Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining us and welcome to the National Constitution center. Im jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by dock congress to disemanate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis and to fulfill that inspiring goal, we have a series of programs we call ourselves americas town hall and we bring together the best voices from all sides of the spectrum to debate the constitutional issues in the center of american life. In the next few weeks we have a series of programs that i hope youll join us for, including on june 20, david boies and ted olson will come to discuss their new book about marriage equality. On june 26, well have a wonderful debate with our partners at intelligence squared about the constitutionality of restrictions on Campaign Finance reform. On june 16 well have discussion of the cell phone case thats the Supreme Co
Say these things. This say trend unfortunately we see. Nominees start out in support. They change their mind. Which suggests we cant wait out this issue. Its not an age issue. This is a concern about the public and that we keep hearing this concern that the public wont understand what theyre seeing, that they wouldnt understand oral argument is just a part of the process. They wont understand that the justices have to be harsh on both sides. They mied think someone is getting ganged up on. I find this to be concerning because it suggests that more information is actually going to be bad for the public, that the public needs to be shielded from information. It does seem to have an elitism to it that already those of us who do read the transcripts and li listen to the audio or read the reports from the Supreme Court press corps, that were the types that can understand where oral argument falls but tv would reach a different kind of audience who wouldnt understand it. I find this very con
I either take this commitment at face value or someone is playing a different game here and i hope thats not the fact. Coming up on cspan 3 a discussion on Judicial Independence and politics. Then former nba Kareem Jabbar talks about racism in sports. And president obamas ambassador to russia faces a confirmation hearing. American artifacts on American History tv. This weekend our visit to the National Security archives at George Washington university reveals declassified documents about the gulf of tonkin in vietnam. American artifacts, sunday at 6 00 and 10 00 p. M. Eastern and watch more American History tv next week while congress is in recess American History tv will be in primetime monday through friday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern featuring watergate. Now women judges talk about some of the challenges of maintaining Judicial Independence when being subjected to partisan election campaigns. Speakers include a judge involved in the 2000 bush v gore decision and an yoi judge who lost her
Against isis taking over the bajee refinery. Thats a critical moment in history if theyre successful in doing that. What can be done, what neis needed. One of the first place they were deployed was around the fire. So that is one example. And as we continue to assess the situation in iraq, we have identified specific Strategic Site were concerned about, and we want to make sure iraqi has whatever capability they need to defend them. The kurds are sitting on a reserve of 45 billion a barely. Without coordinating those experts in the central authorities in baghdad. And baghdad seems to unhe have. How can we help the Iraqi Government to better improve its resources and make a system for all iraqis . How can we play a bigger role . Well, this is something where we can play a direct role, and its one reason we had to get through the election and try to get new government reform so we can get traffic on this issue. The their own experts right now, they approach a little less than half of tha
S p futures up by just over 3. 5. The nasdaq up by 6. 5 points. Also in europe this morning, Philadelphia Fed president Charles Plosser pointing at the weather for a blurry economic forecast. As you pointed out, it has been very noisy. Weve had storm after storm after storm, particularly on the east coast. Its been very difficult to get a decent reading on the economy. I think its important that we sort of take a step back, be patient here, and not overreact to whats going on because we just dont really know for sure yet. The fed beige book yesterday citing the weathers impact on the nations economic conditions. Well see if weather is a factor in todays collection of economic reports. At k8 30 a. M. , we get weekly jobless claims. The economy is expecting a reading of 338,000 to 348,000 we saw the week before. And at 10 00 eastern time, the january factory orders report will be released. Thats a decline of 0. 3 is what economists are looking for there. Treasury secretary jack lew will