corporations, and we ultimately got that overturned after a couple hundred year law under the united states constitution. and from those conversations with dr. farwell, we gap talking about the idea of a law school, and that was in the 1990s, and the law school opened in 2004, and dr. far well asked me to be the dean. i declined. he asked me a second time, i decleaned ex-and when he asked me the third time i ultimately became the dean of the law school in 2006. >> host: do you have another book? >> guest: i have one book in the process of developing. one is about the freedoms we have in america and also about activism and motivation i've been very moved by reading biographies of wilber force and others like him, and so my desire is to ultimately

corporations, and we ultimately got that overturned after a couple hundred year law under the united states constitution. and from those conversations with dr. farwell, we gap talking about the idea of a law school, and that was in the 1990s, and the law school opened in 2004, and dr. far well asked me to be the dean. i declined. he asked me a second time, i decleaned ex-and when he asked me the third time i ultimately became the dean of the law school in 2006. >> host: do you have another book? >> guest: i have one book in the process of developing. one is about the freedoms we have in america and also about activism and motivation i've been very moved by reading biographies of wilber force and others like him, and so my desire is to ultimately education and empower a new generation to make our community and our world a better place. >> host: we have been talking with matt staver, dean of the liberty university law school. vice president of the university. also a professor of law and the author of this book "eternal vigilance: a complete handbook for defending your religious rights." >> guest: thank yo

i, christina olague -- 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 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 -- and that i will well and faithfully -- discharge the duties -- upon which i am is about to enter -- during such time as i hold the office of -- member of the board of supervisors -- and transportation authority -- for the city and county of san francisco -- congratulations. >> thank you. [cheers and applause] >> please welcome the newest member of our board of supervisors, supervisor for district 5, christina olague. [cheers and applause] >> wow. thank you all for coming out here. most of you i have known for a long time. and, you know, i feel really overwhelmed right now. i am a little nervous. i did prepare a speech, because i was afraid if i did not write t

and 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, and i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter during such time as level the office of -- for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations. thank you very much for your service. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome all of our newest 31 commissioners for the city and county of san francisco. thank you. >> good morning. thank you all for joining us. we are here to announce that macys.com signed a long-term lease here on 680 folsom streets. i want to thank our partners for opening of their building and allowing us to do the event here today. before i handed up to the mayor, i want to introduce our speakers. we have ken anderson, president of macy's.com as well as a partner from tgm. >> i have to have a joke. what do you do when it rains in san francisco? you move the construction indoors. i

donation and committed himself as president to support a constitutional amendment to the united states constitution -- the united states constitution, to ban gay marriage. it doesn't seem that mitt romney is going to turn down their endorsement. he has made it clear that even once upon a time back in massachusetts he said he would run to the left of ted kennedy on gay rights. he has made clear that he's not that mitt romney anymore. he's a pretty hardcore anti-gay republican. that is also a mess for him. this week in the "new york times," which is great, republican state senators who flipped positions on this issue, flipped to support same-sex marriage rights in new york and got the rights passed and signed into law in new york. the author of that bill will be joining us to talk about what has happened to the republican senators since they made that momentous decision. in new hampshire, in the hugely republican dominated legislature failed, even though the anti-gay marriage people guaranteed that that repeal would pass. not only did democrats in new hampshire refuse to repeal gay rights, but republ

united nations? how can it be strengthened in terms of creating a globalization that is more fat is under consistent with our constitutional system? >> i say the united states has a love-hate relationship with united nations. but one of the countries top founded in the city of san francisco where we are meeting tonight. at the same time, the united states has often in the area of the united nations is perhaps most it's got in this country has use force abroad without the permission of the united nations since its founding. there has only been a handful of times that the united nations has approved foreign conflicts, far short of the number of the ones the united states has been involved with since 1945. on the other hand, the united nations does perform some very useful functions. sometimes we in the united states it darvin be criticized united nations for restrict teen the united states ability of the nato countries. for example of the united nations is a useful forum for the combat is fun if it doesn't try to bias or is steered in a certain way, sometimes overreact us that with regard to the palestinian israeli problem. when it serves or countries can com

