i'm the director of the meese center here. and before i call ed meese back up to the stage for a presentation, i just thought i would ask a couple of questions. so sticking with the theme of your presentation about statutory interpretation and constitutional imperatives, i wanted to touch on one aspect that you didn't address. is there any hope that the courts can device an objective way of limiting congressional delegations of power to agencies ask thereby in some way rei didn't havefying the nondelegation doctrine? or is that too much water under the bridge? >> well, i think the way it's working right now is there is a doctrine related to the chevron doctrine that i'll mention that deals with nondelegation issues, or broad delegation issues. so i mentioned the chevron cannon. if an agency is given authority and the statute is ambiguous, defer to the agency. but for the last 20 years, it's been a very important exception to that. it's really a don't apply chevron. and, in fact, presume a nondelegation of the agency in cases i

someone stands up and said hi, i'm ed meese. i said, you look just like ed meese. [laughter] i was so excited. i went home. i was only in d.c. for two weeks. i called my mom and she was afraid i was in jail. [laughter] then she realized i would not be able to make the call. her about it. i thought every weekend in washington dc was going to be just like that. [laughter] it was not. not even close. here we are. the past several years has been an interesting journey. it has been a privilege to be part of a presidential campaign. and to have the honor of being named counsel to the president of the united states. began in iowa, as most things do and presidential campaigns. the memory i have of iowa was standing in my hotel room looking at the window, at the iconic skyline, -- [laughter] if you do enough campaigns, it is iconic. traded voicehad messages with someone from the federal society who will remain nameless so i do not embarrass jonathan bunch. [laughter] we finally connected on the phone. i had heard they were attempting to figure out how to get in touch with t

he said he said, hi, i'm ed meese. you look just like ed meese. i was so excited. i was in d.c. for maybe only two weeks and i called my mom. she was afraid i was in jail. but then she realized i wouldn't be able to make the call. i told her all about it. i thought that every weekend in washington, d.c. was going to be just like that. [laughter] it was not. not even close. so, you know, but here we are. the past several years for me has been a very interesting journey. it's been a privilege to be part of a presidential campaign that was successful and to have the honor of being named counselto -- counsel to the president of the united states. it all began in iowa, as most things do in presidential campaigns, and the memory i have of iowa was standing in my hotel room at the des moines skyline. and if you do enough campaigns, it's iconic. [laughter] and i remember, i traded voice messages with someone from the federalist society who will remain nameless, so i don't embarrass jonathan bunch, and we finally connected on the phone and i heard they were attempting to figure out how t

. >> if there were two moose would it be meese. >> goose can be geese but moose can't be meese. >> you sound like a dr. seuss book. >> this time of year. >> do you think the weather can pick up the moose on the loose? >> i'll check on that, dr. ron, you're needed in surgery. i've got it from here. >> take it away. >> pacific northwest -- >> two-hour show. >> we go to the pacific northwest. unfortunately here's a skag get river flooding and heavy rain up there cutting into this hillside. homes there that are on the brink in downtown areas also getting flooded there. highest level in 11 years beginning to recede but infrastructure is threatened. we're dry right now across the pacific northwest but have another couple systems coming in. tonight rainy. beginning of football. wazzu at the huskies. wet there and another system coming in during the day tomorrow. colder gets into california. that will bring in a little more in the way of snow, 1 to 3 inches up here. record-breaking heat meanwhile, down across t actually yesterday we had it from yuma, arizona, all the way to minneapolis, des mo

i told general meese more than once, it was law like when he took over in the 1960's and 1970's and we had a serious problem for lack of police. we actually reduced murder rates over 35 years by half. achievementortant for sure. you've had a fabulous run. wherever you are. make no mistake, being able to celebrate justice gorsuch last night was a remarkable thing. delivered on his election and his commitment to the kind of judge we believe is the judge we need in this country. i have admired and appreciated the federal society from the beginning. i remember when i was a young united states attorney, your faculty advisors being a pair of doj veterans. what a good thing that was. i remember joining and following your work. i never had a group around me to go and attend meetings. i have written materials, you should be sure. we felt like a voice in the wilderness. i remember cheering as an assistant united states attorney when there was an opinion eight to one and he stood firm for some important law-enforcement principle. and i was wondering, do we ever change? is this the world we are on

if there were two moose would it be meese. >> goose can be geese but moose can't be meese. which i think is -- >> you guys all sound like a dr. seuss book right now. >> i love it. it's that time of year, isn't it? >> do you think the weather cams have picked up the moose on the loose? >> i'll check on that, dr. ron, you're needed in surgery. i've got it from here. >> take it away. >> pacific northwest -- >>> we go to the pacific coast , the river has been, flooding in the pennsylvania couple days heavy rain up there and cutting to the hill side and there are some homes there that are on the brink and downtown, areas also getting flooded there highest level in 11 years receding but infrastructure threatened. dry across pacific north west but we have another couple systems coming in tonight, raining, be it a football, the huskies in seattle it will be wet there and another system coming in during day tomorrow that will be colder it gets into california that will bring in more in the way of snow but one to 3 inches there record breaking feet down across southwest, actually yes

