History of gun regulation and how the Second Amendment has been interpreted over the citys. Good morning, and welcome. Its a pleasure to welcome you to this briefing hosted by the National History center. Im karin wulf, im the executive director of the institute of Early American History and culture at william and mary and ill be introducing todays speakers and moderating the q a afterwards. Please note that we have distributed cards, theyre on your chairs. And the purpose of those cards is to facilitate the q a. Jeff is standing outside. Hes waving. Jeff will collect those cards for any questions that you have and ill facilitate the discussion the speakers. Were looking forward to a very valuable hour of presentation and discussion. This briefing is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the National History center that brings Historical Perspective to issue confronting congress and the nation. The center is strictly nonpartisan and as such the purpose of the briefing is not to advoca
Reporting on the life and career of Robert Mueller. Washington journal is next. Host the flag halfstaff today in honor of john paul stevens. Democrats and the white house reached a budget deal allowing the government to borrow beyond current limits, green lighting additional spending in the coming years. As we take you through what that means for the fiscal house, we spend the first hour hearing about your personal fiscal house. Give us a call and tell us how much debt you carry and how concerned you are about it. Phone numbers different this morning. If you carry no debt, 202 748 8000. If you carry below 50,000 in debt, 202 7488001. Andou carry between 50,000 100,000 in debt, 202 7488002 , and if you are over 100,000 in debt, 202 7488003. Catch up with us on social media, on twitter cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspa n. Good Tuesday Morning to you. Start calling in. Let us know how much debt you have. We will give you a sense of the overall personal debt facing american fam
The usc center on communication leadership and policy. [chatter] welcome to the first monday in august, august 5, our first monthly program. These programs are a partnership of three organizations. The university of Southern California Annenberg Center for leadership and policy, the Public Policy the publicd Diplomacy Association of america , whose president is also here. Our speaker today is has many us. Gs to tell i know she has been trying to figure out how to cut it down, so i will cut my introduction short. Libby liu is the longest serving, by far, head of a network of u. S. International broadcasting. She goes back to the bush administration, which no one else i think can claim. Radio free asia, which is what she heads, brings journalism from the denied areas of china,orth korea, and other areas winning awards, and then, of course, turns around and sends journalism back to denied areas. Libby, in addition to being the longest serving network head in u. S. International broadcasti
Appellate attorney erin murphy at an event hosted by Dartmouth College in hanover, New Hampshire. This is about two hours. [applause] let me now introduce our speakers and our moderator. Joseph blocher is a professor at Duke University school of law. As a professor at Duke University school of law. Baned his phd be degree from rice university, a masters from cambridge and a jd from yell. Yale. Joe stepped the breathing for the Landmark Supreme Court versus halloran 2008. The district of columbia firearms control regulation act of 1975 required other things that all firearms be kept quote unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock. It also restricted residents from owning handguns except those registered prior to the enactment of the law. In a five to four decision, the Supreme Court said that the Second Amendment protects an individuals right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia. And to use that arm for traditionally normal purposes such as selfdefense w
Allow abortion on demand up to the moment of birth. It takes all the state level protections and abolishes them. Bottom, line it doesnt codify roe, mr. Chairman, becomes one of the most extreme laws anywhere in the world. Colorado, new jersey, new mexico, oregon, vermont are passing laws with absolutely no restrictions. The democratic bill is in the same ilk with taxpayer funding. Lets take a look and see how that would put us as a nation regarding the rest of the world. As you see behind me, 47 of 50 European Union nations limit abortion at 15 weeks or below. France is at 14 weeks. China, north korea, iran and a few other nations allow abortion on demand up to the moment of birth. Your bill would put us in that category. 14 week limitations, france, belgium, germany, spain. 12 weeks, denmark and norway. My proposal is having a National Minimum standard of 15 weeks for exceptions for rape, incest, life of the mother, pregnancies. Why do we do this . By 15 weeks, and unborn child has te