wendell, just this notion that i keep hearing on the tv. i got to exercised about it i wrote an entire "daily beast" column about it. this idea obamacare is kploegtd and in a death spiral which is just not true. do you think that people just believe it or can you explain to the audience whether or not it is? >> first of all, no, it is not. if it were, it is because of what is happening on capitol hill now and because of actions by some republicans in this senate, marco rubio in particular that has led to the destabilization of the individual marketplace. you said saying something over and over again doesn't make it true, but there's strategy as it was during the health care reform was to not repeat things over and over again and they believed it. there's no truth whatsoever that obamacare is not in a sudden death spiral. very possibly and likely if they proceed with the legislation that's before the house now it will absolutely lead to that, or it will at best lead to people who really need access to care not being able to afford it. >> you

interactions between oral -- oliver wendell holmes and his young friends from the house of truth. and that sort of set off a lightbulb in my head, and i thought, well, i can finish this book in two or three years. here we are six, almost seven years later, and i'm finally done, and it was a bigger undertaking than i thought it was. really where i knew i had a book was when i discovered the pape beers of the man who owned -- the papers of the man who owned the house. he was tasked commission -- taft's commissioner of indian affairs probably a guy no ones has ever heard of, a guy one name bed -- named robert valentine. an attorney for taft and felix frank be furtherer who was then working in the taft war department to live in a house. well, robert valentine's papers were in a barn for a long period of time in connecticut, this this wonderful archivist rescued them and donated them to the massachusetts historical society where they remained unprocessed. and the reason why the papers were so important to the book was that -- and the reason why valentine started sort of this group hous

i was reading the bibliographical notes by a great historian, his biography of oliver wendell holmes and he said not a lot had been written about the interactions between oliver wendell holmes and his young friends from the house of truth. that sort of set the light bulb off in my head and i thought i can finish this book in two or three years with a little bit of research, and who we are six, almost seven years later and i am finally done. it was a bigger undertaking that i thought it was. i wrote a law review article about it first and where i knew i had a book is when i discovered the papers of the man who owned the house. he was commissioner of indian affairs, a guy probably no one has ever of named robert ballantyne. he was the one who started the salon by inviting the justice department attorney for taft and freak felix frankfurter been rkg in the taft war department to live in the house. well, his papers were in a barn for a long period of time in connecticut and till this wonderful archivist rescued him and donated them to the massachusetts historical society where they remai

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and he said that not a lot has been written about the interaction between oliver wendell holmes and his young friends from the house of truths and that's sent off a light bulb in my head and i thought i can finish this book in two or three years with a little bit of research. .. .... .... >> professor lisa servon talks about untraditional banking in her book "the unbanking of america." she worked as a teller and observes how the new methods are serving consumers. she is interviewed by rohit chopra. >> welcome to booktv. my name is rohit chopra. i will be talking to professor lisa servon the author of "the unbanking of america: how the new middle class survives" which was just released this month. lisa, thank you for being here. let's start. why did you write the book? who is it actually written for? >> guest: that is a great question. i wrote the bock in a nutshell because i could not understand originally why if alternative

i remember what all of her wendell holmes said. iver wendell holmes said.orone said, thank you doing justice and he said, i am not here to do justice, i interpret the law. i think the justice are not doing their job of changing the law and it is not really up to the supreme court. it is up to the supreme court to interpret the law. when you go back to judge souter, he was reported -- appointed by republican president george h.w. bush. he did not always vote conservatively, he votes moderately as well. i think he would be a good supreme court judge. host: a few tweets have come in. donna writes -- hope democrats come together and block. chris says -- the only reason i do not support gorsuch is because his name is not merrick garland. chelsea rights -- even though whenall loved him confirmed for the 10th district,libs love hypocrisy. confirmed june 20, 2006 by voice vote. jerry is in huntington beach, california, a democrat. good morning. caller: good morning, john. good butnee, he sounds you have to remember that judge garland probably would have sounded goo

