van buren does not. you have a man sitting on a horse in front of the starting gates. jackson gets martin van buren and moves him back and that one thing follows jackson's vice president or the rest of his life. that jackson had to pull him out of the way of the horses like he was a child. him in some people's minds as jackson's puppet which follows him for the rest of his career. brian: you write about george the slave. jesse: monkey simon was the greatest black jockey of his time. brian: four feet six inches tall. jesse: he is a jockey. you have to be small. he was the one jockey along with the horse maria that jackson could not beat. he tried over and over. he sent different horses out there. monkey simon publicly got into trash talking with andrew jackson and got away with it. now keep in mind, andrew jackson was a man known for his temper. he would duel, he would fight. he was a rough and ready kind of guy. because of of his victories over jackson over and over, monkey simon would publicly tease him. he would talk about how jackson looked and he even wrote and if -- and embarrassing

thomas jefferson, martin van buren, james madison, john q. adams, they were president as well as secretary of state. would she keep john kerry or going for someone like tony blanken who is serving as a deputy now? what do you see on that side? >> i hope john kerry doesn't take this the wrong way, but if a democrat gets elected it would be a big mistake to keep him in office, or any of the top cabinet officials, defense, treasury, justice department. i think it's almost invariably a mistake for a new president coming inn after an election -- not the death of an incumbent or something like that. but a new president coming in after an election is best served by putting their own team in place and not carrying over anyone. i think that john kerry probably understand that is and isn't looking to stay on. but it's a real problem for a new president who wants to put his or her own mark on the white house to be burdened with top advisers from the prior administration who, let's face it, bear the mind-set of that administration and carry that baggage

jackson gets martin van buren and moves him back and that one thing follows jackson for the rest of his life. that jackson has to pull him out like heay of the horses is a child. in some people's mind as jackson's puppet which follows him for the rest of his career. georgeyou write about the slave. simon was the greatest black jockey of his time. is a jockey. you have to be small. the one jockey along with the horse maria that jackson could not beat. he tried over and over. he sent different courses out there. and he never -- he sent horses out there. publicly got into trash talking with andrew jackson and got away with it. andrew jackson was a man known for his temper. duel, he would fight. he was a rough and ready kind of guy. his victories over jackson over and over, monkey simon would publicly tease ahead. he would talk about how jackson looked and he even wrote and if there is singsong about jackson that he would think. , jacksonf his skill never retaliated. even going toward the end of his life, one of the things that jackson would say, one thing he regretted was that he never got

throughout history judiciary committee chairs have wielded immense power and president martin van buren, when he was in the senate, senator ted kennedy, senator arlen specter, senator joe biden, judiciary chairmen have prized their independence and guarded it from being man handled. the past chairmen stood firm and faced opposition from presidents and senate leadership. at crucial times in american history, the senate and the nation have looked to the judiciary committee to do the right thing. during the civil war, chairman liman trumble and his committee authored the 13th amendment. the 13th amendment abolished slavery during the civil war. we know during that period of time there was great consternation as to what should be done. even the great president lincoln had trouble deciding what should be done during the early days of the civil war. in 1889, chairman george hoar from massachusetts and his committee drafted the sherman antitrust act refusing to give in to carnegie, vanderbilt and rockefeller monopolies. that was big-time n independence. in 1937, chairman henry ashers from ariz