For questions from audience. I had a couple of questions weve received over the internet. For the last 15 minutes or so lets talk about kind where the Roberts Court is and where the Roberts Court is going. We 15 years of the Roberts Court. What do you guys think of the most significant decisions the court has issued during that time . Citizens united, the heller case, marriage. You are clearly ready for that one. I think also juvenile Death Penalty. You know, the juvenile Death Penalty and the rulings on whether you can execute somebody who may not be technically, but is challenged. Cutting back on the Death Penalty in cases not involving murder and cutting back on juvenile life without parole. So the court has narrowed harsh punishment across a number of dimensions spent except for the Medicaid Expansion these. Its basically like an overruling of [inaudible] south dakota. Right. Be interesting to me, the Court Decision about suits unite this but because of the court held as a legal ma
Federal reserve. And people dont see this, i dont think, as a major, major shift in terms of what the fed will do. Just it is losing a key academic and experienced and wise voice on the federal reserve, but there are a lot of economists and noneconomists out there that President Trump can now choose from. And this fischer wasconsidered more of a democrat choice. And, in fact, i remember when the big fed decision came due for president obama, it was between Larry Summers and janet yellen and one of the dark horses was actually stan fischer himself, he was not willing to give up his citizenship to israel, but he was considered once the giant of central banking, still is still may make his policies known, even if hes not the vice chairman of the federal reserve. But as far as any policy implications, i wouldnt expect anything to change hes been at a number of meetings over the last two years and made his voice very clear. Im sure a lot of folks from the board will continue to heed his adv
We are a lot further i touch this for all but over the last 10 years, senator, and were finally now starting to work on concrete, moving forward with a plan. I feel much better than i have in recent years. Thank you. I want to switch to follow on the question centered king had talked about in terms of the arctic. I will be a little more blunt. We have a dod 13 page Arctic Strategy and get when you look at what the russians are doing in the arctic, its actually quite president. Impressive but disturbing. So im sure you gentlemen are somewhat familiar, but general dempsey mentioned in testimony with the secretary of defense last week the russians are looking at for new arctic combat brigades. I think that would give Vladimir Putin a lot of joy. They are building new airfields 13 airfields. They are conducting Long Range Air patrols off the coast of alaska again. They have incredibly six to icebreakers coming, five more planned to add to their fleet of 40. Meanwhile, the United States is
I wondered if you could encapsulate your mother for us. I think you want my grandmother. Sorry. I never knew her before the white house. She was very gracious a diplomatic very well organized. But there was a sort that came after the white house. And after the white house after being with her did not have car heaters. And i would be sitting in the back of the car. Why she was doing this. Something always moving. And having to be still. She had to back up everybody very poignant letter that she wrote on the train coming back from washington to her two sons. I have the letter. Never once did i ever here her or did she ever criticize anybody. She was always positive even when things were going very bad. She was not pollyanna. I do not mean that. Never hurt her criticize invited to breakfast. [laughter] given. And she was a lovely dog. My family was very fond of animals. Always at the white house. Set up. And she was tall. A chow dog scotty. I have a scotty. And i could not say norwegian.
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