Future of Representative Democracy. This was part of a recent forum hosted by the college of william and mary in williamsburg, virginia. It is 90 minutes. My great honor to ,elcome our distinguished guest and to our love it caps on arena it caps on arena and i am enormously proud to introduce our keynote speaker for today, william and marys 24th chancellor, the honorable robert m gates. Chancellor gates is the model for states statesmanship that we look to now and for the future. His dedicated he has dedicated his career to public u. S. Ce serving a two president s and leads with a restless and compassionate intelligence. His unwavering dedication to those who serve our nation with their lives earned him the trust and devotion of our armed services. His career of Service Began early at william and mary. Not many know but he drove the City School Bus when he was a student and was a chit assistant troop leader for local boy scouts and senator norman was one of his boy scouts as we discov
The virginia plan for example, the compromise presented at the Constitutional Convention thought the balance of large and small states and bicameral legislature. Another critical compromise is the agreement to tolerate slavery even though it would be prohibited in 1808. Without the compromise the Southern States would never have agreed to ratify the constitution and there would have been you know no United States of america. A great wrong was embedded in our find a shuttle document and the seeds of civil war were stone. The founders, even many of the slaveholders among them acknowledged slavery was an abomination antithetical to the declaration of independence many of them signed. Most hoped it would disappear for economic reasons, but for 80 years americans would live with the start contradictions between the existence of slavery within its borders and the first principle of the declaration that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Th
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i am i think and as far as liberty is meaningful. that liberty to these women would mean liberty from being forced to continue the unwanted pregnancy. branch of your argument simply on the due process clause in the 14th amendment. we had originally brought the suit alleging both the due process clause equal protection clause the 9th amendment and a variety of others then anything else. it might. yeah, right, you know since the district court found the right to reside in the nights amendment we pointed our attention in the brief. so that particular aspect of the constitution. that was an exchange between jane roe council sarah weddington and supreme court justice potter stewart in the december 13th, 1971 argument of roe vs. suede joshua prager. you ve spent 12 years working on a book about the row case. did it lead you to being able to explain or understand better why this has been as in your words the most enduringly divisive case ever decided by the supreme court. well, i
Recess. The weather continues to damage crops. The economy continues to struggle. Sequestration threatens interest of all americans from a myriad points of view. During the coming weeks, may all americans find respite from all their struggles, and may all members of this peoples house find rest and resolve, to return to the service of these United States as citizens empowered by their constituents to address the needs of the nation. Ay all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings hizzhis. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentleman from illinois, mr. Shimkus. Mr. Shimkus would our guests join us in the pledge . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker the chair will ente