Professor of lauper he served in all three branches of the federal government to the Justice Department office of legal counsel, and the Senate Judiciary committee and Justice Clarence thomas prayed the previous books include crisis and command a history of executive power from George Washington to george w. Bush. His newest book the subject of todays discussion is titled defend her in chief, Donald Trumps fight for president ial power. John thanks for joining us today. Spivey entrance. Guest thanks adam and thank you its hard to believe ive been a scholar here for almost 20 years. I think im one of the oldest people on the staff. Its great to be here again to talk about a book and it would not be possible without having relationships like those i have aei. So terrific lets jump into the book. The end of the books introduction you summarize the overall argument and theme of the book. You say that President Trump has returned to the framers original vision of the presidency as an office
These are your manuscripts of kid books. Are all in process, yes. And theres another nonfiction thing im doing now, a friend of mine matt everson, matt, you remember the movie black hawk down . He was the actual sergeant portrayed in the movie and he went on to become a First Sergeant in the ranger training school, etc. And were doing book right now, walk in my combat books which is an interview with all these people whove gone through combat and ill take the interviews and third turn 30page interviews into five, six, seven pages and our mission is if you went to combat , that youll go these guys got it right and if you didnt and youre one of those people that think they know what soldiers are all about youll read it and say i had no idea and one of the thingswe all say again and again with our fathers and we see it with our loved ones , people will come back and they dont want to talk about it and in this book they talk about it host how manyinterviews will you do for that . Guest its
Vitality, of life. Not of a movement thats cracking up or that its on its last legs. People are fighting and debating and arguing so strenuously because something of value is concerning here and that is the conservative movement which is still a major actor in american politics. At the same time, they have an opportunity to accept change. I think thats part of what it meansto be a conservative today. Not to be so resistant that we wont allow anything to happen. Even edmund burke said change is inevitable. Its a question of being prudent change and thats what i as a traditional conservative are looking forward to the right kind of leadership, the right kind of debate and discussion so i welcome all thats going on right now. All the various strands, all the various strains of conservatism. Thats good. Coming out of that is going to be a bigger, better, i think more relevant conservative movement in the years ahead. I want to read you a quote. Barry would go absolutely crazy if we were wa
The Federalist Society for law and Public Policy studies at montgomery, alabama posted this event. Good morning. Is Federalist Society founded on the freedoms that the separation of governmental powers is central to our constitution and that is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to tell you what the law is, not what it should be. The society seeks to promote both an awareness of these principles and to further their application. An, you may notice i have adam smith tie on today, and that is not because we have an economic historian coming to speak to us, but it is because adam smith was principally an educator. He was a professor and a private tutor, and he was beloved by his students. And marcus witcher, you have seen throughout the day, is known as a very exuberant, enthusiastic educator. I first met marcus several years you mayn institute, or say a conference, i spoke, and then he followed me. He later told me, and i mean years later, that he was so relieved that i
Dr. Mendenhall good morning. Good morning and welcome to the montgomery lawyers chapter of the Federalist Society. The Federalist Society is founded on the freedoms that the separation of governmental powers is central to our constitution and that is emphatically the province and duty of the judiciary to tell say what the law is, not what it should be. The society seeks to promote both an awareness of these principles and to further their application through its activities. Now, you may notice i have an adam smith tie on today, and that is not because we have an economic historian coming to speak to us, but it is because adam smith was principally an educator. He was a professor and a private tutor, and he was beloved by his students. And marcus witcher, you is speaking to us today, is known as a very exuberant, enthusiastic educator. I first met marcus several years ago at an Institute Study conference, i spoke, and then he followed me. He later told me, and i mean years later, that h