talks about that if we were to say we believe in states rights, could you be in favor of what john calhoun said. he supported slavery. he supported a tyranny of state government. he thought state government could do anything at once. is that the conservative position? when it comes to brown, i am not a judicial restraint guy. i'm a judicial activist guide and it comes to brown. i think the government was right to overturn state governments that were saying separate but equal was fine. then we go to the next one griswold. why are we even having this discussion? does this have anything to do with politics or current events? george stephanopoulos asked them all about griswold. a lot of them did not know what it was. it had to do with birth control. the state government said you can't sell birth control to women. if you are states rights person, hands-off. let the states do with they want. or you might say individuals have rights. then you might say maybe i am for griswold. maybe i am for overturning a state law that says you can't have birth control. griswold led to row. e. it's a little bit

as an at that time he shared the national stage with henry clay andrew jackson and john calhoun, and as an old man serving in congress he was in the same congress as a very young abraham lincoln. when he went abroad he rubbed shoulders with the most famous men of the age, including austria's prison the czar alexander the i of russia and when they traveled to america, charles dickens, de tocqueville and lafayette sought out adams' country, and with good reason. adams authored the monroe doctrine should be called the adams doctrine but he was secretary of state and greatly influenced both washington's farewell address and lincoln's emancipation proclamation, his career is so broad ranging his influence is so great, that in fact adams has something of a forrest gump like effect on american history. with almost every major event, almost every major figure, there's john quincy right in the background. let me give you a couple examples. the battle of bunker hill dirk the american revolution in 1775, there's a young john quincy adams, seven years old and climbs up the hill behind his house

and over again, including the general regulations of the army promulgated by secretary of war john calhoun in 1821, and all of these rules said you had to treat prisoners of war humanely. you had to provide them with enough food. you had to provide them with shelter. you cannot summarily execute them. every one of the leader in confederate officers, and indeed almost all of the confederate officers, because most of them were west point graduates, have studied these rules and had applied these rules while they were in the united states army before they left. the confederate government adopts the regulations of the army in the confederate states and among the other things it adopts, it adopts verbatim the u.s. articles of war. the existing rules on how you treat prisoners of war in 1860 are the same for the confederate army in 1865. they have changed for the united states because during the war, the united states used the lieber code, a code of war, code of conduct written by francis lieber. francis lieber had spent most of his life in columbia, south carolina as a professor at the college o

about it in if we were to say we believe in states rights, could could you be in favor of what john calhoun said. not only he supported slavery but he thought government can do anything it wants. is that the limited government position we believe so much in the small federal government that there is no role nationally to say to a state government they cannot do certain things. when it comes to brown, i am not a judicial restraint guy either. i'm a judicial activist when it comes to lautner and the new deal. but i am also a judicial activist when it comes to brown . the federal government was right to overturn state governments that says -- plessy vs. ferguson is judicial restraint. when he get to brown, i am an activist. what is the big bug-a-bear? it's griswold. you say, why are we even having this discussion? does any of this have anything to do with politics or current events? does anyone remember george stephanopoulos' question? a lot of people do not know what griswold was. but it had to do with birth control. the state government said he cannot sell birth control to women. if you are

person who has the same vision of him in the cabinet is his good buddy the old national war hawk john calhoun who was more secretary. if you know his history, they go in very divergent paths later. window talking about that debate happening slavery, calhoun says look, let's take a long walk or two around washington and let me educate you on how we see slavery in the south. what john quincy adams here's shocks, really shocks him. 10 to 15 pages in here to enter question he says i am secretary of state. i have made that argument, and i've lost. what he doesn't say is i'm also going to run for president so there's so much i can do. but this is clearly going to be the make or really the break issue for the union. it's very clear that someone needs to start thinking about what arguments are going to be rolled out against slavery. he starts doing at that point. in his private diaries. it is not public pronouncement. to answer your question even more specifically what does he see as the end of two this? nothing good. pcs this as a bloody civil war that will come over this. and what it will be to him

