oliver whitman, louis brandeis and herbert hoover. >> i think everybody has succeeded with this house frankfurter, brandeis, it took oliver holmes jr. in some of his opinions including a

we talk about a group of intellectuals, louis brandeis and hoover cooper micromet -- and herbert hoover >> everyone associated with this house. race wasn't a salient issue for them. they cared about the rights of workers. junior int to holmes some of his opinions, including a 1923 case, which found that the first time the mob dominated criminal trials of blacks violated due process clause. that was a huge moment inputting fair criminal trials in a liberal agenda and linking them with race. >> sultanate at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> a panel on u.s. federal tax policy. federal house ways and means chair outlines recommendations for overhaul on tax legislation through the house and senate. vehicle newspaper host of this event. hill newspaper hosted this event. is 40 minutes. >> i would like to call the senior policy advisor at pricewaterhousecoopers. senior fellow on budget and policy priorities. president of the committee for responsible federal budget, and grover norquist, president and founder of the americans for tax reform. >>

on your first point, yes, wilson supreme fought for court justices, the one he bought for was louis brandeis. he was proposed for a number of reasons. brandeis was an important cian foron -- theoroti wilson's new freedom. it provided the basic philosophy for wilson's economic programs. later, it had a considerable influence on the new wing of new deal thoughts in the 1930's. he was able to take the fight of getting the confirmation of brandeis to court. harold: you said in the book that the day of giants past for a while. you had some fascinating things to say about harding. i marveled at that because you he deservesat credit and has not received it for being pro-civil liberties. he was anti-lynching. florence harding who has -- shed to be reputation was actually an enlightened first lady. what motivated you to reassess harding? professor leuchtenburg: i would be misreading leaders -- readers...ng what is true is that the end of the wilson presidency was a miserable time in american life after wilson has a stroke -- he is an isolated figure in the white house. newhardings bring a openness to

we talk with an author about his group about a group of intellectuals, louis brandeis, and herbert hoover rights of workers, it took oliver wendell holmes junior and some of his opinions including a 1922 case known as moore versus dempsey which found for the first time that the mob dominated trials of southern blacks violated the due process clause. that's the first time the supreme court struck down the conviction under the duke process clause. there is a huge moment and putting the trials in the air criminal trials. >> it check out the c-span classroom website at c-span.org/classroom. it's full of teaching resources for classroom members. it gives teachers easy access to ready to go resources for the classroom, including short current events videos, constitution clips that bring the constitution to light, social studies lessons plans and on the state in history resources. the search function allows you to search and filter by date, person, keyword, topic, and great level. our bellringer's video clips or teacher favorites. short videos paired with the vocabulary and discussion that make

on your first point, yes, wilson not only fought for supreme justice hece, the fought for was louis brandeis. brandeis was an important theorotician for wilson's new freedom. it provided the basic philosophy for wilson's economic programs. later, it had a considerable influence on that wing of new deal thoughts in the 1930's. he was able, after a bitter fight, to gain confirmation of brandeis to court. mr. holzer: you say in the book that the day of giants past for while with the invent of harvard, coolidge, but you had fascinating things to say about harding. he deservesd that credit, and has not received it, for being pro-civil liberties. he was anti-lynching. florence harding, who has a reputation, was actually an enlightened first lady. what motivated you to reassess harding so dramatically? i don'tuchtenburg: think harding came off too well. i would be misleading readers -- what is true is that the end of the wilson presidency was a miserable time in american life. stroke, is anas a isolated figure in the white hardings during a new openness to american society, to the institution of th

we speak about louis brandeis and herbert hoover who met regularly in the early 1900s to debate politicsryone was in this house. brandeis.r, lindeman, race was not a salient issue. they cared about the rights of worker. it took all bore -- rights of workers. it took all of her wendell thats junior to find trials of blacks violated due process is. that is the first time the state struck down something on the due process clause. at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. annual white house correspondents dinner. carl bernstein present journalism awards and entertainment provided by hasan minhaj. >> please welcome jeff mason. [applause] >> i hope you enjoyed your dinner.

