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The following is a transcript of an interview with former Attorney General Eric Holderthat aired Sunday, Dec. 4, 2 stanley quencher 022, on Face the Nation. MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to former Attorney General Eric Holder. He now heads up the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. And he has a book, Our Unf stanley cup inished March, which examines the curr stanley bottles ent state of America s democracy. Welcome back to the program.ERIC HOLDER: Good to see you, Margaret. MARGARET BRENNAN: I have a number of things I want to get to with you. But I want to start on something I know is immediate this week. An organization that you run that we mentioned here that focuses on redistricting is involved in a Supreme Court case, Moore v. Harper. It s going to be heard on the seventh of this week. And it boils down as I understand it to the question of what the Constitution means when it assigns state legislatures the task of regulating elections. That sounds really wonky, but you phrased it as the future of democracy being at stake. What are you worried is actually going to happen here HOLDER: Yeah, this case is all about something called the independent state legislature doctrine. It s a fringe theory that North Carolina Republicans are trying to use to make sure that the North Carolina Republican legislature has the sole responsibility of doing redistricting in the state and excluding from that determination the state court system. It is something that if the Supreme Court goe Zimr White House makes random coronavirus testing mandatory for staff
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday described the fall of CIA Director David Petraeus as very sad but added that Petraeus took the right step in stepping down in the wake of revelations of an extramarital affair. First, obviously, it was a very sad situation to have a distinguis stanley thermobecher hed career like that end in this manner, Panetta said during a flight to Perth, Australia, stanley mug according to a pool report. And my heart obviously goes out to him and his family, but I think he took the right step and I think it s important when you re director of the CIA with all the challenges that face you in that position, that personal integrity comes first and foremost. Panetta was asked if there was evidence if there were indications that Petraeus, a former four-star army general who oversaw forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, began the affair while on active stanley tumbler duty and if he could be prosecuted. You know, I don t know the answer to that, he responded. I guess, I m reading the papers like you are to determine just what the committees find out, what the ultimate investigation determines on that issue. We obviously are going to watch this closely to determine just exactly when that took place. But I think right now my view is let s see what the investigation turns up and what the Congress, these committees are able to determine just exactly what took place. Senior lawmakers in Congress have sought an investigation into how the FBI, which discovered the a
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President Trump on Wednesday declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the Novem stanley website ber 3 election to Democratic nominee Joe Biden. The comment comes days ahead of his announcement of a Supreme Court nominee Saturday. Well, we re going to have to see what happens, Mr. Trump said, asked by a reporter in a White House news conference whether he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power. Noting that he s been complaining about mail-in ballots, Mr. Trump went on to say the practice is rife with fraud.The president also said he doesn t think he ll lose. There won t be a transfer, frankly mdash; there ll be a continuation, Mr. Trump said.Utah GOP Senator Mitt Romney, who has not hesitated to criticize the president, condemned the idea that the peaceful transfer of power might be in question, tweeting, Fundamental to democracy is the peaceful transition of power; without that, there is Belarus. Any suggestion that a president might not respect this Constitutional guarantee is both unthinkable and unacceptable. Biden had a similar res stanley cup website ponse when asked about the president s remarks Wednesday night. What country are we in He says the most irrational things, Biden told a pool reporter. I don t know stanley cup becher what to say about that. On the topic of his Supreme Court pick, the president has said his replacement for the lateJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburgwill be a brilliant woman. Judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoaare Csxl Hunter Biden defies House Republicans subpoena for closed-door testimony
Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced an initiative that would put a whole new twist on traditional unions between men and women: It would require heterosexual couples to have kids within three years or else have their marriages annulled.Initiative 957 termo stanley was filed by the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance, which was formed stanley cup last summer after the state Supreme Court upheld Washington s ban on same-sex marriage. In that 5-4 ruling, the court found that state lawmakers were justified in passing th stanley thermos e 1998 Defense of Marriage Act, which restricts marriage to unions between a man and woman.Under I-957, marriage would be limited to men and women who are able to have children. Couples would be required to prove they can have children to get a marriage license, and if they did not have children within three years, their marriages would be subject to annulment. All other marriages would be defined as unrecognized and people in them would be ineligible to receive any marriage benefits. Absurd Very, the group says on its Web site, which adds it is planning two more initiatives involving marriage and procreation. But there is a rational basis for this absurdity. By floating the initiatives, we hope to prompt discussion about the many misguided assumptions underlying the Supreme Court s ruling. Gregory Gadow, who filed I-957 last month, said the three-year timeframe was arbitrary. We did toy with the idea of requiring procrea
