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Up next, historians talk about the history and politics of prohibition in the u. S. The National Constitution center hosting this event, the moderator is jeffrey rosen. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center. [ applause ] i am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution. The only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a n nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. So great to hear those won...

Reauthorization of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, or fisa, is now before us and we have an opportunity to reform this statute to protect both our Constitutional Rights and our security. In the immediate aftermath of 9 11, congress hurdly passed the hurried will passed the patriot act and gave Broad Authority to the executive and executive branch that threatened americans and americans privacy rights and liberty interests. In october of 2001, i was one of 66 members in the house of re...

Is really a history of how power corrupts and how bias and malfeasance grow when power is unchecked. The patriot act allows a secret court, fisa, to grant generalized warrants to collect personal data from millions of americans. The spies who run these surveillance programs then lied for years and years to us. One of the most notorious of these liars was James Clapper. When crossexamined under oath by senator wyden, James Clapper denied that the government was collecting data on millions of amer...

Two of americas leading election scholars for a discussion about the constitution and the electoral system. We advertise this as a show about how to fix americas elections, some of you noted thats maybe not the best verb. Our goal is precisely the opposite to figure out how to prevent American Elections to be fixed. We will have a very wide ranging discussion of the two books that both of our panelists have written and about constitutional issues in news relating to the coronavirus and the elect...

Will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of troy d. Edgar of california to be chief Financial Officer of the department of Homeland Security, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate tha...

Board chairman, fred ryan. [applause] good evening everyone. I name is don hi bush and i had the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming this evening. If you would in honor of our men and women in uniform who protect our freedoms around the world please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one natio...

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One who engages in a rebellion or one who would perpetrate a bait and switch on the people of the state by voting contrary to the binding pledge. Rather than as proxy voters, they are free to do so. The states determine how to select electors and ensure they meet the relevant requirements and perform their duties as assigned. This means they can oversee bribery as the power to appoint. This must include the power to remove and elector without requiring a full criminal trial. Under my friends pos...

Senator from montana. Mr. Daines mr. President , americans want their privacy protected. For far too long the patriot act and the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, commonly referred to as fisa has been used to trample the Civil Liberties of american citizens. For montanans the right to privacy is so fundamental it is enshrined in our own constitution. In fact, very few states have such protections, but the drafters of the Montana Constitution recognized that privacy was essential to exercis...

This oral argument is one hour. The Colorado Department of state i noted at the outset Justice Sotomayor is recused on the case. The constitution authorizes the states to use their authority to remove the elector one who engages in a rebellion or one who would perpetrate a bait and switch on the people of the state by voting contrary to the binding pledge. Rather than as proxy voters, they are free to do so. The states determine how to select electors and ensure they meet the relevant requiremen...