The name of the book we will be talking about is the the political theory of the american founding, natural rights, public passly and the moral conditions of freedom. Thanks for being here and the recent book seminar. Before we summarize what the book is about, let me ask you what the origin of this the pack was and how it fits within your larger academic agenda . Right. This is a topic, the political theory of the founding that i have been thinking about since about 19 3, so name the date, when i was invited up to a conference to write on a topic of that is correct the relationship between the founders and the classics. A topic about which at the time i knew nothing on either side. I knew something about the classics, but not about the founders. I recognized the thought of the founders is more complicated and more interesting as a student of plato, more so than i expected. It has taken me a while to develop fully my understanding of the founding. I hopefully have presented it in this
To study, although i wasnt planning on being a historian. I was originally going to go into the foreign service. Cspan can you remember when you first got interested in history, say, in high school, or even grade school . Guest no, because it was taught so poorly in high school i cant imagine why i would have been interested in it from the High School Teacher. He used to have us read from muzzey, the textbook. That was how we did history. Each would read a paragraph, and hed go up and down the row, and i would plan ahead when i would be reading, and then id go ahead and read on my own and keep my finger on the spot which i would have to read. But so it was not because of the teaching. It was just something i was interested in, despite the very bad High School Teacher we had. Cspan where did you grow up . Guest i grew up in new england, in Greater Boston lived in worcester for a while but graduated from waltham high school, which is a little town right outside of boston. Cspan and do yo
And essentially provided a legal status for recipients for a renewable twoyear term, worker authorization, and other benefits, including participation in Social Security program, to 800,000 mostly adult illegal aliens. It was implemented unilaterally through legal concern after congress rejected legislative proposals to extend similar benefits on numerous occasions to this same group of illegal aliens. In other words, the executive branch through daca deliberately sought to achieve what the legislative branch specifically refused to authorize on multiple occasions. Such an openended circumvention of law was an unconstitutional exercise by authority of the executive branch. The effect of this amnesty, along among other things, conservative to a surge of minors at the southern border that yielded and humanitarian consequences fielded in humanitarian consequences, and allowed the same illegal aliens to take jobs. We inherited from our founders and have it thans and unsurpassed legal herit
Things for congress to tackle, why is the president kicking this to them . There was an informal deadline of september 5 where state attorneys general threatened to sue the federal government over this program. The judge restricting the sues as setting the deadline. He technically did not have to act but decided to get it over with. Julie we got a headline that sessions will announce plans to end a daca. Marty that is hardly news. Julie we have been talking about it. What kind of details sorry, kevin, what kind of details do we know additionally at this point about what sessions will say . Kevin what he will do is essentially has the buck to lawmakers and they are set to return this evening and through the day from their august recess. He will give them about six months to come up with a congressional solution to this to give them the opportunity to reinstate. Also potentially reignite some of the same political battle lines amongst republicans. House Speaker Paul Ryan has not commente
What do we want . Daca when do we want it . Now what do we want . Daca what do we want . Daca just part of a protest from earlier today. Be sure to join us at the top of the hour when senators particular durbin, illinois democrat and South Carolina republican, Lindsey Graham, offer their reaction to the daca news. Well have it for you live at 3 00 eastern here on cspan. Attorney general jeff significances made the daca announcement earlier today at the justice department. His comments are about 10 minutes. Attorney general sessions good morning. Im here to announce today the program known as daca under the Obama Administration is being rescinded. Le daca program was implemented the daca program watts implemented in 2012 and essentially provided a legal status for recipients for renewable twoyear term, worker other ation, and benefits including participation in the Social Security program to 800,000 mostly adult illegal aliens. It was implemented unilaterally through legal concern after