needs to be more in the insurance nonprofit maybe insurance companies and one you would , i wish get wendell potter on your show, is a big c.e.o. for cigna, dark tell you all the secrets of what the health really do.ompanies i wish you would get him on there. you.k host: always appreciate suggestions for upcoming segments. a tweet from zone who writes, get the government out healthcare system. some other opinions on this healthcare act going before the rules committee in a few minutes. this from editorial board of the "new york times," they write in a better world this bill would never have seen the light of less offered for a vote. it is no fair-minded person's of what the american healthcare system should look ike tis designed to let mr. ryan and trump determine they have driven a stake through the heart of obamacare, no matter collateral damage to millions of americans. being ry different view express third degree morning on editorial pages of the "wall street journal." editorial board writing the house bill is messy, complex, has hen the g.o.p. inherently a messy complex failure in obama

supreme court, justice oliver wendell holmes, said this was fine. so this is a terrible era in american history, i think far too little remembered. when i was in law school in constitutional law, it was not taught. many of our great institutions were involved in it. the new york historical -- i'm sorry, the new york museum of natural history hosted a big eugenics congress. it's sort of everywhere, was everywhere. now no one talks about it. so, you know, one thing i wanted to do was just to tell people about this era, and i think it has a lot of resonance for today which i think we may talk about later. but the other thing is it's also a portrait of the supreme court. you know, i grew up, as i think many people did, thinking when things went wrong in our country, if our rights were in danger, at least we had the u.s. supreme court to protect our rights. and, in fact, history does not bear that out. that was i true in this case where 8-1 they said that carrie buck should besterrized, but dred scott, when they had a chance to let an enslaved man sue fo

wendell from michigan believes the president. wendell from michigan? hello? let's go to ray. he is in stafford, virginia. he says he doesn't believe the president. caller: good morning. here -- ifresident you accuse someone without any , we are spending all this money, no evidence , no one even far looks at the legality of this. he is setting a precedent that is just the base. he is not providing of the evidence -- any evidence. you think that you have the evidence and then y turn around and say, wait two weeks, and then you turn around and there is still no information after two and a half weeks. people can get mad and call him a liar, but we knew this when he was a campaign. he stated he had this big plan on how to defeat isis and he will chair the plan because he does not want no one to steal it and then all of a sudden, a couple weeks ago, i've asked my top generals to come up with a plan. this guy has constantly chon -- shown that he cannot be trusted. to follow him blindly without questioning anything he does is ridiculous, it is crazy. host: let's go to aussie in harri

wendell pierce, the actor, and memoirist who lives in new orleans was here a year ago talking about the absence of just a basic supermarket in neighborhoods in new orleans, which he said basically consigned people in new orleans to so few options that they were never going to be able to bring themselves up. - if you know how to cook, that's your passport. - so you think there are good supermarkets, good markets now in harlem different from five or 10 years ago? - absolutely, and there will be more but the key is to understand how to cook because then food waste will go down. you also of course will make sure that when you make something, eating is part of it, but cooking, there's nothing that beats cooking together and eating it and saying hey we made this. this is our culture. - as an experience. - i'm going to introduce you to my culture. where do you think tourism, like people know foods are going to italy, are going to france and spain. of course we're known by is through food right? and in harlem and many urban americas we have the music, we have the storytellers, but if people wer

they could fire you, wendel holms said you have the right to speak politics but not a right to be a employer, you could be fired. the first context is where it used to be under the spoils system where a democrat or republican would get elected and fire all the people from the opposite party was replace bid the civil service system and a series of case was -- the supreme court said if you fire people because of their political affiliation unless they're in a supervisory position that violates the first amendment. scalia dramatically disagreed because he thought it was contrary to american tradition. the other area just to give you background is if you retaliate against an employee for speaking about a matter of public concern, you get into this balancing test where they say that violate it is first amendment unless he's really disrupting the work force the person who spoke out in a very recent iteration called gar sse they had a veer limitation on the pickering right, which was they recognized, you have to be able to control your employee's speech, if he's a drug counselor he can't advocate d

