i -- your name -- do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united stateshe constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and aleggience to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter during such time as i hold the office of -- for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. welcome in our new and reappointed commissioners. thank you. [applause] software version: 3.0c ++ >> thank you all for joining our wonderful san francisco symphony. and of course, what with the mayor do without issuing the official proclamation? on behalf of our great city, i would love to present in honor of not only the 100 years, but the grammys, oscars, the wonderful quality of work that the symphony has been involved in, to honor them on this day, to resign from our protocol officer

all executive and judicial officers, both of the united states and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support this constitution, but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the united states. sir, how else can -- i know you're a fundamentalist, so let's go to the strict meaning of this term. "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust." how can anyone of any religion read that anything -- as meaning anything else but what it says? >> chris -- >> "no religious test." >> chris, certainly you understand the difference between government imposing a religious test and private citizens having any kind of litmus test they want to. are you suggesting that for me to prefer a christian over a nonchristian is against the law or unconstitutional? that's absurd. >> no, no. >> no, article 6 is talking about the government cannot impose a religious test. you can impose any kind of test you want to. >> of course. anybody can have any preference or prejudice, of course we can. >> that's right, but you're misleading people in

that i feel about this issue comes from the fact that, in 1961, the cuban constitution was identical to that of the united states. those words in that constitution did not protect us. words do not protect you. understanding and be leaving in the words do. -- and believing in the words do. we today have a serious problem in that regard. the "new york times" three weeks ago -- "time" magazine three weeks ago reported as a cover story how the constitution is under siege, and "newsweek" about two months ago had a cover story about the failure of americans to understand our government. some very scary statistics. two out of every three graduating high-school students today believe that the three branches of government are republican, democrat, and independent. that is an actual poll. 75% of all americans don't know that religious freedom is protected by the first amendment. 75%. more americans can name the judges on "american idol" than on the supreme court of the united states. what does this mean to us? how did we get here? well, first of all, unless the next generation understands the obligations imposed by the co

i -- your name -- do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and aleggience to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter during such time as i hold the office of -- for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. welcome in our new and reappointed commissioners. thank you. [applause] >> i should not be on stage. when you should be seeing -- i am used to the stage but not. that is who should be on stage. i am an animator. i am with picks are animation studios. in some ways, i felt comfortable being on stayed behind my computer. it is weird for me to be on the microphone. i have a lot of work to do but i am here to explain that, i'll come to that later. i wanted knowledge some of our special

future budgets into balance, as well, through a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution. when i'm president we will not let a federal bureaucracy tell a private company like boeing where they can go to create jobs. my campaign is not about appealing to the washington establishment. it's about restoring hope and opportunity to main street. it's about freedom from federal government's impressive one size fits all mentality that is being injected into our lives. we are campaigning in every corner of the state from greenville to charleston to rock hill and dozens of places in between and speak to the pro military and pro freedom, patriotic values prevalent in south carolina. and we will offer a different direction for this countries we love. we will open it up for a few of you in the working media for some questions. (inaudible). >> what will it take to convince you the president was born in this country? and do you have plan dozen release? >> i will cut you off. that is one of the big of the distractions that there is going. we need to be talking about jobs. someone want to

i, full name, do solidly a firm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to injured during such time as i hold the office of youth commissioner for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. [cheers and applause] ♪

balance, future budgets into balance as well through a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitutionnd when i'm president, will not let a federal bur ra kra see where they can go to create jobs. [ applause ] listen, my campaign is not about appealing to the washington establishment. it's about restoring hope and opportunity to main street. it's about freedom from federal government's oppressive one size fits all mentality that is being injected into our lives. we're campaigning in every state in between and speak to the pro military, pro freedom, patriotic values so prevalent in south carolina and we will offer a different direction for this country that we love. got bless you. thank you all for coming out. [ applause ] thank you. we are going to open it up for those of you in the media and you have your hand in the right place. >> jim acosta, cnn. just curious, what will it take you to convince you that the president was born in this country and -- >> i'll cut you off right there. that is one of the biggest distractions that there is going. we need to be talking about jobs. somebody

