I thought before we dug into some of the decisions, that we could talk about the court itself. Since 2005, the then considerable turnover with justices. I was one if you could give us a thumbnail sketch of the new one. Sure. Obviously, the first one who we talk about as adequate as chief Justice Roberts, who was appointed by president george w. Bush. He was initially nominated to replace sandra day oconnor. While that nomination was pending the chief justice passed away and roberts was renominated for the rehnquist position. And that meant there had to be new nominees for the oconnor position, and samuel alito was nominated for that. They essentially arrived at the court at the same time to think that maybe in a month of overl overlap. And theyre both quite conservative coming out of the reaganbush era justice departments, and then later justices stevens and souter retired, and they were replaced by Justice Sotomayor, president obama appointed her the first hispanic american on the Sup
Gingrich ran that impeachment against bill clinton for ostensibly lying under oath, but we all know what it was. And its really too bad that this thing has gotten out of control and used so loosely. Because it was very grave, and it was. Public servants, regular people are not stars, and they made it happen, and they held the country together while they did it. Is that that you wanted to know . Is that what you wanted to though . Yeah. Its just what i wanted to know. [laughter] [applause] a public memory goes to those who rose to the occasion. Elizabeth will be sitting here and signing books. Well line up this way. As usual, please help us with the chairs. Thank you again, cspan. And thank you for coming, every one of you. [applause] booktv is on facebook. Like us to interact with booktv guest asks viewers, watch videos and get uptodate information on events. Facebook. Com booktv. Booktv continues now with Angelo Codevilla who says u. S. Leaders have forgotten that the Founding Fathers
With Angelo Codevilla who says u. S. Leaders have forgotten that the Founding Fathers placed the pursuit of peace is the highest objective of american statecraft and this goal was lost during the 20th century and must be regained for the u. S. To thrive in the future. This is about an hour. [applause] thank you jon and welcome to the heritage foundation. Peace has ever been mankinds desire and yet throughout history war has been his common practice. Consider the major conflicts of just the 20th century in which america has fought. World war i, world war ii, the korean war, the vietnam war, the iraqi war one and two, the afghan war and of course the cold war. In the wake of each word came the question, how can we make and more importantly how can we keep peace with other nations . Or are we doomed as in George Orwells apocalyptic novel in 1984 to a state of perpetual war . One way is peace through strength, basic principle of the Reagan Administration and the principle reason why the co
Next, first ladys influence taft. Focuses on helen later, Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister talks about the relationship between america and china. Helen taft was more ambitious about getting to the white house than her husband, William Howard taft, and was willing to get personally involved in politics to get him elected. She overcame a serious illness to directly manage the white house. Invited top Classical Musicians to perform there. Helen taft also has one of the most visible legacies of all first ladies. Washington d. C. s famous japanese cherry tree. Bring tens of thousands of visitors to washington every year. Good evening and welcome to first ladies. The life of helen taft. Her husband served in the white house until 1913. Here to speak about her life and legacy is her biographer. The biography of her is helen taft, our musical first lady. You open the book by making the case that she is the most obscure of 20th century first ladies. Why do you think she deserves better than be
Completely out of control. They know literally every nook and cranny. Melissa im going to get false smores floppies and carry them out together. Thats all the money we have for you today. We will see you back here tomorrow. Gerri willis is up next with a giant, sugary soda. Watch. Gerri hello. Im gerry willis. In less than a week president obama will be sworn in for his second term, but it is the last days of is first stern that are raising alarms from demanding republicans immediately raise the debt ceiling and lori about that pesky out of control spending later to considering as many 19 different guncontrol measures that he could in force as he gears up for his comprehensive plan tomorrow. Our president seems to think of himself like a king and said that our elected officials. Joining me now, former adviser to president george w. Bush. Senior fellow at the Cato Institute. I will start with you. Here is the president back in 2006 on the idea of raising the debt limit. He said, the fac