Full Show 4/4/12: SCOTUS V. CONSTITUTION

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Haven't back hello on tomorrow in Washington DC and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture I've been talking about it for more than a decade and now the rest to america is talking about it the internet with the truth about judicial review now the only way to save America mister rein in the power the supreme for and later Mitt Romney might have sealed up the republican nomination is also gearing up for another flip-flop.

Was a guy who has a history of changing his position for political expediency.

Really the best the republicans can do finally in tonight's Daily take what movement is really more dangerous to america ike by movement the Tea Party movement.

A you need to know this a constitutional crisis may be brewing in america.

On Tuesday a fifth circuit court of appeals judge Jerry Smith Republican appointee demanded that President Obama's Justice Department right a three-page.

Single-spaced report and how the administration feels about judicial review judicial review is the idea that judges can strike down laws.

Have been passed by Congress and signed by the president the partner just as likely to ignore this partisan judge's request you know the Obama.

Administration agrees the court should have the power of judicial review.

And that's the problem here's the bigger picture.

Pretty straightforward actually the Constitution does not give the Supreme Court.

The power to strike down laws it's nowhere in the Constitution that would make america Kingdom with nine un-elected judges as kings.

It would mean that the nine kings and queens could override the will love with the people and our elected representatives as well as the president the power veto laws is explicitly given in the constitution.

But to the president not the Supreme Court many Americans think that it's better for nine wise elders to run our country and determine our laws then we the people through like that represented as we can vote in or throw out this doctor is called judicial review and as I said.

It's not in the constitution in 1958.

In the Cooper versus air in case the Supreme Court even came out and said.

This is why the cases where they affirm their own right to judicial review the said the basic principle at the federal judiciary is supreme in the exposition law the Constitution.

Was real and that this notion has ever since the 18 03 Mar rivers is Madison decision and the court grab this power better respected by this court and the country as a permanent indispensable feature of our constitutional system but in fact.

As the dean at the Stanford Law School larry kramer wrote in his book.

The people themselves about this we're doctrine and judicial review.

This course he's talking about the Cooper decision by the Supreme Court.

This of course was bluster and POF as we've seen Marbury said no such thing.

And judicial supremacy was not cheerfully embraced in the years after marlin's decided the justices and Cooper were not reporting a fact so much is trying to manufacture 1 now the Supreme Court increasingly all the federal courts are taking our themselves.

That they don't like offered for political reasons.

In claiming that they have that power most exit recent example is being called out on this actually was with President Obama said this.

Ultimately I'm confident that a will not take what would be an unprecedented extraordinary step overturning a law that was passed.

By a strong majority.

Love a democratically elected congress..

I'd republican judge Jerry Smith on the first at Circuit Court freaked out when President Obama said that enough.

Pointing out that the judges in on the spring quarter not elected.

A lonely lawyer for the justice department's before his court and Smith demanded that the sky produce within 48 hours a letter at least three pages long single spaced say that the president.

Recognize us miss right to strike down laws a Smith doesn't like.

Actually the president does recognize that but.

You know setting that aside school area calls himself an original list.

Saying is only reflecting the original intent the founders bring the entire.

Eighteenth-century the 1st century this nation's existence the supreme court never once struck down a law.

Or even claimed to have the power to do that based on the constitution the courts have clearly overreached.

Turning into the dictators have our nation throwing out the willowy the people.

On margarine 1803 the citizens united in 2010.

To this week strip search decision they're both throwing outlaws.

And making laws powers only given in the constitution the President and Congress respected what other countries are not that crazy the United Kingdom the supreme court has no power to overturn laws.

Just like in our Constitution their only the final appeals court disputes between parties in Switzerland's supreme court advises the parliament about what's constitutional what's not in their opinion.

But the parliament can ignore them and frequently does in Canada.

The Supreme Court in stride struck down a law but the Parliament the Prime Minister can ignore them.

And often do andrew jackson actually do the same thing here in the United States back in 1832 I think it was.

When he said you know the Chief Justice has made his decision let him enforce it.

And Jackson refused to enforce this law that had to do with the Indian land.

Graham almost or any disagree just judicial activism by the Rehnquist court's the Roberts court's and arguably all the way back to 1803 is Terry in America part.

From Bush V Gore which block to recount in Florida that when was only done by the newspapers found that al gore actually won the 2000 election.

To citizens united the turn corporations in a super persons and handed our entire political system over two and four billionaires.

Decision which created a new law saying that a local copy his buddies.

Him strip search and humiliated occupy protester or for that matter a tea partier.

To the Roberts Court special school Ian Thomas showing a right-wing fundraisers in going duck hunting with defendants before the court.

Behavior that would get them impeached in any other court in america.

