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Bakers. I am not sure whether it is good or bad but there are plenty of people smarter than me who did think it was bad for health. To as a judge, it is my job defer to the political process and not impose my own sense of whether or not it is bad for health on america. You can see the opposite presumption where judges are empowered to do what you want, to decide which are arbitrary in which are not. You honestly and candidly say not want tothey did construe it the way you want is because it would call into question a lot of regulation and can see since the new deal, much of what the government now says helps with safety regulation, maximum our prolonged law laws. Maximum per hour laws go into effect. That is why they say it is a recipe for mass judicial activism. I do not think any of the embraced it. Ices ity explicitly rejected because they think the judicial preferences the way to go. In the face of uncertainty, there should be deference. Thatre jews so confident judges are equipped
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Welcome to the event. I am Jonathan Yardley the book critic of the Washington Post. The Washington Post has been a charter sponsor of the National Book festival since the inception 13 years ago. They play an active role in many of the planning and promotion. I am instructed to remind you this presentation is being taped. And you should stay off the camera rises in the back of the pavilion. At the National Book event, the final day of the oneday festival was a presentation by scott berg about this book about charles wilson. He is back now. He was promoting his book of maxwell perkins. We have had a great friendship every since. He is the author of many books and now this biography of Woodrow Wilson. He has placed great emphasis on a man whose personal life was interesting and important. Scott . [ applause ] thank you very much for being here this afternoon. Thank you jonathan. That was a very welcoming welcome coming from someone i considering being one of the greatest writer critics in
Education and but edith wilson became the first female president of the United States in was acting as a chief of staff. Wilson left the white house of those assassinated he left the latest data ever and then suffered the most papal lead tragic final three years to become the only president to remain in washington d. C. After his white house years and there is up to be an almost magical is operational end to his life which is each afternoon he would take a drive with his wife and chauffeur to be a handful of people just to see him in people would come to the house sometimes ever be a hundred people or 200 per for veterans day there were 10,000. The next year there were 20,000. People would come from all over the world just to see the of Woodrow Wilson house. And then we were not put into this world to sit still and know but pledges in it to to act. And give every ounce of his being to make that come true. So we hope you take a moment to use it still in then perhaps spread the word. Tha