host: randy barnett? ndy: well, i have a great year of respect and admiration for ed meese, and i know him personally and i like him very much. i think what he is manifesting here in 1988 was the conventional wisdom amongst political and judicial conservatives about constitutional rights. ironically, they took that wisdom from the new deal court, who famously said in footnote four in 1938 that there is a narrower scope for the presumption of constitutionality when legislation appears on its face to be violating an express or specific prohibition of the constitution which are deemed to be equally specific when held to be embraced by the 14th amendment. this is the theory propagated in 1938 that the only constitutional rights that deserve judicial protection or merit judicial production are the enumerated rights. but that understanding of constitutional rights was not the understanding that preceded the new deal court went under enumerated rights were protected by the court and by state courts, and it was no

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. >> professors randy barnett sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. can listen to our podcast on our app. ♪ ♪ >> washington journal continues. host: we are back with our spotlight on magazine segment. this morning we have with us christa case bryant who is the senior congressional correspondent for the christian

. ♪ >> sunday on q&a, a discussion of the 14th amendment with professors randy barnett of the georgetownversity law center and college of law's evan b urnick on their book, "the original meaning of the 14th amendment," which they insist has been misinterpreted. >> many of the criticisms are valid. many of them are overblown. the seeds of liberty replanted by the declaration of independence and eventually harvested, but the rest of our constitutional history is about the story of the development of those seeds, into a full-blown liberation movement. >> it is to make the world all over again. that is what the abolitionists did with the 14th amendment. >> professors randy barnett and evan burnick, sunday on c-span's q&a. you can listen to all of our podcast on our new c-span now app. >> next week on the c-span networks, both chambers of congress are in session. the house will take up president biden's build back better social spending plan. nancy pelosi delayed a vote on the bill before the veterans day recess. the delay came at the request of some moderate democrats who wanted the congress

sunday on q&a, a discussion on the 14th amendment with professor randy barnett and evan bernick. they believe the 14th amendment has been widely misinterpreted. >> many of the criticisms that are made are valid, many are overblown. the seeds of liberty were planted at the founding by the declaration of independence and eventually harvested. the rest of our constitutional history is about the development of the seeds into a full-blown liberation movement. >> that's exactly what the abolitionists and republicans that followed in their footsteps did with the 14th amendment. >> to professors sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. you can listen to q&a and all of our programming on the c-span app. >> broadband is a force for empowerment. that's why charter has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in communities big and small. charter is connecting us. >>

. >> professors randy barnett and evan burnett sunday night on c-span's q and a.n to q and a on our c-span now at. >> president biden held a cabinet meeting, at the white house, where he talked about plans to sign the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and appoint someone to oversee the new law's implementation and spending. president biden: i want to thank you

. >> sunday on q&a, a discussion on the 14th amendment with professors randy barnett of the georgetown university law center and northern illinois university college of law's evan bernick on the original meeting -- meaning of the 14th amendment, which they say have been misinterpreted. >> many of the criticisms that are made of our generation are valid. many of them are overblown. in fact, the seeds of liberty were founded at the declaration of independence. the rest of our comfort -- constitutional history is about the support of the development of those liberation movement. >> always in our power to make the world all over again. and that's exactly what the abolitionists and the republicans that followed in their footsteps did with the 14th amendment. >> these professors sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on the new c-span now app. >> next, a news conference with house democratic lawmakers on 2030 climate goals and president biden's climate and social spending plan, known as build back better. the group climate power made up of

. >> sunday on q&a, a discussion on the 14th amendment with professors randy barnett of georgetown on the book, "the original meaning of the 14th amendment," which they insist is misinterpreted. >> many criticisms are valid. many are overblown. the seeds of liberty were planted at the founding by the declaration of independence, and harvested. the rest of our constitutional history is about the story of the development of those seeds into a full-blown liberation movement. >> as tom payne put it, it is in our power to make the world over again. that is what the abolitionists did with the 14th amendment. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." you can listen to "q&a" and all podcasts on our c-span app. >> republicans discussed support for israel and the accomplishments of the trump administration at the republican jewish leadership conference.