Or any other developed country in the world.

This Robert Supreme Court is outta control.

Article three section 2 of the Constitution explicitly says that the supreme court shall have jurisdiction quote with such exceptions and under such regulations as congress shall make end quote the Supreme Court is supported to congress it's the third among equals not the first among equals it's time for Congress to require the to conform at least to the federal court coda Judicial Conduct.

It's time for Congress to pass a law saying that one exception to the rule is that the supreme court can rule on.

Has to do with regulating money in politics it is within their ability.

Only Congress can make laws only the president can be to them it's time to return to our real original founding principles not the pony once cally uses as an excuse for his bad behavior and partisans T.

In 20 I which means it's time for the long live alone will join me on the panel tonight Chris allman conservative commentator nah chemist and Lachlan Mark A.

Our reporter investigative reporter for The Heritage Foundation great see both again thanks Tom and for the record you just heard my rant on the Supreme Court night.

I agree I I disagree with the Supreme Court in.

Roe v Wade I think that they made law they came over this whole.

Thing about three trimesters they the it shipped.

They should have said it's up to the legislature make this law a brownie board had not been decided the congress what have i mean they did eleven years later be and and people see all the spring court does wonderful stuff look at those decisions for example.

And I say if they have not had learned dred scott 1956 we would have the Civil War.

If they hadn't done plessy versus ferguson 1889 we would had.

Half a century have above legalized a.

The what he called apartheid so any out.

Ever since brown the board and Roe v Wade conservatives have been yelling.

The same thing that I L new gingrich tillis about judicial activism and.

And putting an end to it but all of a sudden they're silent other new gingrich nobody's talkin I don't hear anybody on the conservative side which surprises me frankly talking about citizens united which is clearly judicial activism.

The strip search law if decision last week obviously judicial maker they could have simply said you know it's up to the county's the the city's the states to decide what they want to do with their jails class action lawsuits are Obamacare all this stuff is judicial activism where conservatives honest.

Well I'm glad Tom that you're consistent and you can see that Roe v Wade.

I'm is an example up judicial here absolutely but there's a difference between two Roe v Wade which creates right outta a plethora out there but the number I to created law I know it said there is a right to privacy that is nowhere articulated in the constitution and therefore abortion is legal that's different been using as you said the marberry versus madison.

The judicial review to strike down a law passed by congress on and say that that does not conform how late are constantly on our way so well was all over the country exactly the same exactly but it based it not on I an existing right but it may not be the new right now is based on for the minute we on their interpretation for them and this is going to be on their interpretation the Commerce Clause.

And my point is they don't have the right to interpret either what it doesn't say so on the Constitution is that the final appeals court.

I thought that the the comments president made regarding Supreme Court being on elected were particularly telling.

Because yes they are on elected and a you know we technically live in a democratic system of government but it is not strictly a democracy it is not majority rule.

So the notion that simply whatever in this case you're fifty-one percent of the Senate and 51 percent of the house passes.

He is beyond reproach bye bye and that is why she comes law you know bardo of course but the notion that that is because it becomes law it is.

It's ok facto it with yeah illegitimate for the Supreme Court to strike it down he is a majoritarian tyranny of the worst kind.

And others you believe that we should have nine people in black robes sitting about 10 blocks in here.

Who should be the wise elders and decide for all the rest was stupid people and all those stupid people over in congress what's right and what's wrong no I now your rationale.

For for aristocracy in kingdoms that was used by millions 2000 when you think about our system the three branches of government kind of like rock paper scissors.

One check the other this the other one checks one so you everyone is being checked along along the way I think the Supreme Court's got a president has the right to veto a law right but you also have a story not working.

Date date why would you have three branches and make one branch.

Totally not I mean allergy happy walking wrote about it in the Federalist Papers be getting fed this is it going to be the role the court it would not let me know in the tendrils 78 Alexander Hamilton said that the Supreme Court is the least likely to inflict damage it said they do not have the power of the sword which is the executive branch they have the not have the power the person we also said that their primary duty.

Not not just the powers that were that are given to them but their duty is to strike down laws.

That are contrary to the contrary to federal 78 my credit today.

Yes and his family that's something we think about the Affordable Care Act and you think about what the left want they want the nine justices to go through twenty seven hundred pages and pick out.

And fashion a new health care law and what's going on said is no its only our job to determine whether it's constitutional or not you can I'm starting a North needs to go back in rewrite the law not the Supreme Court but congress have to be the one.

To rewrite the health care law well as the laps as well what's so we can salvage outta here maybe the court can.

Can on pieced together whatever's lemme I think that's wrong.