liberalism, we talked to author brad snyder about his book on a group of intellectuals including louis brandeis herbert hoover who met majorly in the early 1900 two debate politics and the future of the country. >> frankfurter, lichtman, brandeis, race was a failing issue. they cared about the rights of workers. it took oliver wendell holmes junior and some of his opinions including a case known as moore versus dempsey which found for the first time that the mob dominated trials of southern blacks violated the due process walls. the first time the supreme court struck down criminal conviction under the due process clause. that was a huge moment in putting fair criminal trials on the liberal agenda and linking the idea. announcer: sunday eight eastern on c-span's q&a. annual whitew the house correspondents dinner. by theinment is provided daily show correspondent hassan manoj.

with rad snyder on his book of intellectuals, felix frankfurter, oliver wendell holmes junior, louis brandeis and herbert hoover, who met regularly in the early 1900s today politics in the future of the country. >> i think everybody associated with this house, race was not a salient issue for them. they cared about the rights of workers. it took all of her when the holmes junior and some of his opinions, including a 1923 case known as more v dempsey were for the first time the mob dominated criminal trials of southern blacks violated the due process clause. the's the first time supreme court struck down a state criminal conviction under the due process clause. that was a huge moment in putting fair criminal trials on the liberal agenda. and the idea of fair criminal trials linked with race. >> sunday on q&a. 50 years ago on april 28, >> up next on history bookshelf, irin talksn -- dave z about his book "what's my name, fool?" sportss the case that have long been tied to politics. it is about 45 minutes. good evening ladies and gentlemen -- good evening, ladies and gentlemen. i had

including louis brandeis and herbert hoover who met regularly in the 1900s to debate politics in the the country. >> i think everyone associated -- race was not a civilian issue for them. they cared about the rights of workers. took oliver wendell holmes junior in some of his opinions including a 1923 case known as more of id. see, which found for the first time that the trials of southern blacks violated the due process structures. this was the first time that a .tate -- struck down and linking the idea of fair criminal trials with race. >> tonight, at 8:00 on c-span's opened you -- "q&a." >> this morning, former health and human services deputy secretary torry discusses president trump's first 100 days in office. and then the host of the young turks and founder and ceo of the thank you t network advances progressive opposition to the trump presidency. later, illinois high school teachers andrew kane and daniel larson discusses the upcoming advanced placement u.s. government exam and what students can expect on the test. we will be taking calls from high school students only. as alw

it unites my two heroes, taft and louis brandeis. it is the most important privacy descent of the 20th century. you cannot come to the constitutional center without a homework assignment. your homework assignment is to read justice brandeis. if you come to the exhibit you can go to the original telephone that the bootlegger used to to make the sun calls to import incredibly profitable, illegal booze from british columbia and canada. here's what happened -- he is a wild bootlegger, making phone calls. federal agents put wiretaps on the sidewalks leading up to his office. they listen in on his conversations, they say he is bootlegging, they convict him. he says the wiretap is illegal because there is no warrant. and that the evidence should be excluded. in an opinion by chief justice taft, the court holds no trespass, no warrant required because it was public property and the wiretaps were on the sidewalks. they did not go into the office so taft says they didn't need a warrant. the defense is the most important privacy defense of the

he began his stupendous law career in a time with louis brandeis for what remains to this day the highest marks ever given in the harvard law school. justice felix frankfurter called friendly the best judge on the american scene. judge richard poser identified him as the most powerful legal reason or in american legal history. justice sandra day o'connor observed, when we are looking for a court of appeals decision for use as authority, we look first for opinions of henry friendly. and justice thurgood marshall on the conventional second circuit wisdom that one should follow learned, but cuts, the rule would always be quote friendly and follow friendly. his productivity on this court was simply staggering. 1056 signed published opinions. in his active judge years, he was producing 20% more opinions than the average production of his fellow active judges. his opinions clarified virtually every area of the law that touched. in addition, during the time of his judgeship, he brought , makingy articles seminal contributions to our understanding of federal jurisdiction, administrative law come

we talk with author brad snyder people group of including louis brandeis and herbert hoover who met regularly in the 1900s to debate politics and the future of the country. ice,ankfurter, litman, and race was not a salient issue for them. they cared about the rights of workers and it took oliver wendell holmes junior and some of his opinions, including a 1923 case which found for the first time the mob dominated criminal trials of southern blacks violated the due process clause. that's the first time he supreme court struck down a criminal court conviction under the due process law. that was a huge moment in putting it in the liberal agenda and linking the idea of a fair criminal trial. >> that right half -- the white house correspondents association hosted their annual inner. speakers included bob woodward, carl bernstein and a daily show comedian. president trump did not attend thisrs