. >>> next, jay wexler examines the constitution scattered among the better known amendments throughout the 8,000 word document. this is about 40 minutes. >> good evening and thank you for coming to support your local independence. my name is evin and i'm the yvette director here at the brookline book smith. i hope he will pick up on a hour calendars. we have great reading signed up with john and larry baliles next week. and michael owls well as the night of staff recommendations leader in the month. also, you may have noticed we are filming tonight. so if you could please make sure to turn off all sell phones and things like that, any machines you may have. you can follow all of our defense through the web site, brooklinebooksmith.com or you can purchase bugle editions. as we move into the presidential year you can be sure to hear a lot of butter were founding fathers, but they believed, but they said, what they meant to say, and certain parts of the constitution will doubtlessly be quoted again and again. tonight is not about any of that nonsense. it's about the other nonsense. becaus

because tonight we have the pleasure of welcoming back jay wexler, professor of law at boston university. in his first book, "holy pull baa loos," wexler explored the division or lack of division of church and strait with a strangely humorous -- he examines the foundation of our government, the u.s. constitution through its strange and rarely-cited provisions. from the state's control of intoxicating liquids to the government's ability to allow private citizens to fight pirates for personal gain. in seeking out the antiquated and just plain odd, wexler sheds new light on the constitution in all its glory, and he's damn funny too. so, please, join me in giving a big brookline welcome to professor jay wexler. [applause] >> thank you very much. welcome, everybody. thanks for coming out in the rain to this terrific bookstore, and thank you for hosting me here again m. booktv is here filming, so when you heckle me, if you could keep your swearing to a minimum, that would be great. [laughter] i was on booktv one other time before, a connection with my first book. it was an event in new mexico

because to night we have the pleasure to welcome back jay wexler professor of law at bostonmo university. in his first book he explored the division for lack of a division of church and state with the strange and humorous road trip. in his new book "the odd clauses" he examines the foundation of the u.s. constitution through this strange and rarely cited provisionsr from the state's control of intoxicating liquor ads to the ability tos allow private citizens to fight pirates for personal gain. to seek out the antiquateda specific and the odd he shot -- dead new-line on the g constitution in all its, glory so please join me to give a big welcome to professor jay wexler. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you for coming out in the rain to this terrific bookstore book he begins here filming so please keep your hackling to a minimum of. [laughter] and i was on the booktv one time it was a event in new mexico that i thought went pretty well then a couple weekse later the event was on tv so itunes did and pretty nervous because although on calst of -- television a couple times not in a s

sunday night, jay wexler on understanding our constitution by looking at the odd closet. book tv every weekend on c-span to. -- c-span-2. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> tuesday night, president obama delivers his state of the union address. live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern, including the president's speech, republican response by indiana governor mitch daniels, and your phone calls. on c-span-2, watch the president's speech along with tweets from members of congress. throughout the night, go online for live video and to add your comments using facebook and twitter at c-span.org >> welcome to las vegas and the consumer electronics show, 2012. every year about a hundred and 40,000 people and 3000 companies large and small attend this show to look at the latest and newest in electronics. for the next several weeks on "the communicator's," we are going to show you some of the interviews we did. we talk with policy makers, and we also look at some of the new, developing technology that is out there. first up, we are going to start off this week

and saturday, 11:15, jay wexler on understanding our constitution by looking at the odd closet. booktv every weekend on c-span 2. >>> president obama campaigned in new york last night and wrapped up the night with an event in the apollo theater in harlem. that's next on c-span. on this morning's washington journal, gop presidential candidate rick santorum and michael cranish of the ""boston globe"" who co-authored "the real romney." washington journal is live at the top of the hour. >> some will say we're reactionary. others will say we stand for socialism. there will be an inevitable prize to both. there's time for a change and so on and so on. we'll hear all of those things and many more. we will hear nothing we have not heard before. >> as presidents campaign for president, 14 men who ran for the office and lost. go to our website, c-spa c-span.org/thecontenders. >> let them stand on the status quo while we seek to refresh the american spirit. let the opposition collect their $10 million in secret money from the privileged few, and let us find one million ordinary americans w

and sunday night at 8:15, jay wexler on understanding our constitution by looking at the odd clauses. booktv, every weekend on c-span2. >> now, a discussion about the state of the economy and how cities are affected. we'll hear from siemens corporation see grow eric spiegel -- ceo eric spiegel and pollster joel benenson. from the u.s. conference of mayors' winter meeting, this is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> yeah, absolutely. okay. can i have your attention, please? i just want to remind everyone that the discussion about this winter meeting, um, doesn't exactly happen in this room, but it also happens online. so i invite you all when tweeting to use our hash tag, uscm winter, when posting tweets. it's a great way to see what others are saying and to bring the conversation beyond capitol hill to the hotel. also we are asking mayors to sit down with our film crew for a few minutes during this meeting to talk about what happens when we invest in cities, the impact of congressional budget cuts and the measures you have taken to help create jobs. we want to share them

then jay wexler on understanding the constitution by looking at "the odd clauses." a little history ahead of the gop primary including changes in party affiliation, race issues, and the impact of evangelical voters. >> let me introduce you to our next guest. santorum just suggested that the race has been shaken up. through the lens of today's south carolina voters, give us a snapshot of how important social conservatism is in that state today and how the news from the gingrich campaign may play into that community? guest: it seems to me that it's pretty important for your viewers to recognize south carolina is a relatively diverse states we have a significant part of the party in the upstate of evangelical conservatives. as santorum's careful answer says, they will be distressed to learn some things we have known for a long time. former speaker gingrich's personal life has been messy, i think is the world, which may distress from the people he's trying to appeal to. former governor romney seems to be holding on to his support. we think the base of that is down in th

and sunday night at 8:15, jay we canler on understanding our -- wexler on understanding our constitution by looking at the odd clauses. booktv, everything weekend on c-span2. >> up next, historian george daughan recounts the naval battles between america and britain during the war of 1812. he examines how the american navy, a fleet of only 20 ships, outmaneuvered their opponent and supported the u.s. army's ground forces. this is just over an hour. >> good evening. my name's dan, i'm the owner of water street bookstore. thank you all for coming out tonight as we continue the celebration of our 20th anniversary with a reprieve of george daughan's appearance here for his first book, "if by sea." when he first came here, it was a revelation to all of us to have someone of george's caliber talking about the birth of the american navy. and now he's gone on to write a book called "1812:2 the navy's war." the tactic that the navy used to fight off the royal navy. george is an eminent historian, he holds a ph.d. in american history and government from harvard university and is a recipient of the