please also here as well use the national constitution center's virtual online resources to learn about the constitution. we have this spectacular new program called classroom exchanges where we unite classrooms across the country about theiscussions constitution moderated by judges and master teachers with classes around the country as you look for ways to continue your learning from home. check out the interactive constitution, pick up provisions of the constitution you don't know about. let the learning continue. we are going to begin tonight's discussion, which is devoted to lori ginsburg and her wonderful discussing this exciting new exhibit at the national constitution center that will open on june 10. it's called 19th amendment, women win the vote. is about the history of the 19th amendment and how women won the vote. joining me to describe and discuss it is my wonderful colleague, elena, who heads the exhibits department here. i just wanted to have a brief conversation with her about what she and her great team are trying to achieve in the exhibit and the story they are trying t

the national constitution's closed during are the crisis, is nonpartisan. i am just going to try to describe to you the consensus on both sides of the aisle, and republican and democratic scholars in this case agree that the president of the united states, whose authority is not total it is enumerated and limited to its distinctive sphere, primarily the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. the president does not have the authority to declare war, says hamilton, unlike the british king. cares the power to take that the laws are faithfully executed, but he does not have the power to make law, which is why some executive orders issued not only by president from, but by democratic precedents, some of argued are constitutionally questionable. there is a debate today about how brought the president's power is, and if you want to learn more about it, check out the interactive constitution where we summon top scholars to write about each clause of the constitution, describing what they agree or disagree about. the is lane article two, part of the constitution th

national constitutional center friends, look forward to seeing you again soon. lindsay: thank you so much. this was so fun. jeffrey: thank you. edward: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you know who lizzie borden is? raise your hand if you ever heard of the jean harris murder trial before this class. >> where we will find the true inning of the revolution is this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we will talk about both sides of the story. the tools, the techniques of slave owner power and we will talk about the tools and techniques of power that were people.d why enslaved >> watch history professors lead discussions with students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11, lectures and history on c-span3 eve

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national constitutional center friends, look forward to seeing you soon. lindsay: thank you so much. this was so fun. jeffrey: thank you. edward: thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> you're watching american history tv all weekend every week and on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. c-span is touring cities across the country, exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to brian and college station, texas. you're watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. bushd 2019, the george h w presidential library and museum received film footage of president and misses a on their honeymoon in sea island, georgia. donated by the children of another couple honeymooning there at the time, this is the first time the footage has been seen by the public. >> so the bush's honeymoon at the cloister. this is george and barbara bu

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forced removal and the struggle to remain new lands and sovereign government. 7:00 eastern, the national constitution center in philadelphia hosting a virtual town hall about george washington's influence shaping the revolutionary war and his role making it work. on the presidency, a conversation about c-span's book the presidents. ranking america's best and worst chief executives. david ackerman, david stewart and brian lamb. that is what is coming up on american history tv. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> well, now we know where we are going. if you get that about those snakes. i don't mind japs, but snakes. how did the skipper say it? >> okie, okie, okie. >> i heard him. he said okinawa. you know, they say this place looks like the country like frisco. >> yeah, but the people look like japs. >> don't like what is happening. spent my honeymoon up there. drove up from l.a., made it in eight hours. 400 miles. >> eight hours. what was holding you back? i used to make it to buffalo in new york and six flat. that is 370 miles. >> 370 miles. >> why right here we are closer , to japan than that. we are just 320 miles from their

if you do find yourself with a little extra time, head over to the national constitution center where you are going to get to hear from some of the smartest constitutional minds in the country. he's a professor at george washington university law school, msnbc analyst maya wiley is a professor at the news school, and someone upon whom i rely upon greatly. thank you to both of you. >>> you would not know it, but we are less than seven months away from the 2020 presidential election. joe biden, the apparent democratic nominee is quietly getting his cabinet in order while keeping up his criticism of president trump. >> he's doing the exact thing we teach our kids not to do, blame somebody else. , your bold canine caper, your dinner in the dark, your mammoth masterpiece, (whispering) your 3:47am snack, and whatever happened here. oscar mayer is found in more fridges than anyone else, because it's the taste you count on. make every sandwich count. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and

