And often em coarse and often embarrassing questions. They see the Supreme Court and, indeed, the entire federal judiciary as policymakers rather than neutral arbiters of the law. Judge barrett made the clash between the radical dems and republicans all the clearer. This is her view of the court and a role of judges to uphold the law as written. Judges cant just wake up one day and say i have an awe agenda, i like guns, i hate guns, i like abortion, i hate abortion, and walk in like a row yall queen and impose, you know, their will on the world. I interpret the constitution as a law that i interpret text as text, and i understand it to have the meaning that it had at the time people ratified it. So that meaning doesnt change over time, and its not up to me to update it or infuse my own policy views into it. Lou the dems today also exposing their ang sue few about joe biden anxiety i think about joe bidens chances next month against President Trump. So much so, senator Patrick Leahy ask
Once again from washington, moderator robert costa. Evrobert gooing. Breaking news tonight. Supreme cour Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died at the age of 87. Was an icon on the court. Vacancy on aves a president ial election. But just days before herth d ginsburg dictate this would statement to her gnddaughter my most fervent swish tt i will not be replaced until a new president is installed. And joining us tonight to discuss thisr, mat this death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader gineeurg are thr of washingtons top reporters bob woodward, Pulitzer Prize winning associate editor for the Washington Post and author of rage. Margaret brennan, moderator of face the nation a Senior Foreign Affairs correspondents for cbs news, and alexi mccammond, political reporter for axios. Welcome t all three of you tonight. I appreciate you being here. Were all die justing the ns as reporters. Bob, we will bin with you. Youve written a book on the Supreme Court, along before rage in 1979d cal the br
Thank you. Once again from washington, moderator robert costa. Robert good evening. Breaking news tonight. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has t died at age of 87. She was an icon on the court. Her death leaves a vacancy on that courts weeks before the president ial election. But just days before her death, ginsburg dictate this would statement to her granddaughter will not be replaced until a new president is installed. And joining uso tonight discuss this matter, this death of supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are three of washingtons top reporters. Bob woodward, pulrizer winning associate editor for the Washington Post and author of rage. Rg et brennan, moderator of face the nation and senior foreign affairsorrespondents for cbs news, and alexi mccammond, political reporter for axios. Welcome t all three of you tonight. I appreciat you being here. Were all die justing the news as reporters. Bob, we will begin with you. Youve written a book on the Supreme Court, alo
At the Manhattan Institute where he is also director of legal policy and you have read his work all over national media, youve seen him on television youve heard on radio and, by the way, he holds the jd and mba from yale where he was an owen fellow in law and economics, also a ba in economics from none other than unc chapel hill where he was a morehead scholar. Jim, so glad to have you with us here for our shaft spirit society. Thank you for joining us thank you for having me, donna, always a pleasure to speak to the good folks at the John Locke Foundation. Ive said it before, as someone who has worked many years at a National Think tank, so much policy happens on the state level and John Locke Foundation is really a Gold Standard think tank that has helped to reshape North Carolina and such a positive direction and lot of the strength and resilience right now and sound fiscal ain the midst of a pandemic is really due to the great work of the John Locke Foundation has done. Thank you
Him. Host hello welcome to the session of the National Book festival project via the library of Congress Name Steve Burstein a long time columnist at the Washington Post at George Mason University and the operator of american capitalism my guest today is rick seen from the branch of the steam clan stronger reporting spending time and i man of the left is and reflects tackling the rise of them in another way Barry Goldwater and his latest book americans way turn. Along with a long time the writer former dean of Columbia Journalism School and has written books about the sat and black transaction man. And over the last 45 minutes because of the virus. And transaction man and tell us what it is about. Okay. [laughter] i guess if there is is extensively you really but the premise of the book there is a number of ways to organize a capitalist system that has been organized in a succession and im trying to propose a history of the different ideas of american capitalism and with those institut