it is like my students at george mason. they come into the classroom and before class -- in the old days, students talked with each other. what a jerk the professor is and how much work we have to do. now, they are just on their phones. sometimes, they are texting with other people in the class. but, the members ought to get off their phones and ignore that stuff. really, they are so overly focused on it. frankly, they are quite afraid of it. they are afraid of partisan moms threatening them -- partisan mobs threatening them, their staff and their families. that is a threat that is used to impose party discipline. host: pensacola, florida, pat. good morning. caller: i have a comment for mr. pearlstein. i agree with you, the ukrainian aid should have been linked with israel aid order. but, the biden administration, they are the ones that put it out like that. those items should have been broke down individually. number two, where are all of the blue dog democrats? the democratic party has been hijacked by the left, the progr

senior research strategist at george mason university.ing until the end of the program taking our phone calls lives for democrats or republicans and independents. what is your work focus on at the center and what is it for people don't know? >> it is a research institution affiliated with george mason university. we generally do various aspects of a policy. my research and keep it with my work as a trustee on the overarching finances of federal programs. i do a lot off social security. medicare and medicaid and the federal budget as a whole but. >> lerob is up next out of the ceocial security recipient good morning. >> good morning sir. social security is a very interesting topic. when i was teaching high school business and mouse i talked to my students they were supposedly supposed to be able to get it. a couple of questions but one as we look at $34000 that was adjusted for inflation upbeat $99000. b also another question on wep very few people know about. i went into public i went into had like of social security because i only have 2

host: always glad to welcome back charles blahous, senior research strategist at george mason university's mercatus center discussing a new report on the status of siathis is an m the social security and medicare board of trustees. first, remind us who those folks are, what their mission is. guest: there are six trustees. four of them are trustees by virtue of their government offices, ex officio trustees. secretary of treasury who is a managing trustee. sec. of labor, hhs, and the full security commission. normally there are also -- sadly we don't have them now -- but public trustees. i did that once. the two public trustees tend to be the public face of the trustees report. when there is testimony in congress on the contents of the report, it tends to be delivered by the public trustees. but the annual reports are very important, important because they basically tell lawmakers and the public the amounts of the changes that have to be made to social security if we want to continue in its current form. just by way of background, social security is a unique animal among federal programs. pr

at george mason university's mercatus center discussing a new report on the status of social security and medicare. this is an annual report from the social security and medicare board of trustees. first, remind us who those folks are, what their mission is. guest: there are six trustees. four of them are trustees by virtue of their government offices, ex officio trustees. secretary of treasury who is a managing trustee. sec. of labor, hhs, and the full security commission. normally there are also -- sadly we don't have them now -- but normally two members of the public that serve as public trustees. i did that once. the two public trustees tend to be the public face of the trustees report. is testimony in congress on the contents of the report, it tends to be delivered by the public trustees. but the annual reports are very important, important because they basically tell lawmakers and the public the amounts of the changes that have to be made to social security if we want to continue in its current form. just by way of background, social security is a unique animal among federal pro

so the last question inspired by denver, referencing george mason and the questioner notes george mason was a dissenter that dissent is has been a key part of the american story. but those that dissent may often be, as you mentioned, to a bench. so what is the role of dissent? and, you know, in this period of time, is there any reason to study the loyalist or even going for an. oh, absolutely. that's that's the rage now well, as you said that there are some people who don't they know everybody thinks american revolution was a good idea. i have i know people who do not think it was a good idea at all. so yeah, definitely. because studying the loyalists, it tells you something about the country that it tells us something about ourselves. because the question becomes what if someone came to you and said, you know, we're going to be in a new country, we're going to leave? what what would you do? i we all like to think people say we would have been patriots, whatever. but if posed question like that now, that would be really tough. it's tough decision. so we should definitely discover i mean

it is like my students at george mason.e classroom and before class -- in the old days, students talked with each other. what a jerk the professor is and how much work we have to do. now, they are just on their phones. sometimes, they are texting with other people in the class. but, the members ought to get off their phones and ignore that stuff. really, they are so overly focused on it. frankly, they are quite afraid of it. they are afraid of partisan moms threatening them -- partisan mobs threatening them, their staff and their families. that is a threat that is used to impose party discipline. host: pensacola, florida, pat. good morning. caller: i have a comment for mr. pearlstein. i agree with you, the ukrainian aid should have been linked with israel aid order. but, the biden administration, they are the ones that put it out like that. those items should have been broke down individually. number two, where are all of the blue dog democrats? the democratic party has been hijacked by the left, the progressive so much, th

