brandeis embraces the decision. administrator asked how it was possible that he is a good he hated being president, indian being chief is all happiness for him. an example of two great thinkers putting aside their personal differences for the devotion to the institutional legitimacy of the court. brian lamb: weight. what impact did his weight have on him as a person, a politician, a justice? jeffrey rosen: it is an inspiring and moving story. as americans think of taft asay, they think of him our largest president. there are cruel jokes about him in bathtubs, that he was stuck in a bath, a story by the white house that has been confirmed by no other source. he was large, 340 pounds. he ate his feelings. he hated being president. what is a remarkable about his weight is that he lost it after . after he was president, he went on a paleo diet of fruits and vegetables and lean fish. he lost 76 pounds in six months. it was an incredible example of self-discipline. he kept it off for most of the rest of his happy career.

, the people's lawyer -- lle brandeis -- lee brandeis, the people's lawyer.concludes taft backdated a document he used to exonerate ballenger, suggesting to those in washington the cover-up is worse than the crime. he exposes this on the stand, basically accusing taft of corruption. taft's defense is that he backdated the documents to create a chronological record of evidence he relied on, like a judge reaching a judicial decision, and he hadn't had time, kind of a convoluted expedition. it is good enough for congress, concluding taft did nothing wrong, not guilty of obstruction of justice, did not lie under oath or anything, but it creates the illusion he has been underhanded, and it is the biggest scandal of his presidency. the moral of the story, as always in d.c., don't cover up, fire peoplend don't in padua's we because you think they are disloyal, because the consequences could be catastrophic. brian: what would it be like today, if roosevelt was in town doing his thing, taft was president, all that, what would the media be doing to this story? would th

once at brandeis, thows undergo bootcamp training for entrepreneurs and are put into ateams-- again, parb and israeli-- to create business plans. the credo here is indeed better to make money than war. iarab/israeli collaboratiso charged, however, that many of the brandeis fello wouldn't speak on camera, for fear of reprisal back home. g this is a risk i'm will take. for some people, this risk is gger. some people come from communities in which their neighbors not just not gonna like it, they migheven express how unhappy they are with the fact that a neighbor in this communitis doing this work with the other side. >> reporter: and they could be in danger.d. >> they co they could. >> reporter: but noa radosh, an israeli, and her palestinian partner shaden handal, did talk to us about their mobile app, yalla talk. >> yalla means "let's go" in arabic. >> "let's go" in arabic. >> reporter: so, learn arabic by chatting live with native speakers at a mere 25 cents a minute. >> so all these palestinian who sadly don't have jobs cause of the economical situation, they can have a supplementar

we flipped over to the lmes, brandeis, classic kind of libertarian theory. felonious isat is that what happened is that in the open marketplace, we made that flip. so someone can wear the f-bomb on his jacket in the marketplace, actually a los angeles court reporter, but it is considered a public space in society, but we have not abandoned the order and morality theory, and that part of american life, either culturally or legally, we have not abandoned it. formal versed commitment doctrine retains a theory for public schoolchildren and public school teachers. the american workplace is not an open marketplace, brandeis free-speech, neither are private and public workspaces. private and public employees cannot wear that jacket to work. good luck with that. there are many places in society which we have said, in these spaces, border, morality, do corm, respect for human dignit

utanks to a program at brandeis university, justde boston, that promotes cross-border iscollaborationroming young arab and israeli entrepreneurs. >> welcome to microsoft in isr:el. >> repormro is eyeing some of the business that multinational tech firms are sending israel's way. >> a lot of u.s. com have their r&d departments in tel aviv, in haifa. google, microst, intel they're working straight with companies in israel. we can provide them with professional services on a very, very, very low cost. >> reporter: and for a palestinian who grew up during the second intifada, from 2000 to 2005, that's alst unthinkable. >> most of my childhood was a lot of violence, a lot of war, a lot of killing. >> reporter: did you throw rocks and stuff like that? >> yes, please don't take me to jail, but yes, i did. i only have had interactions with israelis who carry a gun, who were in uniform, middle of the night, i'm a little kid, i'm nine years old, they knock on the door with the back of their guns.o they break ir house, they search everything in the house for no reason. and they leave after two o

here's what brandeis says, decency and liberty demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. in the government of laws, existence of the government will be imperilled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. in a government of laws, existence of the government will imperilled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. our government is the potent. the omnipresent teacher for good or for ill. it teaches the whole people by its example. crime is contagious, if the government become as law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law, it invites every man to become a law unto himself. it invites anarchy. to declare that in the the administration of the criminal law, the end justifies the means, to declare that government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private criminal, would bring terrible retribution, against this pernicious doctrine, this court should resolute resolutely send its face. political spying ends from the early '20s to 1936 when franklin roosevelt requests it be resu resumed. governme

