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This as well. judges, unlike legislators, dont run for election. you dont have a platform. >> no. >> vote for me. this is what ill do if elected into office. one of the most important elements of limiting the important role of judges, i think, under the constitution is that youre required to decide a case on a case-by-case basis, rather than issuing some sort of oracle saying henceforth, the law will be thus. assuming you could get eight other judges on the team of nine you talked about to agree...

For starters, the original constitution did not have the bill right ofs. the first ten amendments. so there was a lot of discussion at the ratifying conventions about having a bill right ofs. and that was quickly done in the first congress in new york in 1789 by the james hmadison, taking the lead on that. so, too, they did not think it was perfect. they have an amendment process that specified in article 5 of the constitution. and that amendment process was intended to be used. weve seen it use...

Cite. stability, predictability, impartiality. reliance interests. but all of those are not mere policies in my view. as i see it, the system of precedent comes from article 3 itself. when article 3 refers to the judicial power, shall be vested in one supreme court and such inferior courts as congress shall from time to time establish. to my mind, the phrase judicial power. you think about what is that entail? and you look at the meaning, the meaning at the time of judicial power and you look on...

Constitutionalism or constitutionalist, those are all referring to the same things, which are the words of the constitution matter. of course, as i said repeatedly, you look at the history, the tradition. federalist 39 -- 37 tells us to look at the liquidation of the meeting by historical practice over time and precedent wirks is woven into article iii. as i said in federalist 78. start with the words, as justice kagan said, were all originalists now. pay attention to the words of the constituti...

The constitution in many respects because it brought the promise of racial equality that had been denied at the time of the original constitution into the text of the constitution. so the job of the people, which is the congress and the state legislatorures is to amend the constitution. its not up to the judge to do it on our own. thats a basic divide of constitutional responsibility that is set forth in the tsks artic text of article 5 of the constitution. >> i cant remember who said it, justic...

Article iii in section three of the constitution says this, treason of the united states shall consistent only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. so no president has ever been charged with treason, douglas. do you believe the presidents actions fall anywhere within that definition? >> well, we had a vice president in 1807 who was charged with treason. there was a famous trial, and they didnt feel they had the goods to bust burr fully. the pr...

Now more businesses, in more places, can afford to dream gig. comcast, building americas largest gig-speed network. the president siding with russia over his own intelligence agencies about russias election attack prompted cia chief brennen to call the presidents statement nothing short of treasonous. i want to bring in douglas brinkley and james, the author of "our towns, a 100,000 mile journey into the heart of america." lots to talk about. douglas, you first. article iii in section three of...

Unleash a prosecutor to review whether that -- the article iii judges were legitimate with no basis -- no basis except for speculation by the president and maybe some members of his political team, is a really scarey step forward. but im pretty confident nothing will come of it. its one of the things you say in this era, whatever, because there is just much bigger fish to fry. >> didnt the same folks just reauthorize the fisa process? its crazy. >> four times. and all republicans. and all republ...

The nays are 212. article iii is adopted. the adoption... >> at 1:22 p.m., by a party-line vote, the house approved articles of impeachment alleging perjury and obstruction of justice against president william jefferson clinton. for the first time since 1868, the president had been impeached. >> when the speaker brought down the gavel on article i with a majority of votes, it was a very quiet moment in the chamber. people were not applauding. people were not clapping. i think we were all very so...

Saw president clintons january 17 paula jones deposition and heard the misleading answers that brought him to this point. >> and id like you to listen to the presidents deceptions for yourself. >> at any time, have you and monica lewinsky ever been alone together in any room in the white house? >> i think i testified to that earlier. i think that there is a... it is... i have no specific recollection -- >> life was so much simpler before they found that dress, wasnt it? >> there were four articl...