Thats the second part of my answer to you. Thank you. [applause] did i go on too long . [laughter] finish [inaudible conversations] youre watching, booktv. Television for serious readers. You can watch any program you see here online at booktv. Org. And booktv continues now with former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell. She talks about prosecutorial misconduct and what can be done about it. This is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon and welcome to the Cato Institute. My name is tim lynch, im the director of catos project on criminal justice. And today we want to examine some distressing legal trends that are at work in the criminal law area. Our guest speaker today, Sidney Powell, has just written a new book entitled license to lie exposing corruption in the department of justice. And the book recounts several cases in which ambitious prosecutors used illegal and unethical tactics to win their cases. Now, before we get to our panel of experts, i want to take just
That more than economics. If you ruffled the feathers is someone powerful, that gets you the running and to complain to the publisher of the stories about those things happening. We were fortunate through the 70s and almost all our careers to work for people who are strong and upright in that area and just let the chips fall where they may, where the work way you. Coming up, booktv presents after words, an hourlong program where we invite guest host of interview authors. This economical journalist, john jenkins and his book, the partisan the life of William Rehnquist. And i. , the publisher of cq press details the early career and a 33 year Supreme Court tenure at the former chief justice. He talks the Supreme Court reporter and a biographer for Justice Oconnor and scalia, Joan Biskupic you. Welcome, john jenkins. Were here to talk about your new book, the partisan the life of William Rehnquist. Im going to start with one general question, just to give our viewers a sense of who the ch
The bible teaches us behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethrens to well together in unity because the house divided will not stand. May your servants in this body not look to parties, personalities, preference or press, but may they focus on principles and people. Let no personal ambition blind them to their responsibilities and accountability. God, we call our representatives politicians, but you call them ministers. May all the members of this body make full proof of their ministry. Ask for your guidance and blessings on their decisions and grace on their families. I pray the members of this body will psyche thy will in ways and have the spiritual courage and grace to follow it. Lift them above the claims of politics onto the dimension of a higher calling and mission. We pray this prayer respect in all prayers, all faiths, but we prayer this prayer pray this prayer in the name of our lord and savior, jesus christ, and until you come, we pray, amen. The speaker the chair has
Before this senseless racial hatred can be completely uprooted. Okay. What do we take away from this little its not the answer itself but sort of a summary of the answer. One thing i noticed, tells him to go to the united hebrew trades, and then use them as his help to talk to the machinist union. Kind of like theyre saying the whole idea of like selfpreservation, if they dont want us to be a part of them, fine, well do it ourselves. Dont go to the aflcio, perhaps, go to even though the American Federation of labor, its president was a jew for quite a long time, but go to the hebrew trade union. Anyone struck by going there instead of somewhere else . We a in a different world, where might jews go . Other labor organizations that are not jewishspecific. Labor or civil rights organizations. Probably like synagogue . Yeah. They dont go to the rabbi. Dont go to your religious leader. Right . Maybe a few generations ago, before the labor movement, if jews have a problem and theyre turning
he said i don t have to say. yes, he does have to say. let me say one other thing. robert h. jackson, a great supreme court justice, a chief prosecutor at nuremberg, he said something very important, the greatest danger to justice is an unscrupulous prosecutor who targets a person and then scattered showers the law books to find an offense he can pin on that person, and that s what alvin bragg has done. sean: charlie, let s get your take. yes, well, you know, it s maximum absurdity here. you have a situation where, according to alvin bragg donald trump faces 136 years in prison, which, of course, is more than bernie madoff served for his crimes, and but, you know, i have to say, what s kind of interesting about it is, i don t think that this is going to be the only indictment that donald trump faces. i would not be surprised if he