From the from the severability issue this is what justice kennedy was saying which is that if we were to strike down the mandate and not the rest of the law we would essentially be leaving the country with the law the congress never even saw its wealthy you continue defend judicial activism you know it. judicial activist exactly judicial activism would be leaving that with the country with a system of laws that was never even considered in the first place I think if the entire law is struck down he goes back to the drawing manage initial activity okay way when we come back Mitt Romney's big win last night was overshadowed by another campaign gap so is this guy really the best republicans go into more trouble coming up.

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Buy a Mac long live our online account like resolving conservative commentator an activist and Lachlan Mark A investigate a report with the Heritage Foundation's get back to it sounds like the proverbial fat lady is tuning up Mitt Romney.

I have swept the field last night up.

Good night for services watch reruns of Psych but because it was it was so predictable what was going to happen I mean he was it was spending that's been innocent are what fifty to one or something I want the state's honest.

Mindboggling arm Wisconsin Maryland Washington DC and here's what one romney surrogate had to say last night about how he's going to win back the male voters.

General election again when you have I'll 101 general election and they see again reminded of governor Romney's reelviews that gender gap will dissipate rather quickly so they're gonna shake the Etch A Sketch pretender before and he was for a pathway to citizenship for undocumented workers before he was against it.

He believed a man-made global warming and one stop green house gases before him.

Done didn't believe it he was in favor gays been openly in the military before he.

Became opposed to it he opposed a ban on same-sex marriage before supporting a ban on same-sex marriage deposed and cell research before.

Her support before posing he supported the individual mandate before being against that he supported limits on money in politics before opposing them and he was pro-choice and now he's anti-abortion so how many more flip flops we see between now and November like I would let Governor Romney speak for himself in terms of how and why his views are evolving.

But I do think the key word in a segment that you showed was remind.

The voters will be reminded up governor Romney's views a.m. and you know that will close the gender gap so the issue.

You know it's it's not really an Etch A Sketch comment that his views will change.

And center I yet from from new hampshire without saying the same thing today so.

You know they're saying on message in terms of once the general comes along the water use reminded.

Which in his view is that women appreciate will people be reminded of that he was pro-choice ur.

Or in time I think that that women are as a choo-choo the the economic issues that are dominating the national agenda certainly as attuned is anyone else in the country.

A dick Kelsey are you doing for women considering the consume 70 to 75 percent of the nation's health care so I think what's what's important for women is important to win seven ATA vice versa.

Well you know I'm no Romney fan I am.

Bye bye he's your your nominee he is going to be our nominee and.

You know I think what might happen is that he will lose because.

People want an authenticated it more than anything else and you know I but although I do agree that the economic issues are fundamentally important and help on the issue of health care I.

Again the republican position not always around the position the republican position is that individuals should have control over their health care dollars and make their health care decisions.

Not kathleen Sebelius or whoever Mitt Romney should put in at HHS is the one who should make us this is how can I have control over my health-care decisions and dollars if I have cancer I know it's gonna cost a quarter million bucks to fix me.

And I have a quarter-million box and I've been by my health insurance.

From a company that pays its CEO a billion dollars and has a hundred employees who make over a million dollars.

I they're making those decisions United Healthcare is making those decisions.

How how how do I have any power that's why we need to fundamentally.

Changed the health care system your company should know your health care.

You should on your health care you should be in other words I does it.

I should have and USA like that right million down and there are republicans in the house and senate.

I'm and in the white house we'll be able to have a health care system that respects the decision some individuals not corporations because take it why does your company own your health care but not your honor when you give me an example example.

Out any country in the world where you have the system we have a for-profit.

Health banking system basically the health insurance companies banks they don't they don't give shots to little kids and you know what the people's throats health.

Health insurance banking for-profit industry that works I can't find a government-run health care system anywhere else in the world that works either without long waits and so well what we have might not be great the alternative is so much were.

Were so I'm in a moment know that we've all these other countries.

People live longer than I stay with their quality of life the last they are better recovery rate.

In every disaster for breast size we can write about the the insurance issue you know the the number one issue should be you know what.

The rate love increase for health care costs is just it's astronomical somewhat but when she should be the fact these guys are skimming 30 percent of what I pointed by law now the waiting in the wings in many areas you know.

Allow individuals to control their own health care dollars in just like every other sector of the economy.

You know when when you introduce a bit of competition into it you will see the price come down yeah I V I don't believe it but in any case minimum-wage workers are screwed.

New data shows that America is woefully the minimum wage in america is woefully inadequate its cry 725 if that was inflation adjusted for 1968 what the minimum wage was then it would be but and box and even at that.

The this newsday the king of the Center for Economic Policy Research found that.

If you had a person who was earning that ten dollar minimum wage.

