May have different goals but they all share the same primary objectives and the confidence in our democracy and they are thrilled when the disinformation causes us to point fingers at each other rather than at them. The good news is we spent the last four years gearing up for this unlike the Obama Biden Administration on whose watch even democrats admit we were called. The Trump Administration workede with congress and others to get us ready. The white house has imposed sanctions on russians who interfered in 2016. The department of justice, the department of Homeland Security and the Intelligence Community led efforts to strengthen and coordinate our defenses. And here in the senate the Intelligence Committee spent years studying whatha went wrong in 2016 and published a 1300 page report with recommendations. In the last two years alone we passed more than 800 million to fund and support secure elections. They described last night they are being combated by the federal government and
They announced that iran and russia exploited voter information to send misleading emails. This is just another reminder that multiple different adversaries with multiple different objectives want to fuel division among americans and create chaos. Iran, china, russia, and other adversaries may have different goals, but they all share the same primary objective of undermining americas confidence in our democracy and they are thrill thrill they are thrilled when their disinformation causes us to point fingers at each other rather than at them. The good news is that we spent the last four years gearing up for this. Unlike the obamabiden information on whose watch even democrats admit we were caught flatfooted, the Trump Administration worked overtime with congress and other actors to get us ready. The white house has imposed harsh new sanctions on russians to interfered in 2016. The department of justice, the department of homeland security, and the Intelligence Community have led efforts
This philosophy that some historians have called right related liberalism. The idea that liberalism was primarily devoted to the protection of individual rights. As a result, the Supreme Court became an important mechanism for this. One problem, which is that if you are going to govern, you have to be able to appoint Supreme Court justices. This becomes an increasingly fraught prospect for liberals. So the backdrop. Lbj. After 1964 with the Civil Rights Act, 1965 with the Voting Rights act, he has a sense that the Supreme Court will be significant. Unlike with kennedy, there are no openings on the court. Johnson essentially creates one. The first one comes in 1965. It is a custom which dates back to the wilson administration. There was one jewish member on the court. The jewish member on the court in the early 1960s was arthur goldberg. He had been appointed by jfk. Johnson however wants to appoint this man, his longtime lawyer and fairly close personal friend and advisor, abe fortas.
The idea that it was a particular job of the Supreme Court to stand up on behalf of people who may not have majority support. Whether it was atheists or Civil Rights Activist or criminal defendants throughout the 1960s. Second was the emergence of this philosophy that some historians have called right related liberalism. The idea that liberalism was protected individual rights. As a result, the Supreme Court became an important mechanism for this. One problem, which is that if you are going to govern, you have to be able to appoint Supreme Court justices. This becomes an increasingly fraught prospect for liberals. Lyndon b. Johnson, after 1964 with the Civil Rights Act, 1965 with the Voting Rights act, he has a sense that the Supreme Court will be significant. Unlike with kennedy, there are no openings on the court. Johnson essentially creates one. He first comes in 1965. It is a custom which dates back to the wilson administration. There was one jewish member on the court. The jewish
Education committee looks at how to open schools safely in the fall during the pandemic. Members will hear from the Dallas School superintendent, the national pga president , and the pediatrics professor. Watch live at 10 15 eastern on cspan three, online at cspan. Org or listen live with the free cspan radio app. All persons having business before the Honorable Supreme Court of the United States have managed to get their attention. Landmark cases. Cspans special history series. Produced in partnership with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice and may please the court, quite often in many of our most famous decisions, are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases to illustrate very dramatically the visual of what it means for different people who have helped to stick together because they created a rule of law. Good evening and welcome t