national constitutional friends, look forward to seeing you soon. >> thank you so much. this was fun. >> thank you. >> you are watching a special edition of american history tv. airing during the week while members of congress are in their districts due to the coronavirus pandemic. tonight, at 8:00 p.m., a historian discusses the misconceptions about the civil war. talks about concepts crucial to understanding the conflict. the talk begins a night of programs from ac co-hosted by the center for civil war history and the library of virginia in richmond. american history tv, now and over the weekend on c-span3. >> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is? raise your hand if you heard of the jean harris murder trial before this class. >> the deepest cause where we find the true meaning of the revolution was in the transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we're going to talk about both of these sides of the story. the tools, the techniques of sla

convention or the national constitution. so, as part of what they are talking about in the federalist papers is that they don't need a bill of rights in this national document itself. states have their own. there isn't a federal one that's need. and rights that are listed in the federal constitution are likely already covered. so we don't want to reinvent the wheel, we don't want to go over that too much. they also were concerned that if the federal constitution listed out individual rights did that imply that those were the only rights that were to be protected? of the federalist. they didn't want to say this is it. and that at some future time there might be other rights that they couldn't or wouldn't protest. so that was one of their arguments against it. so then the anti-federalist issue, mentioned this before, mostly what they were concerned about and what they ultimately put their foot down at the different ratifying debates is that there's nothing in the constitution to keep the government from violating all the rights

constitution is amended. article six dealing with national debts. and article seven, how to ratify the constitution and then the bill of rights. and there are 27 amendments to the constitution in the bill of rights. now the bill of rights in particular is referred to that first ten amendments because that is the bill that was introduced by madison and so to be perfectly precise, you have the bill of rights in those first ten amendments that were ratified and then additional amendments since then. there was a -- quite a stretch of time between the initial bill of rights and a couple of things done needily after that, and then the civil war and the 13th amendment. all right. so, that's the structure. and in the structure of the constitution then you could look of course at the one you have in your hand, you have basically articles, sections and clauses. and so when we talk about the constitution we say well that is in article one, section two, clause three. and then there are terms that if you go to law school you learn about key words that are referre

american history tv, the national constitution center in philadelphia hosts a virtual town hall aboutrge washington's influence in shaping constitution after the revolutionary war, and as president, his role in making it work. the center's jeffrey rosen moderates the conversation with historian lindsay chervinsky and pull a surprise winning author edward larson -- pulitzer prize-winning edward larson. jeffrey: it is now my great pleasure to put on my constitutional reading glasses. you can tell i am not actually outside because i have to put them on before i do the introduction. and introduce our wonderful guests tonight. lindsay chervinsky is a white house historian at the white house historical association. she is the author of the new book "the cabinet: george washington and the creation of an american institution." she is widely published. i had the great pleasure of introducing her recently on a podcast, and i cannot wait to share her work and herns

joining now is jeffrey rosen the president and chief executive officer of the national constitution center recently of a great book called "conversations with rbg, ruth bader ginsburg, on live, liberty and the law." jeffrey, what are is the usual practice? they told argument it's on monday, tuesday, wednesday, release transcripts and you correct me if i'm wrong, but the audio doesn't come until a couple days later? >> that's almost always the case. there have been a couple of big cases where they released the audio two hours after the argument. but never before in u.s. history have they done live streaming from the audio, which the court says they will now do for 11 cases that will be argued in may. so this is historic. and for the first time ever, citizens will have an opportunity to hear supreme court arguments live. >> so, they are publicity shy is my point. because by the time the audio comes out on a friday from a monday argument, we've all moved on five times over with the news cycle. and although they're going to allow us, we hope, to hear these arguments in realtime, as they do the

