friend of is riley pm, that in yahoo, professor island, joshua it's, he's emeritus professor at harvard law school and his, the older 2 new books get from the threat to civil liberties, due process and our constitutional rule of law. and war against the jews. how do and how may i ask barbarism. he's in miami, florida. thank you so much advertising measurements. we're coming back on before we get to gaza. i mean, how do you feel about the state of democracy in the usa will be at the supreme court? the verdict was when you probably would agree with given these attempts to prevent the u. s. is leading opposition lead a drum from being elected president lin running in in november. i know you supported by them in case anyone thinks your grades of what your donald trump as well uh, in my past i award bananas uh on a scale of one to 10 toward a banana republic. and i had gotten up to 6 bananas based on the 4 charges that were made against donald trump. but when the supreme court refresh the colorado case, i eliminated one of the banana. so we're down to 5 now. and i hope we don't get up to 6 or 7

i'm still here with the full of the trump lloyd america's professor at harvard law school in alter the new book, the war against the jews have to end masses, barbarism press, alan, josh events we were talking about. well, you said you have photographic evidence alpha the atrocities on october the 7th. but now that we have a upwards of tens of tens of thousands of children palestinian skilled. you haven't changed your mind at all about what is going on, even though the countries, which is the buying the weapons to israel. clearly the populations that the populations in the united states daily attending against israel, a wide stress in my view because of the numbers. let's take the numbers, let's assume the palestinian authority. that is, a mazda is right, that there are $30000.00 totally killed. they don't distinguish between say wrong as a commence, 13000, according to israel. our direct combat is that we've, 17000. we're gonna have to deduct from that the number of people who've been killed by eric rockets, for example, the one that was sent to the hospital. we know hundreds would kil

our lead off tonight's harvard law school professor laurence tribe. we're going to get his -- followed by andrew weissmann and the new guilty plea from trump world today. allen weissenberg pleading guilty for perjury. later in the hour, there is this very important turn we have seen in the biden administration toward bibi netanyahu's government. with vice president kamala harris publicly, anyway, leading the way in what is a break with the netanyahu government's policy, the vice president yesterday unequivocally called for a cease-fire in gaza. it seems like a very important turn in the way the administration is handling this. >> yeah, and, i mean, there's all sorts of interesting politics around it, but to me it's signaled that i don't think the white house would be doing that, i don't think vice president harris will be doing that if that was something that was impossible, at least that is sort of what my heart leapt to what i heard her say it, that if she is saying that, it must mean they think that it can happen. if they think it can happen, god h

you know, i knew that they had been at harvard law together.some level, she was more impressive, but they were equals, you know? -they were equals? -absolutely. that's interesting, because most americans, if they even know of eliot spitzer's wife silda, they think of her as just the wronged woman at that press conference. -yeah. and you're saying there's so much more to her. yeah. she was really protective of their girls, and to a certain extent had to sacrifice what was a really successful legal career in order for him to sort of be the star. it's not what she had hoped for in her life. that sacrifice was nothing compared to what she'd face 10 years later as the wife of a scandal-plagued politician. but in 1998, with her full support, eliot ran for ag again and won. i'm honored to be here as i declare victory of what has been a long race. we will begin a process of creating in the attorney general's office the pre-eminent public interest law firm in the country. what was different about eliot is that he expanded the jurisdiction of the attorne

leading off our discussion tonight is professor laurence tribe who has taught constitutional law at harvard law school for five decades. professor tribe, thank you so much for joining us tonight. i have to confess this one required me to read and re-read it, especially the concurrence is which read like dissents. i've had to remind myself, no, they are agreeing with the ultimate vote here. can you clarify for us what the contest is here between the four and five in the majority and referee for us who is right here? >> i will do my best, lawrence. in this case, the court appears to the naked eye to be deciding something nine to nothing, but when you peel back the appearances, it is really a 5 to 4 decision about a fundamental principle, a principle about the viability of section three of the 14th amendment, a crucial protection for the country against oath breaking insurrectionists. the decisive fifth vote in the 5 to 4 split, i add, was the same as the decisive fifth vote in bush versus gore. it was clarence thomas who some people believe had no business taking part in the case. let me set that