mason university professor, politico concerti writer.his is the headline of his most recent piece. the root causes of congressional dysfunction, capitol hill has forgotten how to make a deal. what do you make of the spending deal announced last night with this -- was this a sign of dysfunction or breaking dysfunction? guest: it is a sign of dysfunction. first of all, the fiscal year began in october. once again, they did what they normally did and not have a budget. they did not have appropriations bills. they did the continuing resolution. they had known since fall the continuing resolution would be expiring this month. what did they do in anticipation of that? nothing. they dickered around all fall with non-legislative, political theater, like they have done for the last of the 10 years. again, once again, the only way to avoid going over a cliff is to have the leadership negotiate something behind closed doors, bring it at the last minute to the members and say, take it or leave it. the members have very little input into it. it under

so george mason is really one who's on target. jefferson is just throwing in a really feel good word here. happiness, as tennyson says in that lovely poem, property, property, real estate, real estate, real estate, property ownership are made citizenship. property is property ownership is is sacred. so mission in the declaration, i think was an interest and was the interest of tact. again is preamble rising above class issues, status issues issues, elite power and so on and and that's further emphasized by. vi jefferson and his colleagues. it is consensus of consensus docu stating that one of the charges against the king is that he is attempting to take away our charge laws abolishing most valuable laws altering fundamental really the forms of our government. and i think that it's an attempt jefferson implies to deprive of the present and future ownership of property property, property and it's issue of serious concern because where does all where does jefferson and his father, jefferson and all these folks in virginia and massach

the author is george mason university professor bryan caplan. professor kaplan, what are you trying to accomplish with this? really? i'm just trying to share 17 years worth of essays, political rationality.i at this point, pee started to finally accept that there is a lot of political rationality in their opponents, at least a lot of what i'm trying to say iyou're you're all right. both sides are correct. the other side is pretty crazy. but get a little more self-awareness and realize that the craziness actually is pretty universal. give an of a voter who's irrational now let's i mean, t r because national socialism means actual nazi slogan 1933, which i would just say would be pretty though, the main thing about irrationality as social scientists think about it is it's hard to know for one person. it's much easier to have an about a general group is rational because for one person, one person to just make an honest mistake, they could just ppside of bed or whatever. but when you see that there's a general pattern towards, for example, overestim

the author is george mason university professor bryan professor kaplan, what are you trying to accomplish with this? really? i'm just trying to share 17 years worth of essays, political rationality. i at this point, people have started to finally accept that there is a lot of political rationality in their opponents, say is you're you'ret i'm all right. both sides are correct. the other side is pretty crazy. but get a little more self-awareness and realize that the craziness actually is pretty universal. give an of a voter who's irrational now the first one that comes to mind is someone who voted for hitler because national socialism means actual nazi slogan 1933, which i would just say would be pretty though, the main thing about irrationality as social scientists think about it is it's har's much easier toa about a general group is rational because for one person, one person to just make an honest mistake, they could just happen to have gotten upn of b. but when you see that there's a general pattern towards, for example, overestimating certain kinds of crime or certain kinds of crime,

the author is george mason university professor bryan caplan. professor kaplan, what are you trying to accomplish with this? really? i'm just trying to share 17 years worth of essays, political rationality. i at this point, people have started toccept that there is a lot of political rationality in their opponents, at least a lot of what i'm trying to say is you're you're all right. both sides are correct. the other side is pretty crazy. but get a little more self-awareness and realize that the craziness actually is pretty universal. give an of a voter who's irrational now let's i mean, the first one that comes to mind is someone who voted for hitler becae onal socialism means actual nazi slogan 1933, which i would just say would be pretty crazy. i mean, honestly, though, the main thing about iioas social st it is it's hard to know for one person. it's much easier to have an idea about a general group is rational because for one person, one person to just make an honest mistake, they could just happen to have gotten up on the wrong side of bed o

