then at 9:10, constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalist society. watch this holiday week on c-span. senate democratic leader chuck schumer held a news conference monday to push for witnesses at a senate impeachment trial. senator schumer also requested specific documents and emails be subpoenaed by the senate. the u.s. house voted to impeach president trump last wednesday on two counts -- abuse of power and obstruction of congress. they pelosi has not sent articles of impeachment to the u.s. senate. senator schumer: thanks to everyone for coming. merry christmas. happy hanukkah. za, happyn everything. happy everything to everyone. i hope you have a good holiday season with your families and hope you don't have to work on christmas day. now, more than a week ago, i sent a letter to senator mcconnell -- sorry, more than a week ago, i sent a letter to senator mcconnell outlining a proposed structure for a fair and honest impeachment trial in the senate. nothing dilatory, nothing prolonged, but what joe friday said on "dragne

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constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about licensing requirements. next, he discusses the cases and the work of the institute of justice at a federalist society event in montgomery, alabama. this is just over an hour. good morning. welcome to the montgomery federalist society. i'm president of the montgomery chapter of the federalist society. i'm excited to have you here today for our topic on occupational life insurance. -- occupational licensing. occupational licensing laws establish government-backed barriers of entry into professions and fields based on the allegation that the general safety and welfare of the community is served and protected by them. the reality is that connected interest groups favor occupational licensing for its anticompetitive effects. the fees and restrictions instituted by occupational licensure prevent entrepreneurial innovators who often come from modest backgrounds and represent vulnerable groups from efficiently providing consumers with better goods and services. the onus of these laws falls disproportionately on mino

at 9:10, constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalist society. >> there are three types of constitutional abuses, with the former slaves and their allies, they would have their right to vote taken away, and the right to be self-sufficient taken away, you actually hear these horror stories of a freemen being forced to go back and work for former slaveowners because of occupational licensing laws preventing them from being able to be self-sufficient. >> watch this holiday week on c-span. >> next, a look at religious liberty and the law with kelly , shackelford and the former general counsel, don clark. this is just over an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] dr. thistlethwaite: good evening. now, i have taught religion in america for more than 35 years. and i believe that the first amendment has played a vital role in the vitality of this nation. and i shall read it for you. "congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the

. >> coming up next, constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about licensing requirements. then senator byron dorgan talks -- takes a look at the challenges facing native americans. later, another chance to hear from fox news sunday host chris wallace and eleanor holmes norton as they talk about the uemst amendment at the news in washington, d.c. >> morning, welcome to the montgomery federalist society. i'm president of the montgomery .hapter i'm excited to have you here today for our topic on occupational life insurance. this is actually -- occupational licensing. occupational licensing laws established entry into professions and fields based on the allegation that the general safety and welfare of the community is served and protected by them. the reality is that connected interest groups favor occupational licensing for its anticompetitive effects. the fees and restrictions instituted by occupational licensure prevent entrepreneurial innovators who often come from modest backgrounds and represent vulnerable groups from efficiently providing consumers with better goods an

at 9:10, constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalist society. >> there are three types of with theional abuses, former slaves and their allies, they would have their right to vote taken away, and the right to be self-sufficient taken away , you actually hear these horror stories of a freemen being forced to go back and work for former slaveowners because of occupational licensing laws preventing them from being able to sell -- to be self-sufficient. >> watch this holiday week on c-span. >> our c-span campaign 2020 bus team is traveling across the country asking voters what issues should presidential candidates address? >> i really want to know what our future president or any other candidate will do regarding jobs. the jobs market and the economy. the united states must have a strong economy, we are a huge nation and we provide a lot of information and product throughout the world. i really do hope that the next president, no matter who they are, man woman, democrat, republican, that they will defend our jobs and help our eco

