[unintelligible] did you hear counsel allude to hayden? >> it is the most formative facts. they said no one had taken the test it. the court said no one was hurt here. no one lost an opportunity. >> the judge said no one was hurt here either. >> if they did not refuse to fill vacancies, this would be lieutenants and captains. half of the marriages were strained. they spent two months holed up in a room. a fundamental failure is the application of these concepts. this is a command position. the book to see piled on my desk are fire science books. these men face life-threatening circumstances every time they brought -- they go out. you need to know, this is not an aptitude test. this is a high level command position in the post-9/11 period. i opened the brave with the treatment -- with a plea to the court to treat these men as if they were -- not treat these men as if there were unskilled labor. we trade firefighters as if it does not require knowledge to do the job. when they open? -- when i opened my brief, eddie ramos died [unintelligible] because [unintelligible] the natu

director michael hayden wrote a joint op-ed in the "wall street journal" stating that the release of the memos would be, quote, unnecessary as a legal matter, and i think they're clearly correct there and, quote, unsound as a matter of policy. and i think that's correct. they predicted that the effect of the memos, released, "will invite the kind of constitutional fear of recrim nation that weakened intelligence gathering in the past and then we came solely to regret on september 11, 2001." the lawful and wise thing to do would have been to keep -- would be to -- have been to keep our secrets secret. yet, you did not. instead, you have now given a critical piece of information to our enemies. just in the last three weeks i received word again that -- on may 29, "the washington times" has reported that the department of justice voluntarily dismissed a case against three black panther members for voter intimidation outside a polling place in pennsylvania. in that case three black panthers, armed with a night stick and used racial slurs to scare would-be voters at the polling location.

example, senator sessions spent some of his time this morning criticizing one particular case -- hayden v v.pataki -- because her dissent would have resulted in an outcome with which he did not agree. but he neglected to mention that her opinion was based on the plain text of the statute before the court and he also left out some of the key vealing comments she made in her dissent. "no one disputes that states have the right to disenfranchise felons." second, "the duty of a judge is to follow the law, not question its plain terms." and, number three, "i trust that congress would prefer to make any needed changes itself rather than have the courts do so for it." these are the kinds of statements in the very case my good friend from alabama uses to criticize the judge that we've heard from people on the other side of the aisle over and over and over again as to what a judge should do. not replace his or her own judgment for that of the legislature or that of the law. judge sotomayor was following text to a result, not the other way around. these quotes tell us a lot more about judge sotom

michael mukasey, a former federal judge who has tried terrorism cases, and michael hayden, put a joint of bed in "the wall street journal stating that the release of the memos was on necessary as a legal matter, and i think of their correct their, and on sound as a matter of policy. they predicted that the effect of these memos would be to invite the kind of institutional timidity and fear of discrimination that we can intelligence gathering in the past and that we

. >> buck: a couple of years ago, hayden penn was in seattle anticipating his start and he, too, hadn appendectomy and missed significant time. the suggestion that i'm hearing is that he may into the miss significant time so that's a little surprising. >> gary: they are hoping for the best. >> buck: yeah, absolutely. >> gary: brian roberts and the pitch is taken outside for a ball. he delivered a single first time up and got out of the 0- for-17 he was in. that one will be fouled back upstairs. >> buck: this is the kind of game that, as hitter, you have to dpriend against dallas braden. you can't think about getting all six runs back in one i inning. one thing they have not been doing in this road trip is string back-to-back hits. >> gary: the road trip in seattle was tough. tough games, hitting .229 in those two games, 1.6 runs per game. that will be fouled off to third base on a 2 balls, 2 strikes count. braden has big numbers against the orioles. he is 3-1 with a 1.66 career e.r.a. this is his fifth career appearance against the orioles. he has only 10 career wins and three of the

the former cia director michael hayden gave a speech at the institute of world politics. it is a graduate school focusing on international affairs. he talks about the importance of a foreign policy vocation. >> it was less difficult putting on my battle uniform than this. you are very kind. everything you said about janine was true. i know you are an honest man. i know you are in washington. clearly, your remarks about me were not rendered under oath. graduates, family, and friends of graduates, it is an honor for me to be here among you. not just to be here to recognize your achievements, but it is an honor that you have asked me to be included in such company, to be included in your company. let me tell you why i think that. by going through this program, by earning an accepting this decree, you have made a decision. did you have opted to enter a vocation. -- you have opted to enter a vacation. it is not a job or a task. it is a vocation. janine and i went to officiate at the commissioning of my sister's son. he is about to join the navel cord. he invited me to administ

