Comports. Its a place where visitors come virtually as well as in person to experience democracy, handson learning about the u. S. Senate and use that knowledge as a touch stone to understand the branches of our government. Its also a place where we encourage participatory democracy. We just started a nonpartisan effort called just to vote. Go to the new website called just about. Org but most important, i encourage you on november 3, just vote. Its the most important thing we do as citizens. This is a place where we work to engage civil discourse and inspire the next generation of leaders and i can think of no program and no speaker who meets every one of the goals my husband had for this place more than daves special guests, justus steve. Justice breyer is a man for our time and a man for all time. Here in boston, we are proud to claim him as one of our own. A graduate of stanford, oxford and harbor law, he went on to goldberg and studied and taught at the Kennedy School of governmen
Judicial nominations tan politics of americas highest court comes out tuesday. Ilia, welcome, good to see you again. Good to be on. Paul what is in your view Justice Ginsburgs main legacy . Well, hes a legal giant as Justice Scalia put it in writing about her times magazine as most influential people years ago. Her pioneering legacy litigation strategy, achieving so much to turn back sex discrimination, patience, professionalism, her niceness, universally liked and famously the wonderful relationship with Justice Scalia. The last 10, 15 years shes mostly been known for her descents, famous majority opinions probably the one requiring the Virginia Military institute to allow women coo cadets. You know she wears a particular one that she will be passionate about the majority. Paul one of the things i mentioned even in the last 10, 15 years she was in the majority. He wrote the opinion in scaling the u. S. And she was with the majority in the mcdonald case where they overturned what were
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Good morning, everybody. The maoe willing come to order. Welcome to the october 8, 2020 regular meeting of the Public Safety services committee. Im rafael mandleman, the chair of this committee, and im joined by our vice chair and supervisor, our clerk is john carroll. As usual, id like to thank the folks at sfgov tv for staffing the meeting and i. T. In lending their support. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . I do. Thank you very much, mr. Chair. In order to protect the public, board member and City Employees during the covid19 health emergency, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and committee will close v. This was pursuant to declarations and directives. Community members will participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically presentment Public Comment will be available for each item on this agenda. There a Public Comment callin number across your screenful your opportunity to speak and speak during Public Comment speder available via phone
At cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app. Next, Justice Stephen breyer talks about the role of the Supreme Court with msnbc chief Legal Correspondent ari melber in a discussion presented by the Kennedy Institute for the u. S. Senate. On behalf of the edward m Kennedy Institute for the United States tenant, i am a very pleased to welcome all of you to this very special addition of our getting to the point series. The Kennedy Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan place envisioned and planned by my late husband senator edward kennedy. It is a place where visitors come now virtually as well as in person to experience democracy. Through handson learning about the United States senate. And then use that knowledge as a touchstone to understand the branches of our government. It is also a place where we encourage participatory democracy. In fact, we just started a nonpartisan effort called just about and i encourage you to go to our new website called important, but most i encourag