week we are actually talking with national review contributing editor and national affairs editor, yuval levin to talk about a story of what is constitutional conservatism? this is a piece that appeared in this week's issue of national review and i think the best way to start would be the cover photo. it says neither populace nor technocrats for the constitution so maybe we should start with defining what a constitutional conservative is and what are some examples of a populace in a technocrat that you go through in your piece? >> guest: the basic idea that peace is it tries to dig below the surface of our politics to think about the ideas that are implicit that underlie a lot of our familiar debates. so from the puzzling fact that the democrats today simultaneously make both technocratic and populist arguments. to answer your question let me talk about what those two words really mean in our politics. we see for instance the technocratic attitude on display when someone argues an important governing decision should be handed over to a panel of experts that is shielded from public opinion. to

also, yuval levin about his story on the philosophy underpinning everything. that begins at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> for those who say my -- my friends, for those who say we are rushing this issue of civil rights, i say to them, we are 172 years late. for those who say, for those who say that this civil rights program is an infringement on states' rights, i say this -- the time has arrived in america for the democratic party to get out of the shadows of states' rights and ato walk forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights. >> hubert humphreys spoke those words nearly 0 years before championing the 1964 civil rights bill into law. the two-term mayor of minneapolis was

this week we're speaking with yuval levin to talk about a story on what is constitutional conservatismthis is a piece that appeared "national review." the best way to start maybe with the cover photo. "in their populist nor technocrat -- neither populist technocrat." guest: this is a piece that tries to think about the ideas that are inflicted, that underline a lot of our debates. the democrats today make technocratic and populist arguments. let me talk about those words. we see a technocratic attitude on display when someone argues an important governing decision should be handed over to a panel of experts that is shielded from public opinion. we see a lot of that in the legislative agenda of the first two years of the obama administration. in september, peter orszag made a case saying we need less democracy. if you leave the tough decisions to the congress alone, it will be a mess. he argues for handing over more decisions to panels of experts who can make technical decisions. sometime the creation of standing panels of experts. for the healthcare law, we see decisions on how to cut

in our magazine spotlight series, yuval levin about the political philosophy underpinning liberalism. >> for those who say that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, i say to them, we are 172 years late. for those who say that this civil rights program is an infringement on states rights, i say this. the time has arrived in america for the democratic party to get out of the shadows of state's rights and to what forthrightly into the great sunshine of human rights. >> hubert humphrey spoke those words nearly 20 years before championing the 1964 civil rights bill into law. the two-term mayor of minneapolis and long term senator was vice-president under lyndon johnson, and later ran for president in 1968 and lost. we will look in his influence on american politics this week on the c-span series, "the contenders." that is life friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> the supreme court has said that it will consider legal challenges for the federal health-care law and made the decision to hear 5.5 hours of oral argument in the case. c-span has requested that our cameras be permitted to broadca

also, yuval levin, discussing the political philosophy underpinning liberalism. washington journal at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> to those who save, my friends, for those who say we are rushing this issue of civil rights, i say to them, we are 172 years late. for those who say that this civil rights program is an infringement on states' rights, i say this. the time has arrived in america for the democratic party to get out of the shadows and walked forthrightly into the bright sunshine of human rights. >> hubert humphrey spoke those words nearly 20 years before championing the 1964 civil rights bill into law. the two term mayor of minneapolis and center was vice- president under lyndon johnson and later ran for president in 1968, and lost. we will look at his influence on american politics this week on the c-span series "the contenders." that is live friday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> congressional budget office director douglas elmendorf said today that he expects the unemployment rate to hover around 9% through the end of 2012. the country is only about halfwa