george mason said that treason is too tight and bribery is too hard to prove. we need something else. as counsel roy suggested, he said maladministration. there was debate. it was said that that would convert our system to a british system, a system of parliamentary supremacy where prime minister could be removed by vote of confidence. mason accepted that. it is not correct to say that this was left up in the air. mason withdrew the convention then moved on to bribery sufficient. other high crimes and misdemeanors is not a blank slate. the important word in the phrase is other. trees re-, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. those are the crimes that are constitutional in nature. it doesn't require statutory violations, but it must have something in common with treason and bribery. it must be a constitutional crime. something that really goes to the heart of the security of the country. host: we will take your calls for professor philip bobbitt until the top of the hour. you can call by party. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000.

so the last question inspired by denver, referencing george mason and the questioner notes george mason was a dissenter that dissent is has been a key part of the american story. but those that dissent may often be, as you mentioned, to a bench. so what is the role of dissent? and, you know, in this period of time, is there any reason to study the loyalist or even going for an. oh, absolutely. that's that's the rage now well, as you said that there are some people who don't they know everybody thinks american revolution was a good idea. i have i know people who do not think it was a good idea at all. so yeah, definitely. because studying the loyalists, it tells you something about the country that it tells us something about ourselves. because the question becomes what if someone came to you and said, you know, we're going to be in a new country, we're going to leave? what what would you do? i we all like to think people say we would have been patriots, whatever. but if posed question like that now, that would be really tough. it's tough decision. so we should definitely discover i mean

host: about 10 minutes left with charles blahous from the george mason university mercatus center, taking your phone calls. what is your work focused on at the mercatus center, what is the mercatus center? guest: it's a research institution affiliated with york mason university. we generally do research in various aspects of public policy. my research, in keeping with my work as a trustee, on the overall arches of the federal programs. a lot of work on social security, medicare, medicaid, the federal budget as a whole. host: adam is a social security recipient. good morning. caller: good morning. social security is an interesting topic. when i was teaching high school business math, i taught them about the first recipient of the social security check. they had to write an essay about social security and how it was not going to be there for them. supposedly they were supposed to get it. a couple questions. if we look at the tax on social security, started at 1984, 35% on that, adjusted now would be $99,000. another question on wep, which very few people know about. those of us that went in

he's interviedy george mason university history professor. watch book tv every sunday on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online any time at booktv.org. continues. host: joining us is congressman buddy carter. thank you for giving us your time sir. guest: thank you for having me. host: if we can start with the impeachment of mayorkas you call that your constitutional duty. guest: i don't know if you have been to the border i have been to the board eight times. the last time was last week and it is worse now than i have ever seen it. we have a secretary that is failing in his responsibility and he is responsible for this. not only the number of illegal aliens coming across the border but the drugs that are coming across the border. i am a pharmacist, we are losing 200 people every day as a result of fentanyl poisoning. if we had a plane crash and we killed 200 people we would stop every plane until we figured out what is going on. but that border is wide open. i mentioned i was at the border last week. now, there

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limit impeachment in the american constitution to treason and bribery alone, virginia delegate george mason pointed out that hastings, who had been impeached at the time, parliament is not guilty of treason. limiting impeachment to those, arguing that treason is defined in the constitution and would not reach many grave and dangerous offenses that attempts to subvert the constitution, may not be treason as the crime and. mason then moved that the convention add maladministration to the impeachment. eldridge jerry sacred -- james madison argued that the term maladministration was deviated from the more commonly recognized phrase, high crimes and misdemeanors and was so vague that it would be the equivalent to a 10 year during the pleasure of the senate. governor morris agreed with madison at which point mason withdrew his motion and substituted grounds for impeachment, quote, bribery and high crimes and misdemeanors. bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. the motion carried without any further discussion of the new phrase which ultimately became part of the constitution. here is the

