patrick henry is not finished. you know, the issue of redistricting is on a lot of people's minds right now, perhaps no more so than here in arizona. the virginia legislature at this time perpetrated the first act of gerrymandering in our american history, and as one other author points out, it is patrick henry's luck that the wopgs of virginia didn't think to call it henry handerring. what he did have was the results of the virginia ratification convention elections. two delegates were selected from every county. because of the late date of the virginia ratification convention, delegates were more or less on the record with their positions on the constitution. so he created a district for madison that was probably three to one anti-federalist to federalist. not a great start. a lot of madison's supporters asked him if he would consider run anything a different district -- running in a different district. the only district he probably could have lost in virginia was the one that was created by his enemies to defeat

their model was patrick henry. and it was one of the strongest expressions of liberty as an individual right that peter was talking about. but the people who came from massachusetts thought in terms of the liberty of their towns of the right of belonging to communities of free people. and they had a much more communal sense, a social sense of liberty. very different from these back countrymen. the people who came from virginia chose for their symbol of liberty the goddess of liberty, the roman goddess. and more than a few had none at all. and in other parts of this -- the the people from pennsylvania already had a symbol of liberty, which was that great bell, as it was called the quaker bell sometimes. it wasn't called the liberty bell until the 19th century, but liberty was at its very heart, and around the crown of the bell in 1751 there was a verse from le vid cuss that was proclaim liberty throughout the land to all the inhabitants thereof. this was an idea of universal liberty. of reciprocal rights of extendin

. >>> and on this day in 1775 patrick henry gave his famous address to the virginia provincial convention in which he declare the "give me liberty or give me death." >>> all day long catch up on the latest developments as they break on msnbc. tonight watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> what's coming up later on the "today" show. the latest on the investigation of whitney houston and sierra lamar speaks out in a live interview. >>> keep it here for much more. i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you so much for watching "early today." just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a terrific weekend. we'll see you back here on have a terrific weekend. we'll see you back here on monday. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

started writing pamphlets and corresponding with patrick henry. he said patrick henry, give me liberty, give me death. he said some books. he wrote back. dear friend, i thank you. this is revealing. i agree with everything you say, but how can i exist without my slaves to mccallum my children survive? this was another. even some people work against, they could not do it. and then, of course, tremendous influence on benjamin franklin. you know, probably the greatest self-made american that we know. become millionaires by the time is 40. he owned slaves. he had taken them when he served as american emissary in france and london. and franklin had these slaves. he wrote something called the observations of mankind in 1715. what he wrote in that was almost every slave is by nature a thief. he kept revising it. and he's talking. i went through above 30. the fines when he changes. in the british edition of this he had almost every slave is made by the nature of slavery that these. big difference. slavery has made you a piece and so he took this. he convi

well, then we are squinting, more than squinting to borrow patrick henry's phrase, at monarchy. didn't we fight a revolution on the premises of the declaration of independence that all men are created equal, and government is based on the consent of the people? is that a one-off? about that just happen in 1787 or in the ratification meetings that took place thereafter when the people said yes, that's it, folks. shut up. you have a constitution. what is consent? that's jefferson's question. and that raises the question of democrat did accuracy. and this is the main point i want to make in the few minutes that i have this morning. is to suggest, in case it's news to you. but i want to suggest that there is a fundamental tension between the traditional rule of law and constitutionalism and what we call democracy. jefferson became a democrat because he recognized that tension. and that is, jefferson made war throughout his entire career against the principles of monarchy and air stockrissy. that one single family should rule, simply because of their genealogical connections. republi

for all of those who are corresponding with patrick henry. he wrote him back. benezet think you. this is revealing. how can i exist without my slaves are how can i survive? even those who were against it could not do it against their benefit. benjamin franklin the greatest self-made american. he became a millionaire. he owned slaves. he took them abroad as serving as emissary abroad. he wrote to something the observations of mankind. then also talking to benezet. i went through the library of congress. he had almost every slave is made by the nature. that is different. slave makes the white man of the eighth. benezet convinced franklin 1787 the second president of the abolitionist society. many people send their sons in each borough to study medicine. they came back to work with benezet. not slavery of first he wanted it done anonymously. then he had impact on others. writing something in 1784 call the ways of overcoming slippery. he wrote benezet and apologized. he said no need. there is no intellectual property law in those days. then the founder of anti-slavery in england. som

