kimberly wehle is our guest, the book, what you need to know about voting and why. republicans, (202)748-8001, democrats (202)748-8000, independence, (202)748-8002, text message (202)748-8003,, professor wehle, one passage from your book, few people realize that the constitution contains no expressed rights to vote. some view it as a privilege to be earned even for citizens while others feel it is at the heart and soul of american democracy that should be both protected and enhanced more profoundly than any other right in america. this pitched battle around whether there is a right to vote or whether only the right people should be able to vote lurks below the surface of the american consciousness and conversation but it is real. on the right to vote,. >> guest: i was surprised by the number of things. the supreme court has recognized . right to constitutional right to vote and said it is a pivotal on all other rights. we t talked a lot in this county baout good at judging and bad judging and, you know, that is if there is something expressed in the constitution or

host: you are on with kimberly wehle. caller: like i was telling my president trump is doing whatever it takes to win the election. he is going to divide the country. he doesn't have any experience. around andhe turns what keeps him going and shows person is, it's like fourth grade level. host: that was jimmy in kentucky. we saw his tweet already this morning. i wonder if you might explain what you were looking at when you wrote it. this is what to watch for. ways thatre are keeping people from the polls could hurt candidates that are struggling. .resident trump is losing dead due tole are covid. rallies, the scientists tell us how to stay on top of the virus. elections,y to win circumstance would be to have few people turn out. i want to point to highlight another thing the color mentioned. -- caller mentioned. thehe feels about legitimacy of the presidential election. it's not just president trump on the ballot in the fall. there are a lot of people in the town ballot. it goes all the way down to your local officials. t

emily wehle, a professor out of baltimore. -- kimberly wehle.ession, talking about john bolton, that interview last night getting a lot of attention. we want to focus on that just for this first hour this morning. mark is next out of tennessee. a republican. good morning. caller: yes, good morning. host: go ahead, sir. caller: i think the president has been treated unfairly. i watched the entire suite and i thought it was pretty good. -- the entire speech. i'm a republican and i just think he is being treated unfairly by the press. that is just my opinion. host: did you watch the interview with john bolton on abc news last night? caller: yes i did. isn bolton, i think he 7-years-old her and he is probably washed up. he does not have to worry about his future career because he does not have a future career. to make money off of conversations that he might've had with the president and confidential conversations. aboutwhat did you think john bolton's appointment when he became national security advisor to president trump? did you like him at the t

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. >> this morning, kimberly wehle talk about her new book about the history and future of voting.er, trumpa 2020 leader advisor --

author kim wehle talks about how misinformation, voter suppression, foreign influence.voting and american democracy together could be in jeopardy here. >> well, we've seen many of the traditional guardrails of democracy fall. when i say that, the constitution is like a job description or contract. it's just a piece of paper. if it's not enforced in the breach, that is, if norms or laws are broken, if people in office are doing things and there's no consequences, then the rules no longer exist. at the end of the day with really a dysfunctional congress right now that's so polarized, voting is on the ballot as really a check on the existence of democracy itself. people as they go to the ballot box in november, need to do so to take back their democracy of government by we the people or as myself and other scholars worry that will slip into something that's not democracy. will approach something looking like thoaauthoritarianism. this is not entirely hyperbole in this moment. >> we're about to vote in a presidential election in the middle of a pandemic. are we prepared for

kimberly wehle, the caller bring up the president and we saw his tweet already saying i wonder if you might be able to -- >> we leave this washington journal segment at this point to fill our long-term commitment to live in senate. we will finish watching this at c-span .org. u.s. senate about 2 gallons start the week for more debate this afternoon on the judicial nomination of cory wilson, the vote to advance the nomination at 5:30 p.m. eastern. later in the week debate on the police reform bill introduced by south carolina republic and senator tim scott. now live to the senate floor on c-span2. senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. black, will open the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal spirit, the source of our joy, we're grateful that you still speak to us. continue to communicate with our lawmakers through the voice of conscience. enable them to maintain a clear conscience before you and humanity. continue to speak to them through the precepts in your sacred word, providing them with a lamp for their feet and a light for their path, as they navigate throu

. >> our first of two guests this morning is kimberly wehle, a law professor and cbs news legal analyst. she is author of the book what you need to know about voting. this is a user's manual for voting in america. why did you think americans needed that in 2020? guest: only one third of s can name all three branches of government. i wrote a book about the constitution. by the time i finished that book, i realized that for myself the importance of