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Pandemic that has already claimed more than 225,000 american lives. We are 00 mere eight days away we are a mere eight days a away from a president ial election. Donald trump announced his nomination of judge barrett even before we could fully mourn the death of the great Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. And Senate Republicans then rushed this nomination to the senate floor. In doing so, they violated the rule that their leader, Mitch Mcconnell, imposed in 2016 which kept Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court after president obama nominated him in february of that year to fill the vacancy that arose with the death of justice antonin scalia. That rule was clear. That rule was concise. That rule was definiti ....
The presiding officer pursuant to rule 4, paragraph 2, the senate having been in continuous session, the senate will suspend for a prayer from the senate chaplain. The chaplain let us pray. Holy god, as our lawmakers strive on this decisive day in history to accomplish your purposes, show them how to discern your will. May they renew their minds through the in yourishment of your an hourishment of your holly word. Lord, prepare them to be sober minded and filled with your spirit, accomplishing the tasks that receive your approval. Lord, keep them from conforming to worldly impulses, as they strive to ensure that their conduct will rightly represent you. May they conduct themselves with holiness, godliness, and civility, waiting for the day when you will return to establish your kingdom on earth. Lord, prepare us all to stand before you in peace without spot or blemish. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. Mr. Lee mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from utah. Mr. Lee mr. P ....
Allen guelzo welcome once again to civil war era studies 205, introduction to the American Civil War era. We are now in our third week in this course, and my, what ground we have covered thus far. We have more to cover because we are coming up to the 1850s now. We are talking about the crises of the 1850s that really begin with the compromise of 1850 that move into the kansasnebraska act of 1854, and we are going to see still more earthquakes occurring. But as we do this, we have a character that we have to meet who is going to play a central role in this entire course, and that is Abraham Lincoln. Now we touched very briefly in our last session by way of introduction of lincoln, and just to go through some of the details once again, Abraham Lincoln is born in 1809, born the 12th of february. His parents were thoma ....
Can, as balanced as i can, i get to do something fundamentally creative and say this is what i think happened. We begin our look with author david berman and his book arizonas seventerm governor george hunt. If youre going to write a history for arizona and you want to tell it, you cant ignore george hunt because he was so much involved in everything that went on from 1890 to the 1930s and the new deal. A lot of reforms and the right to the water from the Colorado River. He was at the center of everything. George hunt was born in a place called huntsville, missouri, named after his grandfather. And he was in a part of missouri that was settled largely by the upper south. Tennessee and north carolina. His family came from that area. And he was raised on a farm which was devastated terribly by the civil war and raised in poverty, really, and had a tough time subsistence farming. They had to live on what they grew. Had little educati ....
Cspan for being with us tonight so that her remarks can be covered by the entire country. Thank you, cspan, and as always. [applause] in the remarks that she made at her installation as president that is a 5dollar cambridge word for inauguration doctor faust said these investments have yields we cannot predict and measure. Universities are stewards of living tradition. This resonated with me with my colleagues at the National Archives in washington because we like to think the same of our institution. We are focused on educational issues at all levels and civic leadership issues at all levels as a key role in our mission to serve the public. A little word on her background, doctor fausts background. She serves before her current post as the founding dean of the Radcliffe Institute for advanced studies from 2001 to 2007. She has been held in a number of other academic ....