The significance of the virginia statute for establishing religious freedom teaches far beyond the borders of the old dominion. Its influence ultimately extended to the Supreme Courts interpretation of the separation of church and state. In his latest book, todays speaker tells the story of that statute, beginning with its background and the struggle of colonial dissenters with an oppressive church of england. Displacing an established church by instituting religious freedom, the virginia statute divided the most substantial guarantees of religious freedom in any state of the new nation. The effort to implement jeffersons statute has even broader significance in anticipation of the conflict that would occupy the whole court after the Supreme Court nationalized the religion clause in the First Amendment in the 1940s. Thomas e. Buckley sj is currently in the university of los angeles. He taught in the History Department there for 22 years after receiving his doctorate from university of
Naval battle is considered one of the Largest Naval conflicts of world war ii. During johnston was sunk the battle and he was posthumously awarded the medal of august honor by congress. James hornfischer is the author of books on naval history, most recently, neptunes inferno. Recorded at the u. S. Naval academy, this is about one hour. Good morning and welcome. Imp daily, ceo of the u. S. Naval imp daily, ceo of the u. S. Naval institute. We are proud to partner with the Naval Academy on an important history topic. This years theme is leaders in action. Ordinary people doing the extraordinary i would ask you all to stand please for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Again, this year, we are deeply honored to have the william m. Wood Foundation House our conference sponsored. We think the conference and its trust
Paytoplay hot spots, inlets to intercept and influence mr. Trump. This report follows that bombshell investigation showing the president spade just 750 in federal income taxes the year he won the presidency. Joining us now is New York Times reporter ken vogle. Hes a part of the team behind the piece. Good evening. Good to be with you, good evening. I think we have known for a while the president s dealings if terms of the presidency and his business. There is a fabulous book called the grifters club. What would you say that adds to what a lot of people knew and suspected . Well, its just the numbers we found as you said in there 200 companies, corporations, individuals, foreign governments, Interest Groups that had business before the administration that wanted something from President Trump or his administration who patronized his businesses and in many of these cases, we found these were new customers. Folks who realized that this was a way to get in with the Trump Administration was
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