these hearings often remind me of a story of supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes who was traveling by train to washington, d.c., when a conductor asked him for his ticket. holmes looked in all his pockets and the conductor stopped him, said don't worry about your ticket, mr. holmes. we know who you are, when you get to your destination, send us your ticket. he responded, the problem is not my ticket, the problem is where am i going in most nominees are in the same position as oliver wendell holmes. they're not sure where they're going. people of good faith can evolve on the or the. i do not expect judge gorsuch to be a robotic vote for the right of the court. while conservative, he's shown an intellectual curiosity and honesty that's going to take him across the ideological spectrum. but in conclusion, i would simply say, we're not looking for the best imitation or facsimile of justice scalia. we're looking for someone who can be an intellectual court on the court in his own right. that person, my view, is, indeed, neil gorsuch, who just might eclipse his iconic predecessor. won't

wendell holmes famously said that you are the right to speak politics but you do not have a right to be the policemen. so if you said something to annoy your employer, it they could fire you. that has changed in a number of contexts. the first context is where it used to be under the spoils system, a democrat or republican would get elected and fire all of the people from the opposite party. that was replaced by the civil service system and a series of -- the supreme court said if you fire people because of their political affiliation, unless they are in a supervisory position, that violates the first amendment. scalia dramatically disagreed with this line of cases mainly because he thought it was contrary to american tradition. the other area just to give you background is if you retaliate against an employee for speaking about a matter of public concern, you get into this vague balancing test where they say that violates the first amendment unless he is really disrupting the workforce where the person spoke out. in a very recent iteration called garcetti, they had a very limitation

as justice wendell holmes -- oliver wendell holmes counseled, one of the most sacred duties of a judge is not to read her convictions into the constitution. i have tried and i will continue to try to follow the model justice holmes set in holding that duty sacred. i see this hearing as i know you do as a grand opportunity once again to reaffirm that civility, courtesy and mutual respect properly keynote our exchanges. judges, i am mindful, owe the elected branches, the congress and the president, respectful consideration of how court opinions affect their responsibilities. and i am heartened by legislative branch reciprocal sensitivity. as one of you said two months ago at a meeting of the federal judges association, we in congress must be more thoughtful, more deliberate in order to enable judges to do their job more effectively. as for my own department, or in -- deportment or in the constitution's words, good behavior, i prize advice received on this nomination from a dear friend, frank griffin, a recently retired justice of the supreme court of ireland. justice griffin wrote, court

wendell park on 24th street in richmond has been without a play structure for 15 years. the old one had to be torn down because it was unsafe. neighbors recently applied for a grant and to rebuild that program. >> and today 200 volunteers would get together to build theirs. >> and all the ideas are designed and everything came from the community and they met with those kids to have them there for their dream playgrounds as we took their ideas and we came up with what you would see here. >> the new playground includes climbing struck cantures and swing sets as well as places to sit and just enjoy the park. the shade structures and new trees. >>> pg&e rate hikes are taking a sticker shock customers are feeling and how to monitor your bill. >>> also a large department store chain is closing dozens of their stores including one in the east bay. coming up the other stores that could also be in danger. >>> pg&e bills arriving in the coming weeks will reflect a hike rate. that increase comes after another rate hike just two months ago. >> tonight ktvu claudine wong reports on t

