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During Senate Judiciary Committee hearings Monday Attorney General Alberto Gonzales argued that the President has the legal right to eavesdrop on Americans without warrants. We'll talk about the hearings and the limits of presidential power.
David Cole, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and author of "Less Safe, Less Free," and "Terrorism and the Constitution."
Stuart Taylor, senior writer with National Journal magazine and contributing editor at Newsweek
Lee Casey, lawyer in private practice and former staff director of the Federal Legal Counsel in the Justice Department during the Reagan and first Bush administrations
Author Tamara Draut says it's harder than ever for 20- and 30-somethings to get into the middle class -- and it's not because of profligate consumer spending. Draut talks about the forces she believes are arrayed against young Americans, and her ideas for reviving the American dream.
Tamara Draut, director of the economic opportunity program at Demos, a think tank
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