Shannon from Wisconsin Public radio. Thank you so much for being here as well and moderating this conversation today. As always i want to thank the library and the Public Library foundation for the ongoing support of free cultural events through the wisconsin book festival. It is one of the great pleasures of this year for me that we are able to do these events virtually and ring is altogether even if we cant be all together. But we also have been expanded. There are many people from madison, many people from wisconsin with people from across the nation and across the globe so that is one small wonderful thing that has occurred because of the pandemic. We are grateful for it with with you today. Most notable are grateful Jennifer Palmieri is here to talk about her book, and i will turn the proceedings over to jennifer and shannon and and il sue at the end. Thank you so much. Thanks, tremor. This is so much fun. Thanks jennifer for joining us today. It is fun to be able to be in these d
The honorable, the chief justice and the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Oh yea oh yea oh yea, all persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States to give their attention with the court is sitting, god save the United States and this honorable court. We will hear arguments first this morning in 19 for 65, the lot below and the others versus the state of washington,. Mr. Chief justice and appease this court, the question in these cases is straightforward to the states have the power to control through law how an elector may vote, they do not, then ordinary expected meaning of the words of the constitution against the backlog of the framers deliberation make it clear that the state has no such power in what is also clear, washington is not like the constitution design, ask this court to read the words elector as agents or maybe better minion and it is clear that the board vote elector is not the constant meaning there vot
Hi kathie. So nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too. I enjoyed your book. Thank you. I would like to start this interview by talking a little bit about you. I also would like the audience to hear the story which honestly which really offended me. Which is in your introduction. You got a note from a professor claiming he would never be a political scientist. Can you say little bit about that . Speech i put that in the book because when i was in college i struggled with what i wanted to major in. I wanted about going into science, humanities or social science. And i finally decided on social science because i found those questions much more interesting comment engaging in urgent for me. My First Political science course we read all of the great political philosophers from plato on up. They were all asking the question, what is justice . What is Good Government . How can you organize a government and organize society to make life better for people. Particularly to make justice. So, i end
Judges, continuing to push, probably will look to expand the circuit courts if he wins a second term. Lots of people are talking about wanting to do that and appoint a lot more judges especially if the Senate Majority holds. I think youll see him look to get a covid package. Thats much more to his liking than the ones that were being proposed by nancy pelosi and hes going to have to decide from a total perspective and hell continue on the same path from tone, the question will be for him what can he accomplish assuming a Democratic House if he continues that way . And thats going to be his monumental decision. What legacy does he want or does he move away from it like many second term president s and move completely to Foreign Policy and try to accomplish something there. If joe biden still has a path, hes also 77 years old and was in some ways a transition figure for the Democratic Party. So there will be a generational struggle inside the Democratic Party whether joe biden wins or lo
[ cheers and applause announcer tonight on late night with seth meyers. Senator Amy Klobuchar, from saturday night live, comedian and actress, ego nwodim and all new closer look, featuring the 8g band with Todd Sucherman and now seth meyers. Seth welcome to late night, everybody. How are you doing tonight . I wasnt supposed to be here this evening but then nbc heard there was a competing talk show on another network and scheduled this for the exact same time at the last minute. During a Campaign Rally lets get to the news. During a Campaign Rally in georgia last week, President Trump said that if he loses the election he might leave the country. At which point 194 countries simultaneously shouted, not it during a Campaign Rally in pennsylvania last week, President Trump complained about his lack of support from suburban women and said, quote, suburban women, will you please like me . Look, man. Because of you, they have been in their houses drinking wine since march. They dont hate you