cato events. >> ready? >> yep. >> so thank you very much. it's a real honor for me to be here today to talk about sai's great new book. i read a lot of books on presidential power, and this is one of the best. there are few people more expert, probably no one more expert on the history of the presidency and the legal constraints on the presidency and the original understanding of the legal constraints on the presidency. i love the book, i learned a lot from it, but my job not to praise the book, but to raise some questions. and i have four points as well to, in response to sai's points. they don't match up completely, but they do a little bit. the first point is sai is right that the arc of presidential power has gone steadily up over time, and it's gone steadily up over time because presidents are in a better position to take the initiative, interpret laws and interpret constraints and expand their powers. and there's no doubt that i think he's right, that the courts -- excuse me, that the executive branch is ultimately the most consequenti

>>. >> i'm delighted to be here with you today and the audience my connection to cato goes back decades when i was a summer intern in washington i had the occasion to come to these events including farm subsidies and thankfully we finally taking care of that problem. i am especially glad to be with you to because you are experts on the modern presidency as well you have superb book said i recommend them to the audience the colt of the presidency and jack's book so my book that's in that same genre. operators are standing by i have four points i want to make on - - but i want to be brief so why do progressives favor a living constitution that changes with the time? but simultaneously disfavor and excoriate and lament a living in changeable immutable presidency? we see this phenomenon all the time with liberals and progressives siding with the founders would say that the respect to impeachment and progressive sightings james madison and alexander hamilton about a high crime and misdemeanor. is a perfectly fine argument if you are an original list but puzzling if you are not and a lot of p

the publications collectively known as cato's condemned the increasingly prominent role of wealth in politics all the sources would be hugely influential among americans in 1760s through the end of 18th century. in fact, that conservative revolutionary would point to parenting book emphasizing the property and power interwoven and if you go to archive.org and you look for oceana harrington's oceana at least one of the copies adams from the boston public library collection of john adams library he actually signed the inside it's really cool. his cousin sam adams published in the late 1740s. for artisans and laborers that quarter from cato's letters to the number killed several weeks published. one of them i quoted in the book on the notion that if you men gain to much wealth. even the notion of the great sabbath that every 50 years all property should go back to the original owners when occasionally mentioned or talk about in early america into the early republic for example in 1787 connecticut assemblymen told his fellow assembly members that a great thing to put into the countries i

and campaigner for the windrush generation patrick vernon and doug bando is a senior fellow at the cato institute he joins us from springfield the ginia gentleman let's just come to you 1st patrick byrne and if i may ripping down statues throwing them in rivers or harbors is that ok. so what happened in brussels were interesting because for a number of years camp campaigners. groups have been raising the issue of that statue from the public debates have been online petitions the been the baits in the town hall and basically there's a lot of people frustrated by plans not to to it taken from seriously round listens to concerns around colson and his links to trade and the way he treated a lot of 100 fans of people on the plantations and slave ships so i think this was like the ultimate speech people there were i'm a certain that this been taken a number of years for people to get to reconcile what caused the dead and loss leave the impacts of what happened over the weekend a lot people took into the hands the band the senior fellow at the cato institute defacing and vandalizing a plane a

situation, we've gone through the after math of diallo and we went through crown heights, the gavin cato death and then we went through the aftermath of crown heights. it was a whole report done on crown heights that studied what happened, there was four or five days of riots. so we have done this. this is been there and done that for police. the police officers know how to do it. these are the best. now, a police officer needs support. they need the right deployment, they need to be empowered, they need the capacity to do their job and know they're backed out and if they're out there they could do what they have to do. if they have to arrest somebody, they have to arrest somebody and they have to have the right gear. so they have to get the support that they need. but they're -- it is not about the nypd. and by the way, one other point, forget everything else, it is about getting results, right. i'm here to get things done and make life better for people. we got results. last night was a much, much better night than the night before. so it worked. we got results. let's just remember wha

what happened over the weekend a lot people took into the hands the band the senior fellow at the cato institute defacing and vandalizing a plane a statue of winston churchill who was voted in 2002 by british people as the greatest britain who ever lived what's your take on that. well the challenge here is that most historical figures are flawed churchill is one church played an extraordinary role in world war 2 his attitudes on colonialism the role of india and other issues were far less fashionable these days so it's a complex legacy i think it's fine to rethink history but it's a reason it should be done legally it should be done thoughtfully you know confederate figures are all over the southern united states it makes sense to change that because of a changing political system it's $150.00 or more years later now after that conflict but still almost any historical figure think of napoleon he plunged of the continent of europe into war he's still venerated you know by the french you know george washington america's 1st president was a slave owner you know so the flaws are manifest i

