Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the sign institute of policy and politics summer series sign of the time. Im amy, executive director and at the sign institute we are a laboratory for University Wide collaboration and incubator for policy innovation. It can mean the best and brightest of the public, private, academic and nonprofit sectors as well as journalism and its program is only possible by a generous gift from our alumni, jeff simon and his wife meera for todays topic is the path to recovery, what is the true state of the u. S. Economy and it cannot be more timely. We would like to take a moment to acknowledge our cosponsor for this event, the school of business at American University and to think the dean for his support and also thank the distinguished leaders joining us today from our board of trustees and alumni board members. It is my pleasure at this time to introduce the people who will be leading this incredible conversation. Sylvia Matthews Burwell is president of
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Conferencing. Due to the governors order and the sixteenth proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency. The covid 19 emergency the Fire Commissions meeting at city hall is closed and will convene remotely. You can kawch a watch at sffd d. You can call and enter access code 146 7836196. Item one, roll call. roll call commissioner Tony Rodriguez has been excused. Item two general Public Comment. The general public can address any matter for up to two minutes that does not show up on the agenda. Commissioners are not to answer or enter debate into any speaker. The lack of response is not necessarily in agreement with or opposition of any Public Comment. is there any Public Comment at this time . there is no Public Comment. okay. Thank you. Public comment is hold on one moment. Did you want to make Public Comment . Caller three . No Public Comment. There is no Public Comment. okay. Is the caller waiting for another item . they are not talking. okay. Public comments is closed.
Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Number 7 59. Since row against weighed. Quite often, and very famous decisions, are ones that corked took that were quite unpopular. Let us go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually, what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspan and the National Constitution centers landmark cases. Tonight, we are going to be examining a 1944 war powers case of the Supreme Court. It is the story of korematsu v. United states. Aaa iaea detained through the course of the war. Mr. Korematsu said that was wrong. We have two people helping us learn the story. Peter irons is the civil rights attorney and editor of ten books including justice at war, the story of the japanese american internment cases. In the course of researching his book on this case, he found th
Congratulations on a hardfought campaign. Being a coach, you get into a game and you lose 20 loses, the other doesnt. One team of loses but the other doesnt. You both reach out after that. This is a great country we live in. I talked to senator sessions, he was awesome. He said, im all in. [applause] i think his service and what he has done for many years for the state and country. It is hard being in the public life that long. But i know that Jeff Sessions and his supporters are behind us. We will need everybody on deck. This is going to be hard. But we appreciate your support and we are all on the same team. [applause] the past year and a half, what is the hardest thing ive ever done, i traveled to every city, town, and crossroads in alabama. I have listened to stories, i listened to it all. I have listened to the concerns of everybody, there are a lot of people hurting. I have been listening. I have not taken anything for granted. I stood in the field with farmers. Putting their cro