i -- your name -- do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and aleggience to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter during such time as i hold the office of -- for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, everybody. welcome in our new and reappointed commissioners. thank you. [applause] >> hello. and welcome to "need your district supervisor -- meet your district supervisor." supervisors campos is our supervisor for this week. welcome. thank you for joining us today. tell us about your background. where you grew up, went to school? >> sure. i was born in guatemala. i was brought here by my parents. i grew up in l.a., and then moved up to the bay area, and i went to stanford. i came back after

goes back to your state for education purposes is counter to what our constitution -- one of the last things, number six, is too faithfully and forcefully of old and protect the united states constitution. there is nothing in the constitution that says washington d.c. is supposed to be telling us how to deliver health care. there is nothing the says washington d.c. is close to be telling us how to educate our children. that needs to stop. i am the president is going to stand up and say no longer. washington d.c. is not going to mandate back to the states have to take care of health care or their children triet -- health care or their children. [applause] >> i should start by pointing out that you have a bit of a reputation. that reputation is this -- some of us have blog for you, and one of the most interesting things is i had some winey democrats who were upset because you go around to states and you pull in businesses and bring them into the state. we are about to get a new governor. i have a two-part question. what advice would you have not for any future governor of new hampshire on how to go get that business into the state? the second part is, while some candi

i -- your name -- do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and aleggience to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california. that i take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of

i, full name, do solidly a firm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against all enemies foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation

faithfully up cold and protect the united states constitution with all my might -- uphold and protectnited states constitution with all my might. [applause] thank you for this great effort you are doing. do you want to say any more? >> i want to thank you again for coming to new hampshire and campaigning and bringing all these media folks with you. we have a state with no sales tax, so be sure and load up before you leave. go and double down on our order of maple syrup. i want to say that god has blessed this nation so richly we cannot take it for granted. sometimes i think we grow up with so much we take for granted, but i have been on the front lines, and now i have seen what is happening. i thought i saw a lot from the state of minnesota to see how they tax in minnesota, and there is nothing like it. you can hear the hour glass when it tips over. the time is very short. consider that when you are considering your choice for 2012. this is the election that this going to change the nation one way or another. let's make it positive. thank you, everyone. [applause] >> of big round of a

voters because they voted in a unanimous opinion based on the iowa constitution and the united states constitution on any issue involving gay rights. an anonymous political action committee comes in and takes one sentence out of an opinion of these judges who have been on the bench for years and years and years and defeats them, removes them at the polls and actually suggests that this is -- this was in the words of the organizer -- that this is a wake-up call to the judiciary. actually, it should be a wake-up call to all americans that we have a serious problem. we should not allow anonymous pac's to come into states ended the judges based on one sentence is opinion. they are going to have one, let them registered and let them decide -- let the people decide whether or not those judges acted in a way that was consistent with the constitution. as a result of that, one of the things i have asked, and this will be one of the most interesting debates in the next three weeks in toronto, is the judicial recusal

general assembly of occupy minnesota orders that congress introduce an amendment to the united states constitution to end corporate personhood effectively stating that corporations are not people and money is not speech. or personhood well also approved by consensus in minneapolis was the statement it is the opinion of the proposal presenter that of all issues important to occupy in minnesota this is the most important because corporate influence on government ender's all other progress we hope to make and equip so why has this very clear proposal caught on like a wildfire among the occupy movement what are the consequences of corporate personhood and how exactly do we do away with it for that we turn to our new york studio with katrina vanden heuvel editor and publisher of the nation magazine and jay harris director of the we the people campaign katrina and welcome to you both thank you thanks thanks for joining us first off i've had callers in my radio show we're live on the air in san francisco in oakland on station there who say that there were children in the camp when it was tear gassed and

these policies fly in the face of the united states constitution to provides that marriage is the most fundamental right. >> the loss it has been filed but does not been served and the judges say they are not ready to talk. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. should a person be able to get married in alabama before becoming a u.s. citizen, or should documents be required? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 6:08. the search continues for one last wild animal that was let go from an ohio farm. the zero other was found dead on the property. >> lisa irwin is still missing this morning. >> we are live that valley view farms where we're decorating pumpkins. we'll show you how our and report pumpkin's turned out. >> we are tracking some delays because of an accident. we will check for problems around the area for your morning >> good morning. 11 news continues with a live look from the skycam. it is still dark. 63 degrees downtown. there's the potential you may see showers this morning. we'

