Also participating in this discussion at the National Constitution center akhil amar of yale law school, and neal katyal a former acting solicitor general. Judge Michael Baylson a senior federal judge with the u. S. District court of the Eastern District of pennsylvania. And moderating, Jeffrey Rosen, president and ceo. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center. I am Jeffrey Rosen the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to die simi nature information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis and tonight were thrilled to be introducing live on cspan a Wonderful Partnership with our dear cspan friends for a new series called landmark cases that will explore the human stories behind 12 of the most historic and frequently cited and important cases in Supreme Court history. This partnership with cspan is so important to us because nike the National Constitution center cspan is a
His lead widens on the field. Hill Hillary Clinton weighting in with comments last night on late night with seth myers. I have to say, seth, i no longer think he is funny. Yeah i carted stash. Maria well have latest developments in San Bernardino, california. Fbi focusing on a lake near the terrorist attack. Divers looking for missing exciter hard drive. In sports, Arizona Cardinals clinch ad trip to the playoffs. They beat the Minnesota Vikings 2320. Back to our top story right now. Islamic state militants stolen up to one billion dollars from bank vaults in syria and iraq. They made another half a Million Dollars in black market sales of oil. This according to a top u. S. Treasury official. What is more, syria and president Bashar Alassads government are merging in millions and millions of dollars in oil trade with isis, despite being at war with one another. Want to bring in congressman lee zelden, good morning to you. Good morning, maria. Maria what is the take on relationship betw
War in the middle east. Tonights debate could not be in more timely. Our debaters also could not be better suited to giving us different points of view. Here below we have john yoo on the left. John, stand up. Jen was Deputy Assistant attorney general for the office of Legal Counsel and the bush Justice Department. John wrote a number of key legal memo supporting bushs post9 11 counterterrorist policies. Then bruce, standup bruce was associate Deputy Attorney general under president reagan and also was chief policy adviser to rand paul during the 2012 president ial campaign. And harvey is going to be our moderator. Harvey is currently the dean of the national war college. Harveys last job was director, the Less Government job you worked for the director of national intelligence. So thank you Harvey Rishikoff. [applause] there wasnt a single founder who doubted that going to war with the most important decision a republican made. The war power is the most important are because war is th
President s and congress has followed, that this would lead to a paralysis of our ability to defend ourselves. All of the framers agreed about war and i dont think that is true either like bruce said. I would look at the constitutional text. I have a free copy someone gave me. I expect some place like the committee on the republic we have one. Article 1 says no state shall without the consent of congress engage in war unless actually invaded or in such eminent danger delay isnt allowed. That is the constitutional balance of powers that bruce thinks should apply between the president and congress. All you would have to do is take out the word state and put in the word president. Unless we are invaded or danger of attack. Why couldnt the framers written that if they had intended what bruce said . Instead they wrote provisions that gave some power to congress, some to the president and expected them to fight it out. I want to bring the argument to the contemporary period. I know john was
It is in january 2017. Their is a new president in the oval office. It is the first day on the job. You are there to advise the next president as to how to deal with the rise of an entire american non normative liberal bloc of superpowers. Speaks softly and carry a big stick. Ive wanted to just ask, and given their really awful situation that we have in dealing with this very murky sort of war against terrorists, addressing what would seem to be your tough criticisms of Homeland Security and those operations, it is obvious enough that there are domestic threats that need to be dealt with. What does make sense . Profiling. Profiling. That is how the israelis do it. To be perfectly explicit, but the profiles are and how they are to be pursued. Explicit profiling is subject, as it should be commented democratic debate about what the threats are and how they had to be dealt with. What we have now is so necessarily a kind of bill live via a hidden, arbitrary profiling. And you, because of y