sunday on q&a, a discussion on the 14th amendment with professors randy barnett and evan wernick, on their book, "the original meaning of the 14th amendment," which they claim has been misinterpreted by many judges, liberal and conservative. >> the seeds were planted in the declaration of independence and eventually harvested, but the rest of our constitutional history is about the story of those seeds blossoming into a movement. >> professors randy barnett and evan burnick, on sunday nights "q&a." ♪ o welcome to the program a professor and dean at the boston university school of public health. the author of this new book, the contagion next time. guest: number one, there's no question we will have another pandemic, it is not if,

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. ♪ ♪ >> sunday on q&a, a discussion on the 14th amendment with randy barnett of the georgetown universityr and northern illinois university college and laws evan bernick. they insist the 14th amendment has been widely misinterpreted by judges. >> many of the criticisms are valid. many of them are overblown. the seeds of liberty were planted at the founding by the declaration of independence and eventually harvested. the rest of our constitutional history is about the story of the development of those seeds into a full-blown, as my colleague says, liberation movement. >> it's always been our power to make the world all over again and that's exactly what the abolitionists and the republicans that founded did. >> the professors, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. you can listen to all of our podcasts on our new c-span now app. ♪ >> congress is back next week. the house returns monday at 2:00 eastern for business. during the week, we expect work on president biden's social spending agenda known as the build back better plan. also on the calendar, a number of bills from the veterans

with no objections, the hear >> tonight on q&a, a discussion on the 14th amendment with randy barnett of the georgetown university law center and college of law's evan burnick on their book, "the original meaning of the 14th amendment." >> many of them are overblown. the seeds of liberty were planted at the founding by the declaration of independence. and eventually harvested. but the rest of our history is about the story of the development of those seeds in a full blown liberation movement. >> our power. it's to make the world all over again and that is exactly what the abolitionists did with the 14th amendment. >> tonight at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. you can listen to q&a and all of our podcast and our new c-span now app. >> the veterans affairs secretary denis mcdonough spoke at the national press club ahead of veterans day. he talked about several issues the v.a. is addressing including mental health care, homelessness and care for female and lgbtq veterans. this is an hour. an hour.

. ♪ ♪ >> sunday on q&a, a discussion on the 14th amendment with professors randy barnett of the georgetownty law center and northern illinois university college of law evan burnick on their book on the 14th amendment, which day it says has been widely and -- misinterpreted. >> many criticisms are valid and many are overblown. the seeds of liberty were planted by the declaration of independence and harvested eventually but the rest of our constitutional history is about the story of the development of those deeds into a full-blown liberation movement. >> always in our power, he wanted to make the world all over again and that is what the abolitionists and republicans have followed -- that followed in their footsteps did with the 14th amendment. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. you can listen to all of our new app, c-span now. ♪ >> congress is back next week. the house returns monday at 2 p.m. eastern for business. during the week we expect work on president biden's social spending agenda, the build back better plan. also on the calendar, a number of bills from the vetera

. >> professors randy barnett sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. listen to our podcast on our app. ♪ ♪ >> washington journal continues. host: we are back with our spotlight on magazine segment. this morning we have with us christa case bryant who is the senior congressional correspondent for the christian science and we are -- and she is here to discuss how the political parties are vying to be the party of parents. good morning. guest: thanks so much for having me on. host: what made you decide to write this article? was it the recent role in the recent election that parents seemed to play? guest: even before the election, i've been noticing how in my conversations with lawmakers in the halls of congress, democrats are talking about their vision for helping families and the ideological underpinnings and i was hearing how republicans were talking about it in a different way and there were two different visions for how to best help families. the morning after the election, particularly after the results in virginia which hit close to home in washing

. >> professors randy barnett and evan burnett sunday night on c-span's q and a. listen to q and a on our c-span now at. >> president biden held a cabinet meeting, at the white house, where he talked about plans to sign the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill and appoint someone to oversee the new law's implementation and spending. president biden: i want to thank you all for being here. i want to thank vice president harris, who is now on the line. i asked her to go to paris to meet with president mccrone and work on a few things. madam vice president, in a while after this is over, maybe we can talk and see how things are going? vice president harris: i would like that. thank you, mr. president. president biden: i have gathered my cabinet this afternoon at a moment of immense hope possibility for the united states. the american people sent us here to deliver. the american people sent us here to make our government work. and they sentenced her to make a difference in their lives. and i believe we are doing that. i believe that is exactly what we are doing. on monda