. >> character actor wendell pierce from the wire selma and dozens of other roles tweeted a message andve retweeted and liked the message nearly 2500 times. referred to jackson as a terrorist. >>> in italy police solved the big mystery. >> they have found two famous vincent van gogh painting thought could be lost forever. the artwork had been lost for more than a decade. they were stolen in bold maffia heist in 2002. italian police just recovered the paintings behind a false wall in villa that long to do maffia boss. the paintings were barely damaged and the pieces are from period that was crucial to van gogh's development as a paint. >>> a woman was trapped in a very famous place. her only hope she had to spell out help. >> how about a return to spring kathy? >>> ooh, iain, you'll love it. it's extreme warmth and rain in the next couple of days. i'll show when you coming up. >>> trapped under the pavement. rescuers doug and doug to save a definite poodle. ♪ ♪ >>> not that windy out there in older city tonight. a lot different from last name you can see the flag barely moving that's hel

the modern process has not produced better justices than john marshall or oliver wendell homes, bothom did not have confirm's hearings and had not been subject to fbi background checks because the fbi had not been invented yet. the first senate confirmation hearing was at the beginning of the 21st century when president wilson chose the first jewish nominee, louis brandeis, the supposed gentleman of the senate then were taken aback by a jewish nominee and decided we better slow this thing down and ask a few questions and so they had their first confirmation hearing. louis brandeis was then confirmed and went on to become one of the great figures in american jurisprudence. there were only two more confirmation hearings before the television days and both to address suspected scandals and both were then confirmed. william o. douglas was the longest serving member of the united states supreme court and possibly its most influential and its most liberal. most liberal member ever. he lived a romantically scandalous life for his era as a supreme court justice. he was married four times whi

but the out and out abolitionists -- wendell phillips i did not mention, i did mention frederick douglass. they were furious at lincoln. they consider this a betrayal when lincoln gave this sort of, ok, if you want the amendment, you know, it says what i've always assumed was implicit, you can make it explicit, no problem. the abolitionists hated that. >> thank you. with the dred scott decision, would it have been possible to prevent the spread of slavery? >> well, the question of the spread of slavery is much discussed. my point would be that the territories that were then owned by the united states were not simple dish suitable for slavery as it was practiced in the south. it did not rain much out in arizona and new mexico. there were not slaveholders standing in line who wanted to take their slaves out there. if you owned a valuable slave, you wanted that sleep working for know, and mississippi or louisiana or east texas where you could get a good return on your investment. there's also this question of the future of slavery, the possibility of expanding. many historians, some probably

my first clinical activism was tearing down wendell wilkie posters in harlem.here weren't many posters in harlem so waste much time on that. brian: did you consider yourself a democrat? thomas: at that time i was a long way from voting age. most of my -- i was a registered democrat as late as spring 1972. since then i have not been a registered member of any party. that particular year i was disgusted with both candidates that i did not vote at all. neither of those candidates seem to be as bad in retrospect as the two candidates we had last year. brian: let me go back to the column and ask about this paragraph. presidents -- you're talking about a president being overdue vinaigrette today. lying, johnsonf and republican richard nixon destroyed not only their own credibility, but the credibility the office itself once conferred. country, noto the just to the people holding that office in later years. consider both johnson and nixon presidencies as lying presidencies? thomas: nixon is the easiest one. he lied obviously about watergate. in retrospect, i think the

court looked -- and this is it really is about a hundred years it goes back to opinions by oliver wendell homes. >> i understand that string of arguments but the egekt of it has been -- what if we accept that and we look at the fifth err mend meant now and we accept for public use is no longer an issue, then -- then do we use our judgment snn because that sounds to me that your testimony was we need to use our judgment at local government rather than be bound by the constitution. >> no, no, no. i think that eminent domain remains a check that the kilo case really does set out several kind of toe holds to challenge illegitimate takings. the idea that you need a public purpose, had is the phrase that's been used for about a hundred years, is -- remains in the constitution and has been well litigated. >> thank you, professor. and i will assert that's out on the fringes of the argument myself. but if the panel would indulge me, i'd like to give mr. redfern an fuopportunity to respond. >> first i wanted to note that whether kilo broke new ground doesn't speak to whether eminent domain is a pro