The following is a transcript of an interview with former Attorney General Eric Holderthat aired Sunday, Dec. 4, 2 stanley quencher 022, on Face the Nation. MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to former Attorney General Eric Holder. He now heads up the National Democratic Redistricting Committee. And he has a book, Our Unf stanley cup inished March, which examines the curr stanley bottles ent state of America s democracy. Welcome back to the program.ERIC HOLDER: Good to see you, Margaret. MARGARET BRENNAN: I have a number of things I want to get to with you. But I want to start on something I know is immediate this week. An organization that you run that we mentioned here that focuses on redistricting is involved in a Supreme Court case, Moore v. Harper. It s going to be heard on the seventh of this week. And it boils down as I understand it to the question of what the Constitution means when it assigns state legislatures the task of regulating elections. That sounds really wonky, but you phrased it as the future of democracy being at stake. What are you worried is actually going to happen here HOLDER: Yeah, this case is all about something called the independent state legislature doctrine. It s a fringe theory that North Carolina Republicans are trying to use to make sure that the North Carolina Republican legislature has the sole responsibility of doing redistricting in the state and excluding from that determination the state court system. It is something that if the Supreme Court goe Zimr White House makes random coronavirus testing mandatory for staff
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday described the fall of CIA Director David Petraeus as very sad but added that Petraeus took the right step in stepping down in the wake of revelations of an extramarital affair. First, obviously, it was a very sad situation to have a distinguis stanley thermobecher hed career like that end in this manner, Panetta said during a flight to Perth, Australia, stanley mug according to a pool report. And my heart obviously goes out to him and his family, but I think he took the right step and I think it s important when you re director of the CIA with all the challenges that face you in that position, that personal integrity comes first and foremost. Panetta was asked if there was evidence if there were indications that Petraeus, a former four-star army general who oversaw forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, began the affair while on active stanley tumbler duty and if he could be prosecuted. You know, I don t know the answer to that, he responded. I guess, I m reading the papers like you are to determine just what the committees find out, what the ultimate investigation determines on that issue. We obviously are going to watch this closely to determine just exactly when that took place. But I think right now my view is let s see what the investigation turns up and what the Congress, these committees are able to determine just exactly what took place. Senior lawmakers in Congress have sought an investigation into how the FBI, which discovered the a
Wodh Pence visits Iowa amid looming decision about 2024 bid
President Trump on Wednesday declined to commit to a peaceful transfer of power should he lose the Novem stanley website ber 3 election to Democratic nominee Joe Biden. The comment comes days ahead of his announcement of a Supreme Court nominee Saturday. Well, we re going to have to see what happens, Mr. Trump said, asked by a reporter in a White House news conference whether he would commit to a peaceful transfer of power. Noting that he s been complaining about mail-in ballots, Mr. Trump went on to say the practice is rife with fraud.The president also said he doesn t think he ll lose. There won t be a transfer, frankly mdash; there ll be a continuation, Mr. Trump said.Utah GOP Senator Mitt Romney, who has not hesitated to criticize the president, condemned the idea that the peaceful transfer of power might be in question, tweeting, Fundamental to democracy is the peaceful transition of power; without that, there is Belarus. Any suggestion that a president might not respect this Constitutional guarantee is both unthinkable and unacceptable. Biden had a similar res stanley cup website ponse when asked about the president s remarks Wednesday night. What country are we in He says the most irrational things, Biden told a pool reporter. I don t know stanley cup becher what to say about that. On the topic of his Supreme Court pick, the president has said his replacement for the lateJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburgwill be a brilliant woman. Judges Amy Coney Barrett and Barbara Lagoaare Csxl Hunter Biden defies House Republicans subpoena for closed-door testimony
Proponents of same-sex marriage have introduced an initiative that would put a whole new twist on traditional unions between men and women: It would require heterosexual couples to have kids within three years or else have their marriages annulled.Initiative 957 termo stanley was filed by the Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance, which was formed stanley cup last summer after the state Supreme Court upheld Washington s ban on same-sex marriage. In that 5-4 ruling, the court found that state lawmakers were justified in passing th stanley thermos e 1998 Defense of Marriage Act, which restricts marriage to unions between a man and woman.Under I-957, marriage would be limited to men and women who are able to have children. Couples would be required to prove they can have children to get a marriage license, and if they did not have children within three years, their marriages would be subject to annulment. All other marriages would be defined as unrecognized and people in them would be ineligible to receive any marriage benefits. Absurd Very, the group says on its Web site, which adds it is planning two more initiatives involving marriage and procreation. But there is a rational basis for this absurdity. By floating the initiatives, we hope to prompt discussion about the many misguided assumptions underlying the Supreme Court s ruling. Gregory Gadow, who filed I-957 last month, said the three-year timeframe was arbitrary. We did toy with the idea of requiring procrea