In the course for an entire year after they pay their federal taxes cuz they all pay payroll taxes in the bay whatever state taxes and everything else whatever's leftover is just about enough to pay for health insurance policy for a family of four.

That's assuming that they eat nothing during the entire year they don't live anywhere during the entire year they don't buy any gasoline they don't own a car they don't have anything else they.

Just have been up to buy health insurance policy isn't this screwed up both where's you know there is a a ten dollar minimum wage in San Francisco for instance.

In the there was a a bit over facetious story last week but I think with serious implications that.

Subway can no longer offer five dollar footlongs in the Bay Area because the minimum wage hike as the knowledge it's cuz it's barely.

They each side to me anyway I I know and that's and that's a nice.

You know thing for concern to jump all over but I don't know if you look at property prices in San Francisco.

There's a little bit of a difference in in Portland I was living in Portland Oregon when they change the law from to $25 an hour to to 750 are eight dollars whatever his perseverance.

And they actually saw economic activity go.

Will be made more money I spend your money we're talking about here with minimum wage workers is we're talking about those people who are paid by the hour not paid a salary we're talking about ninety-four percent at the people who are paid by the hour make more than the minimum wage.

Shirt ninety-four percent of Americans raise the bar wench who are paid right but minimum-wage jobs are the stepping stone jobs.

There in the cervix and yours to be you cannot get the use you can I get a job unless you have experienced the best way to get experience is to get a minimum wage job.

Most people want him anymore going to be re- here are two move on mom Kris you know this sixty percent of people on minimum wage jobs don't have a high school degree.

If you're talking about jobs for high school kids get ninety 4 percent excuse is a curious and only 6 percent of Americans are actually working at the minimum wage and hour and they're talking about 60 percent I don't don't judge taylor's those he named you i'm saying that that the teenagers up teenagers seventy-five percent of those aged 16 to 19 make more than the minimum wage only 25 percent from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2010 why do you want it tonight young people an opportunity to get an experience are you raise the minimum wage ok.

You know what happens those jobs disappear young people don't get the know they are you doing you you do what what happened when I was 16 years old I had to get a work permit.

Image Michigan was a heavily unionized state the minimum wage was.

Was very rigorously enforced I want to work at Henry's hamburgers.

When I was in fact I think I was fifty and I had a good I get permits I my parents signed by my school.

And I was able to get a job for two dollars and twenty something are flipping burgers.

And that was you know my my introduction the workplace but thats and one that was actuate it was.

It was either that or slightly higher than that i mean i they were they were hiring below my recollections there are below the minimum wage but my point is the the hot the I the the time in america when minimum wage jobs or close to.

You know within a dollar at the memo richer her within three dollars a minimum wage which is a large number jobs in america the time that was my entry level is it's not it's only six percent of the jobs that don't know.

At seven hours 25 since our you take it up to ten dollars an hour.

You're looking at at we know wal-mart's largest employer in america that's roughly what their pain.

But still number one largest employer in america you own a business.

And you're looking to hire an employee and you calculate that what that.

One additional employees is worth to you is eight dollars an what they will add to your business is worth eight dollars an hour the minimum wage goes up to ten dollars an hour you like to hire that employ so because you're not getting down here story here's the question then.

To admit for small I disagree because typically labor is a very very small part the costume any product but.

That's sad whether you know whether we agree or disagree on isn't the essential question should we as a society decide whether businesses.

Should even operate if they don't operate in a way that allows people to loot decent no businesses operate to make a profit not to help with the people.

Were not made their we don't give limitations on liability corporation you.

Because they're benefit you require some way to pay ten dollars an hour and they're no longer able to stay in business somebody else everybody else loses their jobs.

And come on minimum wage isn't all that the business has to pay you have the taxes that the business have to pay you have benefits you have everything else my point i'll.

The actually only as the actual cost to the business is way above the.

Minimum wage because of what government and the Liberals have done to make it so expensive yet that horrible forty our work week it's a terrible I it seems Grover Norquist is losing its clout yesterday congressman steve King became the latest.

To can start walking back from Grover here's what he had to say charter or miss yeah I told said I say splash but why you love me a tax is down to where they need to be at some point where.

Taxes too much my CSUN other Republicans to walk back from Norquist's pledge representatives Timothy Johnson John Fortenberry Charles Boustany.

Heavyset Mike Simpson frank wolf the question is not what was NIS political.

Macho I don't think he ever had the mod Joe that a lot of a the 10 4 I'll hat wears a ghost town daughter Johnnie Walker Bush.

I think that republican do not need to sign a piece of paper I stay conservatives do not need to sign a piece of paper to be told that cutting taxes a is a good thing or to be told that government needs enough revenue to satisfy its basic functions and services and that are you know there is a happy medium there the two BG so it's okay thing that reagan raise taxes 11 times.