and one more new bt, tell you about, lawyer and retired harvard law professor alan dershowitz. his latest is called war on woke. why the new mccarthyism is more dangerous than the old. and this is about books, a programing podcast produced by c-sp's book tv. in this episode, we're looking at some of the new books that are coming out this spring. here are some byagobunee wind gr may georg room xamineesse waters, his troubling tales from the liberal fringe. and we should note that there's a new book coming out about a journalist. usa new biography about one of the most well-known broadcasters in history. barbara walters, the book, which will be released in april, is titled the rule breaker. susan page's previous bestsellers were about former pelosi and first lady barbara bush. now, as we continue our spring book preview here are some notable titles about foreign policy. cnn's fareed.meried thehiwhite 's inst. mied colorigins of the war in ukraine and the new global instability. and finally, two other notable books we want to mention that are coming out this spring in may, former

and one more new book that's out, we want to tell you about, lawyer and retired harvard law professorn dershowitz. his latest is called war on woke. why the new mccarthyism is more dangerous than the old. and this is about books, a programing podcast produced by c-span's book tv. in this episode, we're looking at some of the new books that are coming out ts spring. here are some by journalists. in april, chicago tribune investigative reporter gregory royal pratt is releasing his book on the windy city and its former mayor. the title, the city is up for grabs. how chicago mayor li lightfoot led and lost a city in crisis. and in may, clinton white hou communications director and current abc host george stephan police will release the situate in room the inside story of presidents insis. and the newest book from washington examiner political columnist timothy carney is titled family unfriendly how our lture made raising ks much harder than it needs to be. and one more. fox news host jesse waters, his latest is called get it together. troubling tales from the liberal fringe. and we should

he has degrees from oxford university and harvard law school. r 20 years he's been a highly respect eded complex litigation attorney in one of our country's premier law firms where he's become a star a star in the of the very best trial attorneys in our country. beyond finding success after success professionally for his clients, he has spent countless hours providing pro bono causes fundamentally -- fundamental to our american ideals of freedom, liberty, andst of adeel mangi has inspired for his nomination incredible support. it has seen support across the ideological spectrum and speaks to the character and integrity of the man. dozens of pro national organizations ranging from civil rights groups law enforcement associationste professional legal groups all of whom have endorsed his nomination including so many fromew jersey and of course the new jersey state and federal bar associations. mr. mangi has received the highest possible rating for judicial nominees from the american bar association, a bipartisan bipartisan group former state attorne

for law school, i went to harvard. i talked about my obsession, and learning how to trade through the greatest game on earth, strong stocks and bonds. i left the stop market games behind when i got to middle school. my obsession became sports. i was the second fastest guy in school, forever. i ran in track, and my father ingrained in me the desire to save money. even in high school, i save money, i bussed tables. i got ice cold soda, then i graduated to selling ice cream. very quickly i learned the value of market power, specifically cornering the market, and i got the exclusive rights to sell ice cream on the 600 level and the 700 level. i had the only franchise in the upper deck. i made fortunes, except for one time they gave me strawberry ice cream. talk about having to run from a customer after they ere sold bad stuff. i had all this strawberry, you can't take it home. i take a beating whenever that happened. that's a business lesson. talk about learning how business really works. the shelf life of ice cream on a h

friend of is ready pm that in yahoo, professor island, joshua it's, he's emeritus professor at harvard law school and his, the older 2 new books get from the threat to civil liberties due process and our constitutional rule of law and war against the jews. how to end time? us barbarism. he's in miami, florida. thank you so much advertise, graduates, we're coming back on before we get to gaza. i mean, how do you feel about the state of democracy in the usa will be at the supreme court. the verdict was one you probably would agree with. given these attempts to prevent the u. s. as leading opposition lead a drum from being elected president lin, running in in november. i know you were supported by them in case anyone thinks your grades of what your donald trump as well uh, in my past i award bananas uh on a scale of one to 210 toward a banana republic. and i had gotten up to 6 bananas based on the 4 charges that were made against donald trump. but when the supreme court refresh the colorado case, i eliminated one of the banana. so we're down to 5. now.

