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Our next speaker will be one of the justices biographers, professor Wendy Williams of the georgetown law faculty. Professor williams . Ok, i think were having some technical problems. So just for a moment actually, f i could, call on professor bernstein, one of the justices clerks. Professor, youre a member of the georgetown law faculty, director of our Supreme Court institute. I clerked for her on the d. C. Circuit, i didnt get the job in a typical way. In 989, i was working as a staff attorney...

Quite often in our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were unpopular. Lets go to a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases and 2 3 of the way of 12week series looking at Historic Supreme Court zigs. Brown v. Board of education and listen to linda brown on the roots of this case. My memory of b...

House and Senate Conference Committee Members met to discuss tax reform the pat s bills. The senator orrin hatch who chairs the finance Committee Told reporters he and his republican colleagues had reached the general agreement on how they plan to overhaul the nations tax code. The Senate House Committee will come to order. I am deeply honored to chair this Conference Committee, the first tax reform Conference Committee in 31 years and to be here with you as we move forward with this historic ef...

Members met senate to reconcile bills. Orrin hatch chairs the finance reportersand told that then reached agreements on how to overhaul the code. The Senate House Committee will come to order. I am deeply honored to chair this Conference Committee, the first Tax Reform Conference Committee in 31 years and to be here with you as we move forward with this historic effort. Before i deliver my opening remarks, i want to take a moment to welcome everyone and discuss the format of todays meeting. I al...

Washington and the leadership in some parts of the republican party, particularly the senate, and that is what is driving him. Want afterward senate and 9 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan2 possible tb. Now, to the house and Senate Conference meeting on tax reform. Committee members talked about the two tax reform bills passed separately out of each chamber. Good afternoon, everyone. I am deeply honored to tear this Conference Committee, the first Tax Reform Conference Committee and 31 years. And to be ...

This is nbc 10 first alert weather. Icy commute. Heres a live look at Market Street in center city. Temperatures at or below freezing in parts of our area, which means many roads are wet and slick. Rain has stopped falling but only for now. Heres a live look at the wet weather still ahead for late this morning and into this afternoon. We are surveying the conditions along the roads across our area right now. Stormforce 10 is driving through abington township. We have you covered with everything ...

This is not the education we think of as a College Education, meaning on a campus with learning communities, the broader experience, but there are certain aspects of learning that occur. There are other formats here. Theres a lot of talk about what carnegie melon caughts the open learning model, the intelligent tutor. This is an ai intelligence based interactive situation. I ithica and other groups do behind trails on this and found out techniques that are not involved at all, you learn twice as...

Thanks for your company. We begin with a record spike in coronavirus cases around the world. The World Health Organization says the global tally rose by more than 284,000, in just 24 hours. The u. S. , of course, especially hard hit, again. It had more than 73,000 new cases, on its own, on friday. And then, there is the question about what to do about reopening schools. Top Infectious Disease expert, dr. Anthony fauci, urging caution. When you talk about forcing teachers to come back to school, ...

A textile design student from the north east of Scotland is celebrating after making an early career debut on Savile Row, London’s famous luxury…

The Fort St. John Knights of Columbus are hosting a second annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner and dance on March 15th.