Klobuchar Presses Trump Nominee Over Presidential Power In Heated Hearing

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]has claimed I have an article two where I have the right to do whatever I want as president. He has said, I have the right to do anything I want to do. I am president of the United States. Do you believe that the president is able to do anything he wants to do?

[00:00:14]A Senate hearing turned explosive after Amy Klobuchar confronted a Trump nominee over presidential power and a controversial abortion case involving a 10-year-old rape victim.

[00:00:24]Uh Mr. Flowers in 2020 as Ohio's Solicitor General you filed an amicus brief in a Supreme Court case that asked the court to challenge the administration of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania.

[00:00:37]Uh the president has now issued an executive order to overhaul our nation's elections and assert federal control over state-run elections in Minnesota and 18 other states sued and won a preliminary injunction. Do you agree with what the judge presiding in that case wrote? He said or she said the Constitution [clears throat] does not grant the president any specific powers over elections.

[00:01:02]Uh so Senator, I can't comment on as a judicial nominee on any pending litigation and as you described it it sounds as though this