Several books including the law of the land a grand tour of our constitutional republic. I akhil was voted most popular professor at yale. At least he is my most popular professor. And you are all here because he is your most popular professor. Before we welcome the popular professor upon the stage, please turn off cell phones or Electronic Devices and join me in welcoming akhil reed amar. Thank you. [applause] dr. Amar good evening. Welcome. Thank you so much for coming. York historical society. Were going to be talking about the Supreme Court and we will be talking about these Supreme Court history, but also talking about the new york angle on all of this, because this is the New York Historical society. And, yes, why is this night different from all others . Is one thought. It is really only this week it has become, i think, pretty apparent that the upcoming president ial election will be a subway series between [laughter] two new not just yorkers, but two people headquartered in me
Up next on booktv historian john ferling. En thomas this program is just over an al hour. [applause] hello, everybody, and i want [apphank the Atlantic History Center for inviting me in. Rybodw for providing much nicer weather for me than six years ago when i came in when my wife carol and i were driving in that day in and my wife carol and i were driving in that day. We looked at the monitor on the dashboard of the car and it was 103 degrees as they came in. Its much nicer tonight. I want to thank you for coming out and especially on a night when my Pittsburgh Pirates are struggling to stay alive. I guess we will find out how they came out when this is over. I want to talk with you tonight about jefferson and hamilton. They are political battle was over the shape and character of the new american nation and that battle has in a sense never really ended. It puts one in mind of a line from faulkner when he said the past isnt dead. In fact the past isnt even past because jefferson and ha
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Thermometer on the dashboard of the car and it was 103 degrees as we came in. So it is much nicer to me. I want to thank you for coming out, especially on night when my priors are struggling to stay alive. I guess well find out how we think that when this is over. I want to talk with you tonight about jefferson and hamilton. Their political battle was over the shape and care for the new american nation and not battle has been a sense never really ended. Puts one in mind of the line from folksinger when he says the past isnt dead. In fact, the past is an event past because Jeffords Jefferson and hamiltons battle was over the same issues that have been perennial values in american clinical history. Struggles over the power and intrusiveness of the federal government, over which americans were to be empowered, over the distribution of wealth and over the size of the american military. The reputations of hamilton and jefferson have acted flowed over the years. Jefferson was the predominant
Their career doing manual labor jobs, doing Service Industry jobs. This is one thing that really hasnt changed you know ,com,com ma lots of different aspects of the clinical. Broadcast Television Cable news the rise in Canada Center collections big money in politics and client unions, while all of this is happening one of the constants during the last 100 years or so is that workingclass people are not getting elected to political office. Historian john ferling examines the repertory between Thomas Jefferson alexander hamilton. This program from a History Center is just over an hour. [applause] hello everybody and i want to thank the atlanta History Center for inviting me in and providing much nicer weather for me than six years ago when i came in and my wife carol and i were driving in that day. We looked at the monitor on the dashboard of the car and it was 103 degrees as they came in. Its much nicer tonight. I want to thank you for coming out and especially on a night when my Pittsb