Well I think what luck with that is right voters care.

About what their members of congress do not about peace is a paper that they sign.

George Herbert Walker loss because he said he wasn't going to raise taxes.

And then he did and it wasn't because Grover Norquist to most people outside the beltway have no idea who he is.

Told them to vote against him it's because people know when someone.

Tells me one thing and switches the american people are smart enough to say you know what that's not somebody that i won a vote for again so I support members of congress.

Who who articulate what their position is.

And then keep with it and let the voters decide whether that person was killed at least for George W Bush.

As much as you may have disagreed or hated what he was standing for you knew where he stood.

Months about okay last question quickfire one-sentence already were seen states like vermont montana try to create their own single-payer health care systems.

If the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare which will make me crazy.

Creating a crisis in the private health insurance market is that make.

Single-payer inevitable United States it depends on who's in control in Washington I think that's what the liberals would love but hopefully.

Will have a conservative controlled bomb government and will be able to avoid that and horrible thing health insurance corporations can make more billions.

Lockport no I think that with the entire law will be struck down in little have to go back to the drawing board in congress in.

When they're with it was a 60-vote majority in the in the senate for democrats they were unable to a public option I don't think they'll be able to take on an extensive now have coverage.

With pre-existing conditions are just gonna be on the street you think it's a good thing no that's no yeah I would have a false dichotomy.

I think I can open my personal thing is gonna open a huge whole for single-payer just drop the medicare eligibility age 20 but we'll see on us any thank you both for being a cute they cannot be shipped.

Up next america is the wealthiest nation on the planet and also has the most powerful military.

But most of it makes us happy the secret to National Happiness unlocked after the break there bad had.

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With violence in Syria European economy on the verge of collapse and human trafficking rampant around the globe United Nations is focused on.

Happiness coming up why a shift in how we judge the success and failure nations.

Could mean all citizens in the planet could be a lot happier also what is an army of 100,000 Americans.

Trained in the tactics and non-violent direct action capable of.

We may find out next week when the 99 percent spring officially blossoms.

And finally there was another case a police brutality against college students.

In California so why is it that the Occupy movement gets a faceful a pepper spray every few weeks.

But the Tea Party movement which arms itself with handguns but welcome with open arms answer coming up.

In tonight's Daily the mud the best the rest to the news this week the United Nations is hosting a major conference on happiness that's right with the world obsessed with the wealth austerity and debt to GDP levels the United Nations is taking a step back.

Figure out what makes people in some nations way happier than people in other nations conferences how hosted by the King a boot on a small country in the Himalayan mountains which on is one of the poorest nations in the world yet it's the happiest nation in the world and what are the happiest in the world and so what does Bhutan know that the rest of us doubt well as with the United Nations wants to find out unless they show we talk a little bit about this topic by dissecting the nation and.

Denmark which routinely tops the list happiest nations on the planet.

Take a look so here we have Denmark.

A nation in taxes and higher rates than we do in the United States gives basic health care and free education all its citizens.

Hasn't sold their elections off to the highest bidder doesn't place any importance on arming their citizens against each other.

Is involved in any wars abroad and has 72 percent of its workers unionize.

Hearing those stats republicans head would explode.

It Denmark is the happiest nation on the planet were the nation that wrote the right to pursue happiness into our first founding document our Declaration of Independence maybe we should take our own advice.

And learn a few things from Denmark so what else can we learn about how to be a happier nation joining us now from New York to offer some answers as Helen.

Norbert Norberg Hodge producer co director the film about the economics of happiness and founder and director.

At the International Society for ecology and culture Helena my apologies firms.

Espousing name welcome to the program thank you.

Very glad to be here I i understand your new york attending this UN assembly and happiness by the invite to the Prime Minister Bhutan that's right am i per ounce in the country right and how did this come about.

How did they.

In life come about already or the meeting Bob okay.

Why did I i while I worked in Bhutan.

Aside I've known the Prime Minister for actually for long long time I worked in the eighties and I've been working in lead that which is a very similar region up on the Tibetan Plateau.

For 35 years and I've been promoting.

This shift to a new economic paradigm with a major focus on happiness for many years and this film that we've made the economics of happiness is very closely aligned.

To what the government to put on is trying to do %ah.

And is so what is the secret behind polite but on why are they so.

Happy where I would say hey because they've maintained at a fundamental level i think is worth it maintained community structures.

So that people feel a sense of identity and belonging through more face to face living relationships.

They have also maintain a situation where.

Basically there's no.

Unemployment so there isn't a competition for scarce jobs the gap between rich and poor is relatively small though is one but the very richest and the very is porous see each other and talk to each other so its lot to do with this gay love the economy.

