what is nullification?>> guest: , you know, this happens from time to time, there's a relatively small fringe effort out there to push an agenda. nullification is one of them. there are others too. even a little sessization movement going on. i would ask the professor in one place, madison's notes, most comprehensive notes of the constitution where nullification is mentioned? he can't. can the professor point to anywhere in the constitution where nullification is mentioned? he can't. what he does and others do, they try to construe the 10th amendment, which leaves all powers not specifically conferred on the federal government to the states as a nullification amendment? there is no such thing. they act like liberals the way they twist and spin and reinterpret what took place. he talks about jefferson. i have great admiration for jefferson. jefferson wasn't at the constitutional convention. so that's interesting but so what? what did he have to say about it? nothing. he was at the constitutional convention.

the tenth amendment means nullification. and yet they interpret this stuff like the liberals interpret the constitution. >> host: all right. well, we have taken two calls on it now and had good discussions, so we'll end our discussion of it there too, as well. but here's an e-mail from warren who's in los angeles as well. kabc radio in l.a. airs the mark levin show with a three-hour time delay. 95% of the h.a. audience is prevented from calling in and participating in your discussions, what can we do to convince kabc to carry your program live? >> guest: well, what can i say? i guess i'm just glad i'm on kabc. yeah, i tell all the affiliates we only have a relative small percentage that run the show tape-delayed, and they do it, i think, often to run a local host in the slot. but the vast majority of our affiliates we are live. well, you can tell them. but there are also other -- here's the thing. some of us in talk radio have other platforms you can listen to. i'm not talking specifically about this particular writer and ka

let's go for state nullification. the big nullifiers out there have been on the left, they've been nullifying the constitution left and right as far as i can tell, which is one of the reasons why i think it needs to be re-established and revived. so. professor, if you can show me anywhere in the constitutional convention where nullification is addressed, you he can send it to me. show me anywhere in the constitution where nullification is mentioned, rather than your implication or your interpretation, you can send that to me, too, which means you won't be sending me anything. >> host: brian, pikesville, maryland good afternoon to you. >> caller: i thoroughly enjoy watching c-span booktv, and i regularly watch on sunday, and i recall sometime ago you had a lady by the name of melanie phillips from england, who has written a book, the world upside-down, and i was very impressed by the remarks she made as to the one word the progress gives do -- progressive does not wish to hear, and that is the truth. i think that reall

there has been no nullification of marriage of any kind in utah. but still, the guy who said he wouldn't eat until that happened is eating. utah's most demonstrably anti-gay marriage person, a man named trefton meacham, a failed candidate for public office, he broke his starvation until nullification promise. not only did he order pizza today, he's asking people to send him more pizza. his fast has apparently ended on the 16th day. in any case, mr. meacham would like you all to know there was more to his fast against gay marriage than his opposition to gay marriage. he says the fast was also to expose the hatred of the homosexual movement. yeah, i don't know either. true or false? back in december kim jong un, the supreme leader of north korea, executed his uncle and second in command by stripping him naked and feeding him to starving ravenous dogs. is that true or is that false? [ buzzer ] thank you. false. file this under sounds to absurd and so outrageous that you believed it could actually happen because north korea. kim jong un did not feed hi

succession was the obvious consequence of nullification. he drew a sharp line, why? because he remembered as he stroked his head that the british were out there and they were waiting to pick the american states off one by one. jackson, i have to reiterate this. jackson thought the world was a dangerous place. and that danger was something jackson felt personally. as president of the united states he felt it institutionally for the country. he believed that succession, the separation of the states would open the united states up to attack, threat, coercion by foreign powers starting with the british. >> andrew jackson and crisis management. later today at 7:30 eastern on c-span 3. >> if i were to identify the single most important challenge to overcome as muslims, it would be that. the truth of the matter is the reason why we are here today is because of this inclination which i read somewhere that is t only ahistorical but anti-historical. hundreds of years of diversity subscribes to the idea that to be a muslim have you to follow it from the seventh century and the