to discuss all this i am joined by the executive director of the national security institute at george masony, and has also helped many intelligence positions in the u.s. government. this has been described as a last ditch attempt by julian assange to avoid extradition to the u.s. but you would like to see him return here? >> obviously. he has violated law disclosing information knowingly and conspiring with others to hack into computer systems and break passwords and the like and should face justice for those violations. caitriona: he would say he was doing that in the public interest. we saw some of what was exposed there just now and he would say that is ordinary journalistic practice and was made by his lawyers today. >> that argument has been rejected by authorities in british courts, but as you know, julian assange does not abide by the traditions of the journalistic profession, the ethics of journalistic protection, never redacted document and disclose information he knew would put people's lives at risk including other journalist and human rights activists. caitriona: the profession

proposed to limit impeachments in the constitution to treason and bribery alone, virginia delegate george masonointed out hastings who had been impeached at the time parliament is not guilty of treason. mason questioned the wisdom of limiting impeachment to those two offenses, arguing that treason is defined in the constitution as defined in constitution would not reach many great and dangerous offenses that attempts to subvert the constitution may not be treason, as defined. and that it's more necessary to extend the power of impeachment. mason then moved to add mal administration to the impeachment power and it was seconded and james madison argued that the term mal administration definite evaluated from the commonly recognized phrase high crimes and misdemeanors, was so vague a term, it would be the equivalent to a tenure during pleasure of the senate, quote of madison. governor morris agreed with madison at which point mason withdrew his motion and substituted as grounds for impeachment, quote, bribery and high crimes and misdemeanors. bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. the mot

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we also have brandan buck, a phd candidate at history at george mason university.previously, he worked as an intelligence and spatial analyst at mgh -- m-ga. he also served in the virginia army national guard with multiple tours to afghanistan. his interests include u.s.-afghan relations and the managerial state, which is setting off the libertarian sirens in me and other people in the room. his current research focuses on the domestic politics of u.s. foreign policy from 1934 to 1942. and the evolution of foreign-policy attitudes within the republican party. his report -- his work appeared in several outlets. he has a master of arts in history from georgia nation in -- george mason in 2016. with that, victoria, if you wanted to set the table for us today and tell us where you see things going. victoria: sure. thank you very much for that kind introduction. good to be with both of you. i appreciate everyone coming in person and joining us online and on c-span. for this very timely discussion of this topic that has been seething about the heritage foundation, partic

written about an extraordinary range of constitutional issues in particular as a law professor at george masonniversity. she is really a model of the kind of judge that our republic needs. we are grateful to have it with us tonight. and the american constitution. and after her remarks she and adam white of ai will have a conversation about the subject that will open things up to questions from all of you. those of you watching online you can find right next to the video you are watching the e-mail address or twitter # twitter hashtag where you can send questions. and with that, help me too welcome judge neomi rao. the floor is yours. neomi rao: thank you so much you all for that very kind introduction. it's a pleasure spit ai to give -- to be here at ai to give a lecture that so many remarkable jurists and individuals have given before me. and i ask them to help me find a joke to start off my speech. they came up with nothing. but one of them did try chat gpt and i'm not sure quite what they put in but maybe something constitutional law joke in the style of judge neomi rao and nothing was funn

why, how the concept of race emerged during the 1h century enlightenment period, he's joined by george masondule on your program guide or watch online anytime on book tv.org. >> representatives mike gallagher and r

our guest from -- and we are joined from george mason university, good morning to you both. starting with you, what would -- where you stand on the case? guest: i saw the brief. i think the court should not disqualify mr. trump in the ballot. host: why? guest: the first reason is technical. section three of the 14th amendment only applies to a person who took it certain type of oath in certain positions. the languages you must take an oath to the constitution as an officer of the united states. if you are an officer of the united states and for nearly a decade, officer of the united states refers we -- an appointed position, not people who were elected. section three has no bearing on this case at all. host: is it the position you expect the trump council to take today during arguments? guest: jumps counsel -- trump counsel, it will be the primary way to win this case. host: where you stand in this case? guest: i believe the supreme court should affirm the decision of the colorado supreme court which they are reviewing which says trump should indeed be disqualified because h