A lot of it has to do with both financial and.

And eek and psychological security.

And ice since a financial measures for economic proposal under the burden is %uh farmers so they more.

Dependent on a direct relationship to the natural world.

Then not so indebted to banks is leon.

Yeah so the United States is by far the wealthiest nation on the planet but not the happiest so is there any correlation between wealth and happiness no I mean there are certain statistics that will show obviously if you are in an impoverished situation you know in the slums in calcutta or slums and New York for that matter.

That material well-being is important but.

On a national level I don't think we see any correlation but the is obviously in need for having this certain basic needs met.

But once those are satisfied it's very clear.

That sensible longing a sense of connection to other human beings and to the natural world a lot of our research shows that these connections to.

Fundamental to our well-being mmm in.

A tell us what Gross National Happiness GNH.

By Jean H was actually something that the King a good time came up with many years ago when the World Bank.

Came to the time this is about 25 years ago and the king said well actually we're more interested in Rose National Happiness.

Then we I am gross national product that.

Idea caught on with a number economists and people like me around the world.

About five six years ago and is now in a certain global movement working with the government to Baton.

To raise awareness about these issues what we're talking about is a fundamental shift in economic thinking.

It needs to have a deeper and broader understanding as so then once we look in a more broad and deep way around the word what we see is that we've allowed a Solar Empire up corporations and banks to round the world they're pushing every government in the direction.

Abandoning allegiance to their local people to their local businesses.

To their local economies in the favor in favor of this speculative and casino where as we can see very few people get super rich and the majority is marginalized you were talking about denmark early I'm from Sweden originally and I have a sad to report that even in the Scandinavian government.

This pressure from this Empire yes I think we need to see it this plea Lobel Empire up corporations and banks are pushing governments there too in the wrong direction.

The good news about this is that we actually do have.

A global majority of people who would really have a lot to gain by insisting on shifting the economic paradigms.

One of the things we're seeing is that in order for that to happen.

Week Andrea Lyon economists we need to rely.

On people on writers.

Anthropologist.

Bombers all about us rethinking what's really important to us at brilliantly said Helen Norberg Hodge thank you so much for being with us tonight thank you more than forty years ago robert kennedy.

Explain to Americans the flaw in our using numbers like GNP in GDP gross national product to determine the success or failure of a nation here are his brilliant words in their entirety.

National product now it over a hundred million dollars a year but that probe natural product if we joined the United States of America by that.

That national product County Air Pollution.

And cigarette advertising emulate.

To clear our highway upon it account Special Op Art or and McHale.

People great account for the destruction of the Redwood and the law are natural wonder and chaotic.

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A plea if I come by and are any account whitman raichel and that 9 and the television program which more.

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Get the proper national product does not allow to help our children.

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Moyers pose to boys X you need to sign into law a measure to repeal the death penalty in Connecticut for future crimes democratically-controlled state Senate will be voting on the bill later this week.

According to Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams should be enough votes to pass it Connecticut previously tried to repeal the death penalty in 2009.

That measure was vetoed by then governor Joey.

Rail United States is the only western democracy to carry out a death penalty last year 2011 time other states followed in Connecticut's footsteps help and the death penalty in the United States.

The bad wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.

Despite being declared unconstitutional on two separate occasions.

Walkers voter ID bill still manage to disenfranchise voters in yesterday's Wisconsin primary an 87-year-old woman was prevented from voting in Waukesha Wisconsin.

Showed up at the polls without bringing her ID.

However she already registered to vote months before the watershed City Hall.

Usual it's her name was even listed on the official bowlers she was turned away anyway so unconstitutional.

And having been suspended walkers ID law is still rearing its ugly head.

And a very very ugly Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.

Hassle announced yesterday that he will likely sign into law a bill that attacks.

The teaching a global warming evolution biological evolution and the chemical origins a wife among other scientific topics the bill serves to intimidate school administrators disappointing teachers who teach the most outlandish.

Faulty science in their classrooms basically how slim wants to allow State Teachers to say whatever they want about scientific concept regardless of the actual facts.

Ask from joins the likes the Heartland Institute unwanted wanting to censor the education in our nation's children is to feed the interests of corporations and conservative think tanks and back.

Is very there after the break spring is here and that doesn't just mean warmer weather also means nationwide grassroots they like something is happening one week from today you need to know about.

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Bad next week in homes places of worship and campuses all around the nation hundreds of thousands of Americans will gather in an effort to take back this nation called the 99 percent spring.

And will teach people history non-violent direct action and how to start grassroots campaigns to put pressure on our elected lawmakers.

Under the corporate takeover of our democracy our economy at a time when Republicans in Congress are pushing those radical budget in our nation's history.

