the first major witch hunt of homosexuals occurred at a naval base in 1919 when franklin delano roosevelt was the assistant secretary of the navy. but what i found so interesting in my research is that whenever there was a war going on, the regulations against homosexuals serving were not entirely eradicated, but i think that examiners sort of turned a blind eye to the tact that one was -- to the fact that one was homosexual. and as soon as wars were over, peak periods of witch hunting of homosexual military people began. this was true, for instance, during world war ii. there were many homosexuals serving in the military. examine ors actually looked for people who claimed they were homosexual and weren't and had claimed they were homosexual as a way of getting out of service. [laughter] but those who truly were homosexual were able to serve, and many of them did serve. right after the war when fewer military personnel was needed, then the terrible witch hunts began of homosexuals in the military. >> host: well, let's hear there our callers who were watching the panel, and let's start wit

think a little bit about alexander hamilton and james madison and martin luther king and franklin delano rooseveltnd ronald reagan, all of whom were in their different ways careful about thunderous applause and insistent that we the people value liberty and its blessings and our system of separation of powers more than we value you know, catering to a mood on a thursday or a wednesday. >> powerful insights. let me go to your book #"#republic," our founding fathers created a "#republic" that was supposed to be a deliberative democracy. we have anything but these days. it's more of a direct democracy. what do you make of the shift we've made and the kind of democracy we see afoot? >> well, you're exactly right. what our constitution is supposed to do is prize two things. one is accountability, that's democracy as we now understand it and the other is kind of reflection and reason giving in trying to make sure that you have good grounds for doing something. that's the deliberative part. there is a risk these days that we have democracy in a kind of populist sense without prizing deliberation in a kin

can you imagine franklin delano roosevelt in world war ii and now seeing d-day until it determines whore leaving the same time. so i can tell you out on the ground we immediately felt the effects of this notion of america's leading, america is turning its back in america's not going to lead in the world anymore. in my own experience, i've been working with a mask and older for the better part of a year. i drink so much tea with this man to build a relationship. a week after president obama's announced that, he looked me in the eye and fed me, my tried and make it 1000 fighters that i wanted working with us and not the bad guys, we can support you anymore. take this message back to washington. i think this is illustrative of what we are dealing with now. until you're prepared to commit your grandchildren. not your children, but your grandchildren to stand shoulder to shoulder with meg or in children and fight islamic extremism, you will never be successful here. every 15 years and russia not yes. are we in for a lot more fighting and do we need a long-term strategy to undermine the ideo

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she was florence allen, appointed by franklin delano roosevelt to the court of appeals for the sixth circuit. by the time i got to law school, she was retired and then there were none. today, about half the nation's law students and more than one third of our federal judges are women, including three of the nine seated on the u.s. supreme court bench. women hold more than 30% of u.s. law school ean ships and serve as general counsel to took quite work -- to 24% of fortune 500 companies. in my long life, i have seen great changes. how fortunate i was to be a live and a lawyer when for the first time in u.s. history it became possible to urge successfully the owe qual statuscitizens of stature of men and women. now there is a page out of place. bear with me and moment. should be not too far from here. if it is skipped, we will go on to he next one. when i speak about teachers who influenced or encouraged me in my growing up years, at cornell university, the european literature professor vladimir knockoff -- nabokov. words could paint pictures i learned from him. choosing the right word

franklin delano roosevelt when he became a judge he also became one of the fiercest critics of executivepower. as a judge. because he knew the difference in roles that we serve. and he said they changes in an orchard. i believe that. and i've seen it. i have seen so many fine lawyers go on to be very fine judges. and put aside the personal points of view. with their clients perspectives and woodside they served on boards of client they serve and become neutral, fair judges. at least that is what i have aspired to be for the last 10 years. >> i think you have accomplished that. yesterday senator -- spoke to you about the need to teach civic -- perhaps the most prominent theme this week has been the separation of powers. using yesterday and i agree, that the separation of powers is critically important but seems to have done lost. judge, judges do not exist to work in a vacuum doing whatever they want to do. they exist and work as a system of government and therefore must do what they're supposed to do. the role of judges in the system is by design. and that design has a purpose. described

and i can tell you that on behalf of john dingell, president -- ted kennedy, president franklin delano roosevelt, and the generations of other leaders who fought for the right of every american for equality, affordable health care, we cannot let you take health care away from people who need it most. and we will not go down without a fight. yield back. mr. walden: the gentlelady yields back. are there any members on the majority side seeking recognition? seeing none, any other -- any on the democratic side? was that a yes? the gentleman from iowa. mr. loebsack. mr. loebsack: thank you, mr. chairman. today we're kg a bill that will rip quality care from iowans. this legislation works to repeal the affordable care act which has helped iowans get back on their feet. provided quality health care to thousands of iowa families. under the affordable care act, 255,000 uninsured iowans gained expanded health insurance options both through medicaid and private health plans within the marketplace. additionally, hundreds of thousands of iowans have gained coverage for affordable preventive health care servi

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long way to go here, if he can pull it off, trump will be the most creative president since franklin delano rooseveltstuart: wow, quite a statement. we'll leave it at that. newt, appreciate it this morning. >> thank you. stuart: i've got to move on to attorney general jeff sessions. according to "the washington post," he spoke twice to the russian ambassador during the campaign. he told congress he had not spoken to the russians. the left is calling for his regul regular-- resignation. chaffetz said, ag should clarify and recuse himself. stuart: give me 20 seconds what's going on here. >> if he spoke to the russian ambassador about the campaign, that would be an unlawful conversation because that would be facilitating a foreign government influencing an american election. if he spoke to him about anything in his capacity as a member of the united states senate, a member of the foreign relations committee, that would be a perfectly lawful conversation. the problem is when he was asked by the senate judiciary committee which was then considering his nomination to be attorney general, did he speak to th