Orrin Hatch: “all I can say is the Pharisees of the meridian of time would have loved these arguments. In fact, they are very worthy…”

“all I can say is the Pharisees of the meridian of time would have loved these arguments. In fact, they are very worthy of that type of reasoning that existed during the meridian of time of our society. To stand here and talk like they are supporting and sustaining the Constitution when they are saying Republicans think the President should have the sole power, nobody is arguing that. That is what you call another red herring along with their requests for documents that they know no self-respecting administration will give, as evidenced by the seven former Solicitors General, four of whom are Democrats, who said those documents should not be given because they would interfere with the work of the Solicitor General, the people's representative. The fact of the matter is that the Founding Fathers--and I have enjoyed this wonderful discussion by the Pharisees of modern times, because to say we are arguing that only the President has some role here is not only ridiculous, it is ridiculously sublime. It is almost unbelievable for me to hear this as constitutional argument. Why, they would be thrown out of the Supreme Court and asked never to come back again by the liberals on the Supreme Court. Madison himself offered a resolution to have a supermajority vote by the Senate, and it was rejected 6 to 3--rejected 6 to 3. The appropriate language is right here in article II of the Constitution.…”