i m paul sparrow, the director of the franklin roosevelt presidential library in hyde park, new york, and we re recording this story on september 17th which is constitution day. what better way to celebrate constitution day than to talk about the supreme court with two outstanding experts on the subject. no president had a more significant impact on the supreme court than the, the dr fdr. he appointed eight9 justices during his administration. he helped change american democracy. he got to appoint no justices during his first term. the role of the supreme court has changed over the years and certainly plays a central role in our political process. but headache no mistakes make no mistakes, the court has always been political. joining he today is john at st. johns university and fellow at the robert h. jackson center. he s the biographer of justice [inaudible] and editor of jackson s acclaimed 2003 posthumous book, quote, that man: an insider s portrait of franklin d.
where did they meet? they met in london at a ball and their first meeting was not particularly a successful one. my father saw this beautiful girl standing in a doorway and asked his mother. to introduce him to her. which my grandmother did and went upon my mother recounted how this young man was introduced and then just stood there staring at her. so my mother became extremely embarrassed and made a sign to a bow of hers who was standing nearby who came whistling up and whisked her off to dance and as they were dancing. he said to her whatever you doing talking to such a frightful care. does winston churchill, but it was then four years later. they met at a dinner party and that time he didn t miss his chances. what was winston churchill doing when he met your mother? he just become a member of mr. asked with radical reforming and liberal government and he was in his first post as secretary board of president of the board of trade. his first cabinet post. was he an elected m
note series. what comes to mind when you think back? what do you think of when you think of your mom and dad? two lovely, lovable people. how long have they been gone? my father died in 1965, and my mother in 1977, so quite a long time. where did they meet? they met in london at a ball. and their first meeting was not a particularly successful one. my father saw this beautiful girl standing in a door way and asked his mother to introhim to her, which my grandmother did. and my mother resounds how this young man was introduced and then just today there staring at her and my mother became extremely em bartsdsed, and made a sign to a bo of hers. he said what are you doing talking to such a frightful cab. but four years later, they met at a dinner party and he didn t miss his chances. they had just become a member with rad kal reforming liberal government and he was in his first post as secretary president of the board of trade, his first cab nid post. was he an
There are a lot of hoover street signs in europe. There arent any memorials to the countless volunteers, nor to the u. S. Delegates who did the grunt work. But i think in the centennial year its important to remember that the work that they did. Thank you. This weekend, on the cspan networks, politics, books and American History. On cspan saturday, at 6 00 p. M. Eastern, hurricane katrinas tenth anniversary with the live coverage from new orleans. Speakers include president bill clinton and Mitch Landrieu and sunday evening at 6 30 on our road to the white house coverage, speeches from Democratic Candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Committee Summer meeting in minneapolis. On c haspan2, book tv. Talking to the New York Times immigration reporter liz robins about his book undocumented tracing the journey to the top of the class of Princeton University and sunday at 1 15 p. M. , to mark the tenth anniversary of hurricane katrina, several programs about
Plain. This is another hoover sign. There are a lot of hoover street signs in europe. There arent any memorials to the countless volunteers, nor to the u. S. Delegates who did the grunt work. But i think in the centennial year its important to remember that the work that they did. Thank you. This weekend, on the cspan networks, politics, books and American History. On cspan saturday, at 6 00 p. M. Eastern, hurricane katrinas tenth anniversary with the live coverage from new orleans. Speakers include president bill clinton and Mitch Landrieu and sunday evening at 6 30 on our road to the white house coverage, speeches from Democratic Candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Committee Summer meeting in minneapolis. On c haspan2, book tv. Talking to the New York Times immigration reporter liz robins about his book undocumented tracing the journey to the top of the class of Princeton University and sunday at 1 15 p. M. , to mark the tenth anniversary of hurri