Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee says at a Committee hearing on surveillance that the President and the Justice Department must faithfully execute the laws.
Leahy says that neither the President nor the Justice Department has the right to write or pass laws, and they certainly cannot pick and chose which laws to follow. (0:35)
February 6, 2006
Categories
Related
- Leahy warns the president not to pardon in attorney firing scandal
- Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) describes the firings of the 12 U.S. Attorney Generals as a "unrivaled crisis in leadership" and believes that the Dept. of Justice has "lost it’s way," at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Department of Justice Oversight.
- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) speaks on the role the FBI plays in homeland security at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning
- Leahy: Marc Rich pardon a question for Clinton, not Holder
- Leahy: Obama Nominated Most Qualified Person
Latest Audio
Happening Now - TRNS on Twitter
- @travisAmartinez: Sen. Specter and Leahy bones it out before the vote. Lieberman and Burris high five after the vote.. -- 6 hours ago
- @jackrice: So 60 votes in the Senate. Now come the real fight. -- 7 hours ago
- @bobney: Sen. George Voinovich: Why waste time on a badly flawed health-care bill? | OPEN: Ohio Politics - cleveland.com - - ... http://shar.es/aiCnd -- 7 hours ago
- @jtamboli: Voinovich didn't vote because he's in Cleveland celebrating the beginning of his political career. http://bit.ly/85eHNR .. -- 7 hours ago
- @travisAmartinez: With 60 votes Senate agrees to begin debate on health care reform bill.. -- 7 hours ago
- @bobney: Buckeye Blitz !!!!!!!! Another year down -- 11 hours ago
- @jackrice: I Embed with the the 82nd Airborne in Afghanistan in Dec. http://ff.im/-bOlF2 -- 14 hours ago
- @bobney: Wow, money for votes, doesn't that get you in trouble? :-) - POLITICO.com - http://shar.es/aiGGE -- 14 hours ago
- @bobney: Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) will vote for cloture to begin the healthcare debate, has reserved her right to vote no on passage -- 14 hours ago
- @tdowlats: RT @huffingtonpost Reporters Uncensored: How to Build a Continent: A Do it Yourself Guide http://bit.ly/48dl6X -- 16 hours ago