The 2017 annual meeting of the organization of american historians. Our session is called historians in court. It examines the complex roles of historians applying their scholarly skills to courtroom litigation. Thanks first for organizing this session and, in particular, to the president for her support of our endeavor here today. Today, we will address a timely topic the participation of historians in courtroom proceedings. Theres no systematic study, but the evidence we have indicates that the use of, for instance, scholarly amicus briefs, where scholars file amicus briefs in court proceedings, has been increasing. Theres a long history of scholarly input into Appellate Court cases stretching back at least to the famous brandeis brief in the Supreme Court case in 1908. But for our purposes, our pedigree as historians might be traced back to the brown versus board of education litigation in which the distinguished helped the naacp make the case against School Segregation. More recent
Rose welcome to the program. The tonight, John Dickerson from cbs news talks about his interview with a President Trump, about 100 days in office. And with this president , perhaps like no source i have ever interviewed, you never know where it is going to go or what claim she going to make so you have to prepare for eventualities that really span a wide swath. Rose John Dickerson by the hour, next. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose President Trump marked his first 100 days in office this weekend. This period is historic, in a time in which president use us the momentum of their popularity to set the agenda for the next four years and also a common benchmark for evaluating their performance in office. According to the latest poll, President Trump has the lowest job Approval Rating of any p
Rose welcome to the program. The tonight, John Dickerson from cbs news talks about his interview with a President Trump, about 100 days in office. And with this president , perhaps like no source i have ever interviewed, you never know where it is going to go or what claim she going to make so you have to prepare for eventualities that really span a wide swath. Rose John Dickerson by the hour, next. Funding for charlie rose is provided by the and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose President Trump marked his first 100 days in office this weekend. This period is historic, in a time in which president use us the momentum of their popularity to set the agenda for the next four years and also a common benchmark for evaluating their performance in office. According to the latest poll, President Trump has the lowest job Approval Rating of any p
Information services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose President Trump marked his first 100 days in office this weekend. This period is historic, in a time in which president use us the momentum of their popularity to set the agenda for the next four years and also a common benchmark for evaluating their performance in office. According to the latest poll, President Trump has the lowest job Approval Rating of any president in history after the first 100 days. He has failed to achieve certain of his Core Campaign promises, including the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care act and the construction of a Mexican Border wall. Today President Trump released a Campaign Advertisement declaring his time in office and the first, in the first 100 days a success. Donald trump, sworn in as president 100 days ago, america has rarely seen such success. A respected Supreme Court justice confirmed, Companies In
The organization of american historians hosted this 90minute event at their annual meeting in new orleans. Ok. Ok, so, i think we are ready to get started. Sorry for the delay, but welcome to the first Plenary Session of the 2017 annual meeting of the organization of american historians. Our session is called historians in court. It examines the complex roles of historians applying their scholarly skills to courtroom litigation. Thanks, first, to the o. A. H. For organizing this session and, in particular, to the president , nancy cott, for her support of our endeavor here today. Today, we will address a timely topic the participation of historians in courtroom proceedings. Theres no systematic study, but the evidence we have indicates that the use of, for instance, scholarly amicus briefs, where scholars file amicus briefs in court proceedings, has been increasing. Theres a long history of scholarly input into Appellate Court cases stretching back at least to the famous brandeis brief