the author is george mason university professor bryan caplan. professor kaplan, what are you trying to accomplish with this? really? i'm just trying to share 17 years worth of essays, political rationality. i at this point, people have started to finally accept that there is a lot of political rationality in their opponents, at least a lot of what i'm trying to say is you're you're all right. both sides are correct. the other side is pretty crazy. but get a little more self-awareness and realize that the craziness actually is pretty universal. give an of a voter who's irrational now let's i mean, the first one that comes to mind is someone who voted for hitler because national socialism means actual nazi slogan 1933, which i would just say would be pretty crazy. i mean, honestly, though, the main thing about irrationality as social scientists think about it is it's hard to know for one person. it's much easier to have an idea about a general group is rational because for one person, one person to just make an honest mistake, they could just happ

the author is george mason university professor bryan caplan. professor kaplan, what are you trying to accomplish with this? really? i'm just trying to share 17 years worth of essays, political rationality. i at this point, people have started to finally accept that there is a lot of political rationality in their opponents, at least a lot of what i'm trying to say is you're you're all right. both sides are correct. the other side is pretty crazy. but get a little more self-awareness and realize that the craziness actually is pretty universal. give an of a voter who's irrational now let's i mean, the first one that comes to mind is someone who voted for hitler because national socialism means actual nazi slogan 1933, whh ety crazy. i mean, honestly, though, the main thing about irrationality as social scientists think about it is it's hardne person. it's much easier to have an idea about a general group is rational because for one person, one person to just make an honest mistake, theyup on the wrong side of bed or whatever. but when you see tha

mason pointed out that hastings, who had been impeached at the time, parliament is not guilty of treasong impeachment to those, arguing that treason is defined in the constitution and would not reach many grave and dangerous offenses that attempts to subvert the constitution, may not be treason as the crime and. mason then moved that the convention add maladministration to the impeachment. eldridge ■jerry sacred -- james madison argued that the term maladministration was deviated from the more commonly recognized phrase, high crimso vague that it would be the equivalent to a 10 year during the pleasure of the senate. governor morris agreed with madison at which point mason withdrew his motion and substituted grounds for impeachment, quote, bribery and high crimes and misdemeanors. bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. the motion carried without any further discussion of the new phrase which ultimately became part of the constitution. here is the bottom line. as the historians summarized, the actions of the delegates of the constitutional convention stated that, in a summary, to

george mason.go on the population of virginia that time white population is approximately same as scranton, pennsylvania. today. so where are all of our and i just wonder if it's something that's missing in educational system. that's true. can virginia make another batch? yeah, that'5nght. well, so that's a great thing. so what if this was book was assigned in a if were a 12 year old, 14 year old, what would you want their one takeaway b this? i think the one takeaway is that there's hope that there's hope that. our country has been through so many and the toughest being the formation of the country in the wake of, you know, british occupation and fighting a war that really didn't want come together in some way, shape, form. but they all came together. philadelphia, in that room and they hammered it out and they made compromises. and it's not a perfect document, but it is a document that is as ou look back at it, there will never be another like the u.s. constitution and the bill of rights that obv

we will be joined by charles blahous of george mason university.sion right after the break. >> when nigel hamilton was a student at cambridge university, he stayed for a brief time with winston and lydia churchill at their home in kent. he also spent hours talking about world war ii after the war of course with field marshal montgomery. these experiences lead to a life as an author. he first moved to the united states in 1988, based in the boston, massachusetts area. books include the bestseller jfk, reckless youth. two volumes on president bill clinton, and a trilogy on fdr about his role as commander in chief during world war ii from 1941 until 1945. nigel hamilton is now an american citizen. >> nigel hamilton on this edition of books notes plus. available on the free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. >> c-spanshop.org is c-span's online store. browse through our lives collection of products, apparel, books, home to core, and accessories. there is something for every c-span fan, and every purchase helps to support our nonprofit operat

george mason. we can go on the population of virginia that time white population is approximately same as scranton, pennsylvania. so where are all of our leaders and i just wonder if it's something that's missing in educational system. that's true. can virginia make another batch? yeah, that's right. well so that's a great thing. so what if this was book was assigned in a if were a 12 year old, 14 year old, what would you want their one takeaway to be from this? i think the one takeaway is that there's hope that there's hope that. our country has been through so tough things. and the toughest being the formation of the country in the wake of, you know, british occupation and fighting a war and different of our country that really didn't want come together in some way shape form. but they all came together. philadelphia, in that room and they hammered it out and they made compromises. and it's not a perfect document, but it is a document that is as perfect as they could make it. and if you look back