court president thomas jefferson went crazy he wrote in a letter to his sponsor roan who was patrick henry's father in law and old friend of his he wrote if this decision stands then indeed is our constitution a complete. a which is latin for a suicide pact the constitution jefferson wrote this hypothesis is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary which they may twist and shape into any form they make please because he had his secretary of state james madison had won that case marbury vs what is it going to be allowed so the supreme court took on a power that became precedent but there was so much public blowback and so many presidents were theories about this from jefferson to enter jackson it was rarely used in the first fifty years of american president enter jackson eight hundred thirty two disagree with john marshall has his decision the georgia state of georgia could seize it in lines refuse to follow it in fact he said chief justice john marshall has made his decision to let him in force that russia could similarly lincoln and franklin roosevelt both try to regulate the supr

they're learning about patrick henry. whoop-de-whoop. okay, cool, you've got to learn about that, but can you actually learn how to deal with a person and look them in the eye face-to-face? 'cause you even got adults who are like, "yeah, chat. "yeah, girl, when i see you, "yo, on the real... [typing noise] i catch you at the club, girl." "okay, i'll see you then." [laughter] and then when they get to meet each other, they can't even look at each other in the eye. "so how--how are you?" "fine." then when they get home, "i had a great time." [laughter] this is a serious, serious issue. it's like, you know, prince says: you get on top of technology; you don't let technology get on top of you. you be on top of the computer. you get on the computer. don't let the computer get on you, because you can actually lose it and fall into big brotherism. and that's where we're at. you've got companies out there who are basically heading to the streets of bel air based on the expense of the hood or the community, which is thrust upon as being this big

sois patrick henry. >> it is a great way to travel and entertain clines and spend time with your familyse 1950 luxury train cars that he uses for personal and business use. >> how much do the private cars themselves cost. >> some of the train car are buying originals from the 1950s and making them worth 350,000 to one and half million dollars. >> that is quite a date night. >> they are difficult to find. there are only 60 private railroad cars that are amtrak approved to ride behind amtrak. >> he pulls over 25,000 over the course of 40 days. he's taken them to the super bowl or kentucky desh yefinal four . it is romantic whether it is a first date or anniversary. >> that's what i said. what a date night. >> but put on your life styles of the rich and famous voice. >> that was very nice. >> i was working on it. >> thank you, we appreciate that. we are now getting word of an emergency laning that is coming in to fox news. we'll bring more details on the other side of the break. we are learning something new about president reagan. we'll show you proofs that were not seen by many people be

sois patrick henry. >> it is a great way to travel and entertain clines and spend time with your familyse 1950 luxury train cars that he uses for personal and business use. >> how much do the private cars themselves cost. >> some of the train car are buying originals from the 1950s and making them worth 350,000 to one and half million dollars. >> that is quite a date night. >> they are difficult to find. there are only 60 private railroad cars that are amtrak approved to ride behind amtrak. >> he pulls over 25,000 over the course of 40 days. he's taken them to the super bowl or kentucky desh yefinal four . it is romantic whether it is a first date or anniversary. >> that's what i said. what a date night. >> but put on your life styles of the rich and famous voice. >> that was very nice. >> i was working on it. >> thank you, we appreciate that. we are now getting word of an emergency laning that is coming in to fox news. we'll bring more details on the other side of the break. we are learning something new about president reagan. we'll show you proofs that were not seen by many people be

buffett, barry manilow and professional athletes are said to be clients of the train car owner patrick henry. >> i just think it is a great way to travel. a great way to entertain clients and spend time with your family. >> henry has two of these 1950s private luxury train cars that he uses for personal and business use. the price tag anywhere from $350,000 to 1 1/2 million dollars. >> they are very difficult to find. there's only actively now maybe 60 private railroad cars out there in the united states that are amtrak approved to ride behind amtrak. >> he says he pulls over 25,000 miles a year over the course of 30, 40 days he has taken clients to the super bowl, kentucky derby and final four he also says it would is romantic whether the first date or an anniversary. >> arthel: i know people in houston. i think i can get us a ride. i'll keep you posted. >> take me along. >> arthel: you and me, you got it. gas prices may be rising here. could we soon have to pay as much as drivers in the u.k.? gas there costs double what we pay here. greg palkot has the story. >> reporter: if you think $5 f

when my favorite quotations is pastor can racing that the -- patrick henry. united states has really fallen from the. of liberty that we had. his party looking back on the on the youth of america. it is part of our constant regeneration. if you really go back and look at that path, even after world war ii when we're supposed to be the strongest, we forgot me cannot get things done that we wanted to. we had strategic setbacks. the soviet was getting a nuclear weapon. it is very difficult to influence the world. it has always been difficult. >> early on, you talk about order. you talk about the egyptian order. a roman order. an islamic order. i cannot talk anymore. there are many others. they view this. sonny have to view as an american order. what are you getting at here? >> i'm trying to get at the notion that the world we live in today is a creation. it is not a product of evolution. there is some scientific evolution and some knowledge. what we have today is treated. if you like the basis, the widespread democracy and the absence of war, it is not just here