if there were two moose, would it be meese? >> goose can be geese but moose can't be meese which i think is -- >> you guys all sound like a dr. seuss book right now. >> i love it. it's that time of year, isn't it? >> do you think the weather cams have picked up the moose on the loose? >> i'll check on that. dr. ron, you're needed in surgery. i've got it from here. >> take it away. >> pacific northwest -- >> two-hour show. >> we go to the pacific northwest. unfortunately, here's the skagit river that's been flooding the past couple days and heavy rain up there cutting into this hillside. there are homes there that are on the brink and downtown areas also getting flooded there. highest level in 11 years is beginning to recede, but the infrastructure is threatened. we're dry right now across the pacific northwest but we've got another couple systems coming in. tonight it'll be rainy, the beginning of football. wazzu at the huskies in seattle. i think it will be wet there and then another system coming in during the day tomorrow. c

residency the winter palace moderately liberal and aiming to create a new constitution then their friend a meese the petrograd soviet group formed of workers and soldiers the two institutions are supposed to share power but in reality are competing for it and that's where the bolsheviks and vladimir lenin come in. it must be explained to the masses that the soviet of workers' deputies is the only possible form of revolutionary government place power in the hands of the proletariat and the poor a structure of the peasantry the bolsheviks promises essentially boiled down to this power to the soviets peace to nations lands of peasants and bread to the hungry it took them just two days to come to power on october twenty fourth and twenty fifth they swiftly seized post offices key railway stations the state bank the port and other strategic locations across the city at a quarter to ten pm a blank shot fired from cruise aurora signaling the start of the storming of the winter palace by two am on the twenty sixth of october the revolutionaries occupied it and arrested the provisional government the new

i thank and offer a great congratulations to mike meese, the chief of staff for george bush for 10 years on and start a new chapter with his wife and two lovely daughters and their doggie. yesterday i was in san antonio. there is a national bible bee competition. 360 children gather to proclaim bible verses sponsored by shelby kennedy who died at age 23 from carnes. oo cancer. it's relateed to a game show hosted by kirk cameron. >> thank you very much. new year's eve of 1968 a marine was held up by enemy fire in a vietnam bunker. if they survived, they would contact each other for new year's. they kept that for 5 decades until james passed away. william stood at his casket standing guard for his fellow marine brother. he was honored to fulfill that promise. >> wow. honoring heroes. >> juan? >> no use crying over spilled milk. how about 210,000 gallons of oil? that happened in south dakota when the pipeline spilled 5,000 barrels of oil. the obama administration environmentalist warned about this situation. what a turkey. it's come true! >> oh, okay. that was an interesting one more thing.

he said, high, i'm ed meese. ed meese.ust like i was in d.c. for maybe only two weeks and i called my mom. afraid i was in jail. but then she realized, i wouldn't be able to make the call. so i told her all about it. thought that every weekend in washington, d.c. was going to be just like that. [laughter] not. was not even close. you know, but here we are. the past several years for me a very interesting journey. it's been a privilege to be part of a presidential campaign that successful and to have the counsel to ng named the president of the united states. iowa, as most things do in presidential campaigns, and the memory of iowa was standing in my hotel room in des moines looking iconic window at the skyline, and if you do enough campaigns, it's iconic. [laughter] i traded emember, voice messages with someone from society who will remain nameless, so i don't bunch, and wethan finally connected on the phone and i heard they were attempting to get in ut how touch with the trump campaign. they had managed to get in touch with the other campaigns

[laughter] i was so honored meese. for general i was given an opportunity to hang certain ag pictures in meey conference room and you can bet his picture went up. i work for him and know the leadership he did and they still remember, the law enforcement community. we are part of law enforcement, if anybody wondered. andd it to protect america have the back of our police officers. the so the solution to problem of crime, not the problem, and we need to know that. [applause] i told general needs more than once, i feel like in this sense, at this time in history, it's a lot like when he took over after the 60's and 70's and we had a serious problem of morality and lack of respect for police. fight,d the nation's general, against crime and actually reduced murder rates over 30-35 years, by half of what we had when we started in the department of justice. it's an important achievement, for sure. leonard leo, you have had a fabulous run, wherever you are. [laughter] make no mistake, being able to celebrate with justice gorsu

i haven't gotten to this technique or we haven't studies they meese and they have so much more to do. we only have 45 minutes a week. i have taught a few students in some capacity who has gone on to study music. that feels anaysing. >> it is incredible to watch how they grow. somebody can make amazing project from you know, age 15 to 17 if they put their mind to it. >> i think i have 18 students now. these more than i've had in the past. i'm hoping to build up more of a studio. there will be a pee ono, lots of bookshelves and lots of great music. the students will come to my house and take their lessons there. my schedule changes a lot on a day-to-day basis and that kind of keeps it exciting. think that music is just my favorite thing that there is, whether it's listening to it or playing it or teaching it. all that really matters to me is that i'm surrounded by the sounds, so i'm going top keep doing what i'm doing to keep my life in that direction. >> this is a reminder to silencl electronic devices. fire commission regular meeting wednesday october 25, 2017. and the time is 5:01. i