Today we are hosting our First Virtual congressional military family summit, and we are excited that all of you have joined us. We would prefer to gather in person. However, this way we have more people than ever that are joining us. So there is an advantage to doing this virtually, and we have a great lineup. We have a great agenda. We just appreciate anyone who has taken the time that is helped organize and going to offer perspectives. Our goal is to make sure that we are knowledgeable and ready to advocate on your behalf. So thank you everyone thats been involved in making this happen. I want to do a special thank you to everyone in georgia and Washington State, the military leaders that have joined us, and military men and women that are currently serving. So a big thank you, a big thank , you to your service. It was great to meet mac. You told me shes in the military because she believes in freedom, and i was just reflecting that when i think about military men and women. I think
Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy. Her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact that she took no interest in politics and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature. She would not have married him had he been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. It became a shrine to her husband. She would invite anybody who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had accrued over there long and illustrious career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war, generals on both sides would visit her to pay their respects. It was very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was earnest about her husbands work. She went t
Day four of the Supreme Court recap. It has been an extraordinary experiment in public education, to convene scholars on all sides of the cases that the Supreme Court is broadcasting live for the first time in its history. And at the beginning of the , we have hearde two formidable cases and i am thrilled to join you to understand the spirit of both sides. Im jeffrey rosen, president of the National Constitution center in philadelphia. We begin all of our National Constitution Center Programs by reciting the inspiring Constitutional Center creed, which prepares us for the learning ahead. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people. That is what we are going to try to do today. Thank you for joining to increase your own understanding of the constitution. That ist case is
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Welcome cspan friends for a day four of the Supreme Court recap. It has been an extraordinary experiment in public education, to convene scholars on all sides of the cases that the Supreme Court is broadcasting live for the first time in its history. And at the beginning of the , we have hearde two formidable cases and i am thrilled to join you to understand the spirit of both sides. Im jeffrey rosen, president of the National Constitution center in philadelphia. We begin all of our National Constitution Center Programs by reciting the inspiring Constitutional Center creed, which prepares us for the learning ahead. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people. That is what we are going to try to do today. Thank you for joining to increase your own understanding of the co