we are having our first william howard taft day on september 14. ll go to cincinnati and the sum of the past family and pay an overdue tribute. taft --mb: dave robert did robert aderholt any impact as a senator? he died in 1993. jeffrey rosen: huge. the taft party act was significant. brian lamb: after that. i'm talking about his son. you arerosen: i think talking about governor bob taft, senator taps son. if not,.it was another one. yes, that their generation was equally distinguished. it is an amazing dynasty. underappreciated dynasty will of people who are devoted to public service. brian lamb: you have some quotes -- i'm not sure where they came from, it does not matter. feeling thatt the taft and roosevelt had about each other. here is one of them: campaigned vigorously and he told a crowd in maryland that he is a man of peace and does not want to fight -- this is during the 1912 campaign. he said-- why would he be seeing this? jeffrey rosen: the egotism and megalomania, it was the constitutionalism that animated those insults. he thought it wa

. ♪ host: jeffrey rosen, where did it all start for william howard taft, president of the unitedtes? jeffrey: in cincinnati, ohio. he was born in 1857, before the u.s. constitution. he was born to a family that embodied the constitution. his father was alfonso taft, who wrote republican platforms in 1856. that founded the republican party on the principles to defend the union and the constitution have resisted slavery. his father went on to be secretary of war and ambassador to russia and told young william to be chief justice is to be more than to be president. young will imbibed from his father a reverence for the constitution and a yearning to be chief justice that was finally fulfilled after the a detour into the presidency. brian: what was his life like up to his education? jeffrey: he said everything i do about the law i learned at the expense of hamilton county, where he was a prosecutor. he fell upward into a series of golden -- that invites and him a reverence for the law. he went to yale. he excelled. he started as a young lawyer as an assistant prosecutor and watched a

we are having our first william howard taft day on september 14. going to go to cincinnati and we are going to assemble the family and pay an overdue tribute. brian lamb: did robert taft son have any impact as a senator? he died in 1993. jeffrey rosen: huge. the taft party act was significant. brian lamb: i mean after that. i'm talking about his son. jeffrey rosen: i think you are talking about governor bob taft, senator taft's son. it was another one. yes, that their generation was equally distinguished. it is an amazing dynasty. underappreciated dynasty will of -- full of people who are brian: you have some quotes that, i am trying to remember if they came from, i am not sure where they came from. it doesn't matter. you will get the gist, when i read them to you, about the aft and that the t roosevelt had about each other. here's one of them. campaigned taft vigorously after winning the massachusetts primary. he told the man in maryland, i am a man of peace and i don't want to fight, but when i do fight i want to hit hard. even a rat in a corner

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national constitution center president and ceo talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aid, who served roosevelt and taft as an aid, i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to eject me, that's their prerogative. his heroes are alexander hamilton and john marshall. madison and hamilton believed that majority should roll but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. toson rather than passion prevail. taft believes the entire system is there to slow down popular passions of that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction. mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern. a-day is a lawyer for stormy daniels. he attended an event in our hampshire where he talked about his opposition to president trump and how the democratic party should challenge the president in the 2020 election. he has adjusted that he is considering a presidential run. as part of c-span's road to the white house coverage, this is just under

review the sighting of the lincoln memorial before the order was rescinded by the president, william howard taft. abram garfield, writing to his mother, indicated that all alloses pence -- disciplines on the commission recognize the fertility of the council and the likelihood that william howard taft would abolish it at the back past -- at the behest of congressional opposition. he came back and served on the commission of fine arts from 1925-1930 including a stint as vice chair. federal government service 50 years after his father's death. garfield's political legacy would seem to be quite thin, since he served effectively as president for only four months. he had been a highly respected military men and legislator. through the distance of time, all the circumstances are murky. some of his decisions, some relating to washington seem to have been worth questioning. his dedication to friends could lead him astray. when he took on the completion of a lobbying job for the firm at the urging of his friend, richard parsons. was competingving for contracting with the district court of public works. sh

