and the list goes on. as garrett epps of the atlantic the u.s. constitution even refers to international law. joining us now on the horrors that await the tea party and the constitution tomorrow, the associate professor of law and political science at yale where he teaches constitutional law. thank you for your time. it s a pleasure to be here. i m a fan. is the headline from tomorrow s reading or should we expect the revolution was not conducted by and the constitution was not written by conservative people? exactly. the american revolutionaries were just that. they actually took on the world s most powerful monarchy. the people who gave us the constitution were the nationalists. the liberal nationalists, federalists, the states rights folks, the article of confederation folks, the conservatives were against it. they were the anti-federalists. then we have a great civil war and it s once again the liberal
fathers original plan, the articles of confederation which let the states run the show, they trashed the thing substituting the constitution to create a stronger central government with powers both vague and specific. the power specifically to raise your taxes and then to spend it on pretty much whatever the government wants. the quote to provide for the general welfare. the power to regulate commerce across national borders and across state borders. the power to write the rules of naturalizing citizens. the federal power has even more power to ensure voting rights. the 17th amendment took away the power of state legislatures to elect u.s. senators adding to existing constitutional limits on the states. no separate foreign policies. no state currency, no taxing goods to or from other states and the list goes on. as garrett epps of the atlantic the u.s. constitution even refers to international law.
boehner promises tax cuts without paying for them, will he live up to his promise of cutting $100 billion? maybe $30 billion. the stimulus health care, financial reform, don t ask, don t tell repeal, lily led better, minimum wage increase, 300 more bills the senate didn t have the chops to pass. best speaker ever. first bold republican move? they will prove they can read aloud. i have the uss constitution. no, that s a boat. to quote the princess bride i don t think it is what you think it is. the surprises for the gop and the tea party in that constitution. death panels real and imagined. imagined? real. a tucson hospital confirms a second person denied transplant coverage by arizona has died. emanuel gone, summers out and now robert gibbs resigns. new advisers. are they the liberation of the president 2011? to paraphrase james watt, let obama be obama with howard dean and say something with that great radio voice. when you re listening to nothing but the b
boehner promises tax cuts without paying for them, will he live up to his promise of cutting $100 billion? maybe $30 billion. the stimulus health care, financial reform, don t ask, don t tell repeal, lily led better, minimum wage increase, 300 more bills the senate didn t have the chops to pass. best speaker ever. first bold republican move? they will prove they can read aloud. i have the uss constitution. no, that s a boat. to quote the princess bride i don t think it is what you think it is. the surprises for the gop and the tea party in that constitution. death panels real and imagined. imagined? real. a tucson hospital confirms a second person denied transplant coverage by arizona has died. emanuel gone, summers out and now robert gibbs resigns. new advisers. are they the liberation of the president 2011? to paraphrase james watt, let obama be obama with howard dean and say something with that great radio voice. when you re listening to nothing but the b
representatives. here we go. wait for it. not yet. knowing that i am but its caretaker. you cry. after all, this is the people s house. boehner promises tax cuts without paying for them, will he live up to his promise of cutting $100 billion? maybe $30 billion. the stimulus health care, financial reform, don t ask, don t tell repeal, lily led better, minimum wage increase, 300 more bills the senate didn t have the chops to pass. best speaker ever. first bold republican move? they will prove they can read aloud. i have the uss constitution. no, that s a boat. to quote the princess bride i don t think it is what you think it is. the surprises for the gop and the tea party in that constitution. death panels real and imagined. imagined? real. a tucson hospital confirms a second person denied transplant coverage by arizona has died. emanuel gone, summers out and now robert gibbs resigns. new advisers. are they the liberation of the president 2011? to paraphrase