it comes to marriage, but promising that as president, he will overtly work to amend the united states constitution to make our national constitution anti-gay marriage. when a federal appeals court in california ruled against prop 8 this year, when that court handed down a pro-gay rights ruling in california, mitt romney responded vociferously, saying, "today unelected judges cast aside the will of the people of california who voted to protect traditional marriage. this decision does not end this fight." this fight! he says, "this fight," he is a combatant in the fight against gay marriage. and yet, nothing to say about north carolina, sir? mitt romney could not have taken a more radically anti-gay set of policy positions during the primary campaign. he was against repealing don't ask, don't tell. he made jokes about stopping massachusetts for being the las vegas of gay marriage. he made us sort of a lisping gay joke while talking to sean hannity. he managed to see less anti-gay than rick santorum in a political contest, which is really something when you consider rick santorum. so today, on april

for the new constitution to be ratified not by the state legislatures, but to be ratified by the people of america. and thus our constitution begins with the word "we the people of the united states." if you look at this wall, you learn much more about madison's insights and thinking. one of the delegates of the constitutional convention said, what makes him great he is not only a philosopher, but a politician. what that meant is that madison knew his stuff, he also knew human nature. after all, he had spent the previous ten years in american politics. working at the virginia general assembly, working in the confederation congress. he knew that people would never be better than they really are. so other thoughts he brought to framing our new constitution is make people's ambition counter other ambition. therefore, he pro pose eposed separation of ideas. these ideas he knit together in two research papers he wrote in this very room. one titled vices of the political system of the united states. the other, an examination of ancient confederaciesch they sc. his road map he used guiding discussions of the constitutional convention. in fact when madison got there. he arrived ea

united nations ? how can it be strengthened in terms of creating globalization that is more effective and more consistent with our constitutional system? >> i would say the united states has a love-hate relationship. we are one of the countries to help founded in the city of san francisco where we are meeting tonight. at the same time the united states has often in the area that the united nations is, perhaps, most discussed in this country, often used force abroad without the permission of the united nations since its founding. if you remember, there have only been a handful of times that the united nations has approved foreign conflicts, far short of the number of was the united states has actually been involved with since 1945. on the other hand the united nations has performed some very useful functions. sometimes we ignore when we criticize the united nations for restricting the united states ability to use force. the nato countries. for example, the united nations is a useful forum for the conduct of diplomacy as long as it does not try to bias oresteia that diplomacy. sometimes i worry that it does that with regard to the palestinian and israeli problem. initia

it says as your state attorney i am charged with upholding the united states constitution as well as tion and statutes of the great and sovereign state of florida as they relate to the prosecution of crimes committed against our citizens. now it is getting harder to read because it is not bolded. let me see if i can open it. i have a couple of devices. i amor so. it is just too small on a blackberry to read. i can open it up to an iphone and see what we have here. sorry for the delay. >> that's okay. >> technology. >> i have it as well here. it says as i am charged with upholding the united states constitution as well as the constitution and statutes of the great and sovereign state of florida, as they relate to the prosecution of crimes committed against our citizens by adhering to this standard we're vigorously pursue justice for all victims of crime while maintaining the rights of every individual. it is the goal of our office to assist other law enforcement agencies within our jurisdiction while creating a safer community in which to work and raise our families. that's from her of

what is the fourth amendment of the united states constitution. on -- one is the fourth amendment.es and [unintelligible] they are abusing, i explained each of those. when it comes to our resolution, -- a resolution -- [unintelligible] it must be in effect until a new resolution and a new rule substitutes that. they're breaking and have a case in the court at this time. the other one, the california constitution. it says if a government body wants money, millions and millions, there is a name for it. it is a tax. they have to go to the public and get two-thirds of the boats. they cannot charge the people under their domain, 20 or 30 million time after time. and also, the fourth amendment, the justices said you cannot violate it when it comes to criminals. their argument is that when you have the public behind your seat, you are giving freedom. and of privacy. we're not the only business. every single business deals with public. the therefore the medium -- fourth amendment freedom as well -- they lose their fourth amendment freedom as well? [bell] >> i am mr. troutt. yesterday's yes