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thursday, a joint economic committee hearing on the high cost of raising a family and 9:10 p.m.,0 -- justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federal society. watch this week on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: and to stay three of our series. we have been featuring authors from across the spectrum on key public policy issues of the day. joining us today to talk about his book while he took the -- jim wallace, good morning two. . i want to start with christianity today. an editorial calling for president trump's removal from office. your reaction. euros in your editorial that this might be a watershed moment for 2020, why? guest: i came back from a 27 city book tour. right in the middle of advent. which, in our tradition is a season of waiting and during and longing for christ. what iting for christ is was thinking coming home. all of a sudden cover this editorial appears from christianity today, a very established evangelical credible , mark galli, who i know, says there are moral issues at stake in the selection . not just political, but deeper. the reali

later, constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about his work in lawsuit against occupational licensing requirements. ♪ good afternoon. it is not often that i get a musical introduction so i appreciate that very much. i think we will have some fun with our panel when they come up but as i think you know, i believe this is the program, we are going to have a special guest first and a little intimate conversation between this special guest and me and i feel very privileged to be able to chat with them. an old and dear friend, senator john warner. senator warner is approaching old age but you would never know it. we have been sitting in the back and talking about old times in this race and that race and all kinds of things. i was thinking about his career and that is absolutely incredible because you can go back as far as world war ii and korea. he was in both of those wars, and he did not have to, he did not have to do the second one if he did the first one, but he was always willing to jump in and participate. he did lots of things in between, but let's start with secretary of the navy a

economicay, a joint committee hearing on the high cost of raising a family. 9:10 p.m., justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalist society. watch this holiday week on c-span. university of washington history professor margaret omarosa discusses her book the code. >> you have the biggest of big government programs, the space race. memorablyhower denotes the military-industrial complex. innovation and private wealth creation, and an industry that considers itself that built itself on its own, that government has become almost invisible to many of the people who are in silicon valley who are the creators of these companies. they think there is no role, and actually there is. that is part of the magic, that it is government out of sight. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. a discussion about religious liberty and the law with kelly shuffleboard, who represented civil liberties union in front of the supreme court. this was held in beaver creek, colorado. [applause] dr. thistlethwaite: good evening. i have taught religion in america for

then justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements of the federalist society.holiday week on c-span. next, a look at the challenges that caring for senior citizens with caregivers testifying on the lack of affordable long-term care for the elderly.

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then at 9:10, constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirementst the federalist society. watch this holiday week on c-span. senate democratic leader chuck schumer held a news conference monday to push for witnesses at a senate impeachment trial. senator schumer also requested specific documents and emails be subpoenaed by the senate. the u.s. house voted to impeach president trump last wednesday on two counts -- abuse of power and obstruction of congress. they pelosi has not sent articles of impeachment to the u.s. senate.

constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalistociety. >> there are three types you tend to see. the former slaves and their white allies would have the right to bear arms taken away, the right to vote taken away, and their right to be self-sufficient taken away, their right to be economically self-sufficient. you hear these horror stories of people having to go work for their former slave owners because of laws preventing them from being able to be self-sufficient. >> watch this holiday week on c-span. saturday, 2020 democratic presidential candidate and hawaiian representative tulsa gabbard speaks to voters at a town hall in new hampshire. watch live at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. 2020 democratic presidential candidate joe biden holds a townhall meeting today in peterborough, new hampshire live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. next, a discussion about the history of journalism and fake news with re

then at 9:10 p.m., constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalist society. watch this holiday week on -span. queen elizabeth ii delivers her annual christmas message from windsor castle located about 25 miles outside of london. the tradition of the royal christmas message dates back to 1932 with a radio address by king george v. queen elizabeth made the first televised address in 1957. this is just under 10 minutes. [music]

. >> coming up next, constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about licensing requirements. then senator byron dorgan talks -- takes a look at the challenges facing native americans. later, another chance to hear from fox news sunday host chris wallace and eleanor holmes norton as they talk about the uemst amendment at the news in washington, d.c. >> morning, welcome to the montgomery federalist society.

. ♪ announcer: tonight on c-span, attorney justin pearson talked with the federalist society about occupationalicensing laws. he believes the laws are unnecessary, and seeks a lawsuit to overturn them. here's a preview. >> i have personally spoken to people weapon arrested and prosecuted for the crime of teeth whitening. i have spoken to people who have been arrested or prosecuted for the crime of braiding hair. swatorida a few years ago, this -- i want to repeat -- for swat teams rated barbershops under the suspicion of unlicensed barbering. that is what happens when you have these laws. sometimes things go far astray. to give you example, i mentioned before, people have been arrested for the crime of braiding hair. one of those individuals is someone in texas. she is a here breeder. arrested forally the crime of braiding hair. when i say arrested, i mean arrested. police officers with guns and badges put her in handcuffs enter -- and took her to jail. they clicked, she was able to fight back and get the law changed. and then she got in trouble again because texas law prevented her from teachi

