which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] sunday on "q&a," supreme court correspondent and author of the companion book of c-span upcoming series "landmark mauro. tony tony: one of the judges did not get his position, his office because of the suit, and the supreme court dealt with it, marbury versus madison, marbury was one of those judges, and the court said basically he probably deserves some remedy, but the remedy that congress has provided for this goes beyond the power of congress, the authority of congress, and so

the supreme court was going to strike down that law. and this is something the court had never done before. you know, declaring an act of congress unconstitutional. at 8:00is sunday night eastern and pacific on c-span's "q&a." and on monday, c-span debuts its new series "landmark cases," historic supreme court decisions. on the series premiere, we take a look at the real story behind the famous marbury versus madison case, delving into the heated debate between outgoing president john adams, the new president thomas jefferson, and justice john marshall. john marshall established the courts as the interpreter of the constitution. v. madison is probably the most famous case

ever decided. >> joining the discussion, yell yale law school professor akhil reed -- the plaintiffs, lawyers, and cases.s in these "landmark cases" premieres live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span3, and c-span radio. while you watch, order the copy of "landmark cases" at c-span.org/landmarkcases. long, american history tv is featuring santa rosa, california, the seat of sonoma county, famous for its wine industry. cableer with our comcast partners, c-span cities tour staff recently visited many side the city's rich history. learn more about santa rosa all

weekend here on american history tv. charles: jack london was one of the highest-paid writers. he is one of the authors that was right throughout the world, including the soviet union and russia at the time, japan -- he was translated into language after language. people found his writing compelling. he was deeply concerned about the human condition, and much of what he wrote about, while it may have seen on the surface like stories about dogs or the yukon, were often about the states of humanity and his concern for humankind. on jack london's beauty rants, also known as the range of good intentions. this is where he lived until his death in 1960.

the entrance to the cottage provides you with the overview of jack's life. there are lots of pictures on walls, there is a video for them to see. you can get a sense of jack london and the 1905 to 1916 period. as they walk through the cottage, what they will see our moment those of his trip to the south seas, which he had taken with his wife. they will see the original study that he worked in, and then this room that you are in now, which is a much larger area he read house, which was his dream house, burns to the ground. that burns to the ground just a few weeks before he was to move in. worwould were finishing the what with linseed oil. they took the rag and threw it into the fireplace, and unfortunately on a very hot august nights, spontaneous combustion cause a fire and burned it to the ground. once that happens, jack london,

while he talked about rebuilding, i think i understood that he probably was not going to live that much longer. he was aware that he was not healthy and decided to work on his farm and to work on the cottage that we are in today. so he added this particular room, which became a much larger study for him, to be able to work with his wife and with his manservant is so that he did get much more complex in the short time that he had left. initially his most famous book and probably his most famous book today is "the call of the wild." he also wrote one called "white fang," which was really a sequel to "the call of the wild." exploring in the yukon, searching for gold. was awhile, he wrote vagrant, he wrote a book called "on the road." he wrote a story called "the of

this." if you want to talk about the socialistic period, "the iron heel" is a fascinating book that t was written about the revolution that would come after he died, actually come it was written in the future. "the call of the wild" until recently was writte red by schoolchildren. he even wrote science fiction. would have probably been writing longhand when people came upon him in his office. typing was done either by his charmian, or by his manservant. -- was invented by thomas edison but was used by london because it allowed him to dictate letters without him having to write them longhand.

he, his wife, and his manservant could all work in here at the same time, whether it was working on books, correspondence, or farm. he was very productive here. of his work was published after he moved here. books like "white fang" was published here in 1906, a year after he bought his ranch property. "little lady of the big house" was published while he was here. he would write 1000 words a day before breakfast, but a lot of time was spent because he was trying to build the beauty rants, the range of good intentions, so that it could be a model, and that took a lot of his time. one of the elements that he sought to perfect in order to help people was to create a much more productive ranch, a much more productive farm, so that people could be said, people could have jobs, and people could be more successful.

what he was doing was experimental. he was trying things that we expected to be successful, we beected that they would written about, and people could learn about what he did, for example, historically, americans believe in manifest destiny. has believe that america the god-given right to own the entire country from coast to coast. if you were a virginia planter, you could move out west. in west virginia, even start another plantation. you could move south and start another plantation. the problem was, when you got to california, if you move west, you drown, so you had to figure out ways to reuse and to make the land sustainable over time. jack london believed that he could do that. he works to learn as much as he could by reading everything that he could find written about agriculture in this area. he worked with the university of california to understand the most modern techniques. he worked with pioneers of the

that wouldelop crops work here that might not work in other places or might just be innovative and unique and therefore provide some real benefit. this is a victory that jack london built in 1915. when he built it, the scribes from san francisco were making fun of the fact that he spent $3000 to build a piggery. make call it the palace hotel for pigs, making reference to the finest hotel. it was designed for over 200 pigs, and one man could actually manage the entire operation, feeding them, watering them, doing whatever needed to be done. this is one of the things that he did as example of his entrepreneurship. after his death, the family tried to keep the farm going. they found it was more and more difficult over time, and eventually they converted into a guest ranch.

so before and during world war ii, this was a place where people from san francisco or the local area could come and enjoy a weekend of horseback riding or enjoy the scenery. jack london park today is operated by jack london park partners. we are a not-for-profit organization that helped the state when the state of california was in financial trouble and was looking to close 25% of their parks. we volunteered to take this park over because we believed that we could make it an exciting and sustainable endeavor, and we have. today, we have got about twice as many visitors as used to come to the park. about 100,000 people visit us every year. i think this is a great model for some facilities. we have historic buildings, we have a museum, we have that country, so we can support horsemen, hikers, we can support history buffs, and i think the combination of that with local

community involvement can make for extraordinary success. >> throughout the weekend, american history tv is set in santa rosa, california. our cities tour staff recently traveled there. learn more about santa rosa and other stuff on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> author phillip greenwalt talks about how at the end of the civil war, southerners grappled with the question of why the confederacy lost. he argues that many of their writings serve as a foundation for the lost cause. this event is about 50 minutes. >>