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First president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. That would have been in 1789, in april. How well where the duties and office that he was about to step into, how well where they defined at this moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. There was a brandnew institution, certainly in america and really in the world, its a new experiment of an elected magistrate that would have at one point been the head of state, like a king, but also be the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policy maker. And it wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the of the legislature and where thedefine. Powers of the president would be defined. And so washington really created that office. Reallmany of the precedents, mf the things that we come to think of as president ial really come downwn from his example in the office. He took the oath, what were his views at the time about expanding or restricting the power of the office that he was ste ....
Signs of war along the quiet summer shores of glum. Graham. Deliberated to morris were back in their clean native villages. American citizens again, smiling and friendly. Unaware that america had happened around. America that moved mountains of material, equipment and supplies across the pacific. That changed their dirt roads into broad highways, that manicured their jungles into acres of black top airfields. And nearby, new communities of american citizens had set up housekeeping with various types of self service. The latest labor saving devices, fewer laundry problems, and no modern inconveniences. By mid summer 21st Bomber Command was in business. Big business. Under general amazed direction the long arm of Bomber Command began punching the enemy, from guam tim inside pan, 600 plane missions increased the bombing weigh 100 and two months. Behind the six pending power was ....
Washington, were joined by the education and reason to give their, the president and ceo of George Washingtons not vernon on this president s day. First, sir, explain the significance of that moment that is portrayed over your shoulder there, the swearing in of George Washington. Well, good morning, welcome to non vernon. Behind me you see George Washington, the first president being sworn in and it would have been in 1789, in april. How well where the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into, how well were we defined at this moment when they were sworn in . Well they werent defined at all, the presidency was a brandnew institution, or have never been anything like, it certainly in america and really in the world, that was the new experiment of an elected magistrate that would have, at ....
Exceptionally pleased to have with us dr. Erica Armstrong Dunbar from the university of delaware with us tonight. You mate have seen her featured in the New York Times recently and not many npr programs, but this is where she belongs talking about this. She received a phd from columbia university. She became the inaugural director of the program in africanAmerican History. They should have called you the founding director. Thats the moe joouft as we say around here. Her first book, a fragile freedom, africanamerican women and emancipation in the antebellum city, published by yale, an under studied topic up to that point. And so the perfect person to take on the challenge to recover the story of owna judge. Lets all give erica a big round of applause. [ applause ] good evening, everyone. Good evening. Happy black hist ....
Watch American History tv and be sure to watch museum week all next week at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on American History tv on cspan3. We continue our look at Election Integrity and security. In this portion, panelists discussed various ways to regulate and protect users online data for being targeted for political advertisements. Georgetowns Law Institute hosted this forum. Okay. So were reconvening for our fourth and final panel of the day. New challenges in election oversight and regulation. For those who didnt see me at the top of the day, i run our institute for Technology Law and policy here at the law school and were really thrilled to be hosting you all today. The conversation so far have surfaced many ....