but cato another story we're closely following today more than 9. trips stationed in germany. made the order after accusing berlin 'd of being delinquent. to the nato security. or. but the only countries that hasn't agreed to pay what they're supposed to pay is germany so i said until they pay we're removing our soldiers a number of our soldiers by about half donald trump not happy with germany when it comes to well as far as he sees that not paying its way when it comes to nato the u.s. president saying he's ready to remove half of the u.s. troops that are currently stationed in germany now the figure at the donald trump put forward is around 52000 u.s. troops that's quite a bit higher than the official figures we have for how many people are stationed. what we suggest is included in there is defense department civilian contractors anyway he wants to see that number could down 225000 the reason is well donald trump's nose is being put out of joint by angle of merkel food over 2 key issues one on trade with the u.s. president thinks germany is tress the united states very badl

to resign the process they're encouraged by the opposition leader mahmoud dicko those who oppose cato accuse him of corruption and failing to contain violence armed groups the west african country has been engaged in civil war since 2012 and cater has promised to hold talks to establish a unity government is following developments from senegal's capital jakarta. the west african body echo was sent a high delegation. to the capital bamako to try to mediate what seems to be intensifying conflict part of this delegation we have the foreign minister of nigeria i rico and the air and the head the commission head of echo was to try to find some sort of agreement between the 2 parties because the protest the protestors are gaining momentum now there's less people than last week partly because people couldn't afford to come to the capital bamako from the countryside and because of the security situation but still we have thousands of people on the streets of moscow protesting asking for president. to once again resign so it seems that the concessions that the president had made on tuesday rai

resigning is not the solution today i think the mauling people have to get together ibrahim hooper carr cato's one of us the people elected him for 5 years we will respect what has been done by the people we will help him so that he can take the right path. since then attacks by the eisel affiliate islamic state in the greater sahara and al-qaeda have increased and the president is accused of embezzling millions of dollars from state coffers. is calling on people to unite against the president among the protesters are teachers who have not been paid for months displaced families fleeing the violence and the political opposition accusing the president of cheating during the last parliamentary elections as a response kate a says he's willing to dissolve the newly appointed national assembly and he's offering a pay rise to teachers he's also calling for a unity government to address the growing discontent but for kamara it's too late with no peace in sight he believes president needs to go he says the future of mali is at stake nicholas hawke al-jazeera. mexico is reported to record rise in the n

now, go to the website of things like the american enterprise institute and the cato institute and the heritage foundation but it pains me to say that. you tell me if at this moment they seem like organizations that are really worried about the survival of the free market capitalism and the constitution at all for that matter. instead, they seem more worried about signing people up to go on the next high dollar event at a swanky resort. they think they can sit this out, this fight out and that the system will still be there again when they raise their heads. >> we have a great country. the greatest country on earth. we have a heritage. we have a history. and we should learn from the history. and if you don't understand your history, you will go back to it again. you will go right back to it. you have to learn. >> laura: we can learn from the founders. we can learn from the greatest generation and the reagan era with a stand against evil and triumphant. we are seeing more and more american families and americans and students finally starting to see what is at stake at this current crisi

how we fix this challenge and i think that it -- cato institute did a wonderful piece saying reform requiresnational policing standards and i think they're right. if you have minimum standards with the use to excessive force you can avoid these incidents where people lose their lives because of the lack of any kind of a policing standard >> so maybe i guess to phrase it back to how this plays out because this does coincide with an election cycle is that an issue that perspective president biden could take you think and have a lot of success with is that an issue that someone in congress looking to flip control or is in a tight race to become a champion of what cause like that do you think it becomes one of these issues that we hear and propels people to the polls months from now? >> well, this is one of the times when, kelly, doing the right thing could also be doing the politically expedient thing because clearly this is something this needs to be addressed right now. it is not enough to be angry and much more important to address it and fix the problem and for any member of congress, for a

like qualified immunity that conservatives and democrats on both sides of the aisle, folks from the cato institute, clarence thomas. conservative organization after conservative organization say the obvious, that no one should be shielded from accountability when they're violating the civil rights of another american. we have a bill that calls for climate change, that will protect lives and practices that have killed americans, create accountability and transparency into departments and make sure no one in our country is above the law. this is not a time for half steps and half measures. it is not a time to nibble around the edges. it's not a time to find the lowest common denominator. it's not a time where so many americans feel a met forrical knee on the neck of justice, for us to pull our knee halfway off that neck and call it progress, no. this is a time for us to do what is right and necessary to end the kind of violence and murder and unaccountability that we see that is too endemic in our nation. so this is the truth. the measures in this bill will pass. congress will one day get