we also have brandan buck a phd candidate at history at george mason university.previously, he worked as an intelligence and spatial analyst at mgh -- m-ga. lso served in the virginia army national guard with multiple tourshis interests include u.s.-afghan relations and the managerial state, which is setting off the libertarian sirens in me and other people in the room. his current research focuses on the domestic politics of u.s. foreign 1934 to 1942. and the evolution of foreign-policy attitudes within the republican party. his report -- his work appeared in several outlets. he has a master of arts in history from georgia nation in -- george mason in 2016. with that, victoria, if you wanted to set the table for us today and tell us where you see things going. victoria: sure. thank you very much for that kind introduction. good with both of you. i appreciate everyone coming in person and joining us online and on c-span. for this very timely discussion of this topic that has been seething about the heritage foundation, particularly in the davie. this is a conversa

george mason. we can go on the population of virginia that time white population is approximately same as scranton, pennsylvania. today. so where are all of our leaders and i just wonder if it's something that's missing in educational system. that's true. can virginia make another batch? yeah, that's right. well, so that's a great thing. so what if this was book was assigned in a if were a 12 year old, 14 year old, what would you want their one takeaway to be from this? i think the one takeaway is that there's hope that there's hope that. our country has been through so many tough things. and the toughest being the formation of the country in the wake of, you know, british occupation and fighting a war and different of our country that really didn't want come together in some way, shape, form. but they all came together. philadelphia, in that room and they hammered it out and they made compromises. and it's not a perfect document, but it is a document that is as perfect as they could make it. and i

and i look forward to discussing other issues as well. mama check holly from george mason university. joining us here in the pen to more ahead on this, i'll just share and use our including on during the holiday, the bundle of a capital dot com with a locked and trusted headquarters of a manual position. the property is a testament to a country in which democracy is all new to me and taiwan spies eventually, election campaign enters its final days, will tell you what the morning parties candidate has been saying about shines the best to into out of world news now. and united airlines in alaska airlines say they have found loose parts of multiple boeing, 737, max, 9 planes, a door from an alaska airlines, a cross blue lot meta on friday. my counter has the latest, the missing piece that caused the mid flight blow out has been recovered. the dual plug that blew off from alaska airlines flight 1282, landed in a school, teaches you out. the whole of left behind. now being combed over by federal investigators and the questions that's raised, multiplying by like monday, the 2 main us airlin

next, todd zywicki, professor of law at george mason law school. >> mr. chairman, ranking member blackburn, it is a pleasure to be with the today. i have run into junk fees myself. i know what the instinct is. i got tricked into these on a vacation in florida a little while back. i understand what is going on here. the most important thing is to keep in mind the situations under which this can be a problem and the situations where it is not. i want to briefly make three points. the first is to talk about the situations in which this can occur and second talk about the more generalized situation in which multipart pricing is efficient, and prevents cross consumer subsidies and inefficiencies in pricing, and third, situations in which regulation itself is the cause of a proliferation of fees and can harm consumers. let's talk first about when there can be market failure when this can happen. we just heard from professor vicki morwitz of surcharge pricing but this primarily happens in particular context where we have nonrepeating consumers who do not learn o

oh jennifer of it too is a professor of political science at george mason university. she says donald trump is expected to win in iowa at this very early stage of the presidential campaign, it's all about expectations. and whether or not candidates will meet or beat or under perform what people expect to happen if it's not much different than the market at this point. and donald trump is a former president. he's still very got a very loyal following, and he is expected to run away with this contests, perhaps by as many as 20 or 30 points nikki haley is largely expected to come in 2nd place and the fantasy is expected to come in 3rd. so if we see results that are largely different from that rough uh ordering, and then i think that that could shake things up the going from here forward. but given the bizarre in this or the unusual last and the harshness of the weather. and that makes things a little bit harder to, to use as a forecasting tool. the who's the owner group has had to us own container ship off the coast of game and causing minimal damage. no injuries were rep