when it goes back to your state for education purposes is counter to what our constitution -- one of the last things, number six, is to faithfully and forthfulful protect the unitedtution. there is nothing in that constitution that says washington, d.c., is supposed to be telling us thousand deliver healthcare. there's nothing in there that says washington, d.c., is supposed to be telling us how to educate our children. that needs to stop. and i'm going stand up and say no longer is washington, d.c. going to mandate how to take care of healthcare, their children, and their education. >> governor, shed started off by saying you have a bit of a reputation, and that reputation is this -- some of us blog for you, and one of the most interesting things is i had some whiny democrats who are all upset because you'd go around to states and you were actually pulling in businesses, and you'd lobby businesses, and you were bringing them into the state. we're about to get a new governor. what advice would you have for any future governor of new hampshire on how to go get that business into the state, and then the second part of my question is, while some candidates have buil

country by 2020 and protect future generations through a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution. at the end of the corporate loopholes and carve out, basically lobbyists and tax lawyers in washington have been feeding at the trough for way too long. the granite state is good. they know these are not just a bunch of talking points. they realize that because we were talking -- i have a record of 10 years of creating along with our legislatures -- legislator force a climate in texas that over the course of the last decade we have created 1 million net new jobs. i have signed six balanced state budgets. we have collected $14 billion in texas. this is what i have done as governor of texas. we have an invigorated our economy in my home state by reinventing the tax code and getting washington out of the way. that hat -- that can happen all across the country. but we have to spend a message that you are going to have the confidence, that we are not going to overtax or over regulate, and get washington out of the way. get rid of this one size fits all mentality. whether it is obamacare,

[applause] activity janine turner is helping thousands of students learn more about the united states constitutioncouraging them to express what it means. what it means. janine and the latest [ male announcer ] you love the taste of 2% milk. but think about your heart. 2% has over half the saturated fat of whole milk. want to cut back on fat and not compromisen taste? try smart balance fat free milk. it's what you'd expect from the folks at smart balance. >> janine turner hoped to inspire opportunities in a national constitution contest. here is the best of the middle school song category. she will perform her winning song with the little rockers. janine it is great to have you here. let me ask you about this year's contest. what have you learned about kids and their understanding of the constitution? >> i believe there is a new generation and more and more aware of the value and the pert nancy and relevancy of the constitution. we love to inspire them in the culture. they love american idol and they love "dancing with the stars" and sun dance film festival. we give them those activities to expres

. >> we explained to them the united states constitution requires them to make a reasonable adom daigsr someone with a religious belief. they just refused to listen. >> and the way it had handled this case, pamela harris's office reached a settlement $295,000 and a job if he will start next week. his spokesman says he wasn't prepared to talk with us but the department supervising deputy attorney general. >> we're delighted our client solved this case and look forward to him working in his new job. >> why did this take so long? >> i cannot answer that. >> and i called california department of corrections for comment this morning. they called back to say that they're happy there has been a settlement but would not discuss particulars in this case. i've been told the united states department of justice, the feds are now investigating and the way they handled this. >> state attorney general seemed to indicate they're just following their duty. did they not have a choice in this? >> of course. do you remember prop 8? state attorney general decided he did not want to attend that case. harvey

