Senate Judiciary Hearing On Wartime Executive Power
Senate Judiciary Hearing On Wartime Executive Power
Some members of Congress, along with civil libertarians, are concerned about the President authorizing the National Security Agency to monitor, without warrants, some international phone calls and emails originating in the United States. As part of an ongoing investigation, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is scheduled to testify. KPCC will carry the hearings followed by analysis with Jud Legum, Research Director for the Center for American Progress, Douglas Kmeic, Professor of Constitutional Law at Pepperdine University School of Law, Erwin Chemerinsky, Professor of Constitutional Law at Duke University School of Law, John Eastman, Professor of Law at Chapman University School of Law and Director of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence, and Gail Chaddock, Congressional Correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor.