Thank you for your support. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to join this conversation at a time that could not be more crucial for his country. I get that running for president as a thirtysomething mayor is not a conventional, political, or professional move. The reason i am doing it is because of the moment we are living in. I am convinced even now, and as we read the headlines and look around us, we may be under reacting to the seriousness of he moment that we live in. That right now, the pace of change in our economy and politics is accelerating and if we dont get on top of that, we are not on top of the conditions that made the president we are living with now even possible. [applause] ti mr. Buttigieg a president like the one we have now does not get within cheating distance of the oval office unless something is wrong across the land. We have to speak to that if we want to win. In order to do that im convinced that we need to ground our politics in our deepest values.
Average lay person . Its important to read it because we see almost everyday issues of massive constitutional importance in the headline news, the presidency and congress. We have calls for concern over the constitution. As an educator i thought it was important to produce a book accessible by regular people to educate how the constitution functions as well as their constitutional right and get on that bike and ride it themselves, make their own decisions how things are going on in this country. Thats the why part. Many constitutional scholars including myself are worried about the democracy and public and whether it can sustain the body blows sustained by the separation of powers right now. If people care about having their individual liberties Going Forward and educating themselves for the sake of their children and grandchildren, what to do at this moment, if anything, make your own decision, thats the why part. You write today, the constitution is at risk of becoming sort of an ant
Was important to produce a book that is accessible by regular people, so people can educate themselves about how the constitution functions as well as our constitutional rights, and then get on that bike and themselves, so that is the why part. Constitutional scholars, including myself, are worried about the state of our democracy, our republic, and whether it can sustain the body blows happening to the separation of powers right now. If people care about having their individual liberties going forward, educating themselves for the sake of their children and their grandchildren about ift to do in this moment, anything, make your own decision, that is important. Whys the wife are part. Now it is almost like an antijaywalking law. Is eroding under our noses, but few people realize it. Can you expand on that . Guest there are two parts of the constitution. One is the separation of powers. We hear about this some of the three branches of government, but it is not actually in the constituti
Hello and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle summoned media and even some politicians are giving Julian Assange new look and its no wonder a case can be made the u. S. Crusade against assad is a blueprint for criminalizing journalism what fate is in store for us will journalism suffer the same. Cross talking Julian Assange im joined by my guest under walker in london he is a new York Observer columnist and in los angeles we crossed he is a comedian a frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron cross talk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ill go to ron because you got up early as for this program and i much appreciate it i always do that i think. Theres been a number of articles coming out one notable is by joe lauria at the Consortium News that there are a number of politicians and even Media Outlets are taking a 2nd look afte
Cross talking Julian Assange im joined by my guest under walker in london he is a new York Observer columnist and in los angeles we crossed he is a comedian a frequent guest on the jimmy door show and the young turks as well as host of his own streaming show get your news on with ron crosstalk rules in effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate ill go to ron because you got up early as for this program and i much appreciate it i always do that i think. Theres been a number of articles coming out one notable is by joe lauria at the Consortium News that there are a number of politicians and even Media Outlets are taking a 2nd look after demonizing Julian Assange for so many years is this because theyre beginning to wake up like you havent i havent are our platforms that theres this is an attack on freedom of speech or is this a cudgel theyre using against donald trump and their perceived belief that donald trump is that war with the 1st amendment go ahead i