clearly, at this hearing builds on the good work of patrick henry and is asking the greater question. what if we go beyond greece? there are other means of the problem is manageable. our witnesses are the two most important individuals. they have a good understanding of the capabilities and ultimately what he can do it if you go wrong. secretary geithner has been a loyal servant and has been intimately involved in matters in europe. our primary question will be on what u.s. exposure to the u.s., what impact to taxpayers it could be. we will try not to look to the past but to the future. let's understand that while we have a budget deficits, our debt is 100 term of gdp. we are still remembering the good in the very bad of tarp. we are remembering the individuals are involved in what it would be spent for. none came to pass. the secretary geithner does not anticipate needing a bailout. our obligation is to anticipate and to plan. the questions will be what is plan b. with that, i like to recognize the member for his opening statements. >> i thank you for your service in our country. i t

patrick henry used to say give me liberty or give miah death.hat i think is really dangerous about in this country bigger picture here is we are becoming give me liberty and give me give me. our country was built with our hands at work not with our hands out. >> bill: you have a sense in this country and a lot of people because president obama he may be reelected. this is not, you know, everybody thinking that the obama administration sandra fluke is crazy. we have whole television networks that are cheering them on. but the sense of entitlement i don't understand because i wasn't raised that way. all right? i don't understand the sense of entitlement like, okay, i have a social life, people. i have a social life, people. and i want you to pay for it. okay? >> bill: i'm going, what? i went to college, i didn't have any money, sandra. i didn't have any money. somehow i got by. somehow i painted houses so i could buy whatever i had to buy. but not for sandra. no. she wants it covered by the government. and this is driving me crazy, janine. how did

i know who patrick henry and james madison are rooting for. did i mention they were virginians? [laughter] in case any of you have forgotten that small point. i am so glad to see you all weathering the weather. what i want you to do is go home and push like you have never done before for seven more months and we can take this country back. we can take congress back. we can get our constitution back, something the founders would be proud of. this constitution matters. god bless all of you. thank you very much. [applause] >> constitution matters. next up is the coast of the doctor gina show. please put your hands together for dr. gina loudon. [applause] >> we already knew this, but i think today proves that our god reigns. i think he is raining on obama's parade today, what do you think about that? i was researching to talk to you today. you all have been so amazing, standing here keeping your cheer on. i came across some great stuff on obamacare that i had never thought of. they say we have to repeal the whole bill, we are not kidding when you take it to its end, you know that ou

the more you inform yourself, and the better you will be a patrick henry and patricia henry. >> very good. over here. mark, thank you verbena minch. >> thank you for that. where are you? >> just to your left. my question is, i would feel that a fair amount of thinner jumpers and i might ask your life that i would look around to what is going on around me and i see the government lie to me and i think the media lie to me constantly, relentlessly. i don't know what they would do. my thought is, we should come every politician should say i am running against two people. the democrats there and i'm running against you, the media. he lied to the public. here's the facts. if i'm wrong, you tell me that i should be a politician and i shouldn't be running. but if i'm right, i wanted people to question you, too and not just my opponent. what do you think? >> i've said some thing similar to that. they should run against the media and their opponents. but would have, kodak have, should have. they are what they are. i come out of pennsylvania. the republican party was a week, mash party like in

and it took a political protest galvanized by the immortal cry of patrick henry in the privacy movement, the gel men who stand don't touch my junk. [laughter] that led an alleged citizenry to rise up and to demand a greater degree of privacy. officially embarrassed to told the security to go back to the drawing board to be shocked to discover that they could, in fact and retrofit the machines to create the same machine technology that they had been presented with nearly a decade earlier, so i think it was a terrible regulatory failure, but it just shows in the end when people have -- we citizens have to care enough about privacy to demand it, and when we do the government will respond. >> modern-day rosa parks. [laughter] you have written a lot of bipartisan judicial restraint, and worrying about the court's getting too far front on issues and a kind of judicial unilateralism. one opinion they you have focused on as plunking that test is a form of unilateralism that got too far out ahead of american opinion and compromise the court's sense of being a neutral institutions. so of course i

and this was to go straight after what patrick henry called the sleeping clauses in the ratifying convention, and these were the general clause, the supremacy clause and the necessary and proper clause which i devote a lot of text in the book to. what they, what they wanted to insure with the tenth amendment is the way that the constitution was being sold to the states, that it was going to be a general government for general purposes, that it was going to be a limited government, that it was going to be -- what it said in the constitution was what it said, you can't go beyond that, was codified in the document itself. they didn't necessarily trust people like alexander hamilton and james madison when they swore up and down or james wilson, they swore up and down this thing was not going to be abused. they didn't trust them, so they wanted that tenth amendment, and again, it was first in almost every proposed bill of rights. james madison made it tenth because he wanted to minimize it. but everyone knew that was the most important amendment of the bunch. so again, it's a general government f

