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Im interested in what role you think congress has in this. you tweeted something interesting on june 10th, you talked about the power that has been given to the presidency in terms of tariffs. and so unilaterally making the decisions as we have seen from the trump white house. you said congress should quit ducking their duty on this issue and many more. to me that sounds like you agree with republican senator bob corker that congress should pass legislation that would tie the presidents hands on...

It needs to go. we need to pull it out by its roots. >> under george w. bush, republicans were at it again, trying to get rid of the tax code, with the fair tax act of 2003. in 2005, in 2007, and 2011. today, the fair tax act of 2013 lives on. it would also abolish the irs, the income tax, and repeal the 16th amendment that allows for the income tax in the first place. in other words, good-bye to the last hundred years of american governance. that, however, is an uphill battle, even for an empow...

For, a president seen lacking and on the side lines and unwilling to change events as roosevelt did. megyn: well have to see what effect this will have on others outside the democratic base. todays economy very different from how it was from president roosevelts time in 1910. it wasnt until the ratification of the 16th amendment in 1913 that the government was allowed to tax the income of individuals. back when he made those remarks there was no personal income tax. when he went out there and ca...

To talk about rick perry saying social security is a ponzi scheme that is unconstitutional and must be abolished at the federal level. you can talk about rick perry saying yesterday that the united states government should have defaulted rather than raising the debt ceiling, saying he would have voted against raising the debt ceiling. thats another option. thats substantiative extremism. governor perry made it clear last month, in his mind, the united states going into default would be no big de...

Unless that is amended. the congress needs to stop that. the congress should not unleash i.r.s. agents to shake people down. >>shepard: a study by the u.s. say 46,000 returns, income tax returns, and they come up with a tax game number saying that we should be bringing in $300 million, $300 billion more than we are actually bringing in, and these extra i.r.s. agents are designed to stop that, narrow the gap, bring in more money. what have you got against the u.s. saying quit the cheating, we are...

Fortunately we dont have to memorize the constitution, but can you remind me of what the other ones are? >> well the 14th guarantees due process and equal protection under the law and defines citizenship. its been a big issue on the campaign trail this year. and the 16th amendment is the federal income tax, obviously a pretty big topic. im sure most of us get confused on which amendment is which, i certainly do. but most of us arent running for senate and most of us dont claim to be constitution...

>> 14th amendment defines citizenship and the 16th amendment -- >> oh. >> i think you should know the 16th amendment. federal income tax. >> okay. >> odonnells gaffe is just one of the stories making news from the campaign trail this morning. lets check in with mark preston, cnn politics.com desk. makes you uncomfortable hearing that, mark. >> it does. you know, the problem for christine odonnell is she has portrayed herself as aex pert of the constitution and of course as a tea party candidate ...

Prohibited religious tests for holding public office and as coons pointed out, numerous supreme court decisions have fleshed out what the first and other amendments mean in practice, what she got right was the technicality. what a lot of people think she missed was everything else. she also had a tough time today remember something of the other amendments. when asked if she like some other tea party candidates supported changing or repeal ing the 14th, 16th or 17th amendments, she said she didnt...

Running for senate the first amendment, thats an easy. thats a gimme, thats stuff everybody learned in seventh and eighth grade. i realize that were not all constitutional experts, but if were going to have the same standard applying to christine odonnell, it also needs to be applicable to chris coons as well. >> fair point. everybody has to be judged by the same standard. you know, its hard to evaluate something like this in a way that makes -- that is fair criticism but you dont want to sound ...

>> well the 14th guarantees due process and equal protection under the law and defines citizenship. its been a big issue on the campaign trail this year. and the 16th amendment is the federal income tax, obviously a pretty big topic. im sure most of us get confused on which amendment is which, i certainly do. but most of us arent running for senate and most of us dont claim to be constitutional experts as christine odonnell has come close to doing just that. listen. >> what responsibilities or e...