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Members of the faculty, bob russedge sent in his letter of resignation, a letter he had to send in from kabul, afghanistan where he is right now serving in the army reserves and he made a very good point. his letter was addressed not to professor avery, the well known far left lunatic military hater who also said in that letter that we should not just support our troops, he's offended by the flying of a large american flag at suffolk law school. but he also -- his letter was to the administration and he said look, as long as you embrace this guy. as long as you don't even contradict what he sa...

Expressed in that email. that is abg dam is academia for you. >> they need and appreciate what we are sending. if anything he really just discredited himself. >> professor avery's job by the way is not in jeopardy. he continues to teach constitutional law at suffolk university, megyn. megyn: thank you. during her confirmation hearings for the u.s. supreme court justice elena kagan said she was never asked her opinions about the overhaul of healthcare, at least the litigation over it, the constitutionality of it. new emails may suggest something different. should she be allowed to rule on this ...

He teaches constitutional law at suffolk university in boston. he happens to know goodwin liu fairly well. professor avery, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. i don't know professor liu personally. i've read his work. >> you know of him. >> read a great deal about him. >> first of all, characterization of him. we tend to these days describe people in judicial circuits as liberal or conservative or constructionist or activist. how would you describe him -- describe goodwin liu? >> well, first of all, i think it's time to be honest about the fact that every judge engages in interpretatio...

Action, same-sex marriage and a critic of what is called strict coninstrumentationism trying to apply the constitution exactly the way the framers wrote it. pretty much everything i said puts him at odds with senate republicans. they really don't like what some call a living constitution and liu may have surprised them when he said this, listen. >> i don't like the term, and i -- in the book we reject the term, because it suggests that the constitution is a malleable document, that can be read to have words in it that really are not in it. and i think we take the position that the constitution...

Writing on many occasions, when important issues are raised. and this is somebody who is a brilliant thinker. who's viwhose views are anchore in the historical understanding that the constitution has received from the supreme court and academics and others in this country. >> then we you should all watch the nomination process very closely both for what it means for goodwin liu in the country and what it means for what happens during the supreme court nomination process. dr. michael avery from suffolk university in boston were are thank you for joining us. >> thank you. coming up next, livin...