welcome to the national constitution center. i'm jeffrey rosen, president of this wonderful institution. let us

what exactly he thinks his constitutional powers jeffrey rosen, the president and ceo of the national constitution center and professor at the george washington law school and charlie savage, washington correspondent for are the "new york times" and an msnbc contributor. he's the author of the books "power wars, the relentless rise of presidential authority and secrecy." both of you gentlemen have been dealing with this in administrations all along. there's a constant battle between administrations and congress and the courts about what everybody's relative authority is. charlie, you wrote an article earlier this week in which you said or it was titled "why trump's threat to adjourn congress is dubious." that was one of the things that donald trump said out there, that he may use the power vested in him by the constitution to adjourn congress because he wants to get certain things done. what do you make of that? >> what trump is talking about is he wants to use a provision of the constitution that president has ever used, which allows under very limited circumstances the president to adjourn -- fo

coming up this morning, the national constitution center's jeffrey rosen on constitutional rights duringhe coronavirus pandemic. at thelisa shuman american benefits council. she talks about how the coronavirus pandemic affects employer-sponsored health care coverage. stephen morrison at the center for strategic and international studies discuss the role of the world growth organization and president trump's decision to cut funding to the who. sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. ♪ coronavirus pandemic continues, members of congress are working from their home districts. are ones at folks the automotive industry, the other majority are what i would call your front-line workers. i hope people do not forget, these are the folks that have been demanding minimum wage. i think it is important to highlight they are the ones keeping us afloat. >> this is a very serious issue. what i have been telling people is, please, listen to the federal authorities and state authorities, the health experts and do, just a away from people right

coming up monday morning, the national constitution center's jeffrey rosen on constitutional rights during coronavirus and pandemic. health policy senior vice president at the american benefits council talks about how the coronavirus pandemic affects employer-sponsored health care coverage. and steven morrison, global health policy center director at the center for strategic and international studies, he'll discuss the role of the world health organization and president trump's decision to cut funding to the who. be sure to watch c-span's " washington journal" live at 7 a.m. eastern monday morning. join the discussion. the pandemic continues, your members of congress are working from their home districts. >> many of my folks are, 30% of the are that ones at automotive industry. the other majority are what i would call the frontline workers. they are considered essential workers. people do not forget, these are the folks in public groceries, and they are demanding a $15 minimum wage. it is important to highlight that they are keeping us afloat. >> this is a very serious issue what i have be

he pointed to the substitution and the temporary national constitution of the phrase we the people for we the deputies of the sovereign and independent states. lincoln viewed this is a deliberate effort to deny the rights espoused by jefferson's declaration of independence. it and a rejection of the people's authority as mentioned in the preamble to the constitution of the united states. this is essentially a people's contest he told the assembled lawmakers. on the side of the union, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form and substance of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of man. to left artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the path of laudable pursuit for all. to afford all and unfettered start and a fair chance in the race of life. this is the leading object of the government for whose existence we content. no single statement defines his philosophy of government more than this message on the nations day of independence. and they associated at least rhetorically with liberty, justice, equality. it was the guiding principle of his

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volume collection of letters as well as the author of dissent of the supreme court and the nation's constitutional dialogue the lies in the state for affirmative-action is part of the national dialogue. many of us have struggled to explain the policy and how it works. in his new book the affirmative-action puzzle traces to through the present day with historical context how affirmative action takes on racism. on the cover orlando patterson rates it is a comprehensive account for this nonwhite version of affirmative-action and in the challenging historical task that no other issue divides americans more it is meticulously researched and honestly crafted work to draw their own conclusions about the value of this experiment. please join me to welcome melvin urofsky to harvard bookstore. [applause] >> thank you. as a historian my mentor always told me to start with a story. here is a story. in an eastern european villag village, two peasants got into a fight. they couldn't resolve the issue between them and one of them said let's go to the rabbi. whatever the rabbi says will be the solution. the other

