Display in the building. I would like to specially thank the society for its efforts to assist my predecessor and the Curators Office of obtaining the portraits of all 19 of the prior courts which have now been obtained. On behalf of all the officers of the court here, i would like to thank the society for the all the efforts they give to all of us. We are joined by three distinguished scholars for discussion of the civil war and its impact on Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. The moderator of the program will be professor brad snyder. He is an assistant professor of law at the university of Wisconsin Law school. He is the author of wellpaid slave. He is currently at work on the society of truth and other progressives that lived in the Dupont Circle rowhouse and formed a political salon in the 1910s. He has written extensive articles about justice holmes. Tonights analysts are James Mcpherson and g. Edward white. James mcpherson is the George Henry Davis Professor Emeritus of United State
Welcome to the Supreme Court. It is great to see so many people here for the Supreme Court historical societys second lecture of the 2014 government lecture series. The society was formed in 1974 by chief Justice Warren burger with the notion of promoting public understanding of the history of the court. It does that in many ways through lectures like these, through the publication three times a year of the journal of Supreme Court history, and through the acquisition of portraits of the justices for display in the building. I would like to specially thank the society for its efforts to assist my predecessor and the Curators Office of obtaining the portraits of all 19 of the prior courts which have now been obtained. On behalf of all the officers of the court here, i would like to thank the society for the all the efforts they give to all of us. We are joined by three distinguished scholars for discussion of the civil war and its impact on Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. The moderator o
Can change. Its a packed sunday, im chuck todd. Joining me to provide insight and analysis are nbcs joe scarboroughboro, Malika Henderson of the washington post, andrea michelle, andrew liter, buzzfeeds john stanton and amy walter of the political report. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, this is meet the press. And good morning. Obviously its a pretty big honor for me to be sitting in this chair as the 12th moderator of this program following in the footsteps of the likes of tim russert and, of course, david gregory. As you can see, were making a few changes around here. As i like to say, were living in a house as we remodel it, so the program in this studio will continue to evolve over the coming months. But what better way to start off my first show than with an exclusive sitdown with the president of the United States. To say its been a long, hot summer for president obama is quite an understatement. The brutal rise of isis in iraq and sy
Know whats going on, everything can change. Its a packed sunday, im chuck todd. Joining me to provide insight and analysis are nbcs joe scarboroughboro, Malika Henderson of the washington post, andrea michelle, andrew liter, buzzfeeds john stanton and amy walter of the political report. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, this is meet the press. And good morning. Obviously its a pretty big honor for me to be sitting in this chair as the 12th moderator of this program following in the footsteps of the likes of tim russert and, of course, david gregory. As you can see, were making a few changes around here. As i like to say, were living in a house as we remodel it, so the program in this studio will continue to evolve over the coming months. But what better way to start off my first show than with an exclusive sitdown with the president of the United States. To say its been a long, hot summer for president obama is quite an understatement. The br
Know whats going on, everything can change. Its a packed sunday, im chuck todd. Joining me to provide insight and analysis are nbcs joe scarboroughboro, Malika Henderson of the washington post, andrea michelle, andrew liter, buzzfeeds john stanton and amy walter of the political report. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, this is meet the press. And good morning. Obviously its a pretty big honor for me to be sitting in this chair as the 12th moderator of this program following in the footsteps of the likes of tim russert and, of course, david gregory. As you can see, were making a few changes around here. As i like to say, were living in a house as we remodel it, so the program in this studio will continue to evolve over the coming months. But what better way to start off my first show than with an exclusive sitdown with the president of the United States. To say its been a long, hot summer for president obama is quite an understatement. The br