and i look at institutions like the center for constitutional rights and its emblematic leader, david cole, and i ask, well, what is the motive? no more exalted than is necessary to explain his behavior, and that is that he hates war, he hates the use of force, and he isn't particularly fond of the government of the united states. and i think those things are all at work here. and, therefore, what do i recommend? what would i like to happen? what i would like to happen is that we could return to a simpler time when a simple code enacted by a great and decent man, abraham lincoln, would be enough. is it enough? i'm afraid not. but what we're left with is a absolute monstrosity which is so powerfully described in this book. >> thank you, charles. [laughter] >> charles, i wish you would say what you really think. [laughter] >> next time. >> so this is a tremendous book. it is a pleasure to read. every page has insights in it. i'm just going to highlight a couple of themes that are related to but maybe beyond, actually, what jack already summarized and ask a couple of questions. so the su

pretrial publicity order are all argued and decided in secret now it wasn't just the center for constitutional rights that took part the petitioners included amy goodman glenn greenwald joined us on having got stolen and jeremy scahill those people that i would argue fight for more transparency and more honesty in our political culture and our criminal justice proceedings on a daily basis but this week however the petitioners got an answer from the court of appeals and the answer was a simple no no explanation as to why just a one line answer considering the way the government the military been handling manning's case thus far can really say it's a surprise but that does not mean that it isn't a huge blow and i've said this many times but after looking at so many of the arguments out there in the media just reading comments from people on you tube and on twitter it's pretty clear that i need to explain it again this petition has nothing to do with how you feel about bradley manning or wiki leaks or the leaking of documents in general i have seen so many responses from those that are in a blind fit of

york by shayana kadidal, attorney for the guantanamo global justice initiative at the center for constitutional rights. this represented many of the prisoners in guantanamo. in london, we're joined by investigative journalist andy worthington, who's latest piece is called, "guantanamo scandal: the 40 prisoners still held but cleared for release at least five years ago." he reports in the that of the 169 prisoners still held, over half, 87 in total, were cleared for release by president obama's guantanamo review task force. he's the author of the book, "the guantanamo files: the stories of the 774 detainees in america's illegal prison." he is co-director of the film, "outside the law: stories from guantanamo's." shayana kadidal, a first response to yesterday's supreme court ruling. >> i think in practical ways it marks the end of the guantanamo litigation that began more than 10 years ago. it has been for years since the supreme court decided the guantanamo case and since then, detainee's have won about two- thirds of their challenges in the trial courts, but the circuit court of appeals between the su

the center for constitutional rights filed a petition on half of the police and founder and five journalistsho says it will appeal the ruling to the military's highest court. >>> health officials say food poisoning is likely not the reason why several students became sick at george mason university. more than 40 students participating in a summer program reported symptoms including nausea, stomach pain and headaches. the group likely contracted a viral disease. students may have spread the illness by touching a germy surfa surface. >> we see it throughout the year. primarily during the winter months and early spring months. so, you know, it's possible to see it this time of the year in the summer, as well. >> students were at gmu with the congressional award foundation. their summer program ended yesterday. >>> twitter is facing some backlash after the social media website was hit with two service outages. the outage began just before noon with limited service returning an hour later only to go out for a second time. twitter's public relations account later tweeted the issue with caused by a

all of this is michael ratner a lawyer for joining us anjan president emeritus of the center for constitutional rights michael welcome. tom it's good to be with you and good to hear such a accurate summary of the case very unusual among any journalist i know well if thank you for that validation i'm glad we got our facts right if julian songe is he's concerned that if he's actually dated to sweden the they're going to ship him off to the united states how valid or legitimate is that concern and what might he expect to happen if he is extradited from sweden to the united states. julian masonic didn't have any really good choices after he lost the high court case in england that ordered his extradition to sweden has two choices were to basically be arrested and taken to sweden by july seventh and then in sweden is he as you said he was facing allegations of sexual abuse and rape under under swedish law but that you know i don't think that was his worry at all i don't think that would have been sufficient for him to make what was a very difficult choice to go into the ecuadorian embassy see if they give

