Here we are in the midst of sorting through another close election. We asked you because youve been covering this Supreme Court since 1986 to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election. What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align id logically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a leader of that court. Ohn stephens, david sutter and Ruth Ginsburg and steven briar, on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Connor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Would you say a bit more about William Rehnquist and his approach t
Friday, an incredibly strong job market and an economy. Maria bingo. Dagen i want to point out, there was a Consumer Sentiment report that came out from the university of michigan on friday, seven month high on Consumer Sentiment. Virtually none of the respondents, zero, or 1 of the respondents mentioned impeachment. You have wages that are growing in the november report for production and nonsupervisory workers, the growth in wages was near a post recession high, up 3. 7 . Thats higher than the overall growth rate of 3 . What does that mean . It means that income inequality is shrinking in this country. Thats what people feel. Thats what if anybody you talk to, theyre not talking about impeachment, theyre not talking about oh, what did trump say and wringing their hands about that. They know they can get a better job, they know they can get higher wages. Maria thats absolutely right. Dagen theres safety and security in their finances. Thats what matters. Maria incomeen equality, ive b
Good afternoon, everyone. I am the dean of the harvard graduate institute and is my pleasure to welcome all of you, whether you are joining us in person or online, to todays discussion on free speech on campus. We plan to this discussion some weeks ago, but i bet it has become an increasingly crucial conversation. Before i introduce those on todays program, allow me to express my gratitude to the Radcliffe Institute Leadership Society and our donors whose generosity keeps our program free and open to the public. I also want to thank todays distinguished speakers for sharing their expertise and perspectives, and i thank everyone who is joining us this afternoon for engaging in this critically important conversation. As i moved to an introduction of the substance of the program, i have a request for you. During this fraud period of understandably strong opinions and strong emotions, i ask that we engage with one another as generous listeners. With open minds and open hearts. Thank you in
Judicial independence, this is just over an hour. Thats a very bright light. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is mike hogan, assistant Vice President for development and human relations at jw law school. Its my privilege to welcome you all this afternoon to the fifth and final conversation with Supreme Court Justice Steven bryer, arc of a great career. [applause] Justice Bryer welcome back to gw. I would like to extend welcome to gw alumni and friends and various members of gw alumni Advisory Boards that have joined us from around the country including california, arizona, illinois, new york and, of course, here in washington, d. C. Its now my great pleasure to introduce the dean of the George Washington University Law school please welcome to the stage dean dana boeing matthew. [applause] so excited. Im going stay on script, though. Good afternoon and welcome im dana, my pronouns are she, her and hers. It is my great privilege to welcome you to this the fifth and final installment of thi
Thats a very bright light. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is mike hogan, assistant Vice President for development and human relations at jw law school. Its my privilege to welcome you all this afternoon to the fifth and final conversation with Supreme Court Justice Steven bryer, arc of a great career. [applause] Justice Bryer welcome back to gw. I would like to extend welcome to gw alumni and friends and various members of gw alumni Advisory Boards that have joined us from around the country including california, arizona, illinois, new york and, of course, here in washington, d. C. Its now my great pleasure to introduce the dean of the George Washington University Law school please welcome to the stage dean dana boeing matthew. [applause] so excited. Im going stay on script, though. Good afternoon and welcome im dana, my pronouns are she, her and hers. It is my great privilege to welcome you to this the fifth and final installment of this only gw experience. Amazing series would not hav