i am john malcolm, the director of the meese center here, and before i call ed meese back up to the stage for a presentation. i thought i would ask a couple questions sticking with the theme of your presentation. i wanted to touch on one aspect you didn't address, is there any hope the courts can devise an objective way of limitsing congressional delegations of power to agencies and redefine the nondelegation doctrine, or is that too much water under the bridge? >> well, i think the way it's working right now, there is a doctrine related to the chevron doctrine that deals with nondelegate issues. if an agency is given authority and the statute defers to the agency. for the last 20 years it's been an important exception to that. it's really, don't apply chevron and presume a nondelegation of the agency involving major questions. this was in the brown and williamson case in the late 90s, it was invoked by justice scalia a few years ago. this is a critical doctrine in my view in the current administrative law world, and how daze going to be applied. i've written about it in a few cases that

he's introduced by former attorney general ed meese. this is one hour. >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the heritage foundation center for legal and judicial studies and to our tenth annual joseph story distinguished lecture. as you might imagine the namesake of our lecture is that eminent jurist, joseph story he was remarkable patriot who carried out the founders' vision of a constitutional republic. before joining the spring for it quite a career of his own. he was a congressman. he was a state legislator. he was the speaker of the massachusetts house of representatives, and he was also even while he was on the supreme court a professor at the harvard law school. interestingly enough he was also noted as one of the most successful authors of the first half of the 19th century as a matter fact, when he was 65, that particular year, his book royalties gave him twice as much money as his salary as a justice of the supreme court. as many of you know he became, when he was appointed at that time the youngest justice to se

we also must celebrate general meese. if courts were responsible for many landmark policies and pogs positions, in his role at the white house and attorney general. as attorney general, he took an interest in constitutional theory and doctrine. he delivered a famous speech on july 9, 1985 to the american bar association. it is a great speech and if yks give you an initial homework assignment tonight, it is this. 9, ead general meese's july 1985 speech. the first paragraph greeted the members of the house and delegates of the a.b.a.. he said i know the sessions here will be very productive. when i read that last week, very productive meetings of the a.b.a. house of delegates, i wondered is that a laugh line, general meese? he proceeded to talk about how utterly unpredictable the supreme court of the 1980's ould be when rendering its decisions. the bad news is that the snail dogger won. the good news is that he didn't win under the 14th amendment. general meese then said that the court during its most recent term in 1984, 1

meese, thank you very much, thank you. [applause] pres. trump: wow.hat is a very popular couple, i must say. i also want to express my deep appreciation to the great steve moore, who is with us tonight. where is steve? steve has been fantastic. we are thrilled to be joined by many distinguished guests, including senator joni ernst and ron desantis. where is ron? thank you for everything. thank you, joni. thanks, ron. we want to express our gratitude to kay james, bill walton, and the dedicated scholars and staff at the heritage foundation. thank you very much. thank you. great job. [applause] pres. trump: everyone here tonight understands a core truth, that for america to have confidence in our future, we must of pride in her history. as americans, we have inherited a special legacy of freedom, culture, laws, traditions and values. your organization is named "the heritage foundation" because you understand that our glorious heritage is the foundation of everything we hope to achieve. you understand human progress must be built upon a firm foundation o

ed.k you, meese, thank you. thank you. [applause] wow. iat is a very popular couple, must say.nt to express deep appreciation to the great steve moore. where is steve? steve has been fantastic. long andeen working hard together. we are thrilled to be joined by many distinguished guests, including senator joni ernst, and congressman ron desantis. thank you ron, for everything. , joni.nk you thank you, joni. thank the dedicated scholars and staff at the heritage foundation. thank you, very much. thank you. great job. [applause] everyone hereroftpresident tru: tonight understands that for america to have confidence in our future, we must have pride in our history. as americans we have inherited a special legacy of freedom, alter, laws, and values. your organization's name to the heritage foundation because you understand that our glorious heritage is the foundation of everything we hope to achieve. progressstand human must be built upon a firm foundation of timeless truths. inse truths are immortalized our founding documents, and the most important truth our founders understood wa

