i hope you will join me in welcoming professor randy barnett. [applause] mr. barnett: thank you, justice thomas, for that most gracious introduction. and for hosting tonight's lecture. no sitting justice appreciates the significance of the topic tonight more than you. i deeply appreciate all that you have done to get the court to take seriously the original meaning of the privileges and immunities clause. i want to thank jim o'hara and the society for inviting me. and jennifer lowe, who runs the whole thing. the previous lectures in the series by michael ross and laura edwards have set a high bar before me. i will do my best. i have to say as intimidating as it is to give a lecture in this place in front of an audience like this, i think i would rather be facing in this direction. [applause] [laughter] mr. barnett: the slaughterhouse cases, decided in 1873, involved a state statute giving a franchise to a privately owned slaughterhouse which would have , a monopoly for the entire city of new orleans and surrounding parishes. in those cases, the many cases were

. >> next, author and legal professor randy barnett talks about the supreme court's slaughterhouse cases. the supreme court upheld the monopoly of slaughterhouses in new orleans in order to protect public health and sanitation. casesses were the first in which the court commented on the meaning of the 14th amendment. this is about an hour and hosted by the supreme court historical society. mr. o'hara: i am jim o'hara, i chairman of the supreme court am historical society library committee. and it member of the society's board of trustees. it is my pleasant task to welcome all of you here this evening. this is the fourth and final lecture of the society's 2015

law: randy barnett teaches and constitutional issues. he earned his law degree from harvard university. one other headline you could explain. senator john mccain was torn in the panama canal zone. this headline, mitt romney's dad havee romney also could been president under the framework under the constitution. guest: can we talk about why natural born citizen is there? is reason it was put there because the founders wanted a president or the commander-in-chief to be somebody who had loyalty to the united states. they were concerned about foreign-born princes coming over and becoming president. princesre foreign-born who became kings of england, so the founders were concerned about this. wanted somebody with ties to the united states. you can have ties to the united andes in a number of ways pickups constitution also requires that the president live here for 14 years. the fact that congress gets a chance to decide this -- as i was saying, even before the founding, english subjects started traveling a lot more. at the time the rule was ma

on the next washington journal, georgetown university professor randy barnett talks about the debatever whether presidential candidate ted cruz is a natural born citizen. also, a look ahead to the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary next month, with political analyst charlie cook. and duncan would discusses u.s., mexico relationships. we will also take your calls and take your comments on facebook and twitter. live every day at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> booker t. washington said to them, you know, we have college aged kids covered here in alabama. but it is really the kids in the elementary school that are suffering. kids arean american getting poor education, horrible buildings. there is not anything separate and equal. ynnouncer: documentar filmmakers talk about "rosenwa ld." bring schools and elementary education to children in rural america. sears was together these kit houses. and the best thing booker t. washington ever did was say, no, i want to do it like we did at tuskegee. i want the community to build it. it is really amazing. 5000that, morphed into schools, all ove

sometimes we disagree with cato and conservatives about that but as randy barnett has said and as a matter of fact sub board is set in a very gracious way the fact that we make the framework for the discussion, what the constitution actually says and what the framers of those provisions including the amendments actually intended, the fact that we make that has made the discussion more civilized and i have to say the impact of stressing progressive originalism i think it's been quite significant. if you look at the up pinions of the progressive justices on the supreme court particularly justice kagan and justice ginsburg and justice breyer too all votes is lesser extent you would have to see that they are making textualists text and history arguments for their positions now. i think it's a little behind times professor bernstein just tarring all progressives and this progressive president of the living constitutionalism brush as evidence of disrespect for law. have i run over my time? i do want to say that i think there are parts of this book that show the professorial side of professor ber

georgetown university law professor randy barnett talks about the debate over whether presidential candidate ted cruz is a natural born citizen. also a look ahead to the iowa caucuses in the new hampshire primary next month with charlie cook. duncan would of the wilson center discusses u.s.-mexico relations and what is being done to address the mexican drug cartel. andill also take your calls look for your comments on facebook and twitter. washington journal live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. next, a look at iran's influence in the middle east. topics include rising tensions with saudi arabia, the sunni-shia conflict, and the war against isis. from the hudson institute, this is an hour and a half. >> good afternoon. thank you for coming to hudson institute. i would like to welcome our c-span 1 audience this afternoon for what i know is going to be a fantastically interesting panel. and also a very timely one given events over the last week, thecially the detaining of -- including the attacks on two saudi diplomatic missions in iran. for more conflicts. we will go for about an hou

coming up on today's washington journal, randy barnett talks about the debate over whether presidential candidate ted cruz is a natural born citizen. then, i look ahead to the iowa caucuses in new hampshire primaries next month with political analyst charlie cook. of theer duncan went wilson center discusses us-mexico relations and what is being done to address the mexican drug cartel. host: good morning. the headline in today's "new york times," iran meets terms of nuclear deal, ending sanctions. "washington post" calling this a relations.nationa americansf two other still believe to be inside the country remain in question. it is sunday morning on january 17. we expect to hear from the president clinton today on this agreement.he is in the white house this morning . meanwhil c

that will be part of a segment you can see tomorrow with randy barnett, a constitutional law professor discuss the conflicting views concerning whether ted cruz is a natural born citizen. later, we will be joined by charlie cook. we will talk about the iowa caucus and the new venture primary, as well as a wrap up of the gop presidential debate. from 930 to 10:00 -- 9:30 to d on theuncan woo recapture of el chapo. , thell look at that papers, we will take your phone calls as well. "washington journal" comes your way tomorrow at 7:00. see you then. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> next, secretary of state john kerry outlines the 2016 parties for the state department. then, house ways in committee , talksand kevin brady about taxes, the economy, and the 2016 presidents on race -- presidential race. trumpat 11:30, donald in new hampshire. on wednesday, secretary of state john kerry outlined administration foreign-policy object