she's a professor of political science at george mason university. welcome to the program . so winning the state doesn't guarantee the policies moment nation. does it, but to what extent does it give them a mentor them to a campaign? well, at this very early stage of the presidential campaign, it's all about expectations. and whether or not candidates will meet or beat or under perform what people expect to happen. it's a not much different than a market at this point. and donald trump is a former president. he's still very got a very loyal following, and he is expected to run away with this contest, perhaps by as many as 20 or 30 points. nikki haley is largely expected to come in 2nd place and the fantasy is expected to come in 3rd. so if we see results that are largely different from that rough uh ordering. and then i think that that could shakes things up to going from here forward. but given the bizarre in this or the unusual last and the harshness of the weather, and that makes things a little bit harder to, to use as a forecasting tool. you mentioned donald trump, so l

back when our constitution was written, george mason said those the fruits and privileges of our nation giveback at a rate much greater. after world war ii, when our debt was near this ratio the top tax rate was over 94%. i know the last caller said that wasn't true that only the rich pay. in a way, that was the way it i think the tax rate is not nearly what it was during calvin or after world war ii. spending to save money doesn't cause the debt to go down and lowering taxes doesn't cause it to go down. the last president who asked fice anything was jimmy carter and he was vilified. americans need to pull together to reduce the debt and get all the same page. i appreciate romney and man trying to do the right thing but is less a population gets behind them i'm not sure it will happen. host: do you remember that debt commission from seven years ago and they talked about the national deb in 2010? caller: yeah, and why do we stop the earmarks and pay as you go? there have been initiatives but you get another guy in there and it changes. there is one more comment i the presidentinme execut

from how much self valley is professor of conflict resolution and diplomacy at george mason university joins us here in the studio. good to have you with us. so 1st of all, let's start with what's behind this withdrawal of summer as of as well. definitely . there is a strong and achieving sort of thing and objects to and therefore there is number of those on those who came on and there is a probably a late and for tingle most often briggs and therefore, i think the middle of the creative ship is the re shuffling of its troops with the hope of focusing on certain narrow targets instead of an open ended coverage of the war. or, you know, it was there is a shift to going on in the military tactics. i think it is meant to indicate the data to shift one point to can and one minutes and they both going to side, you know, at the end of 23 beginning a 24. therefore, there are questions to be asked where the data is, is it projects any this can be determined by the government, the from that then he what he is trying to experiment with other tactics here on best buy. this doesn't mean the end of

he's professor of conflict resolution and diplomacy at george mason university. good to have you here . how much pressure is hezbollah and the now to respond because of course this attack took place and it has below strongholds in february. so what might that mean for regional escalation? well, there are some of the facts that was the need to say some action coming back for them as well. the number one kid in out, already in southern battle. this is the location. this is hometown office but less and there is an issue of what is it gonna pride? and the also cents know is right in the house divided the war, one part of face against civilians and goes and know the font is targeting lee that was which is basically putting think of us as efficient as it goes against the international, i think is a lot and it is trying to trigger more reactions and save the with for some reason it's been over, it's could be live on and these can be also a lot. and i think we should also put into the same context the last month is about a assessing a to take it on. in fig. get it in syr

mason university. thank you for joining us once again. this thought with what's happening along the israel lebanon border and what appears to be a new campaign of targeted killings of her moss and has fallen members by israel on the day that the us secretary of state is in israel trying to prevent in the us as words a wider regional conflict. what does it stell you? 2 important indicates as one. this reason they bought a bottle, which one is what i did on cleveland and has always been ripe for certain surprises for actual violence. but what the method is now is the frequency of this point is it can assess the nations which starts with the full modeling number to of how much, then another leading finger of his beloved and, and all those 3. so the question is, who is benefiting from this pro location as if how as if someone is builders and hasn't been left to act or to engage in a confrontation. and it is one particular man who wants to benefit from managing an open door by opening another or another ind

