the united states, who is the top official overseeing the united states prison system? i mean, who is the ultimate boss of the united states prison system? the boss of the united states prison system is the attorney general of the united states. eric holder is a black american. well, that doesn't fit with the new jim crow analogy. i mean, in the jim crow system you didn't have black attorneys general. in jim crow you didn't have a black chief executive of the united states. in the, you know, jim crow you didn't have black officials in the cities. i mean, how many black officials do you have with, you know, chiefs of police, black judges. the fact of the matter is that you do have black officials, strategically placed, who are also implicated in this terrible system that we have. and so i'm, i mean, the jim crow analogy does capture attention, but i also think that it obscures important new features of our society. so i want us to develop some new words, new, a new slow cook lair -- vocabulary to deal with issues that are truly new in american life. >> host: daniel in woo

system, explicit white supremacy, what we have in america is more complex and we need to start working on creating new vocabulary. united states -- who is the top official. overseeing the united states prison system. the united states prison system, the attorney general of the united states. fat doesn't fit with the new jim crow analogy. you don't have a black attorneys general. and jim crow, you didn't have black officials, how many officials do you have with chief of police, of fact of the matter is you do have black officials strategically placed who were also implicated in this terrible system that we have and so the jim crow analogy does capture attention but i also think it obscures important new features of our society. so i want us to develop some new words, a new vocabulary to deal with issues that are truly new in american life. >> host: daniel in new jersey, you are on with author and professor randall kennedy on booktv. >> caller: hello. it is a privilege to talk to you. i have learned so much from your book. the other books -- consider you in my tradition, great privilege to be able to talk to you. also -- the college of criminal justice. the question i wanted to ask you, what

state prisoner serving 30-plus years. he's aggravated. i'll put extra staff on him. >> the jail takes no risks with new arrivals especially from the state prison system. nearby in housing unit 6-f sergeant sarah herman has just learned that the agitated inmate is headed her way. >> i'm getting a new arrival from the booking area. my sergeant just called me and told me that this gentleman is not happy. taking one, two, three, four, five, six. >> once he is out of their custody we bring it down emotionally so he doesn't cause disturbance in my area. >> thank you, we appreciate it. >> we'll talk when we get you secured in a cell. >> here it is. >> bring your hands forward. >> thanks, sarge. >> the inmate is brian singletary serving a 30-year prison sentence for crimes of assault on a law enforcement office, carrying a concealed firearm and possession with intent to sell. he returned to jail to appeal his sentence. >> what is your complaint? >> i have been getting treated bad since i got here. i have been singled out. >> what happened? >> my legal stuff that went through and tore up. i don't know what has been taken and not. >> we have no interest in taking your legal stuff. yo

the necessary and proper clause in a case called united states versus comstock, involved a sexual predator law that em poulerred the federal prison system to hold on to people adjust indicated sexually dangerous beyond their sentences. the question was could congress do it under the necessary and proper clause? in the comstock opinion there is narrowing language that says comstock is a very modest addition to existing federal power, an area -- there is an opt out, it accommodates federalism. that is the opinion chief justice roberts signed on to. it had limits built in the text. the ones i told you about. if you hear constitutional law experts talk about comstock, they don't care about the limits, what was written in the opinion. they say congress can do anything under the necessary and proper clause now. read comstock, that is what will happen if the supreme court tries to limit this power by the use of some sort of limits like health care is limit. the final example i'll give is the one about justice scalia who wrote a concurring opinion, the raich case, involving medical marijuana. i was disappointed in the vote. i was disappointed i

interpretation of necessary and proper clause and united states versus comstock which involved a sexual predator's law that restricted and empower the federal prison system to a bunch of people who had been adjudicated and sexually dangerous the on their prison sentence. could congress to that? there is narrowing language. there is narrowing language that says the law in comstock is a very modest addition to existing federal power. an area the federal government has occupied for a long time and there's a state of out for anyone who wants to reclaim their own prisoners they're free to do so. that is the opinion chief justice roberts signed on to. but notice this. it had wilmot's built into its text. but if you hear constitutional law experts talk about comstock now they don't care about those limits. what was written in to that opinion. they say congress can do anything after the necessary and proper clause. that will happen if the supreme court tries to limit this power by the use of health-care. the next one about justice pallia who wrote a concurring opinion in the case i brought to the supreme court involving medical marijuana. i was very disappointed

