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You today by your television provider. And i come here tonight to the alsmith dinner knowing im the underdog in these final weeks. If you know where to look, there are signs of hope, theres signs of hope, even in the most unexpected places, even in this room, full of proud manhattan democrats, i cant i cant shake that feeling that some people here are pulling for me. Im delighted to see you here tonight, hillary. I was thrilled to get this invitation. And i feel right at home here because its often been said that i share the politics of alfred e. Smith and the ears of alfred e. Newman. It is an honor to be here with al smith. I obviously never knew your great grandfather but from everything that senator mccain has told me the two of them had a great time together before prohibition. So of course i am delighted. But not surprised by the final repeal of the 18th amendment. I felt all along that when this matter was properly submitted to the rank and file of our people they would readily ....
In cooperation with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Quite often, and many of our most famous decisions, there once the court took that were quite unpopular. You lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it beans to live in a society of 310 different people who have helped stick together, because they believe in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases, our series that explores the people and stories behind some of the Supreme Courts most important decisions throughout our history. This week, the 1952 steel seizure case. Its officially known as youngstown steel and two Company Versus soy or. To get ....
,. With me here in washington today, mr. Stephen hess of the Brookings Institution and professor Howard Penniman of georgetown university. This is the first of a series of programs that will extend of the campaign until beyond the election in november and our bicentennial put clear. What we want to do is to bring a picture of the american electoral process. We will have special programs dealing with parties and the media. Campaign technique and polling and the rest. What we are really aiming to do is to give you a picture of the way in which we select our american president. And how millions of americans can provide every four years a process by which leadership can be developed and transferred over these 200 years of american history. What we hope to do is to bring you discussions of these aspects of the Elector ....
We are doing our part so its a little easier to do yours. Discussing the Civil Rights Movement on an event marking the 70th anniversary of the brown v board of education decision. The discussion was hosted by Supreme CourtHistorical Society as a part of their National Heritage lecture series. It runs about an hour. Are we good . Grade. Good evening, everyone. Im the treasurer of the Supreme CourtHistorical Society. I actually stayed in this room with some frequency but im usually faced in that direction so its a nice change of pace to be looking out there. I am asked to remind everyone please turn off all cell phones, tablets, apple watch ....