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To make law. its not their job to rewrite the constitution. a constitutional amendment is done by we the people, not by five justices. a lot of issues up for debate. but this is a very exciting day for those that believe in the fabric of the constitution today. >> neil: bob vander platts, thanks. good seeing you. >> good seeing you. thank you. >> neil: he was a democratic vice presidential candidate, independent united states senator after being the democratic senator, prominent leader on this w...

Anniversary of signing of the constitution today. australia i cant believe who couldnt wait to become an american has wrote constitution to help teach. ainsley: quickly on his way to become an american citizen and even met president trump. now he hopes continue to expire future generations to love this country as much as he does. pete: thats right his name is nick adams founder and director of flag foundation liberty and american greatness. thanks for being here this morning. >> good morning pet...

A sitting president has a job to do. >> martha: what happened is a political society we learn through watergate and whitewater that if you bring enough chargers, if you put enough smoke out there you are able to sort of really make someones agenda impossible. >> alan: thats what the democrats have done to the republicans, thats what the republicans have done to the democrats in the big losers are the american people. it better be broken because we are entitled to better from our elected official...

Nation. and we have a supreme court to apply and interpret the law in a fair and impartial manner when disagreements arise. the founders separated power because they knew it was the best way to protect our citizens and keep our constitution secure. justice gorsuch, you are now entrusted with the sacred duty of defending our constitution. our country is counting on you to be wise, impartial and fair. to serve under our laws, not over them. and to safeguard the right of the people to govern their ...

Constitution today, but for many generations of americans to com come. in just a moment, justice gorsuch will be sworn in by justice kennedy. a great man of outstanding accomplishment throughout his nearly 30 years on the supreme court, justice kennedy has been praised by all for his dedicated and dignified service. we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. and i am honored that he is with us today. [applause] this is a very, very special moment. because many years ago a young neil gorsuch start...

>> its been an issue -- >> wheres the republican party been on this for the last 100 years? >> ed, ill tell you in 1995, i introduced the bill, birth right citiz citizenship act. >> it didnt go anywhere. >> it ended up with almost 100-plus co-sponsors. youre right. they were worried about the perception here, but what im saying to you, do you think that a wealthy foreigner should be able to fly into the united states, stay here for a few weeks and get automatic citizenship for their child even t...

As far as that goes. >> how about the one that allows people to vote at 18. is that a good change? >> yeah. i think thats fine. you bet. >> so how do you decide which changes you like and which you dont like? obviously weve gone through an evolution over time. black people can vote. they cant vote. they were slaves at the time of the constitution. that was in the constitution. they were counted as two-thirds of a person but they didnt get to vote themselves at that time. the constitution writers...

Amendment repealed and the 17th as far as that goes. >> how about the one that allows people to vote at 18? is that a good change? >> yeah. i think thats fine. you bet. >> so how do you decide which changes you like and which you dont like? obviously weve gone through an evolution over time. black people can vote. they couldnt vote. they were slaves at the time of the constitution. that was in the constitution. they were counted as two-thirds of a person but they didnt get to vote themselves at ...

King. you will also see that in more recent times, we have generally sent to the government representatives and presidents who are more interested in power than in freedom and telling us how to live instead of leaving us alone. how did this happen? why did we lose freedom? does the government today even remotely resemble the one the constitution established in 1789? >> you can do the entire now six part series at foxnation.com and order it. fox news senior judicial analyst andrew napolitano has ...

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