. >> hmm, okay, did you go to harvard law school? >> michael: no. >> well, i did.r bathroom once. and because i have that legal background, i understand that these things take time. they're gonna need two weeks to read briefs, another two to debrief. then you need a silent retreat from the briefs, you rebrief, lots of stretching and hydrating. and then it's july, which of course, is french-american heritage month. and that is very sacred to justice brett kavanaugh! >> michael: i think he's irish. here's the thing. there has to be some way to get this decided before the election. can't they work around the clock? democracy is hanging in the balance! >> okay, but what about the other balance? work-life balance! "grind culture" is killing all of us. i mean, look at me. one minute, i'm reporting from the middle east, and the next i'm flying to d.c. to stand here in front of this very real supreme court building! i'm exhausted. and that's all on top of my cardiology practice. >> michael: you're a doctor? >> i used a lot of med school bathrooms, yes. look, the point is,

so it's a former harvard law school professor who has represented both assange and donald trump entire interview with option or time see and going on a ground errors on archie this saturday. here's a quick preview. it's hard to use the injustice department of trying to get julian assigned to the united states despite the opposition of all. uh, john lewis all around the world, the australian government, the german government, i understand that you defended daniel's bugs the late den. elizabeth is being on this program, i think is worse than the 1970s given what's happening to julian assigned his health as he was tortured in britain, according to the un, special are up to it is much worse. i was one of the lawyers on the pentagon papers case, and there at least people were treated with the degree of decency assigned has really been made a horrible martyr to free speech. and i'm honored to have been part of the is legal defense team. and if he has extra guides from united states, i hope i can help him avoid prosecution. i think he has a strong case. remember he's off the one who stole any

since then, harvard law school graduates and yale law school graduates have come to dominate the supreme court and the rest of the federal judiciary. now, federal judges are supposed to arrive in their jobs with enough education to actually do their jobs. but, in the 21st century, republican billionaires have decided law school isn't enough. so, they have been hosting federal judges on their expensive vacation trips to luxury resorts, including a luxury ski resort in deer valley, utah where some of the judges time is spent on the receiving end of lectures about something called corpus linguistics. molly redding reports it all in huffington post under the headline "inside the raging retreats hosting right-wing judges." she reports that corpus linguistics, "essentially works like a search engine that returns every example of how a word or phrase was used in a select database of historical text." the leading proponents of legal corpus linguistics see it as something more, a powerful new tool to shore up the legitimacy of the conservative legal movement . now, judges claiming to be interpret

congress if she does not comply with subpoena give up documents related to federal funds joining me harvard law professor aemeritus author of get trump threat to civil liberties due process our constitutional rule of law alan dershowitz thank you so much for being here i want to go through cases with you spot-on with your book get trump what are you expecting out of fani willis debacle, the person on trial is the judge, everybody knows what happened to his courtroom willis lied, the witness on their be half lied we know they had affair started before she hired him, we have pings cell phone records everything we saw them testify, everybody knows what happened in that courtroom, now the question is will judge be honest -- [line noise interference] -- and -- -- [line noise interference]. >> maybe, aapparent convict not enough nonsense on trial now american public wants him to do justice, we all know what happened. he knows what happened. let's see if he has courage of convictions >> i think you made a great point about the judge, he was very specific he said i am not going to allow politics to get

adeel mangi, i recruited him 25 years ago from harvard law school. e chair of the firm and he was a law student. this is a man who could have done anything in the world. he was a native of pakistan. a graduate of oxford law school. he could have gone back to pakistan and been a leader in his country. he could have stayed in england and then a barrister for success. he wanted to be an american. he wanted to come to this country, the land of opportunity. and he did. he had a dazzling career as you outlined in your opening remarks. and he is defending the rights of muslim americans at the same time. he is now proud american and a proud muslim. and i am proud to have him as my friend and support him as the first muslim american on the court of appeals. as you mentioned, i had the privilege of working with justice thurgood marshall. a truly great american and he faced positivist prejudiced. the hearings were a disaster for his opponents. the questioning you outlined suggested that the essential tenor is, can a muslim be a true american? let's pass by that.

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be influenced by popular opinion when he's judging the case but what a great professor said at harvard lawin the court is this: no judge, not you or me or anyone else, should ever be influenced by the political temperature of the day. every judge. will and probably should be influenced by the climate of the era. a little profound, little obscured. but the more you think about that phrase, the more it sort of rings a bell in my mind. >> stephen: it doesn't seem obscue at all especially wouldn't trigger that we know that climate change is real. in what way is the climate changing the court? i guess what i'm asking is where is the flooding happening in the supreme court? is it markers, free-speech rights? where do you need waiters when you're talking to the supreme court? >> justice breyer: go into the pass for target and you will know and most of the people who are listening will know was there was a big change in the court at the time of the new deal. those cases which were there that said congress could not legislate a minimum wage or maximum hour, those cases were gone and instead we were