Excellence and is the author of several books including the law of the land a grand tour of our constitutional republic. I think that akhil was voted most popular professor at yale. At least he is my most popular professor. And you are all here because he is your most popular professor. Before we welcome the popular professor upon the stage, please turn off cell phones or Electronic Devices and join me in welcoming akhil reed amar. Thank you. [applause] dr. Amar good evening. Welcome. Thank you so much for coming. This is the New York Historical society. Were going to be talking about the Supreme Court and we will be talking about these Supreme Court history, but also talking about the new york angle on all of this, because this is the New York Historical society. And, yes, why is this night different from all others . A well, here is one thought. It is really only this week it has become, i think, pretty apparent that the upcoming president ial election will be a subway series between
Relationships between Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard taft and eugene debs. Welcome to viewers on cspans book tv. James chaces new book, 1912 wilson. Roosevelt, taft and debs the election that changed the country. It has just been published by simon and schuster. Woodrow Wilson Center is the memorial to our 28th president. Created in 1968 by an act of congress within the smithsonian institution. Because Woodrow Wilson headed Princeton University before becoming president the center memorializes his legacy as a bridge between the worlds of academia and public policy. It serves as a neutral forum for over 400 meetings a year where even the most contentious issues can be discussed. The center is nonadvocacy. It takes no position on policy issues. Rather the purpose of this Institutions Research and meetings is to contribute to the policy debate by providing Historical Context and an understanding of foreign cultures and perspectives. The results of these activities are
But change for the sake of change has no absolute merit in itself. [applause] hazard is thet preservation of western civilization, in our selfinterest alone if you please, it is the part of wisdom to change for the sake of change to a party with a split personality. To a leader home we all respect, but who has been called upon to minister to our hopeless case of political schizophrenia. If the fear is corruption in official position, do you believe with Charles Evans knows no party, do you doubt the power of any political leader if he has the will to do so, to set his own se in order without his without his neighbors having to burn it down . [applause] in commonconcern me with thinking of partisans in both parties is not just winning this election, but how it is won. How we can take advantage of this great opportunity to debate issues sensibly and soberly. I hope and pray that we democrats, win or lose, can campaign not as a crusade to exterminate the opposing party, as our opponent se
And 40s. That is one of his films. Things, the amazing beautiful green, that alina for. Is leena. Own, that and black exploitation movies. This is eddie murphy from Beverly Hills cops. Both what the movies were and what they were about, the struggle to define and control ones identity. Take a quick look and then we will move to the last stop. The goal here is the realize that comedy plays an important political role as well. Theater,evision, respected the exciting and wonderful moments of the museum. The other thing, this museum was about views. We want to create opportunities for the public to really get some great views. Outside here, we will take you to the open look where you really get a great deal of the Washington National mall. Hold onto your hat. The windows are clean. I am so pleased. You can come and get this does vistas. You can see everything. When the fall comes and there are no leads, you can see the white house. This is part of our desire to give people these moments. I
And the ears of alfred e. Newman. [laughter] it is an honor to be here with al smith iv. Obviously, i never knew your greatgrandfather. But from everything senator mccain told me [laughter] the two of them had a great time before prohibition. [laughter] al smith of course i am delighted, but not surprised, by the final repeal of the 18th amendment. I have said all along that when it was properly submitted to the rank and file of our people, they would readily see that it had no place in our constitution. It would be very difficult if not impossible to explain to those who come to this country from the lesson taught to the coming generation, to make it their business to see that no such matter as this is ever again made the subject of federal constitutional laws. A peter sien you have been listening to the 2008 president ial nominees talking at and that years Al Smith Dinner followed by al smith himself you talking about the lifting of prohibition in 1933. Will welcome to the contenders