his latest work is dissent in the supreme court, its role in the court's history and the nation's constitutional dialogue. he's just told me i'm in it. i will have to read it now. i could continue to list professor's many accomplishments, but i fear it would leave no time for his insights, and i am looking forward to hearing what he has to say about the court in world war i. i hope you'll all join me in welcoming professor yurofsky. [ applause ] thank you, justice sotomayor. i know she's triple booked tonight, so i really appreciate the time that you took. since i am a historian, let me start out with what my mentor taught me many years ago. beginning with the story. so here is the first part of the story. alice brandise was in her washington apartment on a cold december day in 1917, catching up on her boston news with her old friend, elizabeth evans, when the phone rang a little after 4:00. who is there, she asked the building operator. the president. when alice again asked who was calling, the operator said president wilson. realizing it was no joke, she told the girl to transfer the call to 8

tonight at 8:00 eastern programs looking at the constitution and america's founding, the national constitution center in philadelphia hosts a virtual town hall about george washington's influence in shaping the constitution after the revolutionary war, and this president, his role in making it work. the center's jeffrey rosen moderates the conversation. american history tv now and over the weekend on c-span 3. >> every saturday night american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you'd ever heard of this murder trial before the class? >> the deepest cause was in this transformation that took place then minds of the american people. >> we're going to talk about bhoegt of these sides of stories here, the tools and techniques of slave owner power and we'll talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. watch history professors lead topics with their students. lectures in history on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history

the national constitution center's jeffrey rosen on constitutional rights during the pandemic. , senior viceshuman president at the american benefits council. she talks about how the pandemic affects employer-sponsored health care coverage. globalphen morrison, health policy center director at the center for strategic and international studies. he will discuss the role of the world health organization and president trump's decision to cut funding to the who. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern monday morning. join the discussion. >>, former secretary of state condoleezza rice talks about the coronavirus and national security. she disputed claims that china intentionally released covid-19 as bioterrorism, criticized chinese authoritarianism, and praised american resilience. she spoke to the hoover institution. >> welcome, everyone to our virtual policy briefing series. i am tom gilligan. for more than a century the hoover institution has been collecting knowledge and generating ideas. has profoundly impacted public policy initiatives around the world.

tonight at 8:00 eastern a look at the constitution and its founding the national constitution center philadelphia hosts a virtual town hall about george washington's influence in shaping the constitution after the revolutionary war and this president's roll in making it work. jeffrey rosen mod rates the conversation. american history tv, now and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to column classroom around the country for lectures in history. >> why do all of you know who listy borden is, and raise your hand if you knew of this murder, the jean harris murder trial before this class. >> the deepest cause was this the transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we will talk about both of these sides of the story, the tools, the techniques of slave owner power. we will also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead us discuss uses with their students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th. lectures in history o

tonight at 8:00 eastern, programs looking at the constitution and america's founding, the national constitution center in philadelphia hosts a virtual town hall about george washington's influence and shaping the constitution after the revolutionary war. the center jeffrey rosen mod rates the conversation. american history tv and now over the weekend on c-span3. >> every saturday night we take you to college classrooms around the country for "lectures in history." >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is and raise your hand if you ever heard of the gene harris murder trial before this class? >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this trance formation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> so we're going to talk about the tools, techniques of slave owner power and talks talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practitioned by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with students on topics ranging from the american revolution to september 11th, lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m

tonight at 8:00 eastern, programs looking at the constitution and america's founding, the national constitution center in philadelphia hosts a virtual town hall about george washington's influence in shaping the constitution after the revolutionary war, and this president, his role in making it work. the centers jeffrey rosen mod rates the conversation. american history tv now and over the weekend on c-span3. >>> every saturday night, american history tv takes you to college classrooms around the country for lectures in history. >> why do you all know who lizzy borden is, and raise your hand if you had heard of this murder before this class. >> the deepest cause where we'll find the true meaning of the revolution was in this transformation that took place in the minds of the american people. >> we're going to talk about both of these sides of the story here, the tools, the techniques of slave owner power, and we'll also talk about the tools and techniques of power that were practiced by enslaved people. >> watch history professors lead discussions with their students on topics ranging from the

