you're on with author eric posner. >> caller: yes, hi, mr. posner. first off, let me say that the concept of the tie you're wearing came from the galatians, and it was first used as a handkerchief. but my question to you is what does religion have to do with international law? i mean, how can countries, states come together with the belief system that was brought to us for people who believe that the earth was flat? and how can we get a movement to get rid of -- [inaudible] that's one of my questions. thank you. >> host: any answer for that caller? >> guest: well -- [laughter] maybe at a more general level maybe what the caller's question illustrates is the tremendous diversity of opinion not just in this country, but around the world. this is one of the reasons why it's so difficult for countries to get together and agree on international law, because legal, any kind of legal enactment assumes something like a consent, at least the majority, usually more of the majority. so even within a particular state where, you know, people generally have simila

eric posner is our guest. next call comes from freeland, michigan, please, go ahead. >> caller: yes, sir. thank you very much, gentlemen. i'd like to ask about something you talked about a little bit before about supreme court, and the politicizing of it, legging from the bench -- legislating from the bench i guess. these people make political decisions, not really above politics or anything like that. shouldn't they have suggested this? shouldn't they basically be elected like other politicians? would that make more sense? i was wondering what he thinking of those kinds of ideas. thank you very much. >> yeah, well interestingly in many, i think in most states, judges are elected including the, you know, the high court judges and the states who make institutional decisions, and i do find the idea of electing judges appealing or not as outrageous as most lawyers do, and i find it appealing for the reasons you give. that said, you know, i don't think it really works for the national government. for one thing, we

it's hard to say. >> host: next call for eric posner comes from bellville, illinois. good afternoon to you. >> caller: good afternoon. thanks for taking my call. professor posner, i was one of your students at the george mason university law and economics program in california, and you were excellent. and it's great to hear you again. my question is, what is your opinion and critique of the international criminal court, and do you think that we should ratify the treaty and be participants in it? >> guest: okay. so the international criminal court is a court that was set up in 1999. it went into operation in 2002. and what it's supposed to do is, um, be a court that can hear charges against anybody anywhere in the world for violating an international crime. genocide, a violation of the laws of war and so forth. i've been critical of this court. i understand the humanitarian impulse behind it. it's just not clear to me that it makes sense or that it would work in the manner that is intended. and here is why. so when we have domestic -- we have criminal courts in a domest

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your questions for eric psner. -- posner. he will take your calls later tv.y on c-span 2's book >> rick santorum was among the speakers at the faith and freedom conference. the group is holding a meeting in washington, d.c. he is expected to announce his candidacy on monday. we will also hear from michigan congressman mcartor and sector a state can blackwell. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. ll. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. ♪ [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. it is great to be here. it is even better that you are here. it is vitally important that you are here. greg referred to the time magazine article, which still cannot figure out being one of the top 25 most influential evangelicals and america. i was, because of is doing what you are doing, coming here to washington d.c. and standing up for the values that made this country the greatest country in the history of the world. [applause] people say that as someone who was a leader on both issues, when i talked to the media now as i travel around the