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The separation of powers between the three branches of government all really hinges on and could be destroyed by the erosion of the independence of the federal judiciary.

This is your host, Scott Bertram.

And that's U.S. Senator Mike Lee.

His brand new book is Saving Nine,

the fight against the left's audacious plan

to pack the Supreme Court and destroy American liberty.

We talk in depth with Senator Lee coming up.

First on today's program, we're joined by Dr. Charles Steele.

He is chairman of economics,

business and accounting, also associate professor of economics here at Hillsdale College.

Dr. Steele, thanks so much for joining us.

Oh, great.

Thank you, Scott.

We discussed today an essay you wrote for National Review a few months ago, National Review.com.

The battle against big government started here.

And you talk about the first meeting of the Montpeleran Society. So tell us what is the

Montpelarin Society? What happened 75 years ago this year?

The Montpelarin Society started out as a very small group. It was founded in the

spring of 1947 by Friedrich Hayek, the great Austrian economist. And he assembled the world's

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