they are also asking was wilson an anti-semite in spite of his relationship with brandeis? >> he was very good on that, actually. you think of racism and anti-semitism going together, but you cannot really find it. i have asked other historians, did you run across anti-semitism? it's not part of who he was. >> the southern vote, too. that helps. >> how did woodrow wilson's stroke affect his dealing with the senate and the treaty of versailles? recounted briefly, what is the treaty of versailles and how did wilson deal with the 14 points? >> the treaty of versailles was worked out by the victors in world war ii. it was quite punitive to the germans. john maynard keynes wrote the economic consequences of the peace, in which he wrote the price tag was going to be so high and the germans would not be able to pay it, they would be so angry there would be a second world war. which happened. actually there was a young french economist who wrote a book called, the carthaginian peace, or the economic consequences of mr. keynes. his argument is -- a simple version of it is, we did no

the american workplace is not an open marketplace, brandeis free-speech, neither are private and public workspaces. private and public employees cannot wear that jacket to work. good luck with that. there are many places in society which we have said, in these spaces, border, morality, do corm, respect for human dignity trumps wide-open expression. presidentthe intended. one of the fascinating ways to grapple with some of these is not with the speech, but where is the speech him and to look at the setting rather than the content. i think one of the reasons we have set -- have had such a strong debates at missouri, yell, middle bit -- yale, burghley, name your college, is that there has been this fascinating contest over the ,dea of a university -- to me the interesting thing about charlottesville is that the speech took place both on the uva campus and on the streets of charlottesville. the commissioner of baseball in the past that i remember as the president of yale, he described and orderedee space, fascinating juxtaposition of the concepts. when theer was at yale roll out of highly v

we flipped over to the marketplace holmes, brandeis, classic kind of libertarian theory. the reason that is felonious is -- is erroneous is that what happened is that in the open marketplace, we made that flip. so someone can wear the f-bomb on his jacket in the marketplace, actually a los angeles court reporter, but it is considered a public space in society, but we have not abandoned the order and morality theory, and that part of american life, either culturally or legally, we have not abandoned it. for ample, formal first amendment doctrine retains a theory for public schoolchildren and public school teachers. the american workplace is not an open marketplace, brandeis free-speech, neither are private and public workspaces. neither government employees or private employees could wear the jacket to work. good luck with that. there are many places in society which we have said, in these spaces, order, morality, respect for human dignity trumps wide-open expression. no pun on the president intended. one of the fascinating ways to grapple with some of these is not with th

we will look at lectures on the reconstruction area with brandeis university professor abigail cooper on african americans during the reconstruction era and how former slaves fought for economic rights and full citizenship including the right to vote. >> next, abigail cooper teaches a class on african americans during the reconstruction era. her lesson looks at how former slaves fought for economic rights in full citizenship, including the right to vote, make contracts, and choose where they worked. this is about 50 minutes.>>> slavery to freedom revisited. radicals and roots. they talk about the leaden -- latin of radicalism and roots. it's almost a clichi now but it also has this incredible way of looking forward to some kind of sudden, immediate, social change that is radicalism and then also the rootedness. that is what i am setting up as my frame today as i read mary slavery to freedom, kind of reimagining what radical republicanism, what it could be seen as, how it was seen as. i want to look at the root. you can get this and it is the root that was used in a lot of medicine. i

during reconstruction after the civil war from our american history tv lectures and history system, brandeis university professes sorry abigail cooper talks about how former slaves strove for economic rights and full citizenship, including the right to vote, make contracts, and choose where they worked. her class is about 50 minutes. >> slavery to freedom revisited, radicals and roots. you know, they talk about radicalis, the latin root of or relating to roots and the con flagss between radical and roots and it's almost a cliche now but it also has this incredible way of looking forward to some kind of sudden, immediate social change that is radicalism and then also the rootedness, and that's what i'm kind of setting up as my frame today as i kind of try to renarrate a slavery to freedom revisitation to the literature and to kind of reimagining of what radical republicanism has been seen as and what it could be seen as. i want to look at the root, and this is actually, here, i can bring this. this is actually -- so, up there, this is a root. i love etsy now. it's great. so you can get this,