the center for constitutional rights and other groups have been fighting these subpoenas and other issues arising from the investigation in multiple us. u.s. officials have said in open court that the f.b.i. file about the investigation is now reached forty two sounds and one hundred thirty five pages the u.s. department of justice it made yesterday that its investigation into wiki leaks proceeds. it is only a matter of time before u.s. authorities begin extradition proceedings against julian and other leading members of wiki leaks and various churches including conspiracy. to commit espionage. there a credible report field indictment has already been against made. mr assange. under u.s. law a sealed indictment can only be made public once mr science is in custody. for us official to otherwise acknowledge the existence of a sealed indictment is a criminal offense. the independent newspapers diplomatic correspondent reported that informal talks between the u.s. and sweden have been conducted. it should be made clear what would happen if julian was extradited to the united states. the unite

might be in store for the world's most famous whistleblower with michael ratner from the center for constitutional rights and a legal advisor to julian assange and wiki leaks i live in new york i find becoming a naughty today is so from a legal point of view is this request for political political asylum effectively the last chance for a sandwich do you think. you know i really appreciate our coverage of this i do want to emphasize something that your reporter said in her last part of her interview which is this was really not about going to sweden taking asylum or trying to get asylum in ecuador was not about really sweet if the u.s. tomorrow said we're not going to indict julius onj we haven't indicted julian assange i don't think there'd be any issue i think doing this on it would go to sweden it answer whatever questions whatever happened there would be the beginning of the end of that matter and that would be what this was about was once julian assange gets extradited to sweden and he had to be there by july seventh he goes into a prison in suite that's automatic they don't have bail for this kind o

turn back the wheels here a little of that and so i've signed onto a petition with the center for constitutional rights and others are signed on are going greenwald jeremy scahill amy goodman of democracy now chase made our who wrote a book called the passion of bradley manning and there are others julian simon wiki leaks are also signed on and we've decided that we want to be able to see everything that is a legal document in this case that would be in a database that would give us access and we could see why the government is arguing what it does if you plainly what they are doing to convict bradley manning. what you know right now about the case and about bradley manning do you think that he compromise national security with the leaks well so far they haven't produced a single piece of evidence that shows that there's been any damage or impacts and in fact what was shared today in the hearing is that the files that have been turned over there has been some evidence that has been turned over to the defense and these materials from twenty eight agencies are usually one to two pages and they say no dam

asylum in the ecuador embassy, we're joined by michael ratner, president emeritus of the center for constitutional rightslawyer for julian assange and wikileaks. welcome to "democracy now!" talk about this surprise move of julian assange. >> i was completely surprised. in fact, i got a text message from you that said, michael, julian assange has gone to the ecuadoran embassy. it surprised me. but if you look at what he was facing, i have been very and upset and nervous since he lost the decision in the high court of england on june 14. he is about to be extradited to sweden. sweden does not have bail. these are on allegations of sex charges. allegations, no charges. but despite that, he would have been in prison in sweden. at that point, our view is there was a substantial chance the u.s. would ask for his extradition to the u.s.. you have him walking the streets and london under a bill condition, going to a jail in sweden where he is in prison. the u.s. false extradition. whatever time it takes him to fight the extradition in sweden, he is taken to the u.s. there's no chance to make political asylum app

lawyers for the center for constitutional rights once the immediate release of over 500 prisoners from solitary confinement and general improvement in living conditions. >> another case of bullying on school grounds as one north a community demanding action. the second case in just a few weeks. some parents say that the district is not doing enough. >> as the academic year warrants to a close, this is the last thing the vallejo school district wanted to see. another bullying beat down captured on video. this time a 12 year-old, seen here in purple, attacked in a bathroom admit the middle school two weeks ago. >> if i did not get out of the bathroom it would really try and hurt me. >> earlier this week another videotaped beating surfaced. this has parents questioning how much control the school has over the students. >> there's too much violence. we too much policing. >> her son was attacked recently. suffered convulsions from his injuries and his attacker? >> the child is already back. he bullies my son and is back in school. he got suspended one day. >> it is very important that the s

and by the way, candy, the aclu and others, center for constitutional rights and others on the left haveriticized the obama administration for having this targeted secret program. >> mary, do you think former president carter is out of line for this criticism? there's -- there is a way to do this. and there is a small number of commanders in chiefs -- and the way they do it, and they do all communicate, is one he's never chosen. he did one good thing if he hired donna, but he has never brought his concerns -- i shouldn't say he never has, but he likes to get in these forms. and he likes to pop off. and it's very unhelpful to any president of either party. and in this case this is difficult. this drone policy is difficult. instead of offering suggestions privately or saying how can we help mitigate some of the issues that donna raised with the left, he just goes and -- it's like a show-off thing. he's been doing it for 30 years. and, yes, i do think it's out of line. the way in which he expresses himself in that small club that largely respects each other and hasn't -- no one else has beh