cynthia kerner is a of history at george mason university. she earned her ph.d. from university of virginia and specializes the fields of early america women, gender and early southern history. she is the author or editor of eight books and numerous. in addition to being the organization's own of american historians, distinguished lecturer and the past president of southern association for women history science. throughout her distinguished career, dr. kirchner's research has been supported by the american historical association, the virginia historical, the library company, philadelphia, the american antiquarian society and the national endowment for the humanities. but before i turn things over to dr. kerner, the usual housekeeping items are in order for our friends tuning in with us virtually on zoom this evening. following tonight's author's talk, there will be a question and answer session. so please feel free to submit your questions any point during the presentation through the the use of the q&a function that can be found at the bottom of screen. and we'l

he's also an adjunct faculty member at george mason university and, the university of maryland global campus. next, would be to his right, your left would be colonel l scott lingamfelter. united states army, retired. he's the author of the book yanks and blue berets, american u.n. peacekeepers in the middle east curling and father began his military career as a field women. hooray! yes he then served as a front military observer in the united nations true supervision organization in syria, israel and southern lebanon. sound familiar? which the subject of his new book after 28 year military career, colonel lincoln felder served in the virginia house of delegates from 2002 to 2018. he's a contributor to the washington times and his book, desert red lake artillery and the first gulf war was also an official title in the usa book program. colonel lincoln felder will be inducted into the next class of the u.s. army field hall of fame. and again, last but not least to my immediate left is lieutenant colonel james lecture. united states army retired. his he is the of with my shield an army r

but missy cummings, a professor of engineering and computing at george mason university, said the waymo computers should have been able to stop it before it reached the point of a crash. >> their sensors are typically faster than the human, your average human, she said. >> it appears the waymo car made its maneuver too aggressively, so no u turn before you look, and most people would let a truck go by and then, you know, make sure and then go right. >> so there would be a brief pause. we asked waymo if they planned on releasing the dash camera footage captured at the time of the crash. >> they ignored that question. instead sending a statement they released yesterday in which they said they contacted police who came to the scene coming, said the crash, albeit not life threatening, is an example of how far off mass mainstream use of self-driving vehicles truly is. i think if drivers, just like i think of waymo, they're still trying to find that sweet spot of how you know enough in every situation to be able to behave in a reasonable manner. >> but this is where computers diverge from hum

why, how the concept of race emerged during the 1h century enlightenment period, he's joined by george mason professor. watch book tv every sunday on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime on book tv.org. >> representatives mike gallagher and raja krishnamoorthi, the select committee on u.s.-china competition talk about the relationship with china at an event hosted by harvard's institute of politics. [applause] >> good evening. it's wonderful to see everyone here. thank you for braving what could be a snowstorm that will keep you trapped in chaos for the next two days. for i know what will be an important discussion. i appreciate everybody's flexibility with the time so we can make sure that our members of congress get back to washington in time for their votes tomorrow. so, i'm relieved that you've already been introduced because you're both princeton grads serving our fourth term of congress for the 8th district of your state and i'm worried i might mix-up the states and i know that would put me in both of your bad books almost as much as i messed u

. >> george mason university showed that the humanitarian parole programs help to address the labor shortage and actually helped ease inflation.>> without objection , so ordered. >> in the last article titled funding deadlock threatens to make the border crisis worse.>> without objection , so ordered. >> i would like to yield now to mr. golden. >> mr. ivey, you are recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i did want to reference my colleague from the ethics committee who direct comparison between mr. santos and mr. mayorkas, which i thought totally missed the mark, so we pulled the statement he made the floor at the time he offered the resolution to remov i just want to point out a couple things since we are both on the ethics committee. this shows a stark contrast between what we did there and what is happening here today. first of all, the ethics committee moved in a bipartisan way. all the members voted for the removal or for the reporting of removal of mr. santos, which i think led to supporting the legitimacy of the two thirds vote that we got on the floor. by contrast, every vote here h