coming up next, justin pearson talks about his work on lawsuits against occupational licensing requirements. then senator byron dorgan takes a look at his new book on the challenges facing native americans. later, civic engagement with john warner, bobby scott, and philanthropist david rubenstein among the speakers. uem in washington, d.c. >> morning, welcome to the montgomery federalist society. i'm president of the montgomery .hapter i'm excited to have you here today for our topic on occupational life insurance. this is actually -- occupational licensing. occupational licensing laws established entry into professions and fields based on the

constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about licensing requirements. next, he discusses the cases and the work of the institute of justice at a federalist society event in montgomery, alabama. this is just over an hour. good morning. welcome to the montgomery federalist society. i'm president of the montgomery chapter of the federalist society. i'm excited to have you here today for our topic on occupational life insurance. -- occupational licensing. occupational licensing l

watch authors week all this week starting at 8:00 a.m. 9:10night on c-span at attorney justin pearsonpeaking to the federal society about occupational licensing laws that he believes are unnecessary. i have spoken to people who have been arrested and prosecuted, and i have spoken to of braidinghe crime hair. teams, fullago swat swat teams rated barbershops on the suspicion of unlicensed to barbering. this is what happens when you have these laws. they increase interactions with police, and things go astray. i wanted to give you an example. beenve people who have arrested for braiding hair. one of those is someone in texas who is a hair greater, and she was -- hair braider, and she was byested for braiding hair police with guns who put her in handcuffs and put her in jail for the crime of braiding hair. she was able to fight back and the law changed, and she got into trouble again because she was teaching other people to braid hair. when people want to the fromsufficient and learn an experienced hair braiders, they could not because it was a crime for her to teach them. >> tonight at

and he is also generous to be giving his time here to us today so please join us in welcoming justin pearson. [applause] mr. pearson: thank you for that generous introduction. thank you all for having me. it's an honor to be here. i have one of the greatest jobs in the world. i sue the government. it's a lot of fun. i highly recommend it. justice, i never sue for money and i never charge my clients anything. my salary and costs are paid for by over 14,000 donors. i go across the nation representing all business owners pro bono, free of charge. this is something i love doing. it's tied into the whole reason i went to law school in the first place. my mom is a small business owner in florida and i went to law school because i wanted to represent small business owners like my mom. my dream was to have my own law firm. mom.rst client was my the problem was my clients could not afford to pay me to file be constitutional challenges, so i started doing more and more pro bono work. i now get paid a salary to do the type of thing i used to do for fun as pro bono work. i'm fortunate the not been able

at 9:10 p.m., constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements. three types, see the former slave and white allies who have the right to bear arms taken away, the right to vote taken away and the right to be self-sufficient taken away. you hear horror stories of people being forced told -- to work for former slave owners because they were prevented from being self-sufficient. >> watch this holiday week on c-span. >> next, a discussion about the history of journalism and fake news, hosted by the liberty forum of silicon valley in mountain view, california. this is one hour and 10 minutes. >> let's talk about fake news. have you heard the joke about the reporter who asked a tough question of elizabeth warren? [laughter] neither have i. but i am a journalist. i run a journalism program. i spent my life in journalism. i want to plead with all of you not to let 99% of journalists give the rest a bad name.

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eastern, justin pearson speaking to the federalist society about occupation laws. he believes the laws are unnecessary and seeks to overturn them. >> i have personally spoken to people who have been arrested and prosecuted for the crime of ty to. i've also personally spoken to people who have been prosecuted for the crime of reading hair. live, afar from where i few years ago, swat teams, full swat teams rated barbershops on the suspicion of unlicensed barbering. this is what happened o -- happens when you have these laws. they lead to interaction with the police and sometimes things go far astray. i want to give you an example. as i mentioned before, people have been arrested for the crime of braiding hair. one individual

constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements of the federal society. >> there are three types of abuses you tend to see and the former slaves and the right allies and they would have the arms taken away in the right to vote taken away and they would have the right to be self-sufficient taken away and the right to be economically self sufficient and pretty sore stories of forces forced to go back and work for their former slave owners because of occupational licensing laws because this prevented them from being able to be self-sufficient. >> watch this holiday week on c-span. period this holiday week booktv is on c-span2 bidet with primetime features night. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern nancy eisenberg and andrew burstein discussed presidents in their book, the problem of democracy. >> even president george washington in his last glorious second term went along with alexander hamilton's idea of crushing and internal rebellion, the so-called whiskey rebellion in pennsylvania. at the head of the army that was as large as, if not larger, and what w