but in hayden v. pitaki in 2006 justice sotomayor said these violates the voting rights act of 1965 even though that act makes no references to these long standing and common state laws and even though they are specifically referenced in the 14th amendment to the constitution itself. in her view, with analysis of a few short paragraphs only, the new york law was found, quote -- she found -- she concluded that the new york law was, quote, on account of race, closed quote, and therefore it violated the voting rights act. it was on an account of race because of its impact and nothing more. statistically it seems that in new york as a percentage of the population more minorities are in jail than nonminorities, therefore, it was concluded that this act was unconstitutional. i think this is a bridge too far. it would mean that state laws setting a voting age of 18 would also violate federal law because within the society in most of our country minorities would have more children under 18. and that would hav

certainly senator casey and senator hayden have talked about it just yesterday when discussing what theeffect of a really good will this program would be so i know there is consensus around this table that we should attempt to do that. senator conrad has really been a leader on the issue of dead and this government and the fact that the dead is the threat has become really a watchword for us. unfortunately beyond not doing well by the police he has the point down. was advised by cbo and myself in a letter that they wrote and i will quote it briefly in the record that the rising cost of health care will cause federal spending to grow putting the federal budget on an unsustainable path. to quote again the federal budget is on unsustainable path. >> we have 12 members present -- i think the amendment we discuss this senator mikulski and recommended as well as senator reid is senator enzi and the two amendments by senator greg and senator mikulski, they have been agreed to on both sides and i ask unanimous consent those amendments adopted -- without objection is so ordered. >> that is a goo

, the jeppeson that that case should be thrown out on subject matter grounds, former cia director hayden was in congress testifying that the cia water beaded three individuals. when it's important to reveal those matters for whatever reason the government is quite forthcoming for that information. if it needs to put it in the public record to prosecute alleged terrorists. when it finds itself to be a defendant in a civil case the same information is secret as a way of avoiding accountability. >> i'll grant myself one additional minute so you can answer one question, mr. wizner. why should the government be required to prove item by item that disclosure of particular

chromium is a chemical commonly used in the workplace, hayden medal extremely toxic, 100 years ago come 80 years ago factory workers would take the time come up put it up one nostril and pull it out the other because chromium exposure cost nasal perforations. it is a terrible condition unfortunately by the 1940's art that these it was under control and we stop seeing those but it was discovered in the '50s that chromium exposure increase the risk of lung cancer. it is a very powerful loung carcinogen. osha had never got the rental updating their workplace protection standard which had been based on preventing these holes in people's noses. based on 1920's studies, and osha many people have pushed for osha to an issue a new standard. finally they were sued by the chemical union and the research group and lost in court several times. but, it became clear in the 1990's to the chromium industry that its some point osha is going to strengthen its standards to protect its workers. the environmental protection agency did a study of its factory in baltimore not to learn more about how to protec

hayden the d.i.a. director. they didn't approve of that at all. i don't think it was necessary. i think it makes your opinion that you're hesitant to release internal memorandum concerning the d.c. voting bill is less persuasive, frankly. >> i disagree with that because i think they are fundamentally different. >> one is political and one has to do with life and death. they are different in my opinion. >> i wouldn't agree with that. we use neutral and detached principles in making decisions in both cases. it was not a political component in the decision to seek -- releasing some material and withholding others. there's no political consideration on my part at all. >> one involves nothing but a matter of important legislation of a political nature here in the congress. that's what you don't want to release. but you were willing to release matters that the d.n.i. and attorney general believe were damaging to our national security. >> one attorney general thought that. i am the attorney general of the united states and it is this attorney general's view that the release of that inf

why delay when he could just implement the hayden-phillips recommendations in the party funding bill that's already being debated in another place. the way forward has been agreed. why this he refuse to act? turning to electoral reforms, mr. speaker, i welcome any movement away from our discredited system. a system which gives his government un-trameled power when only 1 in 5 people voted for him. a system which gives mps safe seats for life. that's why they like it. as robin cooke recognized as his new home secretary realizes -- >> order. >> you got to go quiet. it's something you've got to do. i know it's difficult for you. but try to be quiet. try to be quiet. the right honorable gentleman. >> mr. speaker as robin cooke recognized as his new home secretary realizes this cannot go on. so why is he seeking to restart a general debate on electoral reform? we had the update. the independents power inquiry, we can't afford to wait for a cross-party consensus because westminster stitcher. we don't neat need to wait for his cabinet to make up its mind. it's not up to them to decide how o

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