rodney burton is his name. mr.ith a shopping cart full of school supplies. mr. burton asked the woman if she was a school teacher. when she said yes, burton paid for everything in her cart. this gentleman, this good samaritan joins me tonight. rodney burton. great to have you with us tonight. got to ask you. what was your motivation? what brought you to the point where you felt like you had to do this? and you're honorable for doing it. it's amazing how many school teachers dig into their own pocket to make things happen in the classroom. what was your story on this? >> well, ed, god was speaking to me that day while i was in staples. and he said there's someone in here that needs your help. and i kept thinking to myself who is he talking about? so as i was going down the aisle, i was looking into every cart i passed to get an idea of who i was supposed to be helping. as we got closer to the register, i noticed there was a lady in front of me that had a cart full of stuff. i thought that's got to be the person he's

people like rodney george at princeton and hadley arcus at amherst are writing in that area and have good contemporary commentaries that will help you and i recommend them to you. >> david burton with the heritage foundation. the framers were influenced by more than one philosophical tradition. they were influenced by the natural rights tradition, by historical british tradition and the rights of englishmen as articulated by burke but also blackstone and the scottish enlightenment natural law tradition and to a lesser degree the natural law tradition of aquinas. my question to you is interpreting the constitution since the framers were influenced by several different and occasionally conflicting traditions how do you resolve the differences and what role do the differences between the traditions play in assessing the original meaning of the constitution? >> well, like justice clarence thomas, i take the view that the declaration of independence has relevance to the interpretation of the constitution. i know that is a controversial issue and many of my colleagues would exclude the declaration as not having anything to do with interpreting any of the bill of rights or whatever.