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and so the united states needed to be constituted a new.not merely with greater power, but also in a way to resolve the underlying uncertainties they believe have been generated by the articles of confederation said the two principal boosters for a new constitutional convention were very unlikely bedfellows. james madison. some of you know the other ones. alexander hamilton. they believed it was time to just totally revise the articles. the articles of confederation of our original constitution had this very hard and fast stipulation that any changes made to attach to be agreed to buy all the 13 state legislatures. but guess what? when the constitutional was convened, only 12 states showed up. rhode island, like patrick henry of virginia is not iraq, didn't want to have anything to do with it. from the very beginning, when the 55 delegates determined that the articles could not be saved and made the decision to supplant them with entirely new constitution and the argument can be mutated in a sanctioned to do so. it was an illegal action fro

president of united states who has a big megaphone stands up in your state and says ,"senator smith, why are you not supporting a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution?" they can have that conversation with their folks back home. >> we have to cut >> it >> i enjoyed it, thank you. >> thank you and thanks cspan per >> watch more video of the candidates ensue a political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions which our website for campaign 2012. it helps you navigate the political landscape with twitter feed 10 facebook updates from the campaign and candid a bias on the latest polling data and links to our media partners. it is all a c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> coming of "washington journal,." after that, a house natural resources committee hearing on the golf course oil spill compensation fund and later remarks from the former pakistani president pervez musharraf. this morning, coffee party president annabel parts talks about their upcoming rally today on the west lawn of the u.s. capitol and a discussion on the obama program to help with the cost of student loans. later, an author talks about his later, an author talks abo

that's part of the united states' constitutional promise. p on this front. states, many states, have partisan contestedy legss. other states have systems that look like the federal system and then there are a bunch of states that are in between that achieveded this balance between impartiality and accountability. >> suarez: but in a country that doggedly resists having the same answers to theÑi same questions when it comes to how we run our state, can you recommend a model that would work in missouri and florida? >> sure. sure. in fact, we do. the appointing authority usually the governor appoints. and then that judge serves a provisional term in office during which there's a judicial performance evaluation, a report card, if you will. and that's about the kinds of things we've been talking about. is the judge running the courtroom well? is the judge making decisions in a timely and understandable way? is the judge well prepared, knowledgeable on the law? that information is packaged and available to the voters. and then the voters vote. yes,

truly protect taxpayers, we need the extra protection of a balanced budget amendment to the united states constitutionl also reduce the spending in the department of education, the department of energy, the epa, and a whole host of other agencies, returning greater control to the states. [applause] my plan also reduces non- defense discretionary spending by $100 billion in year one, and it builds on those savings in the years to come. i will also institute several principal reforms to the budgetary process, which is contained in my cut, belts, and growth plan on my website. you can go there and read it, and it is not the length of the novel "war and peace." it is a very simple, bold approach. included in my budget reforms are elimination of baseline budgeting that assumes that the previous expenditures are sacrosanct. an end to non-emergency spending and emergency bills. who would have thought of that? a permanent stop to the bridge to nowhere projects through the elimination of earmarks. [applause] a couple of these budgetary reforms with an overhaul of the regulatory process. when federal agencies l

justice, and they will pay for the 10 years of exclusion for what is basically a constitutional right in the united states. this constitutional right is self-evident in our constitution. thank you very much. >> is there anyone else who would like to make general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is closed. we are an item 5, the consent calendar. is there anyone who would like to comment on the consent calendar? remember, item 5e has been removed. public comment is closed. commissioners. >> moved and seconded. all those in favor? hearing none, -- the post? hearing none, it is unanimous. >> we are now on a basketball court renovation. >> the item before you, which was pulled off consent, was an item heard at the capitol committee earlier this month. this particular item came to us at the request of commissioner lee, where he would like to use some of the open space contingency reserve funds to resurface the basketball courts at richmond playground in the richmond district. at his request, the capital division went out and secured from nicole's work, which is a contractor under our program,

and i believe that both and that commitment to serving under the united states constitution, under united states laws, is critical to the entire foundation of the american rule of law. it's so magnificent, we have the greatest legal system in the world, and by and large our federal judges are just magnificent. and it is a strength both for liberty and civil rights and economic prosperity that we maintain a judiciary has a high level. so one of the things that causes me concern, there's several but this one i'll just mention, is her belief that american judges should look to foreign law in deciding cases. i mean this is not a little bitty matter. it's a matter of real national import. it owe offends people, some people, nonlawyers get offended, they think they shouldn't do that and they are right. but just because people are upset about it and get angry about it doesn't mean it's not a deep, legitimate concern and can be a disqualifying factor in whether a person should be on the bench or not. what law do they follow? united states law or foreign law? so, in a book chapter published less t

