ilya, am i good on time? all right. i will cede the rest of my time to my distinguished copanellists, and i thank you so much for coming to hear about this book, and i will be signing afterwards. i hope to sign one for every single one of you. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you, josh. you can tell he's kind of an unconventional law professor. i'm sure his students love him. next we'll have the ideal commentator for josh's book, none other than randy barnett whom the new york times rightly called the intellectual godfather of the obamacare litigation. what's more, he was counsel to the national federation of independent business in the case. more prosaically, he's the car mac waterhouse professor of theory at the center for the constitution as well as senior fellow here at cato. in 2004 he argued the supreme court's medical marijuana case which would play a large role in nfib v. sebelius. he's written more than a hundred academic articles and nine books including books on contract and constitutional law and the m

congratulations, ilya. a wonderful event. you should maybe pitch it for hollywood a little sitcom going. >> a funny movie. >> "the old couple." >> let me ask a question about the constitutional legitimacy of the -- i'm a litigator working with real people every day. the average person on the street finds much of what the prof or souate accepts as bread and butter constitutional law upholding. the backlash against the decision where people were basically found out for the first time that the supreme court is thrown property rights off the back of the constitutional sled and doesn't think it's any of the business that somebody wants to bulldoze your house to -- the extent of the disdain. the idea that growing a plant in your backyard and giving it to a neighbor is interesting commerce. or at least can regulated under the congress' power. it's not just pailing to americans but frankly for many they ridicule that as a decision. they don't believe it has any integrity. i don't either. it seems to me it should pay attention to what

that was after edward snowden leak in june that the nsa was collecting a half ilya and telephone and internet telik communications every month. chancellor angela merkel was put to defend her government's cooperation with the nsa, saying it prevented terrorist attacks. we can only protect the population if we cooperate with others, her office said. edward snowden describe the cozy relationship between german spies and the nsa. we are in bed together with the germans, the same as with most western countries. they don't ask to justify how we know something and vice versa, to insulate their political leaders from the backlash of knowing how grievously they are violating global privacy. the nsa has an agreement with other countries including canada, u.k., australia, and new zealand. each country's spying agency is directed at a certain region of the world. together the five countries are known as the five eyes. they share intelligence with roughly 30 other nations, including germany. these stations are known as third-party partners. they have their surveillance tools trained on each other

and what does and ilya ehrhardt have to do with the movers? box are there a connection between the women? >> and there was no connection at this point in time. it was not very cordial and warm. there was discussion about not even having a traditional night before the nitration enter with the roosevelts -- the inauguration dinner with the roosevelts. however, the first lady lady is always the honorary president of the girl scouts. the industry to physician of president of the girl scouts in the mid-30s. and that with mrs. roosevelt. the meeting was described as cordial. as far as the malia ehrhardt, they were interested in flying. ehrhardt, they were interested in flying. was promotingover volunteerism, he did put issues in front of congress. such is the hoover dam and other public works projects. increase in both personal and corporate income taxes. they don't sound very republican from this perspective. where were they not effective in addressing what was happening? why were they not effective in addressing what was happening? wax people did

contemporcontempor ary americans a rust belt factory worker, a rural entrepreneur a silicon valley ilya nehr and a washington insider and he interweaves these was character sketches of leading public figures people like newt gingrich and colin powell oprah winfrey sam waldman and then he has a couple of particular moments in our recent history like the tampa florida real estate bust and the scandals on wall street and altogether it creates a portrait of america in decline and anxiety. the new york times reviewer wrote it is mr. packer's achievement in "the unwinding" that these pieces freshly shuffled and assembled have power to earn the book comes with sorrow with outrage and with compassion for those who are caught in america's increasingly complicated financial machinery. for all these reasons george's book is a finalist for the national book award. we have another great author here, erica grieder to my left and to george's lead. she's a senior editor of texas monthly from 2007 to 2012. she was helpless correspondent for the economist and has appeared in "the new york times" the spec

our next witness is ilya shapiro. previously he was a special assistant, advised multinational force in iraq on the rule of law at issue is and was an attorney in private practice. mr. shuja received an undergraduate degree from princeton, a masters from the london school of economics and law degree from university of chicago law school. declared for a judge in fifth circuit court of appeals. please proceed. >> try to thank you for this opportunity to discuss the right to armed self-defense. it's most appropriate that this hearing was originally scheduled for september 17, marking the anniversary of the constitutions signing but on that day public schools have to teach about our founding documents. my organization, data, which isn't publicly funded silver is constitution day by releasing our supreme court review. in reality every day is constitution day so please excuse me if i have to leave early to travel to the national constitution center in philadelphia to discuss the constitutional issues attending the debt ceil

revenue than any year in the history of our country and yet we are still going to have a nearly 700 ilyand dollar budget deficit. we are stronger in the future for not dealing with these problems? host: david drucker, joining us on the phone from "the washington examiner." what are republicans saying that they want in exchange for raising the debt ceiling? caller: a good question. we are not sure yet. spending, economic growth and other things, putting together some sort of legislative vehicle. it looks very similar to the bill that republicans intended a few weeks ago. they are probably going to look for something regarding the affordable care act, repeal, or something else. they have been clear all along that they expected to do something with the debt ceiling other than a debt ceiling increase. there were many republicans that did not want to go this route, tactically, with the government shutdown and spending. they wanted to pass a clean continuing resolution. they did not have the same level of support at all for the clean cr. i think that over the next few days by the end of the we

. >> next witness is ilya shapiro.y he was a special assistanted a -- adviser and was an attorney and private practice. mr. shapiro received an undergraduate degree from princeton, and a law degree from the university of law school. he clerked for judge gradey. please proceed. >> mr. chairman, thank you for this opportunity to discuss the right to arm self-defense. it's most appropriate the hearing was originally scheduled for september 17th. marking the anniversary of the constitution signing. my organization cay o', which thankfully, isn't publicly funded celebrateds by releasing the supreme court review. in reality, every day is constitution day please excuse peanut if i have to leave early to travel to philadelphia to discuss the constitutional issues. now stand your ground is tremendously misunderstood. all it does is allow people to defend themselves without having a so called duty retreat. that cob accept is in part of u.s. law for over 150 years. about 31 states depending how you count, now have some type of st

revenue than any year in the history of our country and yet we are still going to have a nearly 700 ilyand dollar budget deficit. we are stronger in the future for not dealing with these problems? david drucker, joining us on the phone from "the washington examiner." what are republicans saying that they want in exchange for raising the debt ceiling? caller: a good question. we are not sure yet. spending, economic growth and other things, putting together some sort of legislative vehicle. very similar to the bill that republicans intended a few weeks ago. they are probably going to look for something regarding the , repeal, orare act something else. alongave been clear all that they expected to do something with the debt ceiling a debt ceiling increase. there were many republicans that did not want to go this route, tactically, with the government shutdown and spending. they wanted to pass a clean continuing resolution. they did not have the same level of support at all for the clean cr. i think that over the next few days by the end of the week we will know sort of what they are wrangli