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Be that as it may, he was going to have the same problem no matter when he went, which is the way he talks and the phrases he uses -- i mean, look, especially to jewish-americans, okay? bringing back stalinesque or certainly what was used by germany during world war ii as propaganda is really disgusting and startling to them, and i don't know who told the president it was a good idea to bring those phrases back. i can't tell you how often in politics a phrase is used that you think is colloquially one way, but then you get told it's something else, and you're like, oh, i'll never use that agai...

Really want, with donald trump as our president, to be rewriting the 14th amendment? i mean honestly -- [ overlapping voices ] >> you don't trust him to -- >> -- to basically make sure -- >> conservatives say the second amendment is sacrosanct. these amendments should not be touched or challenged. but all of a sudden, the 14th amendment is -- we can -- >> they're selective, yeah. but you're making my point, though. the purpose of the 14th amendment was to give citizenship to the former slaves. it had nothing to do with an illegal imgrant coming into the country and having -- >> thank you for m...

President that he can't trample on the constitution to score political points. >> i wish democrats -- >> that is, by the way, kellyanne conway, senior adviser to the president. >> fascinating marriage. >> we have a president who hasn't shown in a lot of cases that he really understands the way the american governmental system is supposed to work at all. basic things like separation of powers and these kind of things. so either it's just a cheap political stunt or in some ways more frighteningly, he really does think he has that power, which i think is a sign of his own autocratic -- >> cheap p...

I would wait until next tuesday. the theme throughout this book in great detail goes against the notion that the president has been leading foreign policy in a safe or positive way. quite the opposite is true, over and over again. it's not just talking about the beginning of the administration. there is frustration up until very recently that they cannot through to him. there is no learning curve, for example, as far as woodward's reporting on south korea. >> let's go back to the senate confirmation hearings of brett kavanaugh and listen in to the questions and answers there. >> i think about ...

That's not really our role. i think both as a formal and functional matter it's important to stick to the text. there are canons of interpretation which cause you presumption and super impose presumption on a text. >> but you colonel senior yourself aa texturalist. if you follow justice kagan's statement, we're all texturalists now. >> paying attention to the text of the statue utilize such as mens rhea, things like that that are settled. some of the canons are not so settled, a whole separate hour of discussions. >> how does texturalism differ or relate to originalism?