but missy cummings, a professor of engineering and computing at george mason university, said the waymors should have been able to stop it before it reached the point of a crash. >> their sensors are typically faster than the human, your average human, she said. >> it appears the waymo car made its maneuver too aggressively, so no u turn before you look, and most people would let a truck go by and then, you know, make sure and then go right. >> so. there would be a brief pause. we asked waymo if they planned on releasing the dash camera footage captured at the time of the crash. >> they ignored that question. instead rescinding a statement they released yesterday in which they said they contacted police who came to the scene coming, said the crash, albeit not life threatening, is an example of how far off mass mainstream use of self-driving vehicles truly is. i think of teen drivers, just like i think of waymo. >> they're still trying to find that sweet spot of how you know enough in every situation to be able to behave in a reasonable manner. but this is where computers diverge from hu

i mean now is mama check our professor of conflict resolution and diplomacy at george mason university. it's good to see you again. thank you for joining us. and what can we say about these events? pretty green and a pulling moment in the context of this conflict that the moments like this. of course, it's tempting in any situation like this, that the lowest points could be seen as a sort of punctuation mark as a turning point as a tipping point. even do you think this could be one of those? i think we're witnessing a metal higher on here of the water and, and it goes into dimensions. one photo stays a human to city in a truck shift, so turn it into an em buttons of stuff came in more than 77, an engineering more than 250 point to stay. and this is a huge case of civilian davis patients. and i don't think it is a collect the explanation. the 2nd i own a with the 2nd father with the smith, i don't is the to, to close in there in the 5th month of these 4. and the international community is still looking me being amazed, how come we could not impose in this solution so we have no diploma

george mason said that treason is too tight and bribery is too hard to prove.ed something else. as counsel roy suggested, he said maladministration. there was debate. it was said that that would convert our system to a british system, a system of parliamentary supremacy where prime minister could be removed by vote of confidence. mason accepted that. it is not correct to say that this was left up in the air. mason withdrew the convention then moved on to bribery sufficient. other high crimes and misdemeanors is not a blank slate. the important word in the phrase is other. trees re-, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. those are the crimes that are constitutional in nature. it doesn't require statutory violations, but it must have something in common with treason and bribery. it must be a constitutional crime. something that really goes to the heart of the security of the country. host: we will take your calls for professor philip bobbitt until the top of the hour. you can call by party. republicans, (202) 748-8001. democrats, (202) 748-8000. indepe

he is interviewed by a george mason university history professor.atch booktv every sunday on c-span2, and find a full schedule on your program guide or on booktv.org. >> sunday on q&a, dobbs got the newly elected democratic speaker of the house of delegates in the first black speaker in 405 years talks about his life including spending almost eight years in prison. >> i had never been in trouble before. i had served my country and i was hoping i would get a little bit more grace and get the attitude to go with the lord, but he probably could've given me more time than he did. but i remember hearing my mother when he said 10 years she cannot believe it and that yelp of pain , it always stays with me. it is always going to be and it lets me know how fragile our freedom is and how perilous it is. and if you make one want -- one wrong move sometimes, it can be the end of your life as you know it. >> virginia's democratic house speaker sunday night on 8:00 p.m. eastern on q&a. you can listen to that and our podcast on our free c-span now app. >> a health

he's joined by george mason university professor christy pichichero. find a full schedule on your program guide or watch any time at booktv.org. >> president biden told reporters -- reporters there's no doubt that russian president vladimir putin is responsible for the death of opposition leader alexei navalny. it was announced today he died at the arctic prison where he was being held. vice president kamala harris also commented on the death saying. she affirmed the united states' commitment to nato after former president trump's disparaging remarks about the alliance. this is about a half an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct pleasure and honor to welcome the vice president of the united states, kamala harris. [applause] it's the third consecutive year at the m.s.c., it's the second vice president of the united states to attend the m.s.c. three times after joe biden. and it's a sign of this administration's strong commitment to trend atlantic partnership and m.s.c.'s transatlantic rules. i also have an impressive u.s. delegation here fr