state and federal governments in the united states constitutes 1-third of u.s. gdp. the federal government has the largest fleet of vehicles in the country and the largest fleet of buildings in the country and the largest single energy consumer in the country and it is going to buy vehicles and electricity for its buildings regardless of whatever. it might as well use the money it is going to spend in a way that helps build alternative is. retrofit its buildings and reduce consumption and make buildings that are net contributors. that would be good in and of itself and reduce the carbon footprint of the federal government but have an important knock on effect to create economies of scale by the clean tech sector which is currently stock. it doesn't have markets. it can't buy its supplies in bulk and cheap enough. if the federal government provided a market, many of these clean tech firms could compete directly with the alternatives and close the price gap. once the price gap is closed the private sector would begin adopting clean technology and clean energy for econo

let's see, today is national archives are celebrating the 224th birthday of the united states constitution with a talk on james madison who was father of the constitution here we are honored today to have as our special guest speaker to preeminent historian and senior editor for national review, richard brookhiser. mr. brookhiser has been writing about politicians, living and dead enough for most rest of his life. disperse an antiwar protest was a cover story in national review in 1970 when he was 15 years of age. he went to work for the magazine full-time in 1977 and has been there ever sends. in 1997 he began writing a column for the new york observer. and it's written for many other magazines from the "atlantic monthly" to cosmopolitan, covering everything from the fall of communist and to monica lewinsky. for a short time he wrote speeches for vice president george h. debbie bush and in 2008 president george w. bush awarded him the national humanities medal and the white house their money. in 1996, he published his first biography, founding father, rediscovering george washington. for

. >> that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> all: ...that i will supporttion of the united states. >> class dismissed! [ cheers and applause ] >> this excellent education is tuition-free, but graduates are expected to serve in the military for five years. not all of west point's traditions have stood the test of time. in 1980, andrea lee hollen became the first woman to graduate the academy. west point is open to visitors, though you have to be part of a scheduled tour. >> i believe anytime throughout the year is a wonderful time to visit west point. when the cadets are here in session -- when they're marching on the plain, football games -- it's wonderful. [ drums playing ] we have a world-class museum. we really do. and the scenes around west point -- the vistas, the scenery -- is just majestic. we have the proud heritage of the american revolution. [ drums playing ] >> when you see the cadets marching on the parade ground, it's easy to understand why present and past cadets are proudly called "the long gray line." a favorite saying here is, "much of the

income tax on a post card and they will have cuts and balanced budget amendment to the united states constitution in four years and they will go back to work. manufacturing jobs will come back to the country. the idea of talking the plan down for the sake of an intellectual discussion is not correct. in texas we have seen it and americans are dying for a president who understands . create an environment where they know they can risk their capitol. they will create jobs and a lot of them. >> chris: what do you think of president obama's plan to pull all of the troops out of iraq by the end of the year. >> guest: i wore the uniform as a pilot in the united states air force and commander and chief of 20 plus texas national groups that we loan to the furthermore government. the idea of a commander-in-chief stand up and signal to the economy - enemy when you are pull out is irresponsible. you need to work with the experts and understand what is going on. we need to finish our mission in iraq and afghanistan. you better believe i want our kids home safe. but to give the signal of pulling them out is ba

the campaign said, overt disdain for the united states constitution. they put his petition out there and russell pierce up for a vote. through no fault of the arizona recallers, they're watching a cautionary tale unfold about the way we make decisions these days in our little democracy. here's how it goes. ready? the candidate who's trying to unseat russell pierce is in fact a fellow republican, this guy here. he's a totally mainstream local republican from the district who was urged into the race by other local republicans who within embarrassed by russell pierce. he says he accepted the challenge after a period of prayer and fasting. his biggest asset in the race is of course that he is not russell pierce. russell pierce seems to have decided he maybe couldn't win that way, if it was just him against this other regular guy mainstream republican from the district. so it appears that russell pierce and/or his supporters concocted a scheme, a scheme to run a fake candidate to confuse voters, to sheer off votes from the mainstream republican running agai

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