In the nation stands on the verge of a multi-billion dollar election that will see unprecedented about.

Corporate cash and unrest is growing in cities and towns across America.

American spring couldn't come at a better time so what we the people hope to accomplish this and what movements are already in the ground helping make change happen.

Jamie has been Manske attorney and democracy advocate and campaign manager for Green Party presidential candidate joel stein and hell-bent welcome good evening tell me about the American spring.

Well what you're seeing is that there's a lot of different sectors in the movement that are mobilizing right now to the AFL CIO is doing something unusual you see the steelworkers in the whole constellation organizations they're holding trainings around the country there's also American spring what's happening here in DC with the now DC coalition that's actually why I am here in town is out do in the number of sessions about the Move to Amend continuing to build this long-term movement overturn Citizens United but also to bring democracy into our and you're seeing that movement is is moving forward in fact my home state wisconsin just last night.

West Allis Wisconsin which went 55 percent per Scott Walker 2010 voted seventy percent for a constitutional amendment resolution and that house ish on a resolution is it makes clear the corporations don't have constitutional rights that we the people.

May regulate them and it also makes clear that money is not speech.

Property yeah its property and by the reality is what but there but they are organized organize capital has been doing them in driving class rule into the Constitution.

They've been saying that if you have a million dollars your you know ten thousand times the person somebody who you know has only ten thousand dollars right and and not a good thing.

I the DC coalition here tell us about that how it came came into being and what this at night is a pickup from what you saw this past fall with Freedom Plaza with.

The Freedom Plaza mobilization here in washington with the Occupy movement I mean all across the country using every sector of what I think I've as a larger democracy movement rising up.

You know and it's an early spring in many parts of the country everybody's been experiencing the warm weather so the mobilization is picking up certainly in my home state wisconsin to recall such certified.

Are you're seeing that happen I in so I.

You know that's that's basically the inspiration here in DC to you to what extent do you think that the.

Occupy movement that 99 percent movement the American Spring movement the.

All these different the you know many different names but it's kinda like a lot of thousand flowers bloom.

Right arm in fact arguably even Obama went to Egypt and he said at standing right next to Mubarak tear down this dictator right they did.

I mean you know to to it to what extent do you think that that movement on could be animating the the a high-level a voter involvement that might might flip the White who keep the White House in democratic hands the senate democratic and maybe even bring the house back you know a large backlash to the 2010 election or are on the other hand are you concerned it might be used by the right is a polarizing tool like the way they did back in the sixties on are concerned about that at all I think that we have a majoritarian.

A progressive movement right now and that's a very positive thing we have to stay in that vein away I am most concerned about is actually the democratic party doesn't seem to have learned from its mistakes that led into 2010.

Obama came in with a huge mandate yet congress in his hands the american people with the where with an also-ran yen yet been Nelson and Blanche Lincoln and the reality if you could have made a lot of things happen in.

And he didn't in as a result that we saw depress voter turnout 2010.

That's what delivered Scott Walker and office that's what resulted in Russ Feingold leaving office and in my home state wisconsin.

You see that the democrats been handed a huge opportunity with the massive uprising Wisconsin this recall.

Which the democratic party didn't even want to try to cancel it in August.

And the grassroots said no we're moving ahead with this thing and yet they had the pure be on the verge.

Nominating candidates the grassroots don't support are very unhappy with.

So what I'm most concerned about is that um without having independent power without having independent voice going into this election.

Bite the Green Party's joel stein like independent candidates running for office like movement politics yeah I move in politics at the ballot box then we will end up being at the mercy.

Democratic Party operators in a political party that is essentially bankrolled by Wall Street as well and yet you know lyndon johnson didn't run as a civil rights probe.

And FDR I can run as the New Deal Press both of them ran on very very diverse right forms that the people were demanding something that's right and the people got what they wanted that's right so he on another bus stand up and and Amanda's it almost doesn't matter the party that's right and that's what that's really what has to happen progressives of all stripes need to continue to stand up its peak in our book in our own voice no matter where greens or Democrats or independents were socialists whatever.

Our people identify we have to be united and not allow the political system to trap us I into sorta silence us because we've seen.

What silence gets RS or two terms against it to actually take Ben thanks for having to have you with us.

Thank good luck get involved the season to take back.

Your country.

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Treehouse let's start with a typical treehouse let's call it the tree house for the 99 percent 20 probably grew up with made a scrap wood nail stolen from your dads toolbox definitely a bit wobbly I here's a tree house for the one percent.

The kind someone like Mitt Romney group probably grew up with but.

Certainly in bill this was built by Horace Burgess.

Resident at Tennessee as the world's largest.