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ncer: tonight, on national constitution center president and ceo talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. who served aide before as an intimate aid that "i will not play a part for popularity." he has this madisonian view. his heroes are james madison, alexander hamilton, and john marshall. madison and hamilton believed that majority's should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. so that reason, rather than passion, could prevail. systemlieved the entire was set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that people could be governed in the popular interest, rather than faction, which are moms -- mobs. tonight at 8 p.m. eastern. the white house did not release an address by president trump. maryland congressman elijah cummings, ranking member of the oversight and government reform committee delivers the democratic weekly address. he talks about the trump administration. senator cummings: good morning. i am congressman elijah cummings from the seventh congressional district of maryland. i serve as a senior democrat on the committee of

national constitution center president and ceo talks about william howard taft. >> he told his aide, i will not play a part for popularity. if people want to reject me, that's their perogative. they ploobelieve that majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. taft believes the system is set up to slow it so the people can be governed in public interest rather than through faction. that's mobs that favor seventy interest rather than the public good. >>> next, university of texas professor danielle theller and his class talk about andrew jackson and the politics of mid-19th century. they discuss the different ways jackson's presidency has been interpreted by historians. this class is about 1:15. >>> we're considering the problem of jacksonian democracy. let me try to phrase this. what is jacksonian

. >> sunday night jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aide to serve both roosevelt and taft. i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me that is their prerogative. he has this view has heroes are james madison and john marshall who he considers the greatest american ever. madison and hamilton believe that majority should role but only slowly and thoughtfully overtime. the reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed through the public interest rather than factions. >> the andrew jackson foundation president and ceo walked us through the andrew jackson exhibit. over the next 20 minutes he tells the story of president jackson's upbringing as a relative orphan to his rise to national fame after his rise and win against the british in new orleans. >> we are in the museum center. we are about to tour our exhibit about the life of andrew jackson colborne for a storm. it

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and a, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about biography of william howard taft>> he never learned politics. he told his aid who served roosevelt and taft as an intimate aid, i will not play a part for popularity if people want to project me, that's their prerogative. he had a madisonian view. his heroes are james madison and alex enter hamilton at john marshall who he considers the greatest american ever. they believed majority should rule but only slowly at thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes the entire system slow the popular passion so the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through action. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> sunday night on afterwards, economist discusses her book edge of chaos. she is interviewed by jason furman. >> you wrote a book with is quite a lot about politics and on political science? >> the most important thing for the motivation is born out of frustration. i talk about this in the book. my interest in academic grounds are in economic inter

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, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never liked politics. you never learned politics. he told his aid who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is there prerogative. he has this madisonian view. -- john marshall, who he considers the greatest american never. they believe the majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so reason can prevail. is setupved the system up to slow the direction of popular passion so people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span'd q&a. -- >> next, military historian mark snell talks about "gettysburg's other battle," the ordeal of an american shrine during the first world war. the battlefield was used as a world war i training camp in 1917 and 1918, named camp colt. its commander was a young dwight d. eisenhower. the impactescribes on the battlefield and the community. this is abo

, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> you never learned politics. who served, roosevelt and taft, i when i play a part in popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is their prerogative. he had this madisonian view. alexander hamilton, and john majority they believed should rule but only slowly or possibly over time, so that reason rather than passion can prevail. taft believe the entire system was sent to slow the drastic expression of popular passion so the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction,

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william howard taft, he speaks for the court's decision to basically rule against the notion that wiretapping violates the fourth amendment. the court approves this and it will last for roughly 40 years. here's what he says. this is in favor of wiretaps claiming they don't violate the fourth amendment. congress will make them inadmissible in evidence by direct legislation. thus apart from the common law of evidence but the courts may not adopt such a policy by attributing an engaged and usual meaning to the fourth amendment. the reasonable view is that one who installs in his house a telephone instrument with connecting wires intends to project his voice to those outside and that the wires beyond his house and messages while passing over him are not within the protection of the fourth amendment. they hold the 4th amendment to be violated as against a defendant unless there's been an official search and seizure of his person or such a seizure of his tangible effects or invasion of his house for the purpose of making a seizure. a standard that would forbid the evidence if obtained by other than

, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aid who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part from popularity and some people want to reject me, that's their prerogative. he has this madisonian view, his heroes are james madison, alexander hamilton and john marshall who he considers the greatest american ever. they believe that majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. they have the belief that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, mobs that favor soap interest rather than the public good.

and jeff rosen has written a new biography, william howard taft which is good about it here it is light, not thick toned. and i think it is quickly paced. microphone. yes, sir, sorry. >> can you hear me? change of focus. you described the hierarchy of the kennedy brothers. what was their relationship of john and bobby to teddy? >> so in >> host: thomas hazlett your new book is called the political spectrum technology from herbert hoover to the smartphone. >> guest: is not a technical book and not a hard read but a lot of stories about where we are now on how we got here in the wireless world. it's really quite fascinating how we got here in the politics other than how the 1927 radio act basly

william howard taft joins the supreme court. he speaks for the court's decision to basically rule against the notion that the wiretapping violates the fourth amendment. the court approves this and that approval last for 40 years. here is what he says. this is in favor of wiretaps, claiming they don't violate the fourth amendment. congress may of course protect the secret of telephone messages by baking them, when intercepted, inadmissible as evidence in criminal trials by direct legislation. if congress wants to rule on this, they can. but the courts may not adopt such a policy by attributing a large and unusual meaning to the fourth amendment. the reasonable view is that one who installs in his house a telephone instrument with connecting wires, intends to project his advice to those -- his voice to those outlined. those who intercepted the projected voices were not in the house of either party of the conversation, neither the cases we have cited or any of the several decisions brought to our attention hold the fourth demand --

national constitution center president and ceo, jeffrey rosen, talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he never learned politics. he told his aide, archie butt, who served both roosevelt and taft as an intimate aide, i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that's their prerogative. he has this madisonian view. his heros are the authors of the federalist papers and john arthur. and they believe that majorities should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. so that reason, rather than passion, could prevail. and taft believes that the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion, so that the people can be governed in the public interest, rather than through faction. that is mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern, on c-span's q&a. >> next, university of tennessee professor daniel feller and his class talk about andrew jackson and the politics of the

william howard taft joins the supreme court. speaks for the court's decision to, basically rule against the notion that wiretapping violates the fourth amendment. the approval will last for 40 years. here's what he says. again this is in favor of ruling in favor of wiretaps, claiming they don't violate the fourth amendment. congress may of course protect the secrecy of telephone messages by making them when intercepted, inadmissible in evidence in federal criminal trials by direct legislation. if congress wants to rule on this, they can. and depart from the common law of evidence. the courts may not adopt such a policy by attributing a large and unusual meaning to the fourth amendment. the reasonable view is that one who installs in his who is a telephone instrument with connecting wires, intends to project his voice to those quite outside, and that the wires beyond his house in messages while passing over them are not within the protection of the fourth amendment. those who intercepted the projected voices were not within the h

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of course, william howard taft, the incumbent republican -- out of that three way race, wilson prevails. was it just the split of the republican party that allowed wilson the opening? >> there was a fourth candidate, too. running as a socialist. he's going to do as well as a socialist will ever do. he gets 6% of the vote. you get a sense of how roiling the public mood was. taft -- theodore roosevelt felt taft had betrayed him. he thought taft was going to continue with the square deal. taft had a different vision of the presidency. in some ways he was the first supreme court justice to be president. he later became chief justice. he had a sense of limits. that was being fought out between the two of them. roosevelt was the staunch progressive, against taft. it made it very likely wilson was going to win. the republicans were going to split. wilson was not a -- he was running a very strong campaign. calling for the kinds of things he talked about. >> john milne cooper, a fine historian, has a book called the warrior and the priest about the relationship between theodore roosevelt and woo