forced removal and the struggle to remain new lands and sovereign government. 7:00 eastern, the national constitution center in philadelphia hosting a virtual town hall about george washington's influence shaping the revolutionary war and his role making it work. on the presidency, a conversation about c-span's book the presidents. ranking america's best and worst chief executives. david ackerman, david stewart and brian lamb. that is what is coming up on american history tv. ♪

tonight, the national constitution center in philadelphia hosts a virtual town hall about george washington'sinfluence in shaping the constitution after the revolutionary war and as president making it work. american history tv now and over the weekends on cspan3. >>> tonight on the communicators, mark randolph, cofounder of netflix and author of the book "that will never work," shares his experiences starting the online streaming services. >> our cto hit a few keys and we were live. it didn't take live we got that first ding and we cheered and began opening bottles of champagne and then two or three minutes later, ding ding ding, three more orders and we were so excited. and then we got two more orders. and in all the excitement we lost track of things until someone noticed it's been a while since the bells rung. is it unplugged, is there a problem? it turned out in the first 15 minutes of being online we'd crashed all of our servers. >> mark randolph tonight at 8:00 p.m.

bush and went to the national constitution center and there was an exhibit about first ladies. what i did not know is that she is the most travel first lady in history, 81 countries and no one has eclipsed that and then really studying more and peeling back the layers. in terms of coverage at the time, i'm not sure. i will say that i really commends the nixon foundation because the last couple of years you are seeing so much more attention paid to the contribution of this woman and how much she did, but the impact she had and the impact on women and women's rights and the fact she was the only first lady that was given the title of personal representative of president so as a global diplomat no one comes close. we had difficult time hitting coverage that traveled with us and i don't know what it was like for mrs. nixon. the other thing to note is that it is not as if she had never been in frightening situations and she and president and i believe when she was with -- vice president had gone to south america and they were in the middle of a riot--a a riot that was so close becau

coming up monday morning, the national constitution center's jeffrey rosen on constitutional rights duringoronavirus pandemic. then, the health policy senior vice president at the american benefits council. she talks about how the coronavirus pandemic affects employer-sponsored health care coverage. and, stephen morrison, global health policy center director at the center for strategic and international study. he will discuss the role of the world health organization, and president trump's decision to the who. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, monday morning. join the discussion. president trump and members of the white house coronavirus task force held a briefing on the federal government's response to the pandemic. president trump: i think we are getting close to a deal. it could happen. a lot of good work has been going on and we could have an answer tomorrow. we will see what exactly does take place.

coming up this morning, the national constitution center's jeffrey rosen on constitutional rights during the coronavirus pandemic. healthlisa shuman, policy senior vice president at the american benefits council. she talks about how the coronavirus pandemic affects employer-sponsored health care. and stephen morrison, global health policy center director at the center of for strategic international studies, he'll discuss the role of the world health organization and president trump's decision to the who. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. announcer: next, louisiana governor john bel edwards updates his state's response to the coronavirus outbreak. gov. bel edwards: welcome to midcity. welcome to the general midcity. and i want to thank all of you for coming here today so we can share a little bit of what we are doing here today, along with the collaboration with the state government, the local government, and with the military. each one of these hearts behind

bush, and we went to the national constitution center in philadelphia, and there was an exhibit about first ladies. and what struck me was, i didn't know until that time that she -- and still to this day is the most-traveled first lady in history, to 81 countries. and no one has eclipsed that. and then really studying more and peeling back the layers of the bravery to go to an she is the only first lady that was given the title of personal representative of the president. so, as a global diplomat, no one comes close. and i traveled to 77 countries with laura bush. it's remarkable achievements that she had, too, in afghanistan, the middle east, all over. and we had difficult time getting coverage. we didn't have a press corps that traveled with us. we really had to beg people to come and come on our trips. and i don't know what it was like for mrs. nixon. >> thenixon. >> the other thing to note is that it isn't as if she had never been in frightening situations. she and president nixon, i believe when he was vice president, had gone to south america, and they were in the middle of a ri