. >> guest: are we a cato? >> host: yes. >> guest: soap pope john paul ii and 92 said paradoxically galileo proved himself more perspicacious on this issue that is theological adversaries. the majority of theologians did not receive the form of distinction between itself and its interpretation. basically the pope completely agreed with galileo but it took some 350 years for that to happen. pope francis, here i am with the pope it's not the real pope it is a cardboard image of the pope. it looks very real. this is of the capital and pope francis also said the big bank does not contradict the divine act of creating evolution and nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation. so two popes now basically agreed there is nothing. i wonder now, i want to tell you about galileo. but the book is called galileo and the science deniers. like i said one of the reasons i wrote the book, one of the main reasons is because we are unfortunate in conquering science denial today. i want to give you one very clear exampl

there are conservative judges that want to deal with the qualified immunity, the cato institute.key to any vision of what reform might look like. >> stephen: speaking of reform, some people are calling for defunding the police. i hear demilitarize the police, restructure the police, sometimes abolish the police. what does defunding the police mean, in your understanding, and do you think that's the right way to describe how the police can best be reformed? >> yes, it's been interesting to see this phrase "defund the police" makes many people very anxious and nervous -- >> stephen: when you say defund the fire department, they think fires are just going to burn. >> but that's not what it means. what it means is really we need now, this is our opportunity to do something long overdue which is to fundamentally reimagine what public safety looks like in this country, and what we have done is we have turned over to arme law enforcement officers the right to enter our communities to solve a set of community conflict that actually don't require an armed officer. your child that suffers

. >> roger pelon, a con scholar at the cato institute.his arguments first the n constitution d the city as a federal district. the law argues that only a constitution amendment not congress can make it a state. then there's the 23rd amendment whic giveshe district electoral votes for president. but that would conflict with the electoral votes a new state would get separately. >> in other words for the president that 23rd amendment would have to b repealed and you can't do that through mere etatute. you have to h a constitutionalal amendment to repeal a constitutional amendment. >> holmes norton concedes that should be rerepeal. but the city can be a state first and that cgress can do . . >> now, it is true that the to do this capital city. what and so it gave jurthdiction over congress. well, the congress is taking action now. it is takin action make the district the 51st state. >> both ackwledge one towering obstacle to statehood, politics. >> it' always partisan. and because the district is largely democratic city, you cep expectlicans

cato, i want to start with you. your reaction to this reporting from the washing fon post.here were 12,000 according to their reporting stickers placed to space people out. they could have left the stickers there. they could have filled the seats between the stickers, but they had them remofld. your thoughts. >> it's disappointing. good morning, by the way. thank you so much for having me. this is disappointing. the social distancing stickers is a great idea, right? this is what we want to be doing. we want to encourage people to social distance, wear a mask, hand hygiene, all of the preventative measures. we know what science says. the science says that social distancing among the things mentioned are the things we need to be doing. removing the stickers -- it's disappointing. we need to enforce that and remind people to distance where possible. i go to the local drugstore, even in the building i live in, in philadelphia, there are social distancing stickers on the floor telling you where to stand, wait for elevators. where to stand in line to check out your food at the lo

bay, we'll have a few 80's for inland areas and down into the south bay or san jose campbell most cato's well he tries to 80 degrees later today. same for you in livermore wall surrounding parts of the tri valley, mostly in the mid to upper 70's, richmond berkeley oakland, san leandro all mid to upper 70's for you. our warmest spots up in solano county will be vacaville an antioch 86 degrees each. well a few 60's out along the coast. tomorrow's daytime high of around the same as today all across the bay whether you're at the coast or inland. wednesday's and we start to see temperatures climbing thursday and friday last couple days this spring and going out on the warm know before we kick off summer in the low 90's inland on saturday. daria thanks john it's 9.16 and new this morning an arrest was made of for the shooting of 2 chp officers in san leandro they were in their patrol car they were can't. >>but somebody fired at their car. and they think it came from this black mercedes van and there were 2 guns as you can see found they say in that van. the shooting happened early yesterday mo