for him to testify in this case is the nullification of his right to remain silent. >> he is facing 11harges including genocide. both men have denied committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. .act one of our top stories the ukrainian parliament has struck a new anti-protest law as the country has been rocked by legislation. mykola azarovster has stepped down. crisis, ceo-russia -- the you-russia summit. the summit has been reduced to just a few hours. let's go to brussels to speak to our correspondent. as i just signed, i imagine the crisis in the ukraine is very mentioned, the crisis in ukraine is very much likely to overshadow the summit. blames russia for exerting pressure on the ukraine not to sign an agreement with the european union in november, which put people into the streets to protest. theimir putin argues opposite, saying it was europeans who interfered in what sphere ofs as its influence. with tensions running high, the meeting has been scaled down over twodays to just hours, and a dinner with vladimir putin has been canceled as well. no joint statement is expecte

issue has created strange bedfellows and as a progressive do you really want to embrace a sort of nullification argument to tackle the n.s.a. which might hurt you down the road if you're pushing for state exchanges and obamacare that is exactly the problem with it dancing in elevation argument is just a it's a nonstarter for progressives i'm a lot of different issues and we shouldn't start here this is a bad issue we need to have president and congress to take bold action. to prevent the problems that the n.s.a. has been revealed thanks. but i don't think this is the right path forward chris where do you fall in all this do you think given some needs to be reformed moving forward i have a problem with the sort of data collection they've been engaging. yes i do have a problem with that i do think they need to be reformed i don't think this is the way to do it i mean it is creative but they're kind of going along the anti commandeering. planned but it's never been used for utilities it's for laws and regulations so you know what's going to happen when rick perry or a conservative decides that the

. >> jackson do a sharp line between states' rights and secession, or nullification. because the session was the obvious consequence of nullification. he drew a sharp line, why? because he remembered, as he stroked his head, that the british were out there and they were waiting to pick the americans off one by one. jackson, i have to reiterate, jackson thought the world was a dangerous place. and that danger is something jacksonville pursley as president, he felt it institutionally for the country. and he believes that secession, the separation of the states with open the united states up to attack, threats, coercion by foreign powers starting with the british. >> andrew jackson, sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> in the house wednesday, represented bradley byrne was sworn in as those member, alabama. he was elected to fill the seat held by -- >> representative byrne and the members of the alabama delegation present themselves in the well of the house. will all members please rise? the john kimbell raise his right hand

of nullification. and he drew a sharp line because he remembered as he stroked his head that the british were out there and they were waiting to pick the american states off one by one. and i have to reiterate that jackson thought the world was a dangerous place. and he believes that that is the separation of the state. >> andrew jackson and crisis management sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern, part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> the political system wednesday spoken about in washington. here's a look at some of the remarks. >> good morning, my name is ryan navarro and you had mentioned the election in 2016. what would be the top three issues on your agenda if he were elected? >> i have supported hillary and thank you. and i think number one is inequality. and the other thing is we have to much debt and we cannot continue with and it is a serious problem and others were worried about these issues and the third is i have always believed that we should have a university health care system an

one of the things is whether or not they can challenge this based on a very thin possibility of nullification saying states, using the 9th and 10th amendments of the constitution, they're not going to go along with people changing the law in the executive branch instead of executing those laws. this is a real constitutional crisis that we see happening in the united states of america. >> i've never seen such a slow response for so many who deeply believe the president has exceeded his authority. we'll see if the state attorneys general go beyond writing a letter. when the budget was passed, we learned one of the groups getting a partial ax to retirement benefits is military vets. that's distressing to many americans. but today, darrell issa introducing a bill that would end mail on saturday instead of gutting benefits. is that a good solution and are the postal workers going to take a cut? >> i think that's a pretty easy out saying we're going to cancel service on saturdays. when you talk about the military retires and the medically retired individuals, that's not a lot of people. but we have

i guess the idea is that when a jury engages in jury nullification, it is setting its judgment about legislature with an active statute, there being -- and the analogy is that the supreme court, when it finds a statute unconstitutional, is also setting its judgment against what the legislature did when it enacted the statute. i think there is a certain kind of parallel, but it is worth emphasizing that when juries nullify, they don't have to use plain what they are doing. whereas when the supreme court the statuted unconstitutional, they have the right an opinion of explaining why in their judgment the statute is inconsistent with the constitution as properly construed. is just a maybe this professional interest of mine as a law professor, but i think there is a difference between actions that are made, that are explanation, and those that come accompanied with an next donation. although there is some parallel -- i don't want to deny that -- i think the president host: talking about the all supreme court with professor tushnet. the case before the court. ifonder if we'll ever know ro