today about how broad the power is, and if you want to learn more about it, check out the national constitutionnteractive constitution, where we have summoned scholars to write about each clause, describing what they agree and disagree about. is then article two, which the part of the constitution enumerated the powers of the president, they describe the difference between what they call executive power, minimalist .nd maximalist they are really surprisingly few. congress has all of the enumerated powers in this article, and the president only has a handful. the maximalist believe that the that that allows him to exercise powers that are not written down, not enumerated. you will remember in the debate about the war on terror, whether the president have the power to detain people indefinitely or to tapping andre telephone calls for national security read maximalist claim that total executive power could not be infringed in any way, so that is a meaningful debate. i'm not claiming that everyone agrees about the scope of the power but i am pretty confident in saying that the claim that the presid

nowhere in the constitution does it say the federal government can build canals, or can have a national bank or anything like this. this was when antebellum period fierce debates between whigs and democrats. but, lincoln thought that the constitution allowed this. allowed the federal government to do this. because of this, he was very protective of the constitution. he didn't think it needed to be chan changed. and he repeatedly throughout 1840s, 1850s talked about the perfection of the constitution. and how much he revered it. here's a speech in house of representatives in 1848, said i've already said that no one who is satisfied with expediency in making improvements -- and he's talking about the american system. i wish now to submit a few remarks on the general proposition of amending the constitution. as a general rule i think we would be much better let it alone. no slight occasion to should tempt us to toicht. better not to take the first step to alter it. we should think of it as unalterable. it can scarcely be better than it is. new provisions would introduce new difficulties an

and we went to the national constitution center in philadelphia and there was an exhibit about first ladies. and what struck me was, what i didn't know until that time that she -- and still to this day -- is the most traveled first lady in history to 81 countries. and no one has eclipsed that. and then really studying more and peeling back the layers of what the bravery to go to an active combat zone -- >> she was fearless. >> fearless. and -- but in terms of coverage, at the time, jennifer, i am not sure. but i will say this. i think that i really commend the nixon foundation because in this last couple of years, you are seeing so much more attention paid to the contributions of this woman, this extraordinary woman and what -- how much that she did, not only at the white house but the impact that she had on our politics, the impact she had on women and women's rights, and the fact that she was the only -- she is the only first lady that was given the title of personal representative of the president. so as a global diplomat, no one comes close. and i traveled to 77 countries with la

[applause] he is an authority on a host of legal topics ranging from national security to constitutional and criminal law. he's developed his expertise over the course of a long distinguished career in public service first as a federal prosecutor and most notably as the chief judge of the district court for the southern district of new york and at the 81st attorney general of the united states. [applause]e] returned toet private practice n dallas council i ask you to please join me in welcoming judge the casey to the stage. [applause] it's become something of a commonplace in the introductions to say of one subject that he needs no introduction and maybe that is true in the sense that this is devoted to the debut of a book and he's written books before about a half a dozen of them. there's the building of this one called the founders at home, the building of america in 1817 that uses biographies to re-create the substance and texture of the country as it exists at that time. explains how cultural changes in the 1950s contributes to the growth of the underclass and the book president geor

they remained openly hostile, understandably suspicion and under the nation's first constitute, congress was tasked with preparing and shaping a policy toward native americans. it fell to james dwayne of new york to propose a plan for the future. what he did was to reach out to two people, a few more but two who had particular influence for advice. one is this man, major philip skyler, best known as alexander hamilton's father-in-law. he argued actually against pushing native people's westward as this would play into british efforts to keep them close to the british. and to keep them as close allies as a check on the united states. skyler advised that as american settlement advanced indian populations would gradually drift westward anyway. no need to force the issue, certainly no need to take on the cost of war. james dwayne takes this advice and he shares the recommendation, he is received some earlier sketchy observations from washington and he shares skyler's notes with washington and washington with writes a full and remarkably important set of recommendations in september of 1783. t