united states that i know of. in rand versus the united states, the supreme court made it very clear that the constitution prohibits selective enforcement of the law based on consideration such as race. further, as one court of appeals has explained, citizens are entitled to equal protections of the law at all time. if law enforcement a2k5u79 -- adopts a policy, implies a practice or in a given situation takes steps gans citizen solely based on the citizens race without more then a violation of the equal protection clause has occurred. the united states constitution prohibits racial profiling. yet here we have a bill that proposes to prohibit it. the premise of the bill seems at odds with common sense and current law. the bill does not prohibit racial profiling as the definition of racial profiling and the bill is far too broad. it prohibits officers from the exercise of legitimate routine investigatory action aimed at determining vovlt in a crime or criminal activity. the bill purports to allow exceptions to these prohibits when there is evidence of a specific suspect's race or ethnicity, but in real life this is

he said that the united states constitution was quote, a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. you don't hear that in the 19th century or today. a covenant with death and agreement with hell. he is saying this because he says it is a pro-slavery constitution. he says the constitution protects slavery. his language is very blunt. he is very straight forward in his journalism throughout his career. a person, garrison, was very mild mannered and quiet spoken. people who met him would often be surprised with the contrast between his personality and the things he said in his paper. he is completely dedicated to what he is doing. he believes with his newspaper he can change public opinion. he doesn't want to go into politics. he sees american politics is corrupt. he will try to sway public opinion by using his newspaper. he goes out on the lecture circuit. he was not a great orator. he was a great journalism. his newspaper stays in business until the end of the civil war. not all abolitionists were white. most were portrayed as all white. it was not all white. there were some black

state could emancipate or abolish slavery. as a practical matter, i cannot imagine it ever happening. but nevertheless, the confederate constitution in some ways was more flexible than the united states constitution because it was more easily amended. so you had the theoretical possibility of slavery being better protected in the union than in the confederacy. but only theoretical. >> should anyone wish to test this theory. the original 13th amendment is alive and organic unlike the equal rights amendment which had to be passed by a specific number of years. the 13th amendment, the shadow amendment is still out there if anyone wants to pass it and see what happens. bring it before the roberts court. it was actually passed by one state. you'll never guess which one. let's see if anyone knows. ohio. out of deference to senator corwin who was the compromiser. yes? question? >> harrisburg, pennsylvania. i think one of the fascinating areas in terms of james buchanan is what in the terms of what he didn't do is the things he didn't do that could've made things far worse for lincoln coming in including recognizing the confederacy. just what was his motivation? was it shear passivity

single inch, i will be heard, and he said in the 1840s in an issue of the paper that the united states constitution was, quote, a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. you don't hear that too often in the 19th century or today, very strong language, a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. he is saying this because he says it is a pro-slavery constitution. he says the constitution protects slavery. his language is very blunt. he is very straight forward in his journalism throughout his career although in person garrison was very mild mannered and very quiet spoken and people who met him would often be surprised at the contrast between his personality and the things that he said in his paper. he is completely dedicated to what he is doing, and he believes with his newspaper he can change public opinion. he doesn't want to go into politics. he sees american politics as corrupt. he thinks american politics are too corrupt. he is going to try to sway public opinion by using his newspaper. he also goes out on a lecture tour sometimes, garrison, was not an especially great orator, a pr

state. and also, there is a little provision written in. the florida privacy and their constitution is actually stronger than the united states constitution. so they will would like to repeal it to the united states standard. now, what does this mean? because honestly, the first time i looked at it, i was like, what? we stop a lot of things because of the strong privacy laws in florida. so we're -- repealing it would open the door for things that might not necessarily get very far because of the protection in their constitution. so this will be happening in november. and another thing that will be happening in november, in montana is parental notification. now, this was a -- again, put in by the state legislature so we only have one citizen-driven initiative on the ballot now out of the three. montana last year, the state legislature passed a parental innovation bill and sent it to the governor, who is 100% pro choice. and they said, this is what we're going to do. if you veto this, we have passed something else that will throw a constitutional amendment on the ballot next year. so you either sign this or we fight at the ballot box. so he

