. >> joshua geltzer is joining uggs tomorrow. first call is from craig on our republican line. on with our guests. go ahead. >> caller: thank you. good morning. yes, first of all i find it interesting that district judge in hawaii has more power than the will flt american people as represented by the vote we had in 2016. but my question is, if it's establishment clause of the constitution forbids the establishment of religion through immigration policy, why was the lot enberg amendment permitted to allow jewish immigrants specifically from russia in 1991, i think it was? >> let me start with the first part of that question. because you raise an interesting point about how judges now justices are dealing with this case. and ultimately judges and justices aren't there to intervene in ordinary politics, not there to overturn the will of the voters but they are there to patrol the outer limits of what in this case the executive can do. that's always the job of judges, whether it's one district judge hearing a case at the beginning of what can be a long saga or he or nine justices h

. >>> joshua geltzer, former counterterrorism senior director at the national security council under the obama administration and currently georgetown university law school, the institute of constitutional advocacy and protection where he serves as executive director. good morning. >> good morning. >> the supreme court discusses the president's travel ban tomorrow. could you set up what will be debated but what's at stake? >> sure this has a complicated history, the third attempt by the president to deliver on a campaign promise of this travel ban but the first time it's actually reaching the supreme court on the merits in full. the first two were temporary bans, expired before the case could get to the supreme court. now the third one is indefinite, made it to the court and when it was issued it was called a proclamation, it applied to eight countries, six of them were muslim majority countries and in this third our attempt at a travel ban some north koreans were added and venezuelan diplomats. c.h.a.d. was removed a couple weeks ago. this was tied by the white house back to a promi

at 8:30, our guest is joshua geltzer. will talk about tomorrow supreme court argument on president trump's traveled. at 9:00 a.m., tom sancton on french president emmanuel macron's state visit. ♪ >> lots of activity at the white house today as the ranch president meets with the french -- as the french president meets with president trump. a joint news conference will be at 11:45 and c-span's coverage of the president's first state dinner at 6:30 this evening. go to www.c-span.org for more information. the french president will address a joint session of congress tomorrow. speaking of, mike pompeo passed his first test in becoming a secretary of state. he merrily won approval yesterday that she nearly -- he narrowly won approval yesterday. in our next hour, we will show you comments from yesterday and get your thoughts on mike pompeo possibly becoming the next secretary of state. here is how to let us know, for republicans, (202)-748-8001. (202)-748-8000 for democrats. (202)-748-8002 for independents. you can post on twitt

in today's supreme court oral argument on the president's professor joshua geltzer will be with us. and "vanity fair" writer tom sancton discusses his recent profile of the french president. you should watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. today, our live coverage of the presidentt of french manual macron begins with the arrival ceremony at the white house. 9:00 a.m. eastern, live coverage on c-span 2. joint newstuesday, a conference at 11:45 a.m. live on c-span 3. the first state dinner of the trump administration is 6:30 eastern live on c-span 3. willsday, president macron address a joint meeting of congress live on c-span at 11:00 a.m. eastern. c-span. where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's television companies. today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme public policy events in washington, d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. nomination to be the next secretary of state cleared the

. >>> joshua geltzer, former counterterrorism senior director at the national security council under the obama