Stay updated with breaking news from Read court. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Distance and fall other guidelines and regulations so thank you for your patience and following those. We have here today judge jeff sutton, he flew in last night, right through the storm, and so were grateful his flight made it here safely and were able to have this event today. Judge sutton is a judge of the u. S. Court of appeals for the six inch circuit where the served since 2003. Nominated by george w. Bush. He is a former solicitor general of ohio, hes been in private practice, has clerked for several judges, including justice ask Justice Scalia, the subject of his new book. The title of the occasion today is essentialal scalia. Were all about scalia in this chapter. Judge sutton revved hi ba from William College and law degree from the ohio state university. Chair of the federal Judicial Conference Co ....
Hear from thell Plimoth Patuxet deputy executive director Richard Pickering told and about the origins of the mayflower compact. I Plimoth Patuxet deputy am executive director Richard Pickering. Themter by the name gives the name pilgrim fathers. They are still called this today. We as americans tend to call them pilgrims. The reason that this is cited is because William Bradford refers to them as pilgrims. Pilgrims,p but lowercase. We need to remember that they did not have a group identity. They were a heterogeneous group that had to learn to live together. When you think about how do people sound in colonial england. The first few ships that will follow, there were upwards of 17 different dialect r ....
Them pilgrims. The reason the word is cited is that William Bradford in his chronicle and also in his poetry referred to them as pilgrims. Not uppercase, big p, famous pilgrims, but as pilgrims, people who went on a journey for religious reasons, went on a journey for personal discovery. And so that use of the word pilgrim gives them a group identity, but we all need to remember they themselves did not have a group identity. They were a very heterogeneous group that had to learn to live together. When you think about how did people sound in colonial new england, aboard mayflower and the first few ships that would follow, there were upwards of 17 different dialect regions represented in plymouth and they lived in an age prior to recording. Very rarely, unless you were in a big city, did you hear anybody speak english in a way other than your own dialect or accent. Imagine what it is like to be aboard ship with people that you are ....
Today we honor the service of those who have worn the uniform of the armed forces of the United States who are proud veterans. I will be a commander in chief who respects your sacrifice, understands your service, and will never betray the values you fought so bravely to defend. And this was Donald Trumps first tweet today. We will win. Actually, it was a retweet of himself. [ laughter ] its hard to believe that in 75 short years weve gone from this to this. But we have. Trump did emerge from his bunker today. He visited Arlington Cemetery to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown loser i mean, soldier. Those were his words, not mine. That was his only scheduled event of the week so far. Hes busy doing everything he can to maintain his tiny cheetolike grip on the presidency. Several top defense officials, our pentagon, ....