Now joining us on booktv is author robert cornrevere jr, the name of his book, the mind of the censor and the eye of the beholder. Well get into that in just a minute. But mr. Corn revere, i want to read this to you. The First Amendment of the constitution, Congress Shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. True or false . Well, true in that that was the mandate that the framers of the constitution had in mind. The difficulty has been interpreting what those words mean over the interval of time between the founding of the country and today, and who has been interpreting those words of the courts. Well, all of us have been in one way or another. But the final arbiters of what that means are judicial decisions that breathe life into what those words mean and how they protect our constitutional freedoms. As a First Amendment lawyer, are we a sensorial nation . We have always been a sensorial nation in the sense that there are some people who think their ideas shou
Kind Martha Maccallum and this is the story. Today, how weaker to interview the former president over the weekend and hugh hewitt who is interviewed President Trump recently as well join me to martha react to a number of things regarding the 2024 Campaign Including this trump bloodbath comment and the spin that has dominated the story. Not a whole lot of retractions or apologies around this and we will break it down for you as well as President Bidens reported angry west wing grants. What thats all about with some gentlemen who know the background on it vary well. So first, the former president s attorneys say he cannot secure the 454 milliondollar bond at the new york civil fraud case after being turned down reportedly by roughly 30 different underwriters to cover the normas unprecedented judgement. So that means the attorney general Letitia James could potentially seize his assets days from now. She said she kept looking up at 40 wall street 2, you know, put a number on it and figure
Handloser sandra smith. John and im this is the story. Major stories breaking at this hour, the Supreme Court has just allowed texas to enforce their own state Immigration Law. This is a very monumental decision. And this is in place for now before it goes to the next level of appeals. For the state at this point can start arresting, people suspected of crossing the border illegally while this legal battle over the law continuous. Is called sb for preparedness talk about it a lot in recent days so we will take you live to the border, will get reaction from about the Supreme Court decision and what the impacts will look like in texas coming up momentarily. What first, what happens when two top u. S. Generals in charge of our deadly exit from afghanistan testify for the first time before congress as free speaking, private citizens about what really happened as the talent taliban swept the country and President Biden announced our unilateral pullout. Time in many ways to happen just befor
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