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McArdle, John - Guest Host
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW PROFESSOR JONATHAN TURLEY JOINING US TO DISCUSS HIS VIEWS ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S USE OF HIS EXECUTIVE POWERS AS HE BEGINS HIS...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
SPEECH WAS PICKING UP A VERY COMMON AND ALMOST MANTRA IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OF ACHIEVING EQUALITY, WHICH IS A NOBLE AND IMPORTANT GOAL. I THINK...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
GUEST: YES. GEORGE BUSH TRIED AND COULD NOT. RICHARD NIXON TRIED AND COULD NOT. BARACK OBAMA DID IT. HE HAS ON UNPRECEDENTED UNCHECKED POWER. MANY DEMOCRATS...
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| 00:02:47 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
SPECIFICS ON THE INSTANCES YOU ARE REFERRING TO ME TALK ABOUT HIS POWER? GUEST: THERE
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
ARE A NUMBER OF THEM. HE HAS ARGUED FOR UNILATERAL AUTHORITY IN THE WAY THAT OTHER PRESIDENTS SUGGESTED BUT NEVER GOT AWAY WITH. THIS INCLUDES THINGS...
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| 00:04:34 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
TO TAKE YOU TO A COMMENT BY SAM WALKER IN A RECENT PIECE LAST WEEK IN THE HUFFINGTON POST. HE IS A HISTORIAN, CIVIL LIBERTARIAN, CRIMINOLOGY PROFESSOR....
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
ALWAYS REASONS. IT BORDERS ON A FORM OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEFAMATION. PEOPLE SUGGEST THE CONSTITUTION IS TOO LIMITING. THE GREATEST RESPONSE TO THAT IS...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
WHITEHEAD, ALSO WITH "THE HUFFINGTON POST" -- GUEST: IT'S HARD TO
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
SEE THAT IN HIS FIRST ADMINISTRATION. HIS RECORD IS SHAMEFUL WHEN IT COMES TO PRESIDENTIAL POWERS. HIS UNILATERALISM. HE DOES NOT SHOW A RESPECT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THIS HEADLINE -- GUEST: THIS IS A GREAT
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
IRONY. DEMOCRATS ALL OVER GEORGE BUSH, RIGHTFULLY SO, ABOUT HIS EXPANSION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM. BUT HE WAS REALLY AN AMATEUR IN COMPARISON...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
HAS BEEN THE LEAD COUNSEL IN SEVERAL NOTABLE CASES INCLUDING ONE INVOLVING AREA 51 WORKERS, NUCLEAR COURIERS AT OAK RIDGE, AND FOUR FORMER U.S. ATTORNEY...
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CALLER, -
MORNING MR., TURLEY. (music) CALIT IS VERY REFRESHING TO HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. DOESN'T SEEM LIKE TOO MANY PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA,...
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| 00:12:44 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
DECISION THE CALLER WAS REFERRING TO? GUEST: THE
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENTS DURING A RECESS PERIOD OR UNCONSTITUTIONAL. HE WAITED FOR CONGRESS TO BE OUT FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND PUSHED THROUGH FOUR CONFRONTATION...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
GUEST: YES. THE PROBLEM DEMOCRATS HAVE IS THAT WE CANNOT BE A HYPOCRITE ON PRESIDENTIAL POWER . I PRESIDENTIALCORDRAY AND I THINK REPUBLICANS WERE WRONG...
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| 00:15:19 |
Turley, Jonathan - Professor
TO WORK WITH THE SENATE. PEOPLE MAKE THIS SOUND LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT EVER HAPPENED. IT WAS THE DEMOCRATS THAT DEVELOPED OF THIS TECHNIQUE....
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| 00:16:20 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
COMMENTS FROM THAT FROM THE SUNDAY SHOWS YESTERDAY. SENATOR BOB CORKER WAS ON YESTERDAY SAYING THAT ALL THE DECISIONS THAT HAS BEEN MADE FROM -- FOR THOSE...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
I THINK THEY COULD. WHEN I TESTIFIED IN CONGRESS, IS IT YOUR MAKING A TERRIBLE MISTAKE BECAUSE THIS IS FLAGRANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL. I WAS SPEAKING TO...
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I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE PRESIDENT TRY TO CIRCUMVENT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WITH GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION. THANK...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
IS DOING IS USING EXECUTIVE POWERS TO TAKE STEPS WITHOUT LEGISLATION. HE SUGGESTED HE WOULD DO THAT TO A GREATER EXTENT BUT SO FAR, HE HAS REALLY DONE...
