they do -- -- -- can't adapt.
I think it's likely they'll strike -- -- so called individual mandate which is the provision of the health care law.
That requires people to buy insurance even if they don't want to.
-- this -- everybody they required by insurance and are not covered by something else.
Like Medicaid -- or like.
Like an employer based plan -- if you're just kind of self employed.
Then eight and you would be required to either buy health insurance or pay a fine for not trying to and it interestingly apart from this -- legal thing.
If clients are so small they in the data that -- -- That is serious question whether any improvement of people would buy it anyway I heard -- there aren't fine.
But.
I don't think whispering court will get to that it carried on -- up for the challenge to the provisions little.
Expanding Medicare that challenge have been filed by 26 -- some states -- That's a cut Medicare provision it unconstitutionally.
Forces them to expand the program whether they want what do they wanna expand that are not and it took it ultimately.
Extending their own money.
That they -- federal government making the -- spend their money and they say that that's constitutional.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- even heard society.
-- as a possibility.
That they were not pulled the mandate vascular tone.
Here and the reason I think that people gonna think you know it sectors -- a couple of years ago most constitutional scholars left off the idea that they -- strike at any part of this world because under.
Traditional liberal approach to constitutional law which happens to be the -- -- almost talks.
A constitutional law professors.
This should be clearly constitutional.
You have to.
You know you have to have a different point of view this strike it down that.
I think the reason people got the economic actually gonna strike it down is that during the three -- Massive oral arguments in March.
A lot of that several injustices sound like they were determined to strike down -- seem to be.
Scalia seemed that way analyst Thomas didn't say anything.
As usual everybody assumes you address to strike -- definitely percent of -- you would dare to strike it down.
And so.
We've got you know and so -- they would need two more votes they would need to justice John Roberts they would need Anthony Kennedy that would get defines.
And Robert sounded very hostile.
To the government to but I think you know I'm not so surety business -- -- astounded.
Far as saying so I got about ten seconds to a justice Ginsburg.
Memory Elsinore answer -- justice -- Step number one election so there's runner whereas -- an import and -- -- -- Not a chance to -- even if you did it to be acutely.
Congress and senate wouldn't confirm get out of her since the republic which stopping combination in this late can listen persuade the term.
Sort of standard operating procedure that door kind of shut sort traditional.
Specialist -- court appointment.
What's more reasons yeah.