few people have worked harder to protect this heritage then add meese, a fearless defender of our constitution[applause] pres. trump: thank you, ed. and mrs. mees that is a very popular couple, i must say. i also want to express deep appreciation to the great steve moore. where is steve? steve has been fantastic. we have been working long and hard together. we are thrilled to be joined by many distinguished guests, including senator joni e ernst, and congressman ron the santos. forhank you, ron everything. and thank you joni. , thank you, joni. thanks ron. and i wanted thank the dedicated scholars and staff at the heritage foundation. i wanted to express my gratitude to them. thank you, very much. thank you. great job. [applause] everyone here tonight a core truth that for america to have confidence in our future, we must have pride in our history. as americans we have inherited a special legacy of freedom, culture, laws, traditions and values. "theorganization is named heritage foundation" because you understand that our glorious heritage is the foundation of everything we hope to achieve. yo

meese are describing this as a mass casualty situation. >> they said there's a lot of dead bodies inhey can't identify anybody. >> reporter: to the massacre at sandy hook elementary school. >> from newtown, connecticut, where today a nightmare unfolded. >> reporter: modern mass murder in the u.s. dates back to 1966 when a gunman opened fire from the bell tower at the university of texas killing 14 people below. since then the pace has quickened. the four deadliest shootings have all happened in the last decade. >> the pace and significance of mass shootings over the last decade in our country is saddening, how normalized it's become. >> reporter: and many including survivors of previous attacks worry it will keep happening. >> it's haunted our dreams that we would wake up to the news of a massacre like this. this was domestic terrorism. >> their hearts are broken. >> reporter: back in las vegas, hundreds gather for a prayer vigil tonight. remembering the lives lost while honoring the heroes who saved so many others. and joining me now is russell black and his fiancee brianna skogen.

it was shared 2000 times and it turned out a meese in malaysia saw it. now they have priceless memories back. despite the devastation they say they do plan to rebuild in santa rosa. >>> in mendocino county and the fires burning north of highway 20, they are north of ukiah, west of mendocino national forest and have burned more than 43,000 acres. containment is at 10%. eight people have died and 8000 have evacuated. mendocino county sheriff said the changing wind patterns are his biggest concern. >> they are going 180 degrees from one direction to the other at high rates. 30-40 miles per hour and very frustrating for both cal fire and the residents and law enforcement. >> crews say the fire is burning in multiple directions and threatening 1000 homes. the sheriff said most phone service has been lost making communication difficult. >>> in lake county the sulfur fire is 55% contained. that fire has burned 2500 acres off highway 20 in the area of clearlake oaks. the lake county sheriff tells us about 3000 evacuees have been allowed back home in the county i

now, that's the message i'm also telling to meese politicians.nd if they want to be public right now with all of this discussion about sexual harassment everywhere, they want to be public that they don't support this, well, hen they got to sleep at night. but i know how i'm raising my own children and i hope that millions of americans across the country also took that as a teachable moment. we still live in a free country. people can vote for who they want to vote for so i can't comment on people's own personal choices. but i know what the messaging is that i'm trying to sell to these members of congress to get on the right side. >> i'm not asking you to name names. i'm asking you whether you are having any success. are you getting any traction with those republicans? >> i am. >> and i'm going back next month and i'm bound and determined to have had a republican sponsor this bill. >> you mentioned your daughter. i won't turn the cameras around and embarrass her. i am curious particularly when i saw her walk in with you how you talked to your kids

let me say, since i worked for eed meese at justice department, i have been appalled at concept of independent counsel then post watergate statute now done by justice department regulation, these are extra constitutional offices, they are not restrained, nobody is super advising them for fear of being accused of political interference, they can do anything they want. that in itself is an abuse of justice, whether the target is donald trump or hillary clinton. lou: think of this. all of this could have been stopped. by the senate majority leader, the speaker of the house, heads of those two intelligence committees in jurisdiction judiciary committee, here we are with a attorney general recused and justice department overwhelmed by a fellow who was a mere fbi director, where are we headed? >> i think a lot of this could have been avoided if james comb he been fired on january 20, of this year, that is what should have happened. i do believe that the russians tried to interfere in the campaign, they have been doing it for 70 years or more. so, i am not embarrassed or ashamed at wanting to find ou

