is akhil amar here. >> good morning, john. >> thank you. he is a professor of law and political science at yellow and her university. he teaches both at yale law school and at the college and was a clerk for stephen breyer at the first circuit before coming to yale. is also the author of several important books, constitutional text books but also two very important books, one of the bill of rights and one on the constitution. the first the bill of rights creation and reconstruction, and most recently americas constitution and biography. is also an author of numerous articles and has

is akhil amar here. >> good morning, john. >> thank you. he is a professor of law and political science at yellow and her university. he teaches both at yale law school and at the college and was a clerk for stephen breyer at the first circuit before coming to yale. is also the author of several important books, constitutional text books but also two very important books, one of the bill of rights and one on the constitution. the first the bill of rights creation and reconstruction, and most recently americas constitution and biography. is also an author of numerous articles and has testified in congress very strongly on this question of presidential succession in and is as i said with a james madison, and the commission believes is correct that having congressional leaders and the line of succession is unconstitutional. john feerick, to my right, has several important lines in his biography and he has something i think that all of which is wish we had. he has worked on these issues but he has also been a driving force behind an actual amen

there exists as well legal issues, and you heard about those issues from professor akhil amar. and the contemplation of the constitution. and therefore eligible for succession roles. given a long history with the legislative leaders being in the light of succession, however, i would accept these legal risk if i thought the policy reasons were not compelling, because i do. this is because the constitution is not without its ambiguities in the analysis of the officer questioned. and i also note intentionally at the time the constitution was adopted, the idea of a legislative officer, and i put a quote around officer, coming to the center of power after the removal of a governor and lieutenant governor or deputy governor, if one were to look at succession in the colonies, or look at succession as reflected in the early state constitutions with respect to those states that elected governors. you would see that the legislative person emerging after the demise of the governor, if that be the case, or the deputy governor if that be the case, was not out of the understanding of the fra

is akhil amar here. >> good morning, john. >> thank you.s a professor of law and political science at yellow and her university. he teaches both at yale law school and at the college and was a clerk for stephen breyer at the first circuit before coming to yale. is also the author of several important books, constitutional text books but also two very important books, one of the bill of rights and one on the constitution. the first the bill of rights creation and reconstruction, and most recently americas constitution and biography. is also an author of numerous articles and has testified in congress very strongly on this question of presidential succession in and is as i said with a james madison, and the commission believes is correct that having congressional leaders and the line of succession is unconstitutional. john feerick, to my right, has several important lines in his biography and he has something i think that all of which is wish we had. he has worked on these issues but he has also been a driving force behind an actual amendment

is akhil amar here. >> good morning, john. >> thank you. he is a professor of law and political science at yellow and her university. he teaches both at yale law school and at the college and was a clerk for stephen breyer at the first circuit before coming to yale. is also the author of several important books, constitutional text books but also two very important books, one of the bill of rights and one on the constitution. the first the bill of rights creation and reconstruction, and most recently americas constitution and biography. is also an author of numerous articles and has testified in congress very strongly on this question of presidential succession in and is as i said with a james madison, and the commission believes is correct that having congressional leaders and the line of succession is unconstitutional. john feerick, to my right, has several important lines in his biography and he has something i think that all of which is wish we had. he has worked on these issues but he has also been a driving force behind an actual amen