host: all right, eric, professor wehle, go ahead. guest: you make a good point, and scholars make this point that the constitution was made gentried, male landowners. it not only excluded black anple, but it also excluded entire category, women. that is a critique of the constitution. i happen to believe that it has far, and it is the best we have, and if enforced, it does create a bar for our elected leaders, and the design of the cost vision and of course the constitution has been amended many times to adjust for some of these inherent problems ied, bylike you identif excluding, for example, and authorizing the enslavement african-americans, but a document has been amended to address these problems over the years, and today, it is designed, as it was originally, to ensure ultimately that the individual citizen, the individual voter is empowered to govern themselves. the framers of the constitution, the revolutionary war -- we just celebrated the fourth of july -- was about not having a monarch, not having a government that had so m

professor wehle. guest: do you make a good point. the constitution was written in for white land owners gentry male land owners. it not only excluded african-americans and enslaved people, it excluded an entire gender, women. that is a critique of the cop to shin. i believe it has worked this far and is the best -- of the constitution. i believe it has worked this far and is the best we have. if it is in force it creates a boss for our elected leaders. the design of the constitution, and of course it has been amended many times for these inherent problems like you identified by excluding and authorizing enslavement of african-americans, but the document has been amended to address these problems over the years. designed to ensure that the individual citizen, the individual voter is empowered to govern themselves. the constitution, the revolutionary war, we just celebrated the fourth of july, was about not having a government that had so much could snapthe king his fingers and arbitrarily throw someone in jail. we get this wrong somet

kimberly wehle. thank you. >> caller: the constitution is obsolete from the very beginning of it. it is a failed document basically white manifesto document. by that, what i mean is this, you can look at the constitution from either polar end of it. no one is right and no one is wrong. all that matters is the interpretation of the judge and if you go to the supreme court, the number of judges. we have judges 5-4, one believe this, one believe that. no one is right or wrong. it's left up to interpretation, fatalist law document left up to itself for the arbitrary capricious decisions. it should be rewritten because black people were slaves. i would like you to address is this, no one is right or wrong, slavery was justified under the constitution, anything was justified and no one is right or wrong. >> we leave it here and let our guest respond. go ahead. >> you make a good point and scholars make a good point, the constitution was written by white gentried male landowners. it not only excluded african-americans and slave people, an entire category, women. that is a critique of the

wehle: thank you for having me. host: i will start with a question that you posed with your title. why is it important to read it, how do you read something like the constitution for the average layperson? mrs. wehle: pulse every day we are seeing issues of massive and constitutional importance in the headline news. at that level of the presidency and in congress, we have calls for concern over the constitution. congress, we haver concern of because i

kim wehle, thanks for joining us. the chinese ambassador has been summoned to the foreign office in london over his comments on protests in hong kong. he criticized britais foreign secretary jeremy hunt for supporting the recent demonstrations in the chinese territory. the ambassador said that britain seem to have forgotten that hong kong was no longer a u.k. . the u.s. trade deficit has risen to its highest level in five mohs. the deficit now stands at more than $55 billion. the gap with mexico, of which president trump has been caparticularly critil, has sort to levels not seen in 10 years. saudi arabia has announced that americ hip-hop star nicki mina j will headline a show in jeddah . it follos a number of performances in saudi arabia by western pop stars in recent months. now to japan, where more than one million residents of the southern island of kyush have been ordered to evacuate as torrential rain batters the area. authorities are worried about the threat of flooding and dslides. one elderly woman has died a

kimberly wehle joining us for this conversation.rom virginia in pennsylvania, republican line, you are next. caller: hello. believe wholeheartedly in our constitution. i do not think it should ever be changed. also, i am disappointed with the supreme court decision over the citizen question. on the census. . i think everyone in the country should be counted for. and -- host: caller, finish your thought. caller: and i just feel like that decision was very wrong. host:. ok. let's hear from bill. bill is in burke, virginia, independent line. caller: hi, professor. i am glad that you have written this book, because in my cover station with folks, so many people do not understand the constitution because they have never read it. they do not understand the basics. i'm going to cite the ninth amendment and ask you a question. deny commitments as the enumeration and the constitution of certain rights shall be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people, whoprofessor randy barnett, i have met down in georgetown, he has writt