when we mention goe we mentioneo giants we also must celebrate general meese who was responsible for the important decisions in his role at the white house and attorney general and as attorney general more than any other attorney general he took an interest in constitutional theory and doctrine. he delivered a famous speech july 9 to the american bar association. it's a great speech and if i can give you an initial homework assignment tonight, it is this, go read the july 1989 speech but let me give you some highlights for now. the first greeted the members and said i know that it will be very productive. when i read that last week, productive meetings of the house of delegates, i wondered if that was the last line, but he proceeded to talk about how unpredictable the supreme court of the 1980s could be when rendering its judgments. he remembered what someone said when the case came down. the bad news is that the one. the good news is that it didn't win under the 14th amendment. he then said during the recent turn in 84, 85 continued to run in the variable constitutional force. he di

few people have worked harder to protect this heritage, than ed meese a fearless defender of our constitution where is ed? thank you, ed. because applause and mrs.s me. thank you very much -- thank you very much [applause] >> a very popular couple, i must say. i also' to express my appreciation to the great steve moore. who is with us tonight, steve, where is steve? steve has been fantastic. we have >> we are thrilled to be joined by many distinguish the guests including senator joni ernst and ron desantis. and thank you, joni. i want to express our gratitude to the dedicated scholars at the heritage foundation. thank you very much. great job. everyone here tonight understands. to have confidence in our future we must have pride in our history. your organization is named the heritage foundation because you fun our glorious heritage is the foundation of everything we hope to achieve. you understand that human progress must be built upon a firm foundation of timeless truths. these truths are immortalized in our founding documents, and the most of important truth our founders understood is this.

he got back to organized bed ed meese thought he would be the chief unstaffed the bin they picked jeff baker to be his chief of staff. >> but he had that thing organized and they would get together to decide but would be the story of the day and they would focus on that. so they had a very good ability to present reagan and his very best. reagan was not done. what ronald reagan knew is what he stood for in general terms he was very comfortable in his own skin and knew who he was. with things were not going right he was since the act and his wife played a huge role in that. she was the best of all hollywood wives italy's had his back and would keep in touch but i think baker was a terrific politician in the best sense of the word because good politicians we need good politicians. he was the best. >> is trump and missing his jim baker or something different from the previous president?. >> without talking about reagan's i mean trump's position on the issues to strike that familiarity. he said he would drain the swamp it is good to change those in the white house. but the interviews with

then he meese and three months later they close the investigation. overruling the prosecutors.er he gets back in touch with vance's people and says i would like -- >> so you have all of these linkages. two sew yet businessmen, a history of running afoul of the law in 1998 for a $40 million securities fraud scheme. and felix sater has been implicated in a lot of machinations around the 2016 meddling. >> exactly. he is a felon. he stabbed a guy in the neck with a margarita glass stem as one does in a bar fight. since then, he was marketing a trump property in russia and said to e-mail the trump lawyer, and said we can get our boy elected here. >> stay with me. >> a pretty fascinating piece of reporting here. how do you view it? >> i think what is really interesting is the story behind the scene in terms of how the decisions got made and then what is the actual behavior of ivanka and donald trump jr. in terms of of our first approach is, what is the standard the d.a. used to make the decisions that he made. and i can tell that you the standard stays the same. it is whether or not

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united states and the united kingdom, and the united nations have condemned the actions of the better meese, and that is -- burmese and that is appropriate. but we have not done enough. we have not strengthened sanctions or coordinated the international countries to all weigh in. the only thing that is going to make a real difference here is pressure on the burmese military. they are in charge. we can criticize the civilian got -- government in burma. they sometimes often reflect the prejudices that reflect this, but it's the military that make the decisions. we had testimony from the state department yesterday in which one of the officials used the term, well, vigil ant ees -- vigilantees. this is not uncoordinated action. this is action coordinated through the military decision-making process. you don't surround camps, you don't have significant planning that goes into it and have it just be vigilantes are not the driving force. this is a coordinated act of the military of burma and it is important that the community of nations convey that to the military, how unacceptable this is and tha