>> well, he said that he had violated the united states constitution. because congress had not authorized this military move. not just into foreign territory. but jackson clearly violated his orders by not only -- he was supposed to go down there and chastise seminoles who can had accused of making raids into the united states. he chased a few seminoles but he spent most of the time

united states of america. in the bill of lights, it's explicitly clear, the very first amendment to the united states constitution protects the freedom of religion. i would hope that kirk cameron would be willing to protect our religion just as much as he wants his own protected. >> if we get a republican president and it's mitt romney, for example, it looks like he's the nominee, he has already been outspoken against gay marriage. how do you feel about having a president that would at the moment outlaw your parents? >> it's a very full circle moment. i talk about in the book watching in 2004 at the republican national convention from our home in iowa, and actually mitt romney himself speaking against same-sex marriage. it was actually watching that convention speech that i realized for the first time that there are politicians in this country who don't want my family to exist and support legislation to try and remove their relationship from its legal standing in iowa. so that was a very troubling moment to experience when you're in the eighth grade. i think living in a country where mitt romney is president, we'

he said he thought the law was constitutional and he is, among other things, a citizen of the united states with first amendment rights. >> he is not just an average citizen. >> of course, he is not what he said was, i think the law is constitutional. which he is perfectly entitled to say. most people who know the law agree with him. i just think it was entirely appropriate for what he said. >> jay? >> gloria, i disagree with my friend, jeff, in this context. number one, it wasn't just saying the law was unconstitutional. the president of the united states said nine unelected judges were making this decision and it would be an act of judicial active sicism if they to strike the law unconstitutional. yeah, talking about the train wreck and the airplane wreck, i think what they did this week was complicate the wreck even more and continued that especially as they got to a situation where the president was trying to backtrack on what he said. i don't think that sits well with courts. >> first of all, i give the supreme court a lot more credit than thinking they are deciding their case based on

the girls what they posted on facebook on computers at a time protected speech under a united states constitution. >> they told me you get in trouble has to be taken seriously i felt overwhelmed are you really taking it out for this? they were has not been back to griffin middle schools in january 26th to days after a series of what she and two friends thought were private messages on facebook that might have sounded less than innocent >> talking about who would be hurt? how did we hurt them? we were joking. smiley faces mentioned in the lawsuit filed today by aclu which writes any reasonable person could see the conversation was purely joking and could not be interpreted seriously the schools of do not possess infinite reach into the private lives of students >> what are you teaching these kids do not want to go to school post something on facebook get kicked out the rest of the year down but not back on facebook since claiming at the school told her not to despite the expulsion issue would be welcomed back for grade and nine it next year. she does not think so >> high-school will be worse down

appropriate legislation. >> [inaudible] they changed america. >> the 19th amendment to the united states constitutionified on august 18, 1920. the constitution allows states to determine the qualifications for voting, and until 1910 most states disenfranchised women. this was a combination of the women suffrage movement. >> i am a citizen of this country and culture, and the only way i participate fully is by voting. i feel it is my right and responsibility to vote. >> susan b. anthony directed the amendment and first introduced it in 1988. it was 14 years later when congress submitted the amendment to the states for ratification. one year later it was ratified by the regulated number of states, with tennessee ratification being the final vote needed to add the amendment to the constitution. >> the 19th amendment is ratified with the perfect 36 states, which happened to be tennessee. 35 have done it. the arrests had said it would not. tennessee became the first perfect 36. >> 1834 seneca falls convention in new york is traditionally held at the start of the american women's rights movement. sucked ri

it was started before the united states constitution was signed.neers in that area of southern west virginia started a church in 1784. they built a long church which is dedicated in 1786. last year supporters of the church celebrated it's 225th anniversary. regular services are no longer it's now considered a national shrine by the methodist church. it's also on the national register of historic places. a special thank you to dwayne who is with the united methodist church commission on archives for the photographs. >>> we want to learn about your home church as well. salutes can be september to the address on the screen. mail back is next. time now for our weekly look . >>> time for a weekly look inside the farm report mailbag. the controversy was the subject of a very thoughtful e-mail, well worth reading on the website from cindy in minneapolis. consumers not going to hack set riaances this product is safe when the people putting in the food don't disclose its presence and fight to continue to not disclose it. as we discussed in our earlier news