most nominees are in the same position as oliver wendell holmes. i do not expect judge gorsuch to be a robotic vote for the right of the court. he has shown intellectual curiosity and honesty that will take him across the spectrum. i would simply say we are not looking for the best imitation of justice scalia. we are looking for someone who can be intellectual on the court. that person is neil gorsuch who just might eclipse his iconic predecessor. won't be the same. he will bring something new. in the end what i mostly can say about gorsuch's destination is that while i suppose they have this in common, he will go where his conscious takes him. it might be to the left or right. i can't say with the final term this will be but it will be exciting to watch. it is therefore my honor to recommend the confirmation of the honorable judge neil gorsuch for united states supreme court. >> thank you. now mr. gallagher. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify here today on behalf of the sierra club and its members and supporters. the supreme court justice

this really is about one of years and goes back to opinions by olive oliver wendell holmes. >> i understand testing of arguments that the effective it has been, and what you, what if we accept that and look at the fifth amendment now and we except for public use is no longer an issue, then do we use our judgment? that sounds to me like if your testimony was we need user judgment of local government rather than be bound by the constitution? >> no, no, no. i think eminent domain remained a check particular case really does set out several kind of toehold to challenge illegitimate taking speak the idea you need a public purpose, which is the phrase has been used for about 100 years, remains in the constitution and has been well litigated by -- >> i would assert that's out on the fringes of the argument myself. but if the panel would indulge me i'd like to give mr. redfern an opportunity to respond. >> sure. just first i want to note whether kelo broke new ground doesn't directly speak to whether eminent domain abuse is a palm and whether this bill can solve it. but i think we don't need to par

one of the most eloquent advocates was oliver wendell holmes, and similarly, his views on many cases are not original. as i understand, and i have not read all the articles, but his writings on the right to privacy are difficult to distinguish from those of hugo black. there are many similarities, and i am certain the committee willgo into it case-by-case, law review by law review, and they will make the final determination. now, it has been some time since this nomination was made. and i would say at the outset some of us were critical of that. but i would guess in retrospect it may have taken that much time, with the august recess, to prepare for this very important hearing. let's face it. there is tremendous interest in the country. wherever you go, and some of us go a lot of places, this is generally question number one or number two in any town meeting in america. so the american people are tuned in. the american people are ready for a fair and impartial, tough hearing. i have got to say, judge bork, you are probably going to have one. and i know you are prepared for it. i want

for today about maybe my most favorite jurist as a young law school student i love reading oliver wendellolmes, and i thought about him as u was thinking about what to say here this morning. during his senior year in college, he voluntarily enlisted in massachusetts militia in order to join the union army during the civil war. and, frankly, few soldiers saw more action than holmes did. he fought in the wilderness camping. he was at chancellorsville. he was at antietam. he nearly died and he saw hundreds of his friends and fellow soldiers faulty vicious injuries. he returns to boston scarred deeply i what he saw. and his experience of the civil war did deeply affect his view of the law. as a professor and then later as a jurist. in an era where the revolutionary era natural law theory still abounded, holmes said quote may make their own laws. these laws do not flow from some mysterious omnipresence in the sky. with his own ideas seem to the horror of the civil war, what each side would not capitulate. because they believed in financial basis for their cause. holmes found a new legal school

i loved reading oliver wendell holmes. thought about them as i was thinking about what to say here this morning. during his senior year in college, he voluntarily live enlisted in the massachusetts militia in order to join the union army during the civil war. frankly, few soldiers saw more action in the wilderness campaign. he was at chancellorsville. he nearly died in a hundredth of his friends and fellow soldiers fall to vicious injuries. he returns to boston scarred deeply by what he saw in his experience in the civil war is deeply affected his view of the law as professor and later as the jurist. in an era where the revolutionary era natural law still abounded, holmes said this. he said men make their own laws. these laws do not flow from some miss here is omnipresent in the sky. with his own itu seen the horror of the civil war, were beachside do not capitulate because they believed in a natural basis for their cause. holmes founded a new vehicle school of what is called legal realists and, understanding and love with

