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[yelling in back of the room] >> we are talking about separation of powers. have you ever written any decisions where you use the 10th amendment, division of powers between federal and states? >> mr. chairman, most of the cases that come to the d.c. circuit are at the national level and therefore involving questions of separation of powers between the legislative, executive and judicial branches. federalism is a critical part of our constitutional structure as well. the genius of our system federalist 39 as described by madison is that we have both a national government and a federal governmen...

From each state represents in many ways the federal part. each state represented equally. and the federalism system by which the states are allowed to regulate local matters and some of the commerce clause cases such as united states versus lopez and united states versus morrison reinforce the idea that there is a core of authority that is exclusively in the province of the states and beyond the scope of the federal government. the 10th amendment -- [yelling in back of the room] the 10th amendment reinforces the structure of federalism that's in our constitutional system. it's important always...

Years, spoken to thousands of thousands of people. a small percentage of people object to this. when they do, i always ask this question. what's the alternative? you agree our system is broken, you agree the country is going to crash. what's your solution? i've never heard an alternative solution proposed. literally never. >> we can cheat history, that's the key thing, our founders gave us a cool to cheat history. mark: meaning we don't have to decline. >> we don't have to decline. we have a tool in the constitution if we use it prudently and we'll, we can restore our country to the vibrancy i...

44 states in the last two years, spoken to thousands of thousands of people. a small percentage of people object to this. when they do, i always ask this question. what's the alternative? you agree our system is broken, you agree the country is going to crash. what's your solution? i've never heard an alternative solution proposed. literally never. >> we can cheat history, that's the key thing, our founders gave us a cool to cheat history. mark: meaning we don't have to decline. >> we don't have to decline. we have a tool in the constitution if we use it prudently and we'll, we can restore our...

Not federalism? is this not what we've argued for, state authority, the 10th amendment. is this not in the constitution? it's part of the constitution? it can't be a runaway convention, since it still takes 38 states to ratify whatever comes out of there. isn't this a way to take our constitution as written and take it back? >> i think it is, mark. and i've always believed the best government is the most local government. that's a conservative bedrock principle. and what better way to make our government more responsive to the people at the most local level than the convention of the states wh...