Collection. This video is courtesy of the kennedy library. He audience watched mrs. Kennedys full tour, but a brief view is shown in the first few minutes of this program. We considered having this Forum Last Night on the actual 50th anniversary of mrs. Kennedys tour but did not want to make any of you have to choose between sharing valentines day with loved once or with your friends here at the kennedy library. We are so pleased to have so many of you with us here this evening. 50 years ago Jacqueline Kennedy introduced herself to the nation. Ways she the introduced herself to many of us. On february 14th, 1962, it was a more substantive Jacqueline Kennedy who guided viewers on a televised tour of the white house, and the nation was transfixed. 46 million americans watched that night and an additional 10 million tuned in days larle. The reviews were laud tore, describing mrs. Kennedy as a virtuoso performer and an art critic of subtlety and standard. After dinner she and president ken
Is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people. And that is what they are trying to do in collaboration with cspan as we invite you to join us in listening to these oral arguments and then convening afterwards with some of americas most thoughtful scholars who filed briefs in our taking positions on both sidesof of the case to help us unpack the arguments we just heard. For an and this has been an extraordinary morning and weve heard three cases involving the president s power to resist the subpoena in the first cases from congress in the second case from the state District Attorney. There are two great scholars and two of americas leading experts on the law of the presidency especially as it relates to the subpoena. Andrew is the professor of law at Joseph Rosenfeld is a lowball at iowa law where he focuses on
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Constitution Center. I am the president of this institution and this is such a happy day to celebrate the collaboration between the National Constitution center and cspan. [applause] cspan has a mission to bring unfiltered information about the u. S. Government to american citizens and that coincides with the Constitution Centers mission which i want you to reside along with me to inspire our guests and viewers. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That was so well done. [applause] i was so thrilled when my friend and colleague susan swain, the head of cspan, came just a few months ago, or rather weeks ago, and said, we have this great new book on the president s. Let us launch it at the National Constitution center. It is such an honor to welcome back to the Constitution Center the great founder of cspan, b
The constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people. That is just what we are trying to do in collaboration with cspan, as we have invited you to join us in a listening to these important oral arguments and then convening afterwards with some of americas most thoughtful scholars who have filed briefs and are taking positions on both sides of the case to help us unpack the arguments we just heard. Friends, this has been an extraordinary morning. We are three cases along the president s power for subpoenas. Us to understand what we just heard our two great scholars into of americas ofding experts on the law the presidency, especially as it relates to the subpoenas. Andrew gray while his professor greywall is professor of law. His article congressional subpoenas in court was recently published in the North Carolina law review, where you can check it out. He is also the author of the article the president s
By inspiring ourselves with the National Constitution centers congressional mission, we are the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful, thank you so much, ladies and gentlemen. It just lifts the spirits and prepares us for the learning ahead. We are so grateful and honored that you have come to the National Constitution Center Tonight and grateful to cspan for covering this important discussion about womens suffrage and elizabeth stantons role in it. Cspan friends, during these anxious times, as many people are avoiding leaving the home in large public gatherings, its so urgently important to engage in Lifelong Learning and that is why watching cspan is so important. Please, also, and friends here as well, use the National Constitution centers virtual online resources to learn about the constitution. We have this spectacular new program called classroom exchanges that unites classrooms