john calhoun supported a tyranny of state government. utah thought state government could do anything it wants. is that the liberty position? the conservative government position, that we believe so much and small government that there is no role nationally to say to a state government they cannot do certain things? when it comes to brown, i am not a judicial restraint guy either. i am a judicial activist when it comes to the new deal, but i am an activist when it comes to brown. i think the federal government was right to overturn state governments saying separate but equal is fine. plessy versus ferguson, a mistake. it is judicial restraint. when you get to brown, i am an activist. then we go to the next one, the next when we talk about when we want to know about activism versus restraint. it is griswold. why are we even having this discussion? does any of this have anything to do with politics or current events? does anybody remember george stephanopoulos' questions in the presidential debates? he asked them what do you think about gr

john calhoun supported a tyranny of state government he thought state government could do anything it wants. is that the conservative limited government position that we leave so much to the gut -- federal government that there's no rule nationally to the state government. so when it comes to brown that i am a judicial activist. i'm a traditional activist when it comes to the new deal but also when it comes to brown. i think the federal government was right to overturn state governments that were saying separate but equal is fine. plessy versus ferguson is judicial restraint. then we go to the next bubba bear when we talk about activism versus restraint. it's griswold. you say why are we having this discussion? does this have anything to do with politics or current events? does anybody remember george stephanopoulos' question. he asked what do you think about griswold? a lot of people didn't know what griswold was. griswold had to do with birth control. state governments they can't sell birth control to women so so if your state's rights person you say hands off. if you believe in jud

the three unanimous picks, not surprisingly were henry clay, daniel webster, and john c. calhoun, the famous senators of the precivil war period. and each of those senators is impacted -- depicted by a portrait in the waiting room off of the area of the senate, i've taken constituents there in -- a number of times. one of the favorite things i like to do as constituents is i have them stand at a certain place and walk across the room and keep their eyes on henry clay's eyes. and henry clay's eyes will follow them all the way across, which is a good way of introducing my constituents to the fact that henry clay, our kentuckian, is a person quite famous in american history and they will always -- the youngsters always remember because the eyes follow them all the way across the way. >> you mentioned before he was from kentucky which was a slave holding state at the time, how important do you think it is to tell the story of the role that slave labor played in building of the capitol? >> i think it is important. it's a reflection on what america was at the time. and we have worked h

not only john calhoun supported slavery, but john calhoun supported sort of a tyranny of state government it wants. is that sort of the liberty position? is that the conservative limited government position that we believe so much in a small federal government that there is no role nationally to say to a state government they can't do certain things? so it comes to brown, i'm not a judicial restraint guy, either. i'm a judicial activist when it comes to lautner. i'm a judicial activist when it comes to the new deal. but i'm also a judicial activist when it comes to brown. i think the federal government was right to overturn state governments that were saying that separate but equal is find. plessy versus ferguson is a mistake. plessy versus ferguson is judicial restraint. we get to brown, i'm an activist. then we go to the next one. what's the next one we talk about when we want to know about activism versus restraint? it's gris cold. and you say why are we even having this discussion? does anything of this have anything to do with politics or current events? does anybody remember george

henry clay ford, john c. calhoun stood here in this foot of mississippi full of and thomas hart benton of missouri. he ripped open his coat and senator met the assassin, fired. here the eccentric virginia senator john randolph brought his hunting dogs into the chamber and the dashing texas senator sam houston sat here and sat at the desk. and here seated at his desk in the back row, massachusetts senator charles thurman beaten violently over the head with a cane wielded by representative preston booths of south carolina who objected to sumner's strongly abolitionist speeches and sumner had heaped upon brooks' uncle with the governor of south carolina. because our british cousin ss chose to set fire to the capitol in the war of 1812, congress was forced to move into the patent office building in downtown washington and late into a building known as the brick house located on the present site of the supreme court building. the incident was december of 1819 before the senators were able to return to the restored and ele

