jack goldsmith author environmentalist and a member of parliament for richmond park zach welcome to the gas report all right you've got a campaign that you are right in the middle of called recall the goal i think is get twenty thousand signatures to tell us about recall recall basically means that people can get rid of their m.p. at any time at the moment you have an election every five years in between those elections there is absolutely nothing you can do to hold your m.p. to account so as an m.p. i could tell you right now i'm switching to an extremist part time going to go on holiday for two years i'm going to boycott parliament i'm not going to see any of my constituents i could do any of those things and there's nothing my constituents could do about it is the only job you can get fired from in this country other than when i see the queen or a vicar and i think even vic is going to be fired now this is important because people feel marginalized they feel that politics has become so remote so abstract now that means nothing they don't have a piece of the action so they've got poli

jack goldsmith author environmentalist and a member of parliament for richmond park zach welcome to the gas report see you all right you've got a campaign that you are right in the middle of called recall the goal i think is get twenty thousand signatures to tell us about recall recall basically means that people can get rid of their m.p. at any time at the moment you have an election every five years in between those elections there is absolutely nothing you can do to hold your m.p. to account so as an m.p. i could tell you right now i'm switching to an extremist part time going to go on holiday for two years i'm going to boycott parliament i'm not going to see any of my constituents i could do any of those things and there's nothing my constituents could do about it is the only job you can get fired from in this country other than when i see the queen or a vicar and i think even victims can be fired now and this is important because people feel marginalized they feel that politics has become so remote so abstract now that means nothing they don't have a piece of the action so you've g

as a matter of fact some of the most conservative lawyers professor curtis bradley and jack goldsmith concluded in psalm since the early days of the nation the president and senate have attacked a variety of conditions to their consent treaties. no court has ever invalidated these conditions. and finally when you quote professor hankin you suggest he would not have supported ratifying this treaty. >> i think you would support ratification. a number of international -- internationalist would have supported it. they think it's good we submit to the united states to the supervision of the -- i don't but we at least agree on the operation of international law trade i don't disagree one whit with professor hankin on how he sees international law and operation could what we disagree about is is this good versus bad? i think american self-government is part of our brand we should be supporting. >> hayek re-with that and that is why you argue that the treaty creates obligations others do not see and you suggest the united states follow your interpretations in terms of ratifying the treaty. i

but as a matter of fact, some of the most conservative lawyers, professors curtis bradley and jack goldsmith, concluded that quote in some, since the early days of the nation, the president and senate have attached a variety of conditions to their consent to treaties. no court has ever invalidated these conditions. and, finally, when you quote professor hankin, you know, you seem to somehow suggest that he would not have supported ratifying this treaty. >> know. i think he would support ratification. >> i'm glad we agree. >> a number of internationalists would support it. they think it's good that we submit the united states to the supervision of the international community. i don't. we at least agree on the operation of international law. i don't disagree one with a professor i can on how he sees in national and nonaggression -- obligation. what we disagree on is this good or bad? i think american self government is part of a grand we should be exploring. >> i agree with that and that's why, you know, you argue that the treaty creates obligations others do not see. and then you suggest that

bush administration heads of legal counsel jack goldsmith. i just note professor goldsmith writes david is one of the finest lawyers i know, deeply learned the law and has a great lawyer's capacity to see a problem from all angles, obvious connections between legal principles and understand the second legal decisionmaking, these are all important qualities, successful judging and without objection will put those letters and others in the record, senator grassley. >> on may 16th, 2003, e.u. and other law professors wrote to bill frist and tom daschle usin other law professors wrote to bill frist and tom daschle using the filibuster in that letter, it respects minority views and underscore is the unique role of the senate as part of american democracy. you also wrote that, quote, with regard to nominations to independent branch of government like the judiciary, the filibuster encourages the president to find common ground with the senate on nominating individuals who garner consensus. do you still agree with your assessment in that letter and e