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Up next, historians talk about the history and politics of prohibition in the u. S. The National Constitution center hosting this event, the moderator is jeffrey rosen. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center. [ applause ] i am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution. The only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a n nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. So great to hear those wonderful words of our Inspiring Mission statement here in the beautifully renovated kimmel theater. La...

Reauthorization of the foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, or fisa, is now before us and we have an opportunity to reform this statute to protect both our Constitutional Rights and our security. In the immediate aftermath of 9 11, congress hurdly passed the hurried will passed the patriot act and gave Broad Authority to the executive and executive branch that threatened americans and americans privacy rights and liberty interests. In october of 2001, i was one of 66 members in the house of representatives who voted against the patriot act. It was not an easy vote, but in the years since, it...

Is really a history of how power corrupts and how bias and malfeasance grow when power is unchecked. The patriot act allows a secret court, fisa, to grant generalized warrants to collect personal data from millions of americans. The spies who run these surveillance programs then lied for years and years to us. One of the most notorious of these liars was James Clapper. When crossexamined under oath by senator wyden, James Clapper denied that the government was collecting data on millions of americans. A month later, the whistleblower, edward snowden, revealed that clapper had lied. Snowden rev...

Two of americas leading election scholars for a discussion about the constitution and the electoral system. We advertise this as a show about how to fix americas elections, some of you noted thats maybe not the best verb. Our goal is precisely the opposite to figure out how to prevent American Elections to be fixed. We will have a very wide ranging discussion of the two books that both of our panelists have written and about constitutional issues in news relating to the coronavirus and the electoral system. Please join us next week for a superb discussion of another book that is by you of all ...

Will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of troy d. Edgar of california to be chief Financial Officer of the department of Homeland Security, signed by 17 senators. The presiding officer by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of troy d. Edgar of california to be chief Financial Officer of the depar...