information hillsdale college, other people look the more you and for yourself the more you are a patrick and patricia henry. >> thank you. >> bequests janice the fire were magaziner jefferson i'm good look around at what is going on around me i see the media like to meet cutlass -- constantly, relen tlessly. my thought is every politician and should say i run a guest the democrats and the media. you like to the public here is the fax i should not be a politician and running but if i am right when the people to question and you. what do you think? >> i have said something similar to that to run against the media. what the could negative shoulda. they are what they are. i cannot of pennsylvania the republican party was weak mush like in so many states. conservatives need take the party's over as a practical matter and have to do fast. you have to have a party that did says resolute and aggressive for the cause of constitutionalism as one against the cause. the left never gives up. i will not use the forum here to give my a opinion of the leadership. you know, what i think. [laughter] i have never seen such a

clearly, at this hearing builds on the good work of patrick henry and is asking the greater question.- patrick mchenry is asking the greater question. what if we go beyond greece? there are other means of the problem is manageable. our witnesses are the two most important individuals. -- at the center of this. our fed chairman -- they have a good understanding of the capabilities and ultimately what he can do it if you go wrong. secretary geithner has been a loyal servant and has been intimately involved in matters in europe. our primary question will be on what u.s. exposure to the u.s., what impact to taxpayers it could be. we will try not to look to the past but to the future. let's understand that while we have a budget deficits, our debt is 100 term of gdp. -- 100% of gdp. we are still remembering the good in the very bad of tarp. we are remembering the individuals are involved in what it would be spent for. none came to pass. the secretary geithner does not anticipate needing a bailout. our obligation is to anticipate and to plan. the questions will be what is plan b. -- if what

>> i got the job he will by patrick henry and thomas jefferson right now, whock want more. it's up to governor romney or our nominee but i've got my hands full right now with a legislative session. i'm going to let them decide who they think would be the best running mate. in the meantime, you can toss that arn. >> we appreciate your time an insight on the campaign an look forward to talking to you throughout the year. >> ok. >> i heard an interesting theory. from someone in the romney world. that one of the reasons mcdonell might not be the vice-presidential candidate is because they're too good looking, to have two good-looking white guys would anger people because we're not that pretty. >> an interesting quote here, gingriches were on the trail today, neither newt nor calista voted. the quote from r.c. hammond, in this republican primary when given a choice between ron paul or mitt romney, they could not pick either one. >> cuff been a third choice if they'd got on the ballot. >> he's getting secret service protection starting tomorrow, newt gingrich. >> we go to mikey i

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patrick's day. have a great weekend. good morning, everyone. i'm carol costello. stories we're watching in the newsroom. this morning, new questions from the attorney representing the u.s. soldier accused of slaughtering afghan civilians. john henry brown says he wants to know why his client was deployed on a fourth tour of combat after being diagnosed with brain trauma. >>> a march madness match-up turns ugly after members of the southern miss pep band are caught on camera yelling an offensive chant at kansas state's angel rodriguez. >> he's trying to draw the charge. rodriguez has already let the ball go. he's a freshman but he's cool as they come. >> they have issued a formal apology from kansas state for the band's behavior. >>> a rare march tornado was caught on camera in dexter, michigan. >> oh, my god. oh, my god, oh, my god. >> oh, my god is right. the twister touched down about 5:30 yesterday damaging or destroying more than 100 homes. luckily, no one was injured or killed. >>> people are lined up at apple stores this morning. you know what that means. a new gadget that apple lovers must have right now. this time it's apple's latest ipad. >>> let's go in depth now. a hint of a motive this morning for the american army se

gingrich with learn from henry clay and ron paul can learn from william jennings bryan and what all of us need to know about the art of the lost cause. >>> good morning. happy st. patrick's day. i'm melissa harris-perry. newt gingrich may have called him the tortoise, but it's mitt romney who continues to make the slow and steady march to win delegates. yet looking ahead to puerto rico and illinois primaries this week, the plotting pace of his forward march might be why it seems that his rivals are the only ones actually moving. because rick santorum has the momentum of conservative voter wind at his back and newt gingrich has energy, as we heard from both candidates this week. >> we clearly were changing the national dialogue all week. if you'll notice, the president has now made three speeches and a press conference on energy. >> this is a grass roots campaign for president. who would have ever thought, in the age of media that we have in this country today, that ordinary folks from across this country can defy the odds day in, day out. >> now, wait. before you dismiss what you just heard as the latest batch of sound bites from guys who according to the recent polls ar