we will look at lectures on the reconstruction area with brandeis university professor abigail cooper on african americans during the reconstruction era and how former slaves fought for economic rights and full citizenship including the right to vote. >> next, abigail cooper teaches a class on african americans during the reconstruction era. her lesson looks at how former slaves fought for economic rights in full citizenship, including the right to vote, make contracts, and choose where they worked. this is about 50 minutes.>>> slavery to freedom revisited. radicals and roots. they talk about the leaden -- latin of radicalism and roots. it's almost a cli

here is what brandeis says. decency, security and liberty alike demand that government officials be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. the government will be imperiled if it fails to obey the law scrupulously. in a government of laws, existence of the government will be in peril if it fails to observe the law, scrupulously. it teaches the whole people by its example. crime is contagious. if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt to law and invites every man to become a law unto himself. it invites anarchy. to declare that the ends justify the means, that the government commit crimes to secure the conviction of a private individual, would bring terrible retribution against this doctrine. this court should resolutely set the pace. spying ins until 1936, when franklin roosevelt's requests that it be resumed. we will see that very clearly here, government surveillance does not necessarily target any one particular group. historically it targets the left, not alw

lewis brandeis who in the '20s set the standard for free speech in his dissent that ultimately became the court's ruling decades down the road, he dissented in this case as well. here is what he says in particular regarding taft's last comments which are essentially in some ways saying the ends justify the means. decency, security and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. in a government of laws existence of the government will be i'm parld if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. in a government of laws existence of the government will be i'm parld if it fails to obviously the law scrupulously. our government is the omni present teacher for good or ill. crime is contagious. if the government becomes a law breaker it breeds contempt for law. it invites every man to become a law unto himself. it invites anarchy. to declare that in the administration of the criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the government may commit crimes in order to secure the conviction of a private c

first up is justin walker, an assistant professor of law at the university of louisville's brandeis school of law. he previously worked at gibson dunn here in washington in addition to serving as a speechwriter for defense secretary, donald rumsfeld. he clerked for judge kavanagh and justice anthony kennedy on the supreme court. he is a graduate of duke universiry and harvard law school, and i would be remiss if i did not mention that he and i are both graduates of the same grade school in louisville. go bears! next up, chris walker is associate professor of law at the ohio state university school of law where he researchers administrative law and regulation. he is a public member of the administrative conference of the united states, and before entering academia, he served in the justice department criminal representing federal agencies and defending federal regulations in a variety of contexts. he clerked for judge alex kaczynski on the ninth circuit and justice kennedy on the supreme court. he has a ba from brigham young university, a masters in public policy from harvard, and a jd from

during reconstruction after the civil war from our american history tv lectures in history system, brandeis university professor abigail cooper talks about how former slaves strove for economic rights and full citizenship, as well as the right to vote and citizenship. her class is about 50 minutes. >> slavery to freedom revisited, radicals and roots. you know, they talk about radicalous, the latin native of root -- of or relating to roots

look, i think the best thing you do, the old brandeis line about the best thing about democracy is its openness, transparency, the disinfect tant. powerht to speak truth to around the world. i want the united states, our economy, our society, our politics to be such that others want to emulate it. that to me is a great statement and when people see our society working and offering opportunity and being fair and the rule of law respected and so forth and so on, others will say why don't we have some of that here at home? so i think we ought to set an example that others want to follow and consistently stand for what is right and support checks and balances and free institutions and n.g.o.'s and other societies. we have to do it in a smart way. we don't want people to be penalized for being associated with us. what we've learned throughout the cold war and since is that democracies don't just build and sustain themselves. it takes e. from within and also outdoorers can make a difference. >> this time we'll start with gentlemen first. henry? > good evening, mr. haass. my name is henry won

i think brandeis or somebody said -- i can't remember the name. said, you remember the day you the justice who said it was about time he of step down. he said, yeah, i remember. a dirty your days work i have never done. what happens if we all go gaga once? we want. ,t will become apparent to me as it does to people as they get older, that this seems to be about the right time. and there we are. that's the most i can say. mr. johnson: we are grateful to affect you for this time. [applause] thank you, sir. appreciate it. [applause] >> tonight, at 8:00 on c-span, new york times white house correspondent talks about covering the trump white house. >> the relationship between this white house and the press is what you see when watch a -- when you watch one of these press briefings on television. they are combative. they are often frustrated. they have transition from what they have always been, a nevis aerial nature between them and the media, into something more openly hospital. >> african-american lgbt issues -- leaders talk about issues facing their