radio from national security to constitutional and criminal law, is developed his expertise of a long and distinguished career as a federal prosecutor and most audibly as chief judge of the is 81st attorney general of the united states, after leaving public office he returned to private practice and is not of cancel and like myron magnet he is a graduate of columbia university unlike justice thomas he took his law degree from you. with that, i ask you to join me in welcoming. [applause] . . . >>. >> including one called a dream and a nightmare. [applause] that explains how cultural changes contribute to the urban underclass that george w. bush said after the bible the most important book he ever read. and though certainly not the only reason the president awarding the national humanities medal. occluding philanthropy of one of the topics the revolution and immigration so who could imagine he needed an introduction so what came to light this book is no exception clarence thomas and the lost constitution looks at his credentials as a biographer but the constitution is another matter. so

garrison said that and of that description, garrisons is closer because the constitution is a compromise, a deal. you get an american nation, but you must accept slavery. that is a bargain with people, a deal with the devil. like most deals with the devil, it does not work out well, because what happens? the founders' constitution is proslavery but not as proslavery as it could have been. it does not entrench slavery forever. its protection of the international slave trade expires in 1808. slavery gets pushed down the road and that road leads where? to the battlefields of the civil war. the civil war happened because the founders' constitution compromised and did not resolve the issue of slavery. i mean that first in a political sense. constitution could have taken a position one way or the other. it could have said slavery forever, and maybe that would have been ratified, or it could d, notaid slavery will en immediately, certainly would not have been ratified, but maybe in a number of years. it could have done something to set slavery on a path to extinction and a path everyone understood. the most obvious way would prob

constitution. let's go to the national park service. this is from the website of andrew johnson's historic site in greenville, tennessee. just a little ways from where we sit now. and they have decided the interpretation of andrew johnson is the constitution president. it sounds good, right? they even go on not just on the main site, but in some of their materials. constitution shall be saved and the union preserved. it is a little different than lincoln and his constitutional -- dilemma, right? this is a close-up of the pamphlet. johnson had a strict interpretation of the constitution, i believe in states rights. -- a belief in states rights. anyone want to explain what a strict constitutionist is? >> no government, very lax on personal liberty but also very lax on property, not interfering with property, slavery or -- >> not interfering with the economy is early on in the antebellum timeframe. even more generally you talk about strict constitutions, does the constitution say you can do this? if it doesn't, you can't. the broad would be

coming up monday morning, the national constitution center's jeffrey -- jeffrey rosen on constitutional rights during the coronavirus pandemic. how thealk about coronavirus pandemic affects employer-sponsored health care coverage. and stephen morrison, global health policy center director at the center for strategic and international studies will discuss the role of the world health organization and president trump's decision to cut funding to the who. be sure to watch washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, monday morning. join the discussion. >> next, democratic national committee chair tom perez talks about presidential politics and the coronavirus pandemic with politico playbook co-authors anna palmer and jake sherman. this is about half an hour. anna: my name is anna palmer, co-author of the politico playbook. i am joined with my colleague, jake sherman, who wrote the playbook with me. we have dnc chairman tom perez. thank you so much for joining us . we will be talking about the response to the coronavirus, the shift to the 2020 election, and how democrats are facing challe

a full lineup of guests including jeffrey rosen from the national constitutional center to talk aboutonstitutional issues and we are back tomorrow with a primetime addition. among our guests tomorrow night is the mayor of chicago. thanks for being with us on this sunday. i hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. have a great week ahead. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> washington journal primetime, a special evening addition of washington journal, on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic. our guests are chicago mayor lori lightfoot on the city and her's personal response to the pandemic and the director of ucla center for global and immigrant health talks about the spread of the virus and the latest data on how well it is being controlled. join the conversation monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> the presidents, just released in paperback from public affairs . organized by our presidential historia

