Now on cspan2 book tv, television for serious readers. Welcome to heritage. Thank you for joining us. We will have a fun discussion today about the new book power grab and to introduce them is senator mike, a great friend of heritage and a best friend of the constitution. Hello. Its a pleasure to be with you. This merges several of my interests. The constitution, conservative politics, books about the things the Heritage Foundation and my friends jason and julie chafe this. Ive known them for a long time. I first came to know jason over 30 years ago when he became a place kicker at byu. Hes really good. Till this day he holds some records including the most successful scored in a single game and i think in a single season, and he was also famous for the fact that immediately after he picked a field goal the helmet would come off and then he had this awesome job to the sideline and he became famous for that. I think it resulted in something called the chafe its rule. I think it played a
Afternoon, im looking forward to the discussion. I promise to be nicer than the associate justices were in interrupting when they made their arguments. We are here because of this gentleman to my left, gerald bought stock who lost his job because of his Sexual Orientation. He was an awardwinning Child Welfare advocate in the casa program in Clayton County, georgia. He took the program to unprecedented levels of success and hes making a difference in the lives of neglected children in his community, all of that changed when the county learned that he was gay. Hes been encouraging his friends to join a gay softball league. The fascinating part of this case and we will learn about how the Supreme Court arguments went this morning, goes back to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law protects americans from Workplace Discrimination, the Appeals Court has apparently splintered on this, the second and seventh circuit ruled it protects americans of lgtbq, but the 11th circuit did not. This is h
Discussion on the 2020 census and hispanic voters. From the National Association of latino elected and appointed officials annual conference in miami, this saabout 50 minutes. So this afternoon wed like to spend a few minutes reflecting, first, on what we heard this morning and some of the issues that were addressed by the candidates as we delve into what were calling next year as the perfect storm. Right . So the 2020 census, youve all heard its coming, but theres also an election in 2020, and its all happening at the same time. And for better or for worse, the role of latinos in the 2020 census, the role of latinos in primaries and the november election, will be a key narrative of next year. And so what is thatimplications . How can we begin now to make sure that narrative tells the complete story of the impact latinos will have on american politics . So to help me have this conversation, please welcome to the stage as i introduce them. Let me start first with another past naleo pres
Government. The Supreme Court is expected to announce a decision this week on whether a Citizenship Question can be added to the 2020 census. The National Association of latino elected and appointed officials hosted a discussion on this topic at its annual conference in miami. This session addressed what kind of an impact the latino electorate could have on the president ial election and what steps the Latino Community and its leadership are taking to selfmobilize for next years census. So afternoon, wed like to spend a few minutes reflecting first on what we heard this morning and some of the issues that were addressed by the candidates as we delve into what were calling next year as the perfect storm. Right . So the 2020 census, you all heard its coming, but there is also an election in 2020. Arturo its all happening at the same time. And for better or for worse, the role of latinos in the 2020 census, the role of latinos in primaries and the november election will be a key narrative
Arturo its all happening at the same time. And for better or for worse, the role of latinos in the 2020 census, the role of latinos in primaries and the november election will be a key narrative of next year. And so what is that going to look like . What are its implications . How do we begin now so that narrative tells the complete story of the impact latinos will have on american politics . So to help me have this conversation, please welcome to the stage, as i introduce them, let me start, first, with another past naleo president , the current secretary of state of the great state of l. A. Ornia i am from the honorable alex padilla. If you could come on stage. Secretary padilla was elected in 2014 and became the first latino to hold the office of secretary of state. He previously served on the city council for the city of los angeles. Come on up, sir. Take a seat. And in the california state senate. [applause] arturo and he did us a great honor and favor by serving as cochair of the