p.m., justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalist society. >> there are three types of constitutional -- to see. former slaves and their white allies, the right to bear arms were taken away, right to vote were taken away, and the right to be self-sufficient or taken away. you hear these horror stories of some of them forced to go back to work for former slave owners because of occupational licensing laws preventing them from being able to be self-sufficient. announcer: watch this holiday week on c-span. live camping 2020 coverage continue saturday at four clock p.m. eastern with hawaii congresswoman tulsi gabbard and hudson duck, new hampshire -- in hudson, new hampshire. eastern, 2:00 p.m. andrew yang in nashua, new hampshire. tuesday at 11 a clock and eastern, senator elizabeth warren in boston. watch the presidential candidates, live on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free span -- free c-span radio app. ♪ for 40 years, c-span has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and publ

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p.m., justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalist society. >> there are three types of constitutional -- to see. former slaves and their white allies, the right to bear arms were taken away, right to vote were taken away, and the right to be self-sufficient or taken away. you hear these horror stories of some of them forced to go back to work for former slave owners because of occupational licensing laws preventing them from being able to be self-sufficient. announcer: watch this holiday week on c-span. live camping 2020 coverage continue saturday at four clock p.m. eastern with hawaii congrsw

then, constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federalist society. watch this holiday week on c-span. >> university of washington history professor margaret o'mara discusses her book the code, silicon valley and the remaking of america. >> you have the biggest government programs. you have what eisenhower labels the military-industrial complex. that becomes the foundation for this entrepreneurial flywheel of incredible creation and innovation and private wealth thation and an industry built itself on its own. government has become almost invisible to many of the people who are in silicon valley who are the creators of these companies and technology. part of the magic that it is a government out of sight. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> senator bernie sanders holds a campaign rally in venice, california. he's one of several candidates making their way through southern california following thursday's presidential debate. join him is representative alexandria ocasio-cortez of new york, who has endorsed senato

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then at 9:10 p.m., constitutional litigator justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements at the federal society. >> there are three types of constitutional visas you tend to see, the former slaves, their white allies, they would have their arms taken away, and they would have the right to be self-sufficient taken away, the right to be economically self-sufficient. you hear these stories of those being forced to go back and work for their former slave owners because of the occupational licensing laws preventing them from being able to be self-sufficient. announcer: watch this holiday week on c-span. announcer: university of washington history professor margaret o'hara discusses her book, "the remaking of america." >> it is a space race. you have what eisenhower labeled the military-industrial complex, that becomes the foundation for this entrepreneurial wheel of incredible creation and innovation and private wealth creation. and an industry that is considered the self, that bill itself on its own, that the government becomes almost invisible to many of the people who are i

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then justin pearson talks about occupational licensing requirements of the federalist society. watch this holiday week on c-span. next, a look at the challenges that caring for senior citizens with caregivers testifying on the lack of affordable long-term care for the elderly. [indiscriminate chatter] rep. neal: will members and their guests please take their seats? the ways and means committee will come to order. that morning and welcome. we are here to discuss a difficult issue that confronts nearly every family in our nation and that is how to care for our loved ones as they age. it is certainly appropriate that we work to address this matter in november which is alzheimer's awareness month and u.s. national family caregivers month. it is a deeply personal issue for many of us in the room, for those of us who have not personally struggle to ensure an older relative receive the care they need, you most certainly know someone in your life who has. fragmented and insufficient long-term care system not only be confusing and emotionally taxing but also enormously expensive, indee

then at 9:10, constitutional litigator justin p should -- pearson talks at the federalist society. watch this week on c-span. our c-span campaign bus team is traveling across the country asking voters what issues should presidential candidates address? >> my top issue is i want to candidate will advocate for everyone, regardless of how old they are, what kind of background they come from, what race, religion, whether sexual orientation or general orientation may be. i feel like that hasn't been happening and i feel like we need to get back to a president who will advocate for everybody. >> my top issues for the government for the 2020 election is that what you do and what you plan to do to resolve the issues across the nation. my top issue is wealth and how it affects american politics and how money influences our policies. >> it has been a long day. >> my top 2020 issue is not a legislative issue but an ethics issue. i think political transparency is our biggest issue in washington and government in general. something they need to focus on is making sure that the american public r