the direction of the population centers and as we know, the fundamental compromise in the united states constitutionery state was treated equally for some purposes. >> leaked 1259 states were popular vote legislation has been introduced including a few red states like south carolina, georgia and kansas f you assume it passes in all 12 and combine them with the states where it is already law, would you hit the 270-vote threshold. note that more than half the states including you the ones like text and florida, which have a vested interest in the current system, could be left out of the decisions but advocates say it is not the states that matter, it's the people. joining me now is joan cosa, chairman of national popular vote inc. so, let me start with one of the leading criticisms from senator mcconnell, you heard it there, which is the idea that basically, it takes power away from small states and puts it all in the hands of essentially the five or six most populace states. >> well, both of those points are wrong. first of all, the small states are the most disadvantaged now in presidential election

we ultimately got that overturned under the united states constitution. from those conversations with doctor falwell, we began talking about the idea that law school. the law school opened in 2004. doctor falwell asked me to be the dean, and i declined. when he asked me a second time, i also declined. when he asked me the third time, i became the dean of the law school in 2006. >> do you have another book ready to go? >> i do have a couple more in the process of developing. one is about the freedoms we do have in america and also about activism and motivation. i have been very moved by reading biographies. my desire is to ultimately educate and empower a new generation to make our community and world a better place. >> we have been talking with matthew staver, who is dean of the liberty university law school, vice president of the university. also a professor block. and the author of this book, "eternal vigilance: knowing and protecting your religious freedom". >> coming up next on "book tv", nikki haley talks about her life and political career. she was

however, every citizen who's accused of a crime based on our united states constitution has a right to a bond hearing. so the judge will listen to both sides and make his decision on whether bond is appropriate at this time. the parents of trayvon are willing to accept the rule of law. >> we know from mark o'mara, george zimmerman's new attorney, that an offer was made to trayvon's parents on behalf of george zimmerman for him to meet with trayvon's parents. that offer so far has been declined. tell me why, and also tell me is it a possibility this meeting could happen in the future do you think? >> well, piers, let me first say that sybrina fulton is a christian woman. her and tracy are good people. so it may happen, but we don't think it's appropriate at this time. in fact we think zimmerman's request is very self-serving at this time, 50 days later, the day before he's going to have a bond hearing. it's a situation where you think about it, he never once apologized on his website, on any of the voice mails that he left with his friends and never expressed any remorse during police i

that he is responsible for is, he today violating article 1, section 19, clause 7 of the united states constitution in not having a budget, going on three years. over 1,000 days with no budget, no blueprint to run our federal government. it is no wonder that the gsa is saying, budgets be damned. we are going to spend other people's money and come what may because if even the bosses at the top of the ladder in the federal government don't have to be held accountable for a budget, why should gsa? >> greta: you know, i agree with you on the budget thing. i don't think there is anything to stop him from calling senator harry reid and saying, look, as the leader of the democratic party, get that budget to the senate. i totally agree with you. in terms of policies like energy, i think he gets the blame and the credit. he appointed secretary chu, who signed off on solyndra. totally agree with you that the buck has to stop here. he is the boss. i agree with you on those things. you know, for the voters, they have to make a decision whether they want him or not. >> that's the bottom line. thank god we live

probable cause is mentioned in the united states constitution under the 4th amendment and in the florida constitution. it is not beyond and to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt which is the standard at trial. it's a much lower standard. you can have probable cause that a law was violated in the state of florida and have some doubt as to whether or not the person committed the crime. but clearly when he was taken in handcuffs and brought to the station, somebody believed he had probable cause. when they released him without booking him and filling out a probable cause affidavit, something is definitely unusual. >> that's the question i want to raise. those of us who got involved only got involved saying probable cause, he should be arrested. nobody is calling for a conviction. we don't know what a charge would be. how can you convict without a charge? but how do you bring him in the police station or precinct? somebody somewhere and i'm not getting into the call. somebody said, don't book him or photograph him. something had to happen, here you have police officers who observe and u