jinx the cat, used to go, "i hate meeses to pieces." crop, he does not have a plan.japan has a plan. we do not have a plan. i have a book, i wrote a book, ok? that's it. >> for the past 30 years, the free library is your resource for politics, congress and washington public affairs. whether it happened 30 years ago or 30 minutes ago, find it in c-span's video library at c-span..org. c-span, where history unfolds daily. >> each week american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn about american history. the house was built by christian heurich, a german immigrant who started a successful brewing company in 1872. today we tore several rooms in that mansion, also called the brewmasters castle, to learn about the heurich family. this is the first of a two-part series. >> this is the home of christian heurich, washington, d.c.'s most important brewer. he was a philanthropist, and he

including one meese, as we're driving to asking folks who are lirjable to renew to renew. >> thank you. >> my name is dan melnyk. i'm retired. >> my question is, i'd like to ask you to relate what you've been talking about to the broader stance of america and the world. you is specifically you discuss the immigration issue, but you never mentioned or discussed the role of the united states in aiding refugees. and secondly, when you talk about the changes into the flows in the united states, i'd like you to address the issue of how this reflects perhaps the -- an impact of this rhetoric on immigration. and does this mean or doesn't it mean that the policies are succeeding in a way. because they're stopping the flow in. >> i think it's an extremely interesting point. there are so many things one could talk about. the refugee realm is an entire topic of its own on which one could do a panel and if the rumors are correct, the numbers the administration will request or propose are going to be dramatically lower than they have in the past. and this year they were lowered from 110,000 to 50,0

amendmentth the meese as well but it has been watered down. i would go back to that. the problem is lack of transparency and the lack of a coherent voice here as we go forward. but i do appreciate the comments. at this point i would yield two minutes to mr. nolan of south carolina. the chair: the gentleman from south carolina is recognized for two minutes. 469 rise in support of h.r. which will strengthen article 1 powers for congress. mr. norman: let me begin by briefly quoting article 1 of section 8 of our thirkse necessary and proper clause. congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers in the government, meaning congress must continue to respect and reinforce the idea of the separation of powers in our government but at the same time, congress can ultimately decide when, whether, and how to legislate the powers and authority of another branch of government. mr. speaker, this piece of legislation will go a long way in fortifying the balance of powers and re-establishing congress'

a lot of the growth is going to come from meese smaller businesses. that's the -- these smaller businesses. that's the 25% rate people are talking about as compared to, say, 35% or a higher rate for individuals. that is something that is fair in part because we're also going to lower the rates for people who are in the larger businesses. these are the c corporations that are being talked about. that rate has to come down. if not, america will continue to lose jobs and investment overseas. that's what's happening right now. in the last 24 hours, another major american company announced they were inverting, going overseas, why? because of the tax code. it is amazing that the tax code that this congress is responsible for improving is so bad that people are actually voting with their feet and leaving the country and taking jobs and investment with them. we have done research on this, investigations on this. we know what is happening. we know as an example that because of our tax code there are almost 5,470 companies that have become foreign companies t

his brand broke through in if 1993 with the album "sigh a meese dream."ion copies. >> were you surprised? >> no. i know that sounds terribly ungrateful. but i wasn't surprised. in fact, my mother told me she wasn't surprised 1%. >> where does her fact come from? >> you'd have to ask her. that's one thing i wish i would have asked her. >> corgan lost his mother to capser in 1996? when you lose somebody so young, you say i wish i would have known this one more thing. 's like shadows. i have to guess. >> reporter: to what degree is your music an attempt to fill in shadows? >> it's an interesting question. i think it's an attempt to reflect the inner world that i feel and i believe in but i see very little representation outw5rdly which is a bit strange. it's a bit like "the wizard of oz." >> reporter: corgan's new record is his first in a decade and billy las become william patrick corgan. >> you decided you didn't want to be billy anymore? >> i started to feel comfortable, a sign of my arrogance and once i saw it irritated people, i thought, i'm definitely

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meese will introduce our special guest and john malcolm of our legal center will moderate the q&a following.