and also as justice brandeis talked about states are those laboratories for democracy where experimentation can happen. so how do we define freedom? have a very typical american conception of this. we believe freedom is a moral concept and we said that freedom is the ability to order your life, liberty and property as you see fit consistent with the equal rights of others. it's a very traditional american way of understanding it. it's not radical. our index includes freedom, or freedom includes freedom from unjust private and public interference. we are measuring a public site of that. it is not the purpose of this to look at how effective our police department and securing your property rights to keeping feeds out of your house. we're looking at how this government impinge on these areas and other people should look at those of the cases but we are focusing public policies here. even though we realized that you're not in the state of freedom if your personal and private property rights are being violated by private citizens. we also exclude abortion and the death penalty. it's not because

will earned his phd in political science at brandeis university. moderatorht here, our 's senior director of policy at the conservative policy institute, a veteran of these very halls. she served in both the house and senate, including jobs as a senator rand paul's legislative director and policy director for the senate steering committee. el is a regularly featured columnist at "the federalist," "the washington examiner," among other places. i would also like to acknowledge the co-author of this study that our panelists will be discussing today, dena smeltz of the chicago council on global affairs, who is the senior fellow for public opinion and foreign policy. , i will join our friends in the audience, grab lunch, and let our distinguished panelists wax eloquent on policy preferences and positions. >> good afternoon, everyone. thanks for coming. i will start with just two seconds about where this project came from because i see a lot of what i'm going to assume our millennials in this crowd. long before i knew your preferences for avocado toast,

private colleges expanded as well and new ones started, such as for example brandeis. there was more of an infusion of government money after the russian satellite went up in '57. and in all of this, women were pulled in, in greater numbers. some said seeking their mrs. but there was a permission in society. more families were willing to send their daughters out and to send their daughters out to residential universities instead of just local ones. so you're building here a core of educated women to be part of the group to be applying to law schools. the second thing that benefited the ultimate expansion of women into law schools is the african-american civil rights movement where men and women receive leadership training, which resulted in key pieces of legislation which intended or not, as is debated over title 7 benefited women. and also helped in the creation of federal agencies. so the commission on civil rights in '57 and the eeoc mandated in the '64 act. next, i don't think there is any way you can talk about the advancement of women in any profession, employmen

and later, we'll have a look at the reconstruction era with brandeis university professor abigail cooper. she talked about african-americans during reconstruction and how african-americans had to deal with stereotypes among some northern whites. this is from her lecture. >> the mistress of jones, a famous press betearian minister, it actually became a reason to continue slavery and make it a positive good, because you were going to turn enslaved people into christians and you were going to turn masters into better christians. well, he dies right in 1863. and his wife watches their slaves, one by one, walk away from who was suppose b

. >>> see the entire lecture by brandeis university professor abigail cooper on african-americans during the reconstruction era tomorrow night at 8:00 eastern here on c-spa c-span3 as we feature american history tv, lectures in history. >>> next on american history tv, u.s. military academy history professor samuel watson on the u.s. army before and after andrew jackson. the new york military affairs symposium hosted this nearly two-hour event. >>> tonight's speaker is sam watson, professor of united states and military history at the united states military academy at west point where he has taught for 18 years. he's author of "jackson soared" and "peace keepers and conquerors" about the u.s. army officer's core on the nation's borders and frontiers between the war of 1812 and the war of mexico. it's published by the united press of kansas which together won the distinguished book award from the society for military history. incidentally, society of military history of which we are a part. professor watson is co-editor of the west point history of warfare which won the society for milita

>> tomorrow we focus on reconstruction after the civil war and one of the lectures in history is brandeis university professor abigail cooper. she talked about african-americans during the reconstruction era and how african-americans had to deal with

>> tomorrow we focus on reconstruction after the civil war and one of the lectures in history is brandeis university professor abigail cooper. she talked about african-americans during the reconstruction era and how african-americans had to deal with stereotypes among some northern whites. this is from her lecture. >>> the mistress of charles jones who's a famous presbyterian minister, we mentioned him earlier when we talked about the missions of slaves. it actually became a reason to continue slavery and make it a positive good because you were going to turn enslaved people into christians and you were going to turn masters into better christians. well, he dies in 1863 and his wife watches their slaves one by one walk away from who was supposed to be the perfect christian master. she's, oh, heartbroken, bitter? she says this. spitefully, the workings of providence in reference to the african race are truly wonderful. the scourge falls upon them with particular weight. with their emancipation must come their extermination. all history from their first existence proves them incapable of se