. >> desjardins: roger pilon is a constitutional scholar at the cato institute. two of his arguments? first, the constitution defines the city as a federal district.s pilon arhat only a constitutional amendme, notke congress, can t a state. then there's the 23rd amendment, which gives the district electoral votes for president. but that would conflict with the electoral votes a new state would get separately, and could >> in otr words, for the president, that 23rd amendment would have to be repealed. and you can't do that through mere statute. you have to have constitutional amendment to repeal a constitutional amendment. >> desjardins: eleanor holmes norton concedes that amendment should be repealed, but says the city can become a state first, and that congress can do it. >> now, it is true that theer frdidn't quite know what to do with this capital city, and so it gave jurisdiction ove. the congre well, the congress is taking action now and it is taking action to make the district fifty first state. >> desjardins: both acdge one towering obstacle to statehood:

cato, tower, tom and phoebe. these individuals were important to abigail adams's early life. we try and commemorate them and honor their memory by researching their lives, incorporating information about their lives into our tours, and also offering a program on early new england slavery every year. and so, this year, we are very pleased to be able to have jared hardesty join us. i wanted jared to speak for us since his first book came out, "unfreedom, slavery, independence in 18th-century boston," and this year, the stars have aligned, so jared is an associate professor at western washington university, and he is the author of "black lives, native lands, white worlds, a history of slavery in new england," and i welcome you to give jared a warm welcome. [applause] jared: good evening, everyone. thank you for coming. thank you to the hingham historical society and deidra and michael and everyone here. this place is really swanky. it is really nice. and also to the board of the abigail adams historical society/birthplace. i was told to say slash birthplace. it is a great honor

well we're getting reports from cato is suggesting that the talks between have to and seize on also. the church and this this the speaker of the parliament which is allied with the world have to the talks will start so on. hit in the west of libya. they do not rely on these talks as you know. the government to camp does not trust egypt specially given the fact that the egyptian regime. has been a major supporter of the world honey for have to in fact the government of national accord accuses him of violating the united nations security council arms embargo imposed on libya since 2011 by supplying good civil types of weapons including heavy weapons and ammunition to the warlords have to the egyptian border. and to libyan borders. dejection is not trusted by the government of national court in fact the military commanders of the government here on the ground when we speak to them and front lines they say that they cannot accept any peace deal that has egypt as a mediator to end the conflict in libya so the government of russia called here as you know that it has a previous experience w

more so-called controversial elements ofhis bill by qualiats on both sides of hour folks from the cato institute, from clarenc use conservative organizations after conservative organization say theco obvious that no one should be selded from accountability when they are violating the civil rights of another american. we have a bill that calls will protect lives and practices that have killed americans, creator accoun and transparency in departments and make sure that no one in our country is above the law. this is not a time for half steps and half measures. it is not a time tw nibble around the edges. it's not a time to find the lowest common denominator. it's not a time where so manyneed on t for to pull our knee happened off the neck and call progress. no. this is time for us to do what is right and necessary to end the kind of violence and murder murder and unaccountability we see that is to endemic in our nation. and so this is of the will congress will one day get this right. the provisions injustice policing act i'm confident that when the inli this country will ban rel profili

resigning is not the solution today i think the moline people have to get together ibrahim boubacar cato's one of us the people elected him for 5 years we will respect what has been done by the people we will help him so that he can take the right path. since then attacks by the eisel affiliate islamic state in the greater sahara and al-qaeda have increased and the president is accused of embezzling millions of dollars from state coffers now is calling on people to unite against the president among the protesters are teachers who have not been paid for months displaced families fleeing the violence and the political opposition accusing the president of cheating during the last parliamentary elections as a response kato says he's willing to dissolve the newly appointed national assembly and he's offering a pay rise to teachers he's also calling for a unity government to address the growing discontent but for kamara it's too late with no peace in sight he believes president needs to go he says the future of mali is at stake nicholas hawke al-jazeera. video has emerged of an interview recorde

like qualified immunity that conservatives and democrats on both sides of the aisle, folks from the cato institute, from clarence thomas. you see, conservative -- you see conservative organization to conservative organization say the obvious, that no one should be shielded from accountability when they are violating the civil rights of another americ american. we have a bill that calls for change, that will protect lives and practices that have killed americans, create accountability and transparency into departments, and make sure that no one in our country is above the law. this is not a time for half steps and half measures. it is not a time to nibble around the edges. it's not a time to find the lowest common denominator. it's not a time where so americans feel a metaphor cal need on -- metaphorical need on the neck of justice, for us to pull our knee half off of that neck and call it progress. no. this is a time for us to do what is right and necessary to end the kind of violence and murder and unaccountability that we see that is too endemic in our nation. and so this is the truth.