or how much chicago is a professor of conflict resolution and diplomacy at george mason university. thank you once again for joining us here in the studio. now it might be a new year, but do you see anything changing for the people in gaza at this point in time? especially since nathan, yahoo and others in the is really cabinets. have basically doubled down and said that this more is going to go on for months and months and months. the focus remains on what nothing new is is, is trying to achieve. and i think we need to apply some political cycle. i know this is on demand to the vide, what is personal and what is national in the is about 80 context. and i think he is trying to prove he's the nation and math vertical or is that are in the ages pension and law the and i'm calling from pernix. he has escalated this war into more can exist. they entered a more shaming. and what is interesting is his phrase, he, the phrase he used in his news costs us 2 days ago. he said this water will continue for many more months. so it is so comfortable that he may go on for another year. that means

he's a professor of conflict resolution diplomacy at george mason university. these were huge twin bloss in a very crowded area. i'm many, many people that to commemorate the death of cast some sort of money in this city of correct and come on. what do you think happens as well? so 147, see not it was number one. this is northern accident since the good on in all thought it is. have said it is a title attack. so there are certain indicates that the, that it was, it has been when planned will exit cute and hopefully ration not getting the facility against us them. so they many or hayes some besides this, but this is for some pro location of the how long. and they think we have to ask the question, who should or who can benefit from this reaction or what ability action from an on . and i think since october 7th, the ideas of declined to be part of this conflict despite the, you know, classes between his beloved hammers. okay. generally on notice. so the new crisis with hotels in the south of famine now and that's a neil has spent 3 months waging a war and goes up

back when our constitution was written, george mason said those who enjoy the fruits and privileges of greater. after world war ii, when our debt was near this ratio rate w. i know the last caller said that wasn''■w true that only the rich pay. in a way, that was the way it wasii think the tax rate is not nearly what it was during calvin coolidge or after world war ii. spending to save money doesn't cause the debt to go down and lowering taxes doesn't cause it to go down. the last president who asked people to sacrifice anything was jimmy carter and he was vilified. pull together to reduce the debt and get all the same page. i appreciate romney and manchin trying to do the right thing but is less a population gets behind them, i'm not sure it will happen. host: do you remember that debt commission from seven years ago and they talked about the national debt incaller: yeah, ap the■ ■] earmarks and pay as you? there have been initiatives but you get another guy in there and it changes. there is one more comment i would like to make. the president is going to write some executive orders i

mason university. he joins thing here in the studio. good to have you with us. so if we look at how this year has ended and how 2024 is beginning with the world watching events suffering. continuing in gonzo with the bombing campaign that 36 you and experts called a genocide in the making with the siege that international human rights groups like amnesty international, cold collective punishment amounting to a will crime and continuing occupation is the end he lives at the start of the 2020 full tunnel. still, we don't have the united states. couple few, it'll be a nation's act as soon as possible. the thing is a little girl was so well, hey, then toward a cold winter, the situation of starvation and for conditions would worse and it goes a better for we may end up with the was the one that there in crisis and the 21st century in gaza, which are going to exceed the, what happened in the m and, you know, in 2015, 1617. at the same time, there is a, an evident failure of view and system altogether. becau

we joins us now and the studio professor of conflict resolution and diplomacy at george mason university. thanks once again for joining us. this is the 1st time we've had an opportunity to talk to you since his killing. what do you make of it? especially regarding the timing of it one now, one is about a, the has opened the new front called for you to come see nation is it has thought of it and then came on the 2nd man in the hands of how most web in live on it and we should also consider the location and therefore there is a would vigorous correlation not only in augusta and beyond and in the, in the to the south, but also on the is a lot aly, they've been as front, has been a lot would not swallow this they've shouldn't be somebody 30 years and according to the, the middle, the region and the culture of even think so basically it is. and then another date for that, not to be the head of what between how most and the is that i but also with all the stakeholders. the reason therefore, i think the say now do you office being over? the reason i'm calling slick is on the horizon and you, we

we have branded bucket was a phd candidate in history at george mason university. he recently worked as an intelligence geospatial analyst with an gis -- and gia. it's got a - in their. i also serve u.s. army complete multiple tours to afghanistan. his research interests which are germane for discussion today include 20th century u.s. military diplomatic history but u.s. afghan relations the managerial state which is setting off the libertarian sirens and me and other people here in the room. current research focus on the domestic politics of u.s. foreign policy from 1934 through 1992. again germane to our discussion today the evolution of foreign foreign-policy attitudes within the republican party. his work w has appeared numerous outlets including responsible statecraft the libertarian institute antiwar.com. here in a batch of arts in history for the university of denver master of arts in history from george mason in 2016. so with that i think victoria, if you want to set the table for us a little bit today and tell us where you see things going. >> sure, thank

