Including a number of u. S. Prima Court Justices who have enriched our community with. Provoking we are fortunate to have welcomed several outstanding judges including a number of u. S. Approval for justice who have enriched our community with thoughtprovoking speeches. Valueeavors to guard the and architecture of liberty, equality, and solidarity found in the constitution. It is done so against the excesses of majority rule, partisanship, or president ial overreach. The Supreme Court, however, is of nine individual human beings. Each with her or his individual perspective on the balances struck in the constitution, guidepostsprecise on decision making. This year is stephen lecturer is the honorable elana kagan, associate justice of the United States of court. [applause] notably, Justice Kagan replaced Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court after the late justice announced his president barack obama appointed her to the court. Justice kagan served as the first female solicitor general of
Tomorrow is Constitution Day commemorating the day when delegates of the Constitutional Convention signed a document establishing the new government for the United States of america. We have celebrated Constitution Day since 1956 at the archives, 4 years after installing the original document in the place of honor in the rotunda. Over the decades, we have celebrated the constitution in many ways. Tomorrow we host one of our favorite events, a ceremony for new citizens of the u. S. It is always a moving experience to watch people from all parts of the world stand in front of the apartment signed by our and swear50 years ago to support and uphold the constitution. Today, we are especially honored to have with us the sitting justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, associate Justice Neil Gorsuch has recently brought together his reflections on the constitution and the separation of powers into one volume, a republic if you can keep it. Himre pleased to welcome here to the home o
Judy please greet tonights candidates, they are businessman andrew yang, south bend, indiana ,ayor Pete Buttigieg massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, former Vice President , vermont senator minnesotaders, andtor amy klobuchar, businessman tom steyer. Welcome to all. We will be back to begin the debate. American workers are being stifled. It has to end. We are the only major country not to guarantee health care for all people. That is what it takes to be part of americas middleclass. Everybody deserves a living wage in this country. The proposals i am putting forward would make me the most progressive president in my lifetime. Tired of ourare politics, they have a home with me. We have a broken government in washington. We need a new voice and a new set of solutions. Announcer this is the pbs democraticlitico president ial debate. Live from los angeles, judy woodruff. Judy welcome back. A quick reminder of the rules. Each candidate has one minute and 15 seconds to answer direct ques
Yang, south bend, indiana mayor pete buttigieg, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren, former Vice President joe biden, vermont senator bernie sanders, minnesota senator amy klobuchar, and businessman tom steyer. Welcome to all. We will be back to begin the debate. American workers are being stifled. It has to end. We are the only major country not to guarantee health care for all people. That is what it takes to be part of americas middleclass. Everybody deserves a living wage in this country. The proposals i am putting forward would make me the most progressive president in my lifetime. If people are tired of our politics, they have a home with me. We have a broken government in washington, d. C. We need a new voice and a new set of solutions. Announcer this is the pbs newshourpolitico democratic debate. Live from los angeles, judy woodruff. Judy welcome back. A quick reminder of the rules. Each candidate has one minute and 15 seconds to answer direct questions from moderators. And
Rep. Yarmuth good to be with you. Joining us in the questioning is cristina marcos, who covers capitol hill. And the correspondent covering capitol hill for the wall street journal. Let me begin with the results yesterday in new orleans. In which john bel edwards, the democrat, winning with 51 of the vote. This is a state that donald trump won by 20 Percentage Points in 2016. He campaigned there in three separate occasions. It follows the election in your home state where andy beshear defeated the republican incumbent in kentucky. What does this tell you7 rep. Yarmuth well, it tells me that President Trumps endorsement does not mean a holland. I think there were probably extraneous factors in both cases. I know in louisiana a lot of former convicts had their Voting Rights restored recently. That could have played a role. In kentucky, we had a very unpopular governor, matt bevin, who has tried to undermine the Affordable Care act here, which would have taken Health Insurance away from 9