davis and ranking member pressley emirs of subcommittee i'm emily hamilton a research fellow at george mason codirector of beer project that local governments have imposed numerous limits on what kinds of housing can be built where. zoning rules including bans on multifamily housing restrictions on manufactured housing and requirements for minimum lot size can limit how much housing the market can provide and drives up the price of housing. these rules are contributing to -- securing affordability. while the share of households that rent has held steady since the 1950s the share of income of median renter has increased by 25% pay private-sector homebuilders can play a primary role in addressing this growing affordability problem but only with zoning out of the way. i'll provide two examples of land-use restrictions making it infeasible to build for housing at lower prices. first minimum lot size reduction second multifamily construction for development in the washington d.c. region and third legalization of units in california. first reducing minimum lot size requirements. in 1998 policymake

he is interviewed by george mason university history professor kristi baker wrote.ook tv every sunday, and find a full schedule on your program guide, or watch any time at booktv.org. ♪ >> sunday, on c-span's q&a, don scott, virginias newly-elected speaker of the house of delegates and the first -- the state's first black speaker in 150 years, talks about spending almost eight years in prison. >> i had never been in trouble before, i serve my country, and i was hoping i would get more grace. he probably could have gave me even more time than he did. but i remember he and my mother, when he said 10 years, you know, she couldn't believe it. and that yelp of pain, it always stays with me. it always lets me know how fragile our freedom is and how perilous it is. and if you make one wrong move sometimes, it can be literally the end of your life as you know it. >> virginias democratic house speaker, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> a healthy democracy does not just look like thi

biden is compromised by china one of your ghost was from george mason university.dealing with the enemy, he talked about how horrible slavery was but china has slaves and they take their organs while they are still alive. host: one of the issues you bring up is the border issue. amid everything happening today in this case specifically there has been plenty of news on the u.s. border efforts to try to address that. if you are watching the senate yesterday the senate order deal including with the republicans saying that it was too much of a stinker. the vote was 49-50. one more headline on that front. the border compromise never stood a chance. it ran aground on anger. back to your calls come in 25 minutes before we take you live to the supreme court. this is bob. caller: hello? a couple of callers ago. i watched the insurrection live as it happened. donald trump never said to go home and peas. he was the man up there and said charge and he is responsible for everything. people are getting brainwashed by this guy and that is exactly what hitler's did. host: why do y

he is interviewed by george mason university history professor kristi baker wrote.k tv every sunday, and find a full schedule on your program guide, or watch any time at booktv.org. ♪ >> sunday, on c-span's q&a, don scott, virginias newly-elected speaker of the house of delegates and the first -- the state's first black speaker in 150 years, talks about spending almost eight years in prison. >> i had never been in trouble before, i serve my country, and i was hoping i would get more grace. he probably could have gave me even more time than he did. but i remember he and my mother, when he said 10 years, you know, she couldn't believe it. and that yelp of pain, it always stays with me. it always lets me know how fragile our freedom is and how perilous it is. and if you make one wrong move sometimes, it can be literally the end of your life as you know it. >> virginias democratic house speaker, sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free c-span now app. >> a healthy democracy does not just look like this.

he is interviewed by a george mason university history professor.ch book tv each weekend on c-span2, and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch any time at bookyv.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: welcome back. we are joined by melanie campbell, president and ceo of national coalition on black civic rticipation. welcome to the program. guest: thank you for the invitation. a beautiful cold sunday morning. host: can you tell us more about the national coalition on black civic participation? what your organization does, where your funding comes from and who is involved? guest: the -- focusing on voting, empowerment, issues of importance. we get our funding from myriad places. individuals, foundations, donations, unions. host: what kind of work do you do? are you partisan in any way? guest: we are nonpartisan. it's about empowerment. it's about power building and fighting for justice. host: how many members do you have, and who is generally involved? guest: we are a membership and leadership organization. we are in 12 states wit

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