noah feldman, the second inaugural? >> i strongly agree with michael and his emphasis on that paragraph. i would say that that paragraph amounts to what we would call the political theology of the united states. a political theology is the use of religious ideas, distinctively religious ideals, to explain political events and to give them meaning. i think that what lincoln is doing here is offering a version, i wouldn't call it secularizing because god is in it, but a version of the united states that is heavily dependent on protestant christian ideas about liberation forums. so, in this picture, slavery is the original sin that lincoln describes, which is an offense, but it's an inevitable offense, something that had to happen. much as original sin in early protestant theology has an inevitable reality that was, nevertheless, fundamentally evil and sinful. the only thing that can cleanse original sin is the sacrifice of christ, through his blood. and here, the blood of the civil war dead is used by lincoln as a substit

noah. feldman is the felix frankfurter professor of law chair of the society of fellows and founding director of the julis rabinowitz program on jewish and israeli law at harvard university. he's the author of nine books including the three lives of james madison genius partisan president and his latest book which will be tonight the broken constitution lincoln's slavery and the re-founding of america diana. shall is professor of political science at loyola university, maryland and a non-resident senior fellow at the american enterprise institute where she focuses on american political thought and history. she is the author of several books including what so proudly we hail the american soul and story speech and song and her new book is his greatest speeches how lincoln moved the nation welcome michael burlingame noah feldman and diana schaub. michael berlin. let us begin with you. tell our friends why you argue in your new book that lincoln was the black man's president and you have you have sever

. >> what i want you to do now -- >> the constitutional scholar noah feldman says america now sees aourt poisoned by politics. >> the current court is taking all of its weight and putting it behind popular conservative positions. and the reason that's so scary from the standpoint of the united states is that we don't have another institution whose job it is to protect the most vulnerable, to protect the rule of law. >> feldman is a liberal who testified in favor of donald trump's impeachment. >> president trump has committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors. >> yet he also supported the nomination of amy coney barrett. >> she is a first class lawyer. i believe we need the smartest and best people. >> the right way to think about the supreme court is not to ask, is it liberal, is it conservative? it's to ask, what is the role that it fundamentally plays in preserving constitutional government. >> many americans questioned that role. >> these are live images, folks, at the doors of the supreme court. >> this crowd was trying to force its way inside the court to stop the swearin

as professor noah feldman notes, the supreme court has repeatedly and reasonably said that this clause, quote, means simply that no money can be paid out of the treasury unless it has been appropriated by an act of congress. for this reason, the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit and a slew of district courts have all upheld the cfpb's funding structure. even though this decision out of the fifth circuit is not grounded in law, it could have real consequences for the stability of our financial system. the mortgage bankers association understands this risk. and in 2019 they warned that if the cfpb were struck down, quote, the results could be catastrophic for the real estate finance industry. the court ruling is not only shockingly dumb, it's also dangerous, and that's what happens when courts play politics instead of following the law. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator kennedy is recognized from louisiana. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, gentlemen, i think senator warren pointed out that you are major financial regulators and we thank you for your time today. so let me a