believe in states right -- no role for the federal government -- could you be in favor of what john calhoun said? he supported slavery and a tyranny of state government. he thought state government could do anything you wanted. is that the liberty position? a conservative, limited government position? that there is no role, nationally, to say if they government can't do things? i am not a judicial restraint guy. i am a judicial activist when it comes to lautner, the new deal, and when it comes to brown. i think the federal government was right to overturn separate but equal. plessy versus ferguson was a mistake. it is judicial restraint. then we go to the next -- when we talk about activism versus restraint, griswold. why do we even have this discussion? does it have anything to do with politics or current events? does anyone river george stephanopoulos asked question in the debate? what do you think about griswold? a lot of people didn't know what griswold was. it had to do with birth control. state government said you can't sell birth-control to women. if you are states rights hands-off.

about the chamber from time to time--daniel webster orated, henry clay forged compromises, and john c. calhoun stood on principle. here, henry foote of mississippi pulled a pistol on thomas hart benton of missouri. senator benton ripped open his coat, and said, "let the assassin fire!" and, "stand out of the way." here the eccentric virginia senator john randolph brought his hunting dogs into the chamber, and the dashing texas senator, sam houston, sat over here to my right; he sat at his desk whittling wooden hearts for ladies in the gallery. seated at his desk in the back row massachusetts senator charles sumner was beaten violently over the head with a cane wielded by representative preston brooks of south carolina, who objected to sumner's strongly abolitionist speeches and the vituperation that sumner had heaped upon brooks' uncle, senator butler of south carolina. the senate first met here in 1810, but, because our british cousins chose to set fire to the capitol during the war of 1812 congress was forced to move into the patent office building in downtown washington, and later into a bu

believe in states right federal government has no role in the states could you be in favor of john calhounot only supported slavery lu a tierneyearÑi tyranny of state government. they could do whatever they want. do we believe so much in a small state government that we have no belief in nationally government. i'm a traditional activist when it comes to lockner and when it comes to the new deal. but i'm also a judicial activist when it comes to brown. thinkty federal government was right to turn over state governments saying separate buzz equal is find. pressey versus ferguson is restraint. when we get to brown i'm an activist. what is the next one in activism versus restraint? it is griswald. and you-9 say why are we even having this discussion. any of this have anything to do with the current events? they ask what do you think about grizwold. a lot of people didn't know what it was probably. but it had to do with birth control. state government said you can't sell birth control to women. so if you are a states rights person you say i guess hands off. if you believe in judicial restraint,

and the federal government has no role in the states, could you be basically in favor of what john calhounsaid who supported slavery and supported a tyranny of state government. he thought state government could do anything it wants? is that the liberty position? is that the conservative limited government position we believe so much in a small federal government there is no role nationally to say to a state government they can't do anything. and when it comes to brown, i'm not a judicial restraint guy either. i'm a judicial activist when it comes to lockner and the new deal and also a judicial activist when it comes to brown. i think the federal government was right to overturn state governments that were saying that separate but equal is fine. plussy versus ferguson is a mistake. it is judicial restraint. so we get to brown, i'm an activist. and then we go to the next one. what is the big bugga bear, the next one when we want to know about activism versus restraint. it is grizwald. and you say why are we having this discussion. does this have anything to do with politics or current event

he wasn't talking this talk you hear now of practically john c. calhounratic side really started before the election with the civil rights act of 1964. what lyndon johnson did was say, "that's the first flag we're planting. there are a lot of more flags coming. and we are going to be the party that will end, end discrimination, whether it's in the voting booth, in public accommodations, in the workplace, in housing. and we're going to be the party that uses government to help the most vulnerable people in our society, and tries to use it to give them a hand up, not just a hand-out." >> four great bills in civil rights, 60 bills in education, medicare and medicaid... arts and the humanities, public broadcasting. so much was done. >> d. goodwin: he one time said, "some people want power just to march around to 'hail to the chief' and strut through the stage -- i want to do things." and so he used the power that he gained in that mandate as fully as he could. and had it not been for the war in vietnam, he would be still remembered as one of the most extraord