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Are ones that the court made very unpopular decisions. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stuck together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases. Tonights case is gideon versus wayne. Wreck 55 years ago this month, the Supreme Court ruled that the right to counsel was so fundamental to our dove governmental system. That states must provide lawyers for defendants who cannot afford. One the hero of tonights story is a bit of an unlikely. One Clarence G...

Next, a preview of cspans landmark cases from the National Constitution center in philadelphia. Welcome to the Constitution Center. I am the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience. You can see the great members of the National Constitution center, like people around the country, are inspired by this nonpartisan mission of constitutional education and believe it is crucially important for ci...

We have cspan with us this afternoon, when you ask your questions please line up at our audience mike and form a line. Lastly, this is not the last event for the today. While we would usually ask you to fold up your chairs, today we ask that you leave your chairs for the next event. I welcome you to politics and prose, on behalf of our wonderful staff. We do over 500 events events per year, in addition to events in the space and other locations and venues across the city. We we also hold book groups, classes, and literary trips. I would like to begin by saying i am pleased to welcome Public Po...

We do over 500 events a year. In addition to events in the space are busboy simplifications in different venues across the city pretty also hold out groups, classes and literary trips throughout the year. Id like to begin by saying im pleased to welcome Public Policy and law professor of history at average and a Commonwealth University Melvin Urofsky as he present his new book dissent and the Supreme Court its role in the courts history and the nations constitutional dialogue urofsky is written and edited 52 books and studied legal history. His previous books include biographies of Supreme Cou...

Welcome. Im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. More than 2 million muslim pilgrims descended on mecca this week for the annual hajj, one of the five pillars of islam. Diseases carried by travelers are always a concern, and this year saudi officials took precautions against ebola. In addition to screening all arriving airline passengers, the Saudi Ministry of health refused to issue visas to wouldbe pilgrims from countries that have been hit hardest by ebola liberia, sierra leone, and guinea. Meanwhile, the United Nations is appealing for more medical aid as the ebola death toll conti...