Unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Hello, and welcome to landmark cases. This is the first of 12 Historic Supreme Court cases well be looking at this season. Mcculloch versus maryland, our case tonight. And for the next 90 minutes well learn more about this significant case, and the people and issues behind it, and why its so important in our American History process. Later on well take your calls, well also take your questions on facebook and twitter, and make you a part of this conversation. We have two guests at the table tonight to help us understand what mcculloch versus maryland is all about. Let me introduce them to you, farah peterson, and mark killenbeck. The first question, of course, why does this belong on the list of landmark cases . Well, one of the most dominant controversies in the interpretation of the
Still make. Welcome to landmark cases the first of 12 we are looking at this season. Mcculloch versus maryland is the case tonight we will or more about this case and the people and issues behind it and why it is so important in American History process later well take your calls and questions on facebook and twitter to make a part of this conversation. Two guests are at the table to help us to understand what this is all about. Teaching at the law school and was working with the Justice Stephen breyer and from university of arkansas author of a book about this case mcculloch v. Maryland welcome to both of you. The first question is why is this so long on the list of landmark cases . One of the most dominant with the interpretation of the constitution then and now whether we should read the limitation on government or if it grants power. With this landmark case chief Justice Marshall intervened with the controversy. First he held the federal government and congress is not limited to th
Memorable moments on this program. Historians discussing our nations Founding Fathers. It was a great moment of improvisation. They discovered the two principles that over the course of the last two centuries have proven to be the recipes for success for all nations. A political system bottoms on the principle of popular sovereignty, democracy. An Economic System is under the conviction that energies of individuals citizens are the source of the real productivity. Call it capitalism. Theres something that washington throughout his life that people were confident entrusting power in him. He inspires confidence, level headed, not drunk with power and somebody who understands that military power has sob subordinated to civilian power. Adams steered a very careful dangerous, treacherous, even course among the shoals and the whirlpools of diplomacy and managed to keep america neutral not to side with either england or france. And franklin is somebody who believed in moderation and compromis
Program. Historians discussing our nations Founding Fathers. It was a great moment of improvisation. They discovered the two principles that over the course of the last two centuries have proven to be the recipes for success for all nations. A political system bottoms on the principle of popular sovereignty, democracy. An Economic System is under the conviction that energies of individuals citizens are the source of the real productivity. Call it capitalism. Theres something that washington throughout his life that people were confident entrusting power in him. He inspires confidence, level headed, not drunk with power and somebody who understands that military power has sob subordinated to civilian power. Adams steered a very careful dangerous, treacherous, even course among the shoals and the whirlpools of diplomacy and managed to keep america neutral not to side with either england or france. And franklin is somebody who believed in moderation and compromise. He thought he could neg
And most importantly, i would like to thank dr. Cheney for coming here and sharing your views on the president and mrs. Madison. Thank you. [applause] ok. We will revisit a couple of issues we discussed, but lets jump right into your writing style. Tell us a little bit about how you pick your topics and how you approached the research process. Well, during the writing of i was entranced with the ,otion, as gabe pointed out that for the first 36 years of the republic, the virginians were in charge for 32. And i was interested, not only in how this came about, a good story but in the interaction between them, the personal interaction. I wont give away too much, but there are surprises there. Oh, and how i write. Teacher of freshman english for quite a while, getting my phd. Torture these poor freshman. I made them take note cards. Every note card had to have a separate id on it. And then, you organized a note card, and you wrote. Well, i dont do any of that. I feel so bad for all those f