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randy barnett says three-quarters of the state can override the law of congress to acquire a majority of judges to be required. i've never found anyone that i'm really ready to seize upon right now except requiring the purchase of my book. >> can you talk a little about the tension between constitutionalism and democratic culture particularly interested by alexis de tocqueville? >> he s.. alexis stokes hill was the tyranny of the majority and he meant this as an insult of americans deciding democratically and people are afraid and overwhelmed of hated minorities. i do find de tocqueville, tocqueville was very good on -- he wasn't good on the institutional questions. he didn't pay attention to our institutions. tocqueville didn't talk about all the early americanism row roads banking literature universities. it's a reflection and it's in the turn one. he was much rougher in his day. there were a number of cases where the courts were protecting people but i think there is no way around it which is why you vote to have people. that's one of the points on why you need people that are educ

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from 2010-2011, and randy barnett. professor at georgetown law center, a little to-- libertarian and scholar and commentator. >> joined the conversation. we have resources on our website for background on each case, the landmark cases companion book, a link to the national constitution center's and the landmark cases podcast. >>> the house energy and subcommittee on energy held a hearing to review the activities of the electric transmission sector. witnesses talked about ways to improve the grid including planning and construction of new transmission lines. and talked about the effect of existing laws and regulations. >>> we are going to get started . our committee has a major bill on the house floor. nuclear waste, and i know that the debate has started. a number of us have been there to speak and our colleagues is helping-- our colleague is helping to manage the bill. i'm going to drive to be quick with the gavel and we will continue after that but it will be a series of votes. >> we are continuing our series by taki

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from 2010-2011, and randy barnett. professor at georgetown law center, a little to-- libertarian and scholar and commentator. >> joined the conversation. we have resources on our website for background on each case, the landmark cases companion book, a link to the national constitution center's and the landmark cases podcast. >>> the house energy and subcommittee on energy held a hearing to review the activities of the electric transmission sector. witnesses talked about ways to improve the grid including planning and construction of new transmission lines. and talked about the effect of existing laws and regulations. >>> we are going to get started . our committee has a major bill on the house floor. nuclear waste, and i know that the debate has started. a number of us have been there pe

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so, there's an interesting district randy barnett says that three quarters of the states could override while congress made a proposal to require a majority of judges to be required to invalidate a law but never found anyone that i'm ready to seize upon right now except one requiring the purchase of my book. [laughter] >> can you talk a little about the tension between constitutionalism and democratic culture particularly as understood by [inaudible]? >> yes, he was the tierney of them and geordie and he thought he meant this as an insult that american deciding democratically that are afraid of it and it overwhelms the hidden minorities in political or whatever it may be. i do found that one of the things that he did very good on the social side but not all that good on the institutional? he didn't pay that much attention to our institutions. he didn't talk about all the great emblems that early americanism railroads, industrialism, banking, literature, university and the tension is a reflection of one of the caveats and it's an eternal one and was much rougher in his day and i don't kn

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and randy barnett, professor at georgetown law center, a libertarian and a constitutional legal scholar and commentator. live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. and join the conversation. our hash tag is landmark cases. and follow us at c-span. we have resources for background on each case, the landmark cases companion book, a link to the interactive constitution and the landmark cases podcast at c-span.org/landmark cases. >> next, a conversation from the center for strategic and international studies on u.s. sanctions on russia. we'll hear from former treasury department officials and the former deputy chair of the central bank on how sanctions impact the russian economy. >> good morning. or afternoon. gosh, it's morning somewhere. i'm matthew goodman. i hold the simon chair in political economy at csas. delighted to welcome you here. thank you for coming. welcome to our online audience. we have always a good crowd who watch from their desks. so delighted to have you as well. just a few administrative points for -- oh, sorry. one immediate thing is to thank for this event which by

so there is an interesting -- randy barnett says three quarters of the state should override all congress made a proposal to require a majority of judges to be required to invalidate a law but i've never found any of that but i'm ready to seize upon right now except one requiring the purchase of my book. [laughter] >> could you talk a little about the tension between constitutionalism and democratic culture particularly as understood by a license to [inaudible]? >> alexis was the tyranny of the majority of this as an insult that there's this american deciding democratically and people are afraid of it and overwhelmed the views of hidden minorities political whatever it may be and i do find that one of the things i said in the book is that he was good on the social stuff that he wasn't all that good on the in situ questions and he didn't pay that much attention to our institutions and he didn't talk about all the great emblems of early americanism and railroads and banking and literature in universities and the tension is a reflection of the one that had they asked about an internal one an

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randy barnett is the director of the georgetown center for the constitution.e argued an important case before the supreme court and is the author of "a republican constitution," published in 2016. in that opening, the historic newscast with dan rather, we heard affirmative action, both its execution and value for a society, two very different views. what do you think, randy? randy: this basically set the agenda we live in today. all the talk we have heard about diversity, everyone who has grown up in the last 30 or 40 years has heard about diversity. it never ends. diversity comes from this case, in powell's opinion, it became the rationale that allowed racial preferences to be used. susan: neal? neal: first of all, it is a joy to be here. i agree with you entirely, randy. i am not going to be saying that all night, but bakke put the terms for affirmative action front and center. the debates we have had ever since our microcosms are what we saw in the clips. susan: this is a 14th amendment case, which says, no state shall make or enforce any law which shall ab

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discuss this case is serving acting solicitor in the obama administration from 2010 to 2011 and randy barnett, professor at georgetown law toter, a libertarian and has should all scholar and legal commentator. life monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span, and join the conversation at #landmark cases and follow us on c-span. we have resources on our website on back on each case and that companion book, in the to national constitution center's interactive constitution and the landmark cases podcast at c-span.org/landmark cases. president trump announced the u.s. will pull out of the iran nuclear deal, also known as the joint copy hence of plan of action. the president called the agreement a horrible one-sided deal. this is just over 10 minutes. president trump: my fellow americans. today i want to update the world on our efforts from preventing iran from acquiring a nuclear

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randy barnett at georgetown law center, a libertarian and no originalist constitutional legal scholarhe conversation. follow us at c-span. and we have resources on our website for background information. >> washington journal continues. host: we are in open phones here until that :00 a.m. eastern time on "washington journal." a.m. eastern time on "washington journal." is the first time you don't have any independent views or independent, to have. on my the have -- on my behalf, i have been listening to a lot of viewers and the people are right. if it was not for the people, then the people would not have a voice. just like a lot of things in history that have been dealt because of the people's voice. it wasn't because of the government or trump or anything else. at to the iran nuclear deal, lot of people forgot how history has grown between u.s. relations and the middle east relations, that we have never had a good relationship between them anyways. i don't really think it is a good idea to even have nuclear war or have nuclear material sent to them. that's crazy. economic power. they

our guests to discuss this case are neil -- solicitor general of the obama administration, and randy barnettr at georgetown law center, a libertarian and original constitutional legal scholar and commentator. live monday night at 9:00 eastern on c-span. join the conversation. #landmarkcases, the landmark cases companion book, and the landmark cases podcast that c-span.org /landmarkcases. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 101970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered commerc -- covers of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington, d.c. at around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. >> washington journal continues. host: just about to start on capitol hill. it will be the confirmation theing for gina haspel, nominee for the next cia director. if you want to watch this hearing, you can do so starting in just a few minutes from now. .ear is on c-span.org usa today reports about the fact appearsn ms. haspel, she will be

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