bedroom windows and to the defendant's home and the defendant moves to suppress and including the cato institute and other organizations seek to participate as friends of the court in support of that motion to dismiss. you're saying that the direct court wouldn't have authority to grant those motions? >> no. i'm saying that he doesn't have authority to appoint an amicus to do the job that the government would have done if the government chose to continue the prosecution. >> can appoint a motion, but the cou court can't do it on its own motion? >> no, i'm saying the court cannot substitute its role for that of the government. i can't take the place of the attorney general or appoint someone to take the place of the attorney general. that's precisely what the judge rejected. he can't go outside of his lane to appoint somebody to do the job -- >> the order appointing the amicus appointed him to present arguments in opposition to the government's motion to dismiss. that's all that it says in that paragraph. how is that violating article ii, to appoint someone to present arguments in opposi

on qualified immunity, i was looking at a document from the cato institute listing a whole bunch of otherthink it's outrageous that we are a country where you can violate another person's civil rights and you cannot be held accountable through a 1983 civil rights claim. it's unconscionable to me. and the stories of failed attempts in civil court to sue somebody, shields are stunning. pregnant woman in washington, seven months pregnant, dragged out into the streets by police, tased three times. shielded by qualified immunity. a man in a utah hospital suffered from pneumonia, delirio delirious, stumbling around, shot by police. i could go through these cases that are heartbreaking and painful. the thought we don't have the ability to hold those officers accountable, either through qualified immunity on the civil side or the criminal side is unconscionable. let me say this. if there is no accountability, there will be no change. if officers know they can do things that are so far against our community standards but know they won't face criminal or civil penalties, there will be no change. >>

from the cato institute and the koch foundation on the right, the aclu in the naacp on the left. study after study has shown that qualified immunity allows egregious misconduct to go unpunished and unaddressed, even when a court finds an officer's conduct violates the constitution, even if the court finds an officer's conduct violates the constitution, he cannot be held liable under the doctrine of qualified immunity. we must get rid of this egregious and horrible doctrines. it's one of the key points of the bill. it's one of the key ways in which we can crack down on police brutality, in which we can crack down on the kind of misconduct that victimized george floyd and all the other people that we talked about here today. so i very much oppose this amendment and i urge everyone to vote against it. it's probably the most pernicious amendment we may see. i yield back. who seeks recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> first, i want to echo the sentiments of my colleagues and give my condolences and thoughts and prayers of my family to the

the cato institute and the coke foundation on the right, the aclu in the naacp on the left. egregious misconduct to go unpunished and not addressed, even when a court finds an officer's conduct violates the constitution, even if the court finds it bonded the constitution, he cannot be felt -- cannot be held liable under the doctrine of qualified immunity. we must get rid of this egregious and horrible doctrines. it's one of the key points of the bill. it's one of the key ways in which we can crackdown on police can crackdownt we on the kind of misconduct that dignify's george floyd and all the other people that we talked about here today. so i very much oppose this amendment and i urge everyone to vote against it. it's probably the most egregious amendment we may see. i yield back. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek rick condition -- recognition? >> first, i want to echo the sentiments of my colleague and give my condolences and thoughts and prayers to the family of representative bar and representative sensenbrenner in the loss of their lives. i can imagi

from the cato institute and the koch foundation on the right, the aclu in the naacp on the left. study after study has shown that qualified immunity allows egregious misconduct to go unpunished and unaddressed, even when a court finds an officer's conduct violates the constitution, even if the court finds an officer's conduct violates the constitution, he cannot be held liable under the doctrine of qualified immunity. we must get rid of this egregious and horrible doctrines. it's one of the key points of the bill. it's one of the key ways in which we can crack down on police brutality, in which we can crack down on the kind of misconduct that victimized george floyd and all the other people that we talked about here today. so i very much oppose this amendment and i urge everyone to vote against it. it's probably the most pernicious amendment we may see. i yield back. who seeks recognition? for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> first, i want to echo the sentiments of my colleagues and give my condolences and thoughts and prayers of my family to the