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It started when my coauthor david fisher approached me. I did not know him well. He said to me there is this amazing story out there of Abraham Lincoln in the final case he ever argued. There is a transcript of the trial. It is the only transcript that exists of a case lincoln argued. He said do you want to join me in writing a book about this case . I did not believe there was this Great Lincoln case with a transcript out there no one knew about. He was right. The transcript had only been found in the 1980s. There had been no serious book written about it. We joined together in this effort. I...

Next it is in depth with dan abrams his books include lincolns last trial, contends avenger and alabama versus king. Martin luther king jr. And the criminal trial that launched the civil rights movement. It started when my coauthor david fisher approached me. I did not know him well. He said to me there is this amazing story out there of Abraham Lincoln in the final case he ever argued. There is a transcript of the trial. It is the only transcript that exists of a case lincoln argued. He said do you want to join me in writing a book about this case . I did not believe there was this Great Linc...

Washington, and the making of the nations highest office. What did you discover new about George Washington in the biography . Well, the constitution, when it was written, vested executive powers in a president of the United States, but it failed to disclose what powers were, and, indeed, it didnt tell the president how to use them. It told him, simply, that he was to execute the office of the president. Well, what does that mean . It Means Nothing today. It meant nothing then. Indeed, thats what the framers wanted. They had lived for years under absolute monarchy, under the tyranny, and they ...

Society with the Supreme Court pushing . Was much more relaxing. [laughter] thank us tell me to think floyd abrams who has impacted many of our lives and a regular basis. Thank you. Host one of the things i took away from the book, which was very wonderful, by the way, and you dont say this explicitly, but what i took away the most is women in the senate use their gender when it behooves them and shy away from it when it doesnt. Is that one of the points you were trying to make with this book, or what is it that you want people to take away . Guest well, i do think that that is partially true,...

What were going to be doing is a 40minute conversation interview, and floyd has kindly agreed to open up to youd yens questions so as many people as possible have a chance to question one of the greatest lawyers, so to kick start it, floyd, could you please tell us how this very interesting book receiving critical great reviews came about . First, i got a call from a legal scholar named ronald collins, a professor at the university of washington law school. He told me he was interested in doing a book about my views about certain aspects of the First Amendment, different sortings sorts of case...