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Karen welcome. Thank you all for being here. Before we get started, i just want to tell you that i am so happy to be having this event because we never get to talk about history and historians. We always talk about politics and the law and Foreign Policy. And it is all very interesting. But those of you who know me know that i like the history. And i think it wouldve been a very good thing if more historians were weighing in more frequently and people who write about politics in a historical vein and people who think about whats come before. We dont have enough of it and this is our meager att...

This is our meager attempt to try to do that. Before we get started, let me just say that this is being recorded by cspan. You know the routine, which means that when you get the mic, speak into the mic, wait for the mic before you speak. And be aware of the fact that its being recorded. So before we get started with our discussion, let me introduce the men to my left. Jim banner who edited the book president ial misconduct, which is our kickoff for our discussion tonight, is a visiting scholar in history at George Washington university, having spent most of his career teaching at princeton. H...

Historians were weighing in more frequently. We dont have enough of it. This is our attempt to do that. Before we get started, let me say that this is being recorded by cspan. When you get the microphone, speak into the microphone. Wait for it for you speak. Before you speak. Be aware of the fact that it is being recorded. Before we get started, let me introduce the men to my left. Jim banner, an editor of a book about president ial misconduct. That is the kickoff for our discussion. A visiting scholar of history a , historian who spent most of his career teaching at princeton. His most recent...

At cspan. Org. Welcome to the poly side and also some graduate student sitting in the back of gotten up ofhandouts for you all. Greetings to our friends watching this on the cspan lectures and history series. So just a quick reminder on thursday and were in a circle with the writing assignment and get back a test. I know were getting very close to spring break if you are not able to make it you have e opportunities to get the assignment and ask plenty of questions and i will of course hand exams back after the break as well. Any logistical questions about that . Okay. Im going to get us starte...

Ed a the senate is not in session for the month of august and september to allow lawmakers to work in their home state. They will be back for legislative business on tuesday, september 5th. We will bring you live coverage on cspan2. Right now we return to American History tv. The big question, the legacy. What does this mean for american politics and i want to end by talking about carter as a transition point. Using my own work as a jumping off point but why carter is in the class of a transition point between our two units as well as transition point and in the presidency and its role in amer...