author and legal analyst kim wehle joined me earlier. what inspired you toborite a at this moment about how to read the constitution? kim: so many questions under the constitution are being pushed to the forefront of our national debate. it is front-page news, and the constution is actually quite complicated. i have been teaching law for over 10 years and it is very nuanced and a lot of the messages get lost and people g lose theunding in terms of this foundational document, which isn't necessarily a guarantee th free and fair democracy going forward. we have to enforce it. laura: you wte in the book that the supreme court fills in the blanks in the constitution. is that why the court has become so incredibly politicized, particularly the role of the chief justice now because he is the swing vote? kim: the constitution is vague and people assume it is clear. we hear this talk every time a supreme court justice is nominated -- we want orinalists. but it is like any old document, there is a lot of vague terms and it has to be filled in. wh

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we are joined now by former assistant us atttorney kim wehle.ex acosta when he was prosecuted in this case. there were numerous women and girls involved in this alleged sex trafficking scheme, jeffrey epstein had very powerful lawyers and a lot of money and well—connected politically and it is reported that alex acosta as us attorney felt pressured to give him what most people believe is a sweetheart deal. he ended up not only with 13 months in prison but was able to come and go to his local office and in addition got a non—prosecution deal when he was essentially immunised from product charges relating to the very sad situation and in addition alex acosta did not let the victims know that this deal was coming and that that this deal was coming and that that violates federal law is protecting victims. there are a lot of pieces to it that show or suggest it is money and influence that got him on this deal notjustice. he has tried to address some of this on twitter, we are waiting to hear his first remarks on television shortly. he is not expected

and joining me now is former assistant us attorney kim wehle.stitution and why. this hearing, this testimony, was supposed to be the biggie, so where did the various legal proceedings and other investigations go from here? nancy pelosi mentioned there are subpoena fights pending in the courts where they have asked witnesses the testimony, witnesses have said no, but i don't think that's a barrier to continuing with oversight in general or even impeachment proceedings, we are getting closer to the 2020 election, i think there is a good argument to be made that even if impeachment we re be made that even if impeachment were to start, there would not be time to do it in a thorough, thoughtful manner, so 2020, the election itself, might become pivotal, not just for election itself, might become pivotal, notjust for purposes of choosing a president but for purposes of determining whether the american presidency is above the law 01’ american presidency is above the law or if there's any accountability for wrongdoing in office. but if the president bei

. >> at 11 eastern kim wehle talks about how to read the constitution and why. >> the question i get a lot on television and regular conversation is can he do that, can the president do that. my answer is that's the wrong question. my answer is if he does that, what's the consequence. what are the processes for holding a president accountable. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span 2. >>> former special counsel robert mueller is on capitol hill next week testifying in back to back hearings about possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by president trump and russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. her live all day coverage on wednesday july 24th starts at 8:30 a.m. eastern. watch online or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> ahead of next week's congressional testimony by former special counsel robert mueller, former acting fbi director andrew mccabe offered a preview oft

. >> at 11:00 eastern cbs news legal analyst came wehle offers her guide to reading and understanding the u.s. institution in her new book "how to read the constitution and why." >> so a question i get a lot on television and in regular conversation is can he do that? can the president do that? and what my answer is that's the wrong question. the question is if he does that, and we've had up until now presidents who don't cross certain boundaries, what's the consequence? what are the processes for holding a president accountable? >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span 2. >> sunday night on c-span's q & a -- >> we found that public officials, the people who really govern this country, it's not congress, it's not the president, it's bureaucrats. they write thousands of rules and regulations that have the force of law and we found out that they don't think much of ordinary americans. >> benjamin ginsburg, professor of political science and chair of governmental studies at johns hopkins university discusses his book "what washington gets wrong: the unelected officials who actually run t