Thank you to the federal society for hosting this debate at. Im delighted to be here for the question, should the Electoral College be abrogated . Electoral college choosing a president. In their respective states electors choose wedding for president and Vice President. Electoral college would provide Vice President Alexander Hamilton wrote in federalist 68 that the Electoral College would provide a practicable obstacle to cabal intrigue and corruption. He said that it would interpose capable men of discernment for deliberation over the selection of the president. Moreover, hamilton thought the system best designed to prevent tumult and disorder. Debates about the Electoral College once again emerged over the desirability of our constitutions method for selecting the president. So this debate is an important one about our republic. And about our constitutional form of government. It raises questions of principle. What are the values to be promoted in a democratic republic . In a feder
Watch booktv this weekend and every weekend on cspan2. The cspan cities tour is exploring the american story as with the booktv and American History tv on the road. Benefit clause i suppose in the ncaa rulebook. It specifies that athletes are not permitted to accept anything of value really. Related to their status as an athlete. That means a fan, a a booster,e wouldbe agent, a coach is not permitted to give anything of value be on what is specified in basically the ncaa consultation, x number of dollars for your books, et cetera, et cetera. Anything beyond that is not permissible and will get you in trouble with the ncaa policeman. The ncaa open an investigation of that, as for unc to cooperate in that investigation. And by the end of the summer of 2010, it was was clear the also academic violations that were included in this initial investigation. I would say it really wasnt until the summer of 2011 that the scope of the ugliness really came to light. It reared its head. We began to
With support from our spectrum cable partners, this begins traveling to chapel hill, North Carolina. Coming up in the next 90 minutes, will learn about the citys Literary History and speak with local authors including jake smith on his book cheated. Then in about ten minutes, we sit down with the citys first africanamerican mayor, howard lee. Following that in about 30 minutes, subpoenaing president nixon during the watergate hearings. We begin our special feature with the academic scandal that involved the Athletic Program. [applause] four seconds to play. I would say sports are very important. In that respect, youre like probably other universities but maybe a little more so because weve had such Great Success in theres an ingrained tradition of winning and competing in lots of different sports. Its an important part of the culture. For many years, weve all involved in the myth of being the tarragon of virtue and the master of joining athletic rights. I think we all convinced ourselv
Majority and minority i would ask for unanimous consent for the house members who are with us today, who are not members of the committee, that they be recognized for three minutes to ask questions. After Committee Members have asked theirs. Only Committee Members will be allowed to make Opening Statements. Hearing no objections, so ordered. The chair recognizes herself for five minutes for an opening statement. First of all thank you, everyone , for being here this morning. It is an honor for those of us that are not from on a very serious issue. This is the very first energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the gun violence epidemic in our country. As a Public Health issue. And this subcommittee has to has jurisdiction over Public Health issues in our country. I want to recognize first the members of the committee who represent the parts of chicago and the region, starting with congressman bobby rush, whose district we are in. Thank you, bobby, very much for inviting us, asking the
Only Committee Members will be allowed to make Opening Statements. Hearing no objections, so ordered. The chair recognizes herself for five minutes for an opening statement. First of all thank you, everyone , for being here this morning. It is an honor for those of us that are not from on a very serious issue. This is the very first energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the gun violence epidemic in our country. As a Public Health issue. And this subcommittee has to has jurisdiction over Public Health issues in our country. I want to recognize first the members of the committee who represent the parts of chicago and the region, starting with congressman bobby rush, whose district we are in. Thank you, bobby, very much for inviting us, asking the subcommittee to come here. Congresswoman robin kelly, who is here to my left. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky from the chicago region. And to representative Adam Kinzinger, from the state of illinois, a little further away, and mr. Kinsinger mak