Really in advance of direction from the u. S. A print port court. This is a case building the record for a case that might ultimately arrive at the court where the Supreme Court can decide if they only faced this question once in history, and 1976 whether the Death Penalty as a punishment is unconstitutional. This federal judge at least believe so. We are running up against time, give about 30 seconds on concluding thoughts. I think the recent decision is a prediction of the eventual future of the Death Penalty. Whether its in the short term or depending on who is on the Supreme Court the longerterm. We feel confident the Death Penalty is on its way out as an american institution. The only way that places like texas, alabama, or louisiana will fully abandon the Death Penalty is if the Supreme Court tells them to have to. We think that day is coming. Im sure john mason hopefully when Justice Breyer is still around to enjoy it. Right 90 think back in the history, you wrote about torture
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Negotiating to end the machinist strike that shut down the 60 of the u. S. Commercial airline industry. Narrator in 1908, few people outside of texas hill country could tell with any certainty where the Pedernales River was located. But on the banks of that river in a modest springhouse a baby , was born to sam and rebecca johnson, a baby whose grandfather proudly proclaimed to the countryside a united , states senator was born today, my grandson. The old gentleman was partly right, but he set his sights too low. For the son of sam and rebecca johnson, a half century later, visits the same house on the banks of the pedernales, not as senator, but as president of the United States. Here in his beloved hill country, he rests for a few days observes with his family and friends the 190th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence. He would unwind but not completely. For as he celebrates the National Holiday as a private citizen he still bears the , burden of presidency.
Ago, july 1966. The half hour Program Begins with president johnson relaxing at his ranch in texas for the Independence Day holiday. It concludes with lbj negotiating to end the machinist strike that shut down the 60 of the u. S. Commercial airline industry. Narrator in 1908, few people outside of texas hill country could tell with any certainty where the Pedernales River was located. But on the banks of that river , in a modest springhouse, a baby was born to sam and rebecca johnson, a baby whose grandfather proudly proclaimed to the countryside, a United States senator was born today, my grandson. The old gentleman was partly right, but he set his sights too low. For the son of sam and rebecca johnson, a half century later, visits the same house on the banks of the pedernales, not as senator, but as president of the United States. Narrator here in his beloved hill country, he rests for a few days and quietly observes with his family and friends the 190th anniversary of the signing of