According to Burgess motivation to build the foliage fortress came directly from God and I vision.

Burgess told the local newspaper that I was praying one day in the Lord said if you build me and Trina.

A tree house I'll see you never run out of material towering tree tower is amazing 10 stories tall.

Around 10,000 square feet even has an indoor basketball court cost to the building a building a house was a little over fifteen thousand dollars it supported by.

Just six trees and is held together by nearly three 100 hours in males Raza the Romney is put in an offer is you know 3 mansions are just not E.

On Tuesday night thirty Santa Monica College students including a small child were pepper-sprayed five students were treated on the scene for injuries inflicted on them by the police.

And two others had to be taken to hospital so what do these young people do to deserve a chemical attack by the cops nothing absolutely nothing deserve in that kind of a response.

They merely were exercising their right to peaceably assemble.

At a border Trustees meeting at their college and the protest against the college's plan to charge more money for classes they were met with the face paula pepper spray just like the students at the University California Davis last year were doing nothing.

Except sitting peacefully when they were doused with pepper spray.

Also by campus police officers or these young women who were peacefully marching.

With the Occupy movement and Catelynn by NYPD cops who then hit them with hot pepper spray as well they didn't deserve.

This kind of treatment so what's going on here.

Wire young people around the nation getting assaulted with chemical weapons.

For simply doing what patriotic Americans are supposed to do organize peacefully and speak truth to power.

Are brass more importantly why ever been countless uses a pepper spray against peaceful Occupy protesters but not one use pepper spray against armed Tea Party protesters the hypocrisy this unequal response to two movements.

Isn't very clear display right now in the city Tampa Florida which is preparing.

To host the Republican National Convention this coming August city officials are taking precautions to defend the city from the nasty.

Occupy protesters by banning water pistols.

Guy Fawkes masks ends during more than six inches long but guess what.

Not banned handguns.

So if you're an Occupy protester wearing a guy Fawkes mask uranium pepper spray can go to jail get strip searched but if your tea party or strapping Colt 45 year thought you are.

A okay is a dangerous assault going on right now in america against our first amendment rights that assault is pretty much exclusively.

Against young people calling for an and to corporate corruption number government.

On the other hand largely older white Americans who have no problem with corporate power and are preaching the destruction of a large parts of our government.

And are routinely arming themselves the demonstrations their free speech rights are being defended by the police there are getting cattle than that I can be beaten with batons or pepper sprayed arrested by the thousands instead the Koch brothers and multi-millionaire lobbyist like dick armey are giving them a multi-million-dollar bus tours expensive sound stages and high-profile speakers like Sarah Palin.

Who's defending the American Way of life and who's trying to tear tear down.

Putting aside for a moment the fact the Tea Party years routinely carried guns they also carry a bizarre ideology they and their billionaire funders.

Say the government should play no role in the welfare of its condemning millions of Americans to live in poverty.

Without health care and a die alone in the streets it's an ideology this is the rich deserve even more tax cuts even though such tax cuts.

Force the way of a firefighters police officers and teachers it's an ideology this is corporate polluters like the Koch brothers.

Should have free reign to dump toxic chemicals into our air and water.

And the CDC and the EPA shouldn't even exist.

Much less be able to find out why cases of autism in asthma among young americans are skyrocketing ultimately it's an ideology that if fully implemented.

Would lead to the death of the United States as we know it whereas the Occupy movement simply wants to bring back what's already been tried in and what's worked for almost a century regulations on Wall Street.

Fair taxes on the rich and corporations a strong social safety net.

And end to the corporate and billionaire corruption have our government the occupiers wanna middle class in America Gia.

So which movie should really be getting the pepper spray treatment for the police the Occupy or the Tea Party actually.

Neither should free speech is free speech.

But the fact that occupiers around the country are facing assertive constant brutality really says something about the state of America right now and who.

Or what is in power it's always more dangerous to protest against things that the rich and powerful.

Want right now the rich and powerful in america.

Want the eye doc ideology push by the Tea Party and its millionaire and billionaire donors.

They want more corporate power your platform have lower taxes on the super-rich.

No regulations and industry they want to destroy Social Security Mel.

Medicare and Pell Grants let middle age kids go to college and with the Tea Party years realize it or not their rallying on behalf of the rich and and that's why they're protected that's why they're not getting pepper spray.

The Occupy movement is the best thing we have going on in this country right now.

Like the participants at the original Boston Tea Party back in 1773.

They're protesting corporate power and government corruption that comes from it.

These young people are our best hope for saving the American middle class.

Get out there and occupy sup that's it for the big picture tonight don't forget democracy is not a spectator sport it begins when you show up when you participate it begins with you.

Get out there and get active tagged your was here.

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