william howard taft formerly president of the united states then joins the supreme court he speaks for the court's decision to basically rule against the notion that wiretapping violates the fourth amendment, the court essentially approves that and that will last for roughly 40 years. he says in favor of -- in favor of wire taps claiming they don't violate the fourth amendment. congress may of course protect the secrecy of telephone messages by making them when intercepted admissible in evidence. in congress wants to rule on this they can. and thus depart from the common law of evidence, but the courts may not adopt such a policy by attributing an enlarged and unusual meaning to the fourd amendment. the reasonable view is that one who installs in his house a telephone instrument with connecting wires intends to project his voice to those quite outside and that the wires beyond his house and messages while passing over them are not within the protection of the fourd amendment. those who intercepted the projected is volunteers were not in the house of either party to the conversation, ne

bad that the united states actually slept trade sanctions on russia under the presidency of william howard taft. was-semitism in those days considered to be a russian phenomenon. the jews of russia were treated far more harshly and capriciously than jews living in germany at that time. that was russia. it was like the worst place. it was shorthand for anything you didn't want an america. 1914, know, of course, war broke out in europe. russians, joined by the british and the french and later, the italians on one side, fighting against the central european powers of germany and the austro-hungarian empire and the turkish ottoman empire. the war went very badly for most of the combatants, and particularly badly for the russians, although they weren't conquered on the field. the war in the east was much more fluid than it was in the west. which meant far greater hardships for the residents of those vast flatlands that lie between moscow and berlin. postcard showing a russian farm family sitting outside what little is left of their house after it had been destroyed in the war. this shows famous amer

, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography on william howard taftthat is next sunday here on c-span. >> on c-span this morning, "washington journal is next. a discussion on the history and future of voting rights in america. this afternoon, we will take you live to maryland for a cyber bullying prevention summit. >> coming up on today's "washington journal, foreign affairs magazine talks about a series of stories featured in the publication that look at the future of the internet. and later, a wall street journal's matthew hennessy joins us to discuss his new book, zero hour for gen x, which looks at the millennials impact on politics, culture, and technology. ♪ host: it is monday, august 20th and this is "the washington journal." both the president and the first lady have events you can see on c-span. lonnie a trump speaks at a cyber bullying prevention summit -- melania trump speaks at a cyber bullying prevention summit. a new poll from pew research charts how politically accurate experts are leading into the midterm election.

on q&a national constitution center president el jeffrey rosen talk about his biography of william howard taft>> he never learned politics. he told his aid archie but who served both roosevelt and taft as an intimate aid, i will not play a part of popularity. the point reject me that's their prerogative. he had this madisonian view, his heroes are james madison, i was in hamilton, the authors of those papers and john marshall reconsiders the grace american ever. madison hampton believe the majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through action, mobs that favor the self interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at eight eastern on c-span's q&a. >> next, remarks by frank cissna, head of the immigration services at the homeland security department. he talks about challenges, his agency faces including the processing of credible asylum claims and the lack of

, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never liked politicians. he never learned politics. he told his aid, who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity if the people want to reject me that is their prerogative. view, hiss madisonian heroes were the authors of the federalist papers, john marshall, alexander hamilton and medicine and they believed the majority should rule but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believes the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction, mobs that they were self interest rather than the public good. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. c-span, where history unfolds daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court and public policy events in washin

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, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography on william howard taft. that is next sunday here on c-span. >> on c-span this morning, "washington journal is next. a discussion on the history and future of voting rights in america. this afternoon, we will take you live to maryland for a cyber bullying prevention summit. >> coming up on today's "washington journal, foreign affairs magazine talks about a series of stories featured in the publication that look at the future of the internet. and later, a wall street journal's matthew hennessy joins us to discuss his new book, zero hour for gen x, which looks at the millennials impact on politics, culture, and technology. ♪ host: it is monday, august 20th and this is "the washington journal." both the president and the first lady have events you can see on c-span. lonnie a trump speaks at a cyber bullying prevention summit -- melania trump speaks at a cyber bullying prevention summit. a new poll from pew research charts how politically accurate experts are leading into the midterm election. maybe you are invo

, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aide, i will not play a part for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is their prerogative. he has this jeffersonian view. madison and hamilton believed that the majority should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. so that reason, rather than passion, could prevail. taft believes the system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion, so people could be governed in the public interest, rather than through factions, that is mobs, that favor the self- interest instead of the public good. >>> sunday night, an economist discusses her book, edge of chaos. why democracy is failing to deliver economic growth and how to fix it. she is interviewed by the former chairman of the council of economic advisers during the obama administration. >> you wrote a book that is quite a lot about politics. why did you do that? >> the most important things i think in terms of writing the book is that it was born out of frustr

, national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aid, who served roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part for popularity. reject me,le want to that is their prerogative. comment madisonian view authors of the federalist papers and john marshall. madison and hamilton believed majorities should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion could prevail. taft believed the entire system is set up to slow the direct expression of popular passion so that the people could be governed in the public interest, rather than through faction. favoring self-interest rather than the good. >> on c-span's q&a. >> the c-span buses traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. the bus is on its 39th stop in honolulu, asking folks what is the most important issue in hawaii? you see these places, one of the big issues is will they have a place to live? will they be able to afford to stay in the home of their birth? we have a huge homeless situation going on right

at our his biography on william howard taft.ics.r learned partid, i will not play a for popularity. he has this madisonian view. hamilton believe the majority should rule but only and thoughtfully over time so that reason rather than passion should prevail. believes the entire system is set up to slow passions so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than true fractions. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. "washington journal" continues. joining us, the form your deputy assistant for the president and the national security advisor to the trump administration. also the author of an upcoming book. good morning. guest: good morning. host:

day national constitution center president and ceo jeffrey rosen talks about his biography "a william howard taft." >> he never learned politics. who served aid, roosevelt and taft as an intimate aid, i will not fall apart for popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is their prerogative. he has this of you, his heroes are james madison, alexander hamilton, and john marshall. madison and hamilton believe that the majority should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time. so that reason, rather than passion, could prevail. taft believes this system is setup up to slow popular passion so that the people can be governed in the public interest rather than through faction. that is mobs that favor self-interest rather than the public good. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. a group of conservatives met in austin, texas earlier this month. some of the topics covered ofluded the perceived bias social media platforms, the trump administration freezing fuel requirements, and upcoming ballot measures. this was a conference organized by conservative blogger and radio hos

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another chance to see q&a with jeffrey rosen talking about his biography on william howard taft. we continue our series, looking at 1968, and historic year. 50 years later. 1968, america in turmoil, and today, we focus on the women's rights movement during this to tumultuous year-end -- year and decade. she is the author of a new book called sex matters. first, betty for dan, whose 1963 was, the feminine mystique, credited with sparking the second wave of the feminist movement in the 1960's. in 2000, she talked about why the movement was necessary. on c-span and c-span3's american 1968: 1968: america and turmoil. here is betty. betty: this separate view of women, the feminine mystique, we had to get rid of that, break through that. we had to say women are people, no more, no less. consciouslyan to fight for and realize that we are entitled to the same opportunities to participate in society, the same opportunities to control our own destiny, the same right to participate in society to control our own destiny as men had. toportunities control our own destiny, the same right to par

: sunday night, national constitution center president and ceo talks about his biography of william howard taft. >> he never learned politics. he told his aide, who served under roosevelt and taft, i will not play a part of the popularity. if the people want to reject me, that is there prior good of -- their prerogative. his heroes are james madison, the authors of the federalist papers, and john marshall. and madison and hamilton believe that the majority should rule, but only slowly and thoughtfully over time, so that we rather than passion can prevail. taft believes the system is set up to slow the direct expected of popular passion, so the people can be governed in the public interest, rather than through faction, that is the mobs that favor self-interest rather than public good. announcer: sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. with davide talking shepperton about fuel efficiency standards. what did the administration announced last week about fuel efficiency standards? guest: a couple weeks into the administration, president trump announced that they would revisit the standards that obama adm