i guess the idea is that when a jury engages in jury nullification, it is setting its judgment about what is right against or over the judgment of the legislature with an active statute, there being -- and the analogy is that the supreme court, when it finds a statute unconstitutional, is also setting its judgment against what the legislature did when it enacted the statute. i think there is a certain kind of parallel, but it is worth emphasizing that when juries nullify, they don't have to use plain what they are doing. whereas when the supreme court the statuted unconstitutional, they have the right an opinion of explaining why in their judgment the statute is inconsistent with the constitution as properly construed. is just a maybe this professional interest of mine as a law professor, but i think there is a difference between actions that are made, that are explanation, and those that come accompanied with an next donation. although there is some parallel -- i don't want to deny that -- i think the president host: talking about the all supreme court with professor tushnet. the ca

that is going to be jury nullification. >> it's important to note if a homeowner kills someone, thenor not he committed a crime or not. problem is that the homeowner doesn't kill anyone, he defends his property. >> it's a constitutional killing. >> it's almost impossible in the state of new york to get a carry permit at risk of being assaulted or killed or carry a lot of money. there is a lot of restrictions and if you have a carry permit in new york you can't put more than seven bullets in the gun. >> you can't leave new york. new york city is harder than new york state. where i live, i will tell you you want to break into my house you can deal with the business end of my browning over under. >> you may have a bigger white board than rove but i've got a bigger gun collection than you. >> i thought that is hilarious. >> yes. >> eb 2016. >> snap chat is for kids that text each other. >> no. rand paul is defining the new way to become political now. goits -- sean -- >> he was with senator rand paul. >> the ads say with senate chap it go as way in five seconds. >> that is not true. i ha

. >> jackson drew a sharp line between state rights and nullification. because it had an obvious consequence of nullification. and in drawing a sharp line, why was that? because he remembered as he stroked his head that the british were out there and they were waiting to put the american states off one by one. and i have to reiterate this. jackson thought the world was a dangerous place. that danger was something that he felt personally. and he felt it institutionally for the country. and he believed that the separation of the state would open the united states up to an attack and a threat coercion by foreign powers. >> andrew jackson and crisis management sunday at 7:30 p.m. eastern. it is part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> the u.s. providing humanitarian assistance in the syrian civil war. this is about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> afternoon. this hearing is a subcommittee on the constitutional civil rights it will come to order. these hearings are entitled syrian refugee crisis. we are pleased to have such a large audienc

is whether or not they can go back and challenge this based upon a very anyone possibility of nullification. using the ninth and tenth amendments of the constitution they're not going to follow. this and not going to go along with people changing law in the executive branch instead of upholding and defending and executing those laws. this is a real constitutional crisis that we see happening in the united states of america. >> i have never seen such a slow response for some that deeply believe the president has exceeded his authority no longer executing the law but legislating which is the responsibility of congress. whatever. we will see if the state attorneys general go beyond writing a letter. meme ask you something else though. when the bipartisanship budget act of 2013 was passed that happened just before christmas, we learned that one of the groups getting partial ax to retirement benefits in that new budget ax are our military vets. of course, that's distressing to many americans. but today house oversight committee chair darrell issa introducing a bill would end delivery of mail on

he will not eat until utah exercises the nullification option. >> can you start a blog and complain onworks until you are blue in the face and nothing will happen. >>> an attorney disagrees with whether they can exercise the option. and when it grants a right states must exercise it. >> and a girl she dies after >> and a girl she dies after going you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. from the shelf, and to your home. starting at $99. sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. from the shelf, and to your home. starting at $99. >>> we're back. a 3 year old girl who has been in a coma for 32 days has died. she passed away on friday. she never regained consciousness. we have the story. >> and someone in the office had to run down to get a doctor to revive her. it was too late: >> obviously we had some problems with that. we'll get that back for you. >>> the family of jahi mcmath and lawyers for children's hospital a

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