We hold these truths to be self-evident.

That all men are created.

Because I remember Congress, I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.

Experts on what they're talking about.

This is the podcast for insights into the issues.

China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.

Breaking it down into simple terms.

We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.

We are a nation built on law.

Law is what distinguished America in its early years and has since served as a model for nations to build a system of government.

In America, the center of the rule of law is our system of justice.

At the federal level that is led by the Attorney General, the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the Federal Government.

I hear law enforcement officer and you probably think of an officer with a badge and a gun, but prosecutors are also law enforcement officers in the AG, is like America's prosecutor.

The AG's application of the law sets the tone for the rule of law in the United States.

While we are a nation founded on law, in recent years we've seen the ebb and flow and enforcement, and a corresponding ebb and flow in crime and respect for the law.

You see this when big city or even federal respect for the law is replaced with attempts to only address root causes.

Not hold criminals accountable.

They view the two as in conflict, drawing a moral equivalence between the criminal who they think is a victim of society and the actual victim of the criminal.

This leads to more crime, violent crime, and a degradation of what makes America function.

Underminds the basic role of liberty, which is to protect liberties and maintain them, and that includes keeping people safe from violence.

Joining us today is a huge honor, someone with intimate knowledge of this, as well as many other topics, William Barr.

Attorney General Barr served as the 77th and 85th Attorney General of the United States, and both the Trump and George H.W. Bush administrations.

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