The man who didnt get it, charles hughes, Supreme Court justice, all but won the election in 1915. In fact, when president Woodrow Wilson went to bed the night Election Night, he thought he was beaten. If he would have been elected how American History goes in several different directions, on suffrage for women, civil rights. What does he do on Foreign Policy . Germany baited us into war. Hes the one you could write novels about. Charles evans hughes who is on the Supreme Court and then left the Supreme Court when he ran for president and then went back on the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. Fellow justice called Charles Evans hughes, the greatest in our great line of chief justices. Why hughes . Robert jackson provided part of the answer when he was attorney general. Jackson said that hughes, quote, looks like god and talks like god, end quote. 1916 footage of charles hughes, that years president ial nominee campaigned soon after the Republican National convention
2023 National Lawyers convention. Justice barrett, but justice gorsuch, kavanaugh and alito. The four justices were unable to issue any decisions,■h but they couldve made a third grant, so keep an i out for the orders list. On logistics, if you are getting , using the qr code to sign in, make sure you do that. Dont miss the rare documents exhibit. I mentioned it yesterday, on the second floor, and enter the drawing. The item i held up yesterday is the door prize. It is a very handsomely framed page from a First Edition federalist papers. Soing to have any need to go to the South Carolina room to see the documents and enter for that. Just to reassure you, they did of the federalist papers, this is an addition that was beat up, it lot of ways. They salvaged some pages. Theres only four of them. You can see the documents and enter them to win. We have anotr great day planned today. Beginning with our Panel Discussion on precedent and originalism. Before we get to that i want to ys event
Good morning, everyone. I am dean, Senior Vice President and general counsel of the Federalist Society, for those of you dont know me. You i think you all for being here. You are the stalwarts that show up in 00 a. M. In the morning after the annual dinner. Thank you for being here. I thought we had a great day yesterday capped by a great night last night. Im so happy it seems that very few of you went to Union Station last night. I count that as an additional success. I have been asked about last nights events, so i will tell you all at once, the official count, we had four justices of the Supreme Court in attendance last night. Justice barrett, but also justice gorsuch, kavanaugh and alito. The four justices were unable to issue any decisions, but they couldve made a third grant, so keep an out for the orders list. On logistics, if you are gting , using the qr code to sign in, make sure you do that. Dont miss the rare documents exhibit. Qr de to sign in, make sure you do that. Dont m
[gavel] the subcommittee will come to order. Myself andnizing Ranking Member deutsche for five minutes each opening statements, i will been recognized other members seeking recognition for one minute. We will then hear from our witnesses, and without objection, witnesses, youre prepared statements will be made a part of the record, and members may have five days to research statements and questions for the record. Subject to the length limitation in the rules. We have many members of our subcommittee who are also on the judiciary committee, including Ranking Member deutsch, and it is an important markup happening as we speak, so you might see a lot of members moving back and forth, and we appreciate the time they can spare to come over here. Thank you, mr. Deutsch. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes. Month, this subcommittee convened a hearing on the challenges for the United States saudi arabia bilateral relationship. Today, we focus on the u. S. Qatar relationship, and
The v. A. Is steadily delivering on the president s promise to fix the broken v. A. System. Finally, before i open it up to take questions, as youre all very well aware, i love birthdays around here and oddly we have quite a few of them going on. Major garrett, happy birthday. Even more importantly, its im pretty lucky. I have two of the best parents in the world so happy birthday, dad and my nieces birthday. I get to knock out a ton of stuff tough today. With that, ill take your questions. Steve . Sarah, there seems to be acrimony between the president and the congressional leadership. How do repair this relationship going into the fall . The relationships are fine. Theres policy differences. Theres a lot of shared goals and thats what were focused on. Were disappointed that obama, they failed to repeal and replace. At the same time, President Trump has worked with leader mcconnell to reach out to other members and work on the shared goals. Well do that when the senate comes be a from