we also have brandan buck, a phd candidate at history at george mason university.previously, he worked as an intelligence and spatial analyst at mgh -- m-ga. he also served in the virginia army national guard with multiple tours to afghanistan. his interests include u.s.-afghan relations and the managerial state, which is setting off the libertarian sirens in me and other people in the room. his current research focuses on the domestic politics of u.s. foreign policy from 1934 to 1942. and the evolution of foreign-policy attitudes within the republican party. his report -- his work appeared in several outlets. he has a master of arts in history from georgia nation in -- george mason in 2016. with that, victoria, if you wanted to set the table for us today and tell us where you see things going. victoria: sure. thank you very much for that kind introduction. good to be with both of you. i appreciate everyone coming in person and joining us online and on c-span. for this very timely discussion of this topic that has been seething about the heritage foundation, partic

yes batch of arts in history from denver an art and history from george mason. in 2016.h that i think victoria if you want to set the table for a little bit today and tell us what you see things going. >> sure. thank you very much for that kind introduction. it's good to be with both of you. i again appreciate it when coming in person and joining us online and on c-span. for this very timely discussion of odyssey atopic that has been seizing us at heritage institute, foundation rather come particularlyer in the davis institute. this is a conversation that i been having an different iterations rule of thumb 2007 on. what we've seen between the conclusion of the second bush term and what we're going into here in 2024 has been a really radical shift in the way national security, policy is designed and executed. we've had a remarkable series of different almost screenshots within that time. we've got the obama to terms, a record that came out of that. they have trump term. again, a veryy distinctive record, and then we are now getting a full picture of what the biden adminis

you simply are not allowed, i taught constitutional law when i was an assistant professor at george masonrsity. the idea that the secretary of state can just declare that her political enemy is not welcome to be voted upon by the citizens of her state, does not comport in any way with the united states constitution. not the 14th amendment, or any other provisions even under maine law. >> this absolutely must be overturned. well, first of all, mike, we know the left -- it's going to be overturned, i think. relying on a court is kind of risky, mike, the idea that the left will hold up the constitution and act like thomas jefferson running in to save the country when the -- the six other days of the week they are saying the constitution is written by a bunch of out-of-touch white men. well the constitution says. they don't believe in the constitution. they never have. >> there are two impeachments for nonsense. four indictments for noncrimes. two illegal gag orders. trying to bankrupt him that will backfire. they are trying to throw him off the ballot. they are pretending like they are tryin

our first witness is professor of law at the antonin scalia school of law at george mason university. he has published extensively on ip law. next, mark dean, cofounder of a medical device incubator. mr. dean is a coinventor on two hundred 50 issued and pending u.s. patents. then we have david jones, executive director of a coalition of innovative high-technology companies like google, intel, microsoft and adobe. then we will hear from david cap . he is director of the u.s. patent and trademark office. if you all will stand very briefly so we can swear you in. do you swear and affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? saint -- thank you all. you may be seated. >> thank you ranking member tills and members of the subcommittee. in q4 this opportunity to speak with you today about the pressing need for reform of section 1 and why congress should pass01 the patent eligibility restoration. patent eligibility doctrine was converted into something never before seen coming turning what the supreme court once rightly called a

the fit witness is professor of law at the school of law, george mason university. he is published extensively on ip law. next we have the operating partner and light stone ventures and cofounder of foundry llc medical device incubator. a coinventor on 250 issues and pending u.s. patents. then we have david jones, executive director high-technology inventors alliance, a coalition of high-technology companies like google, intel, microsoft and adobe created to advocate on patent policy issues and finally, we will hear from david, partner at swain and moore llp former secretary for intellectual property and director of the u.s. patent and trademark office. if you will will stand very briefly, so we can swear c you . do you swear or affirm the testimony you're about to give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> thank you. ranking members for this opportunity to speak with you today about the pressing need for reform of section 101 and why congress should pass the patent eligibility restoration act. a decade ago the supreme