constitution. we became a different nation. the revolution, abraham lincoln says, brought forth on this continent a new nation but it was not this one. it was not our america. our america is reconstruction america. and the war that gives birth to it is the civil war. now why don't we say this? why don't we look to reconstruction as the source of our deepest american values? lincoln couldn't, of course. reconstruction was in the future for him. and it was a future he wouldn't live to see. but it was the new birth of freedom that he prophecied. it was coming. but what about martin luther king? there is something deeply odd about the i have a dream speech. almost as odd as the gettysburg address. so king, as i mentioned before, talks about the founders for the declaration of independence. they made a promise, he says, that america is dishonoring. and he points to segregation to signs that say whites only. he points to race-based deed nile of the rigdenial. i have a dream that one day we will rise up and live out the true meaning o

national mission changes. it changes back to what it was with the declaration, with the constitution, and what it was at the beginning of the civil war. that starts is a war for slavery on the side of the south but for union. the national mission changes back to unity. bring the north and south together. heal the wounds of the civil war. how do we do that? in the same with the declaration and constitution did by sacrificing racial justice. with the compromise in 1877, federal troops withdraw from the south, the integrated government set up are overthrown by force, and southern whites take back control. it is southern whites like these. this is what people call the redemption of the south. what it means is the promise of reconstruction go unfilled for about 100 years. there is a different version of the american story the focuses on this. it takes redemption at the founding moment of america. there is a movie about the civil war and its aftermath that follows two families -- one from the north one for the south -- they fight on opposite sides but they are both americans. when the war is over the reunion of the nation

. >> i am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend measures for stricken nation in the midstricken world. , or such other member -- or such other measures as congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, i shall seek within my constitutional authority. but, in the -- event congress should fail to take one of these two courses, and if the national emergency is still critical, i shall take to clear course of duty. congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the power, brought executive to weight a war against the as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign follow. -- foreign foe. [laughter] term was fdr's first marked by ominous world unrest. men of many nations were again taking up arms. our own national defense was at its lowest ebb. drought, american famine, the dustbowl. fdr brought from relief and flood control, water power and giant public works, social security was born, old age insurance became a new responsibility of government. the price of gold was fixed. the american dollar became the soundest in the world. th

constitution mattered or made a difference. and i thought the impeachment trial of andrew johnson was a time when really, after the civil war, the nations whether it would stay together, whether we would have a second civil war really turned on how the constitution was applied in an impeachment proceeding, and it was an event that riveted the nation for a hard time. it was a hard book at some level because of andrew johnson. he's not a very sweet guy. wasn't a sweet guy. he's a difficult person to live with as a historian. and he's earned his spot at number 42. [laughter] so, i had to find other people to sort of root for. but it has proved to be an enduring interest. >> i'll ask you both this question and brian, feel free to weigh in here. but why do you think a survey of the presidents as presented in this book, is valuable? >> well, to me, reading the survey the last few days preparing to be here today, i thought it was very striking. that jumped out at me was the way the modern presidents are treated. the 12 presidents since world war ii, 12 out of 43, so that's barely one in four. those are represented very heavily at the top tier.

. >> i am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in theidst of a stricken world may require. these measures or such other measures as the congress may build out of its experience and wisdom, i shall seek within my constitutional authority to bring to speedy adoption. but in the event that the congress shall fail to take one of these two clauses, in the event the national emergency is still critical, i shall not evade the clear cause of duty that will then confront me. i shall ask congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis, broad, executive power to wage a war against the emergency as great as the power that would be given to me if we were in fact invaded by a foreign foe. [cheers and applause] >> f.d.r.'s first term was marked by an ominous period of world unrest. men of many nations were again taking up arms. our own national defense was at its lowest ebb. america knew flood and famine, drought and the dust bowl. f.d.r. brought farm relief and flood control. water power and giant public works. social security was born. o