united nations the inmates want help putting an end to a solitary confinement in california but 4200 inmates in state prisons are currently held in isolation. the waste the california state university system are taking drastic measures to reduce some in romance kcbs radios holly kwan joins us live by the phone now to explain why applying for csu schools is about to get a little tougher. good morning. already 316 when they stop accepting new missions for spring and next year and a way to reduce and rahman's but if voters don't approve another coming tax proposal essentially slam the door on thousands of the community college french students who counts on finishing up their degrees at csu in another big decision is thomas to pay their leaders this coming in a fire when they got a sample of students now under new rules the parents will be the first to face with no more than 10% above their predecessors robert trent is cal state budgets are. >>> with a hole in line all day we've actually pass a lot of people who work for our university as it stands these presidents could get more than $8,000 to 60,000 housing and a $12,000 car allowance. deadweight think it's a much sense as a state universit

united states. one of the big impediments' has gone away, which is the question of will the afghan government be able to get detainees in their prison system, and the answer to that is basically yes. the international community has a good reason to be involved in afghanistan going for. we're still in okinawa six decades after world war two. i do not think we will leave the place we were attacked from when decade ago. we sent a lot of mixed messages about when we are leaving. every time it looks queer heading for the exits, it causes caused -- it looks like we are headed for the exits, it causes consternation. a partnership is a desirable thing because it will effect hedging strategies of the country's surviving afghanistan, making it clear that we will be there. >> a slight wild card is we may have a new french office taking office, not squabble last policy. i've been warned about that. -- who might not swallow the last policy. i have been warned about that. >> my name is hugh. before the editorial i was thinking we had the a number -- vietnam-ization, because the local population is not keen to their being there. when people make money by

united states. one of the big impediments has just gone away which is the question of will the afghan government be able to handle, get afghan detainees, prisoners into their prison system, and the answer to that now is, basically, yes. so, you know, the international community has a good reason to be involved in afghanistan going forward. we're still in okinawa six decades after world war ii, so i don't think we're going to be leaving the place where we were attacked from only a decade ago. tom alluded to this, we sent a lot of mixed messages about when we're leaving. every time it looks like we're heading for the exits, it causes consternation. if message comes out that we plan to have a long-term partnership and it's a nato partnership, that is a desirable thing because that will effect the hedging strategies of pakistan and every other country that surrounds afghanistan making it clear that we will be there. >> [inaudible] wildcard which is that we may have a brand new french government taking office just days before the

united states. one of the big impediments' has gone away, which is the question of will the afghan government be able to get detainees in their prison systemd the answer to that is basically yes. the international community has a good reason to be involved in afghanistan going for. we're still in okinawa six decades after world war two. i do not think we will leave the place we were attacked from when decade ago. we sent a lot of mixed messages about when we are leaving. every time it looks queer heading for the exits, it causes caused -- it looks like we are headed for the exits, it causes consternation. a partnership is a desirable thing because it will effect hedging strategies of the country's surviving afghanistan, making it clear that we will be there. >> a slight wild card is we may have a new french office taking office, not squabble last policy. i've been warned about that. -- who might not swallow the last policy. i have been warned about that. >> my name is hugh. before the editorial i was thinking we had the a number -- vietnam-ization, because the local population is not keen to their being there. when people make money by ope

united states. one of the big impediments' has gone away, which is the question of will the afghan government be able to get detainees in their prison system, and the answer to that is basically yes. the international community has a good reason to be involved in afghanistan going for. we're still in okinawa six decades after world war two. i do not think we will leave the place we were attacked from when decade ago. we sent a lot of mixed messages about when we are leaving. every time it looks queer heading for the exits, it causes caused -- it looks like we are headed for the exits, it causes consternation. a partnership is a desirable thing because it will effect hedging strategies of the country's surviving afghanistan, making it clear that we will be there. >> a slight wild card is we may have a new french office taking office, not squabble last policy. i've been warned about that. -- who might not swallow the last policy. i have been warned about that. >> my name is hugh. before the editorial i was thinking we had the a number -- vietnam-ization, because the local population is not keen to their being there. when people make money by