his biography about wendell holmes. he said not much had been written about holmes and his friends.a lightbulb went off and i said i can finish this book in two or three years. with a little bit of research and here we are, six, almost 7 years later and i am finally done. it was a bigger undertaking than i thought it was. you know i wrote an article 1st and really when i knew i had a book was when i discovered the papers of the men who on the house. he was tasked commissioner of affairs. a guy that probably no one has ever heard of named robert valentine. he was the one who started this salon by inviting denison, the justice department attorney and felix -- to live in a house. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here is a look at some authors recently featured on booktv afterwards. our weekly interview program. the parents of trayvon martin talk about his death and their experience with the judicial system. roger stone wade and on donald trump's 2016 presidential win. and the spokesperson for the united nations refugees reported on a searing women's att

it reminds me of a story of a supreme court justice oliver wendell holmes who was traveling by train when i conduct rest in first ticket. he looks in all of his pockets and he finally stopped and said don't worry about it. we all know who you are. when you get to the destination send us the ticket. he said my dear man the problem is a my ticket the problem is, where my going. most nominees are in the same position. not quite sure where they're going. i do not expect george gorsuch to be a robotic vote. he is an intellectual curiosity and honesty that will take him across the ideological spectrum. in conclusion i would say, were not looking for the best imitation or facsimile or justice scalia, were looking for someone who can be in intellectual on the court in his own right. that person, in my view, is indeed milk or such who might eclipse the iconic predecessor. he will bring something new. in the end what i can say about a2's destination is that, i suppose they have this in common, he'll go where his conscious takes in. but he will follow his conscious. i cannot say what the final

. >>> wendell park has been without a play structure to 15 years. the old one had to come down because it was unsafe. neighbors recently applied for a grant from target. the nonprofit we built a playground. yesterday over 200 volunteers got together to build it. >>> all of the ideas and the designs came from the community. we met with the kids and have them design their dream playground. we took their ideas and we came up with what you see. >> the new playground includes climbing structures swing sets as well as places to sit and enjoy the park.>>> a popular marie has some big plans for local beer lovers. >> the anchor brewing company has opened its doors to us for a preview. we got the assignment in san francisco. we will talk about the -- at&t park. they could get a special treat if they had that way. truck>> reporter: we are continuing the tour. this is the cool part. we are in it is still room. joining us is beer master's got on a government. what are we looking at -- scott grant event. what is this process? >> this is our -- where we start the

as is often the case, justice oliver wendell holmes said it best in his decision and lochnei v.ew york. justice holmes wrote, and i quote, that case is decided upon an economic theory which a large part of the country does not entertain. if you were a question whether i with that theory, i shouldf desire to study it further and long for making up my mind.dy i do not conceive that to be my duty because i strongly believe that my agreement or disagreement has nothing to do with the right of the majority to embody their opinions in law like justice holmes, judge gorsuch and knows that his social, political and religious views have no place on the bench. in embracing the discipline of the robe, declaring, dedicatingp himself to the separation of powers and consistently devoting himself to being fair, judge gorsuch has earned the right to be considered by you for the highest bench in the land. i hope you will judge him with the fairness and integrity with which he himself has served. int spin thank you, judge kane. mr. perkins, turn to you. >> mr. chairman, ranking member feinstein,

oliver wendell holmes famously said you have the right to speak politics but you don't have the right to be a policeman. so if you said something that annoyed your public employer they could fire you. that's been obviously dramatically changed under the unconstitutional conditions doctrine in a number of contexts. the first context is the rattan context where it used to be under the spoils system a republican or democrat would get elected and fire all the people from the opposite party, was replaced by the civil service system. in a series of cases culminating in rattan the supreme court has said if you fire people because of their political affiliation unless they're in a sufrszy position that violates the first amendment. scalia dramatically disagreed with this line of cases, mainly because he thought it was contrary to american tradition. the other area just to give you some broingd is if you retaliate against an employee for speaking about a matter of public concern you get into this pickering kind of vague balancing test where they say that violates the first amendment, unless he