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WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT AND THE DREAM ACT, THAT HE CIRCUMVENTED CONGRESS AND SIGNED THE NAFTA AGREEMENT WITH TRUCK DRIVERS....
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
IMMIGRATION, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE IS THAT LASTING CONTROVERSY ABOUT WHETHER PRESIDENT OBAMA COULD DO, AS HE DID, AND SAY THAT CERTAIN FEDERAL...
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| 00:21:24 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT PAUSED USE OF DRONES AND HOW HE FIGHTS THE WAR ON TERROR -- GUEST:
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| 00:21:47 |
Turley, Jonathan - Professor
EVERY PRESIDENT HAS SAID HE IS FACING PROBLEMS THAT HIS PREDECESSORS DID NOT HAVE TO FACE AND THAT IS WHY HE IS ASKING FOR MORE POWER. THREE PEOPLE HAVE...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
THAT IS THE VIEW OF MANY PEOPLE AND I AM NOT SAYING IT IS WRONG. THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE IN CONGRESS, PEOPLE WHO CARE, BUT THERE ARE FRANKLY, A LOT OF BAD...
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McArdle, John - Guest Host
KAN., ON OUR REPUBLICAN LINE.
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CALLER, -
CALLER: GOOD MORNING, PROFESSOR TURLEY. JUST TO UNDERSCORE THE CONVERSATION THAT IS TAKING PLACE TO THIS POINT -- I AM CONSERVATIVE SO I LIVE MY PART...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
LOUIS BRANDEIS STATED THE MOST IMPORTANT RIGHT ON THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, HE SAID THE RIGHT TO BE LEFT ALONE. THIS IS THE MAN WHO ARTICULATED THE RIGHTS...
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| 00:29:43 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
FEW QUESTIONS FROM TWITTER -- GUEST: IT IS IS
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
THE GROWTH NOT BOTH OF THEIRS. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SYSTEM THAT WAS DEVELOPED BY A GENIUS, JAMES MADISON. HE CREATED A SYSTEM OF TRIPARTHEID BRANCHES...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
WITH PRISONERS WHO ARE 70 AND 80 YEARS OLD WHO ARE LOW RISK AND HIGH COST AND WE WORK WITH STATES TO DEVELOP WAYS OF DEALING WITH WHAT IS AN EXPANDING...
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| 00:32:46 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
NEXT FROM MILLER PLACE, NEW YORK. CALLER: JUST PRIOR
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CALLER, -
TO OBAMA IN OFFICE, THERE WAS A LAWSUIT PENDING AND CSPAN HAVE A GUEST ON FROM THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. THERE HAS A PENDING LAWSUIT BUT WHEN...
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
QUITE GOOD. WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS A SABOTEUR, HE TALKED ABOUT CITIZENS -- WAS A SENATOR, HE TALKED AND RAN UNDER PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AND MANY LIBERTARIANS...
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| 00:36:26 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
TO LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: I AM CONFUSED BECAUSE
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CALLER, -
I AM GETTING BACKGROUND NOISE OR SOMETHING. I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE BENGHAZI SITUATION. IN THE HEARINGS THE OTHER DAY, EVEN THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF...
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| 00:37:21 |
Turley, Jonathan - Professor
THIS IS A REFLECTION OF WHERE WE ARE NOW. THERE USED TO BE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT PUT PARTY ASIDE AND THEY FULFILLED THEIR CHECKED AND BALANCED ROLE....
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Turley, Jonathan - Professor
HAVE TO BE MORE ACTIVE AND THEY HAVE TO VOTE AND STOP ACTING LIKE CHUMPS. WE HAVE BECOME A NATION OF CHUMPS. WE LET THEM CONVINCE US EVERY ELECTION...
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CALLER, -
MORNING, I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME GET THROUGH. I SURE APPRECIATE CSPAN. MR. TURLE., YOU'RE A BRIGHT AND WONDERFUL PERSON BECAUSE YOU ARE TELLING THE...
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| 00:40:45 |
Turley, Jonathan - Professor
A WONDERFUL PERSON AND YES, I BELIEVE IN TRANSPARENCY AND DISCLOSURE. WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE POWERFUL BUT WE ARE NOT USING OUR POWER. AS...
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| 00:41:26 |
McArdle, John - Guest Host
LAW PROFESSOR WITH GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. UP NEXT, PRESIDENT OBAMA PLANNED TO MAKE IMMIGRATION AN ISSUE IN HIS NEXT TERM. THIS WEEK, WE WILL...
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MEETS WITH POLICE CHIEFS FROM THREE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED MASS SHOOTINGS. IT IS PART OF THE PUSH TO ADDRESS GUN VIOLENCE. REPRESENTATIVES...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.