. >> i want to start with the story that was told by joe mccarthy. [laughter] not the satanic senator. the former manager of the new york yankees. he had a dream in which the devil found him -- took into a baseball game. joe mccarthy was in heaven. he said, i do not why you are challenging me. my team is going to be baby ruth, thomas wagner -- for those of you who re young, these are famous players of the joe mccarthy era. it could be a rod -- a-rod for you guys. [laughter] he said, i will have all of these players. what is the point? he said, you have the players, but i have the umpires. [laughter] in a nutshell, that is my point today. if you look at the topic today, constitution, congress, and the courts -- i want to talk about the linear relationship between these entities. the constitution is written in very broad language about very broad principles that were intended toendure for -- to endure for a long time and to be applicable to a nation that the framers knew would emerge, but they did not know in what form. that is why the most important p

. >> i want to start with the story that was told by joe mccarthy. [laughter] not the satanic senator. the former manager of the new york yankees. he had a dream in which the devil found him -- took into a baseball game. joe mccarthy was in heaven. he said, i do not why you are challenging me. my team is going to be baby ruth, thomas wagner -- for those of you who re young, these are famous players of the joe mccarthy era. it could be a rod -- a-rod for you guys. [laughter] he said, i will have all of these players. what is the point? he said, you have the players, but i have the umpires [laughter] in a nutshell, that is my point today. if you look at the topic today, constitution, congress, and the courts - i want to talk about the linear relationship between these entities. the constitution is written in very broad language about very broad principles that we intended toendure for -- to endure for a long time and to be applicable to a nation that the framers knew would emerge, but they did not know in what form. that is why the most important part

. >> i want to start with the story that was told by joe mccarthy. [applause] no, not the satanic senator but the former manager of the new york yankees. he had this dream in which the devil challenged him to a baseball game. joe mccarthy was in heaven and looks around and he says, "my team is going to be babe ruth, thomas wagner." for those of you who are young, these are all famous players from the joe mccarthy era. it would be a-rod for you. what is the point of this game? the devil says yes, you have the players but i have the umpires. [laughter] that is in a nutshell my point. if you look at the comments, and is the constitution, the converse, and the courts. look at the relationship between these three entities. the constitution is written in very road language about very broad principles that were intended to endure for a long period time and to be applicable for a nation that the framers knew would emerge but they did not know in what form. but that isswhere the most important parts of the constitution are written in broad, sweeping language.

>> that is a picture of mccarthy, senator mccarthy and senator tidings. >> whose son, joe tidings, alsowas in the senate? >> yes, and miller tidings lost the election in maryland. as the book will explain, he lost to a man who was a protege of mccarthy. as the book states, mccarthy's diatribes and been victims accusations helped to bring about the defeat of tidings. >> when worried -- where were you when senator mccarthy was in the senate? >> i was in the house. >> what did you think about him? >> i did not remember when i thought about him at the time. i was a new member of the house, serving in the house, has served their three terms. i was not a close observer of >> what is this photo? the old senate chamber. i think remember reading where it was a day that for some reason or other you could not get into the senate chamber itself. >> yes, that is the old senate chamber. they were meeting at that time to debate the nato agreement. that is president barkley. >> alvin barkley, vice-president at the time right here? >> yes. >> was this the proper whole of the senate at that time? >> whil