Peter i am going to go ahead and turn it over to john. I want to start with something i read in the introduction. Just absolutely fascinated by. And it is about your father. It is really a lovely story. Irwin silber. Book, published a songs of the civil war. He was not like a diehard civil war buff. He was not that kind nina he did like to sing the songs. Peter i have a question about your father. This is what you wrote. This book is not about my father civil war. It is partly about the people who created the civil war my father came to love as well as those who created the kind of civil war that he despised. So tell us, what did you mean by that . How can that help us sort of frame your book . Then we will turn it over to john. Nina so i think come in terms of the kind of the civil war that he came to love, i guess i would say that was the civil war i am going to say it was the civil war created by the popular front. By that, i mean this sort of loose coalition of civil rights organiz
National politics in the new republic, one the best book award from the societies of historians of the early american republic. Her most recent book, the field of blood violence and congress and the road to civil war, explores physical violence in 1830 and the civil war. What it suggests about the institution of congress, the nature of american sectionalism, the challenges of the young nations developing democracy, and the longstanding roots of the civil war. Welcome professor. Thank you as my pleasure to be here, its my particular pleasure to continue with the introductions, and introduced the three people who are going to be joining us on the panel today. First, catherine associate professor of history at Purdue University and an editor of made by history at the washington post. Her recent and keeping focus on the intersections between media, politics, and popular culture. With that particular emphasis on the american presidency. Her first book, showbiz politics, hollywood in america
Im going to eliminate the trump tax cuts, eliminate those tax cuts. Okay. Make sure we invest in the people who in fact need the help you people out there need help. Why didnt you do it in the last 25 years . Why doesnt he do it in the last 25 years . Because you are the president messing things up. Despite you were a senator one of the worst ones america has ever had. Let me tell you, joe, ive done more in 47 month and you havent 47 years. It was a debate like no other, filled with interruptions, accusations, and namecalling. Good evening, everyone, im trent sommer. Im juli haener, with just 34 days left until the election, the candidates lashed out at each other , on the supreme court, the pandemic, and the economy. The ktvu political reporter greg leigh begins her coverage. Julia frank good evening, you said it, a train wreck of the first debate going into tonight, pulls showed 86 of voters have already made their minds, but if you are one of those few undecided voters, tonight was
Kind of justice she would be if appointed to the court. Adler, a memorial professor of law at the Case Western University school of law. A graduate of the george mason clarkhool, jonathan served on the d. C. Circuit. Jonathan worked with the Competitive Enterprise Institute or he was a director of their environmental studies program. Anathan has received distinguished teacher of the year award and the federal society for excellent in teaching and commitment to students. Fellow at aa senior he isch center in montana a frequent commentator. His articles appear in many newspapers and scholarly journals. He is the author and editor of several books. He is a regular contributor to the bulletin. Well talk about Administrative Law and due process. After jonathan, well hear from Professor John baker. He is from Louisiana State University School of law. Atis a visiting professor Georgetown School and a guest lecturer at many other universities both here and abroad. Classcurrently teaching via z
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