sensibilities better than the home he built that 1790. one he lived with his family and the people who are enslaved into death in 1835. the objects bring the rim alive. it does not take much to imagine the activity in the enslaved household and others who visited john marshals home. his books, furnishing, paintings, tableware, and personal items provided detailed picture of who he was, there is no artifact that define martial judicial career better than the robe he wore during the 34-year-old tenure as chief justice of the united states supreme court. the robe was cared for by generations of descendants, before finding its way into our connection. marshall wore this robe as he provided over 34 years of supreme court cases. during which time the supreme court was elevated to a coequal branch of the federal government. today, a simple black robe is the recognizable icon of the american judicial system. iconic symbols are often worn as stories. stories are resent who we are as a
Particularly on nights like tonight when we can really look at American History in unique and unusual ways. We are honored to be joined by Tonights Panel, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. [ applause ] Supreme Court Justice Sonia sotomayor. [ applause ] catherine fitts. [ applause ] and Supreme Court Society Publications director Clare Cushman. [ applause ] it is now my privilege to introduce the 13th secretary of the smithsonian institution, dr. David skorton, a Board Certified cardiologist, a jazz musician and he was recently the president of Cornell University and previously served as president of the university of iowa. He has interested in learning, as wide as the smithsonian, and most importantly tonight, hes a pescuitarian. [ applause ] thanks, john, for the introduction and thank you from the American People for the great job you do, so innovative and creative at this amazing museum. Especially in such an interesting Election Year we all appreciate everything you and y
Here in america and we did a lot of research on it. Whats your opinion . Lets look at what has been created and so on. I think the way the country has turned it basically is wonderful, and these guys took a great chance and they risked their lives and a lot of people died so we did have a government where the states took place. The irony that i bring up and i read about the tea party is that in fact there is not a lot in common between the contemporary tea parties and the fiscal policy ideas about the fiscal policy. David mccullough on 60 minutes the last few weeks was talking about the fact that we have become historical the illiterate in his opinion and they asked him why that was. I wonder what you think about that. Can i ask that question . Do you agree . It is the fault of my wonderful profession. I dont think we teach history as it should be taught. It was a wonderful story about the past that helped to answer questions about our president , and i think the better that we teach h
Incentive to take risk and i have a chapter on the book on organizational structure and how to that can shape risk taking. Id like to go to the other side of the equation. Theres a section in the book, and i would imply this to the regulators as well and everybody and Board Members the power of simple questions. In other words, there are certain simple questions you, when you ask them and pursue the answers you learn something. In the late 2000s fannie mae took a large hit for an ordinary company not large for them because they were such a big company on manufacturing housing loan. In 2003, the chief Credit Office at fannie mae wrote a report saying one of the lessons is you cant trust the aaa rating because we bought aaa pieces on the mobile home loans and they createred on us. Craters on us. Again, if somebody starts to ask questions and say why arent you doing Due Diligence on what youre buying regardless of whether it has a rating and remember underneath the rating in terms of the
Experts say that for thousands of years, women were at the forefront of producing the world’s beer. In history’s eyes, brewing is only recently male-dominated. Now, an Arizona-based nonprofit has one goal: to help women reclaim their place. Gender equality and beer have a much deeper connection than one might think.