constitution was centered around its bill of rights. while washington took the oath of office, two states, new york and virginia were agitating for a new constitutional convention. in the words of james madison and george washington, they were terrified at this prospect it would be in full treated by members of the government and would be scrapped and done away with never to come together again. >>> for the next half hour book tv attends a party for the publication of buchanan's book bay and her boys unexpected lessons learned as a single mom. david norquist, denis stevens, ronald kessler and peter at americans for tax reform here in washington. >> it's wonderful being back here. >> [inaudible conversations] >> actually, it's two months of work in the first chapter and then about february. st. through september and then on a committed it in september and came back and said my gosh another six to eight weeks. >> i expected more on those books on worked on. >> she threw them in the air and said what is this this doesn't go here. she sits on the second chapter then we have the reasoning for putting in the punch holding off once we got on a

for this entire continent. james monroe represented his objection to the constitution was centered around missing a bill of rights. while washington took the oath of office, two states, new york and virginia, were agitating for a new constitutional convention. in the words of james madison and george washington, they were terrified at this process. they believed it would be infiltrated by enemies of the new government, and that the constitutional would would be scrapped when done away with. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> pulitzer prize winner david maraniss visited places like kenya and kansas to examine president obama's family tree. book tv will give you a preview with exclusive pictures and video, including our trip to kenya with the author in january, 2010. join us june 17, at 6:00 p.m. eastern. later that same night, your phone calls, e-mails and tweets

constitutional free speech rights. the high court dismissed a case centering on whether home buyers can sue banks and title companies for kick-backs even if they weren't harmed. justices essentially said the issue needs to be hashed out more in lower courts. as we told you moments ago, attorney general eric holder has been held in contempt of congress. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has the latest. good evening. >> reporter: there was drama, emotion and a fierce argue in the the house of representatives. in the end, house republicans and 17 democrats in one vote, 21 democrats in the other, provided more than enough votes to take a huge step. >> the yeas 258, nays are 95, with five voting present. the resolution is agreed to. >> historic day as attorney general eric holder became the first sitting cabinet member to be held in contempt of congress. there were two resolutions, one criminal, one civil. holder responded strongly after the vote, suggesting his republican critics focused on politics other than public safety. >> it's political theater for the mind of some but in base it's a crass effort and grav

center insurance. we didn't like the law. obviously, the supreme court needed to do what it thought was right from a constitutional point of view, but governor romney continues to be foro get health insurance who don't have it and for getting the economy going so people have jobs and can buy health insurance. >> does this basically affirm, we have heard a number of times and there's some new sound that was uncovered from theç govern after the massachusetts health care law came to be, he in the past support an individual mandate. now, based on what the supreme court has said, are you willing to move on? >> the governor had his own health care plan, was a mandate august state mandate. we want to move on in the sense we want to move on to a program that will really help people witho without. why do we need to throw millions of people off their insurance if they are happy? we don't. 'we need an economy moving so the government can help people unsponsored. >> starting to hear again already and stay with us, please, senator talent, from others, including the republican governors association chairman, bob mcdonnell. this is what we would have expected to hear from him. toda

for you. >> i like that. >> stephanie: all right. we have doug kendall coming up, president of the constitution center to talk about all of the latest.ecision. let me give you a roundup of what we did get today. it doubled down on citizens united today by a ruling against the montana state law that would limit corporate campaign spending. it was a 5-4 decision with the same conservative judges that ruled for unlimited spending in 2010. ignoring the liberal justices on the court who wanted to visit the idea of campaign spending limitations. the court also ruled it was unconstitutional to send as a juvenile to life without parole for murder. this is consistent with current laws that is say no death penalty for juveniles and no life without parole for other juvenile crimes that don't involve killing. >>> the supreme court also struck down most of arizona's immigration law as we've been discussing. it said okay to police having to check papers if they stop someone and have a reasonable doubt as to their legality but it said no to provisions that would make it a crime for illegal immigrants not to have their federal registration cards or