Bit, reflect his evolving views, is it fair to think of him still as the father of the constitution . I dont know that he was the father of the constitution, but the thing i came away with was how terribly important the document is. Not as an object of record but for as a way for us to understand how difficult that task was that they face. I came away from the whole project with enormous respect for how close the country was too falling apart, and a much different people with different opinions struggle to try and hold it together, how remarkable the document was that was written in philadelphia, but how different it looked to them that it looks to us. As i say, this is not the document base of what theyre writing. The fact end up on playing cards would be a great surprise to all of them. Let me make it a couple things about the building. We have a place where you will see a lifesize models of the framers. So you will see how short James Madison was, which may be a real victory for sho
Is the nations capitol. He knew to take metro onto reletting night. [laughter] and he came down from saratoga springs. Despite the fact that he is a new yorker i should say that no less a local source than the Washington Post saying he succeeds in showing us the human face of washington, and too often perceived as faceless, that is achievement enough. Tom lewis. [applause] thank you very much. Im glad that you knew microphone. Take the metro. I will be getting to it. I am glad that you knew to take the metro. I want you to no that i invited several people to come tonight, as my guest. And i have been in the back of the green room and have gotten frantic messages saying, we are stuck in traffic. And i said, ditch your cars, grab a metro, and get off at federal triangle. They will be coming in late, and i expect others, too, will be will be that way as well. I want to thank rebecca very much for her introduction and think the Smithsonian Associates for inviting me. Delighted to be here,
And in the case of dollree mapp, involve people with a lot of personal strength to really see a situation and to go to the courts for relief and to fight her way all the way to the Supreme Court. So really our case is about individuals that have Lasting Impact upon all americans and any one of us could be that individual. Although frankly nobody could be like dollree mapp. And what are your final thoughts about this case and its importance . That we all have a role to play in the protection of our constitutional rights. We all have to stand up and give voice every day to the constitution or it ends up becoming a dead letter. Dollree mapp did that for all of us. Thank for being our guest tonight and thanks as always to you for your questions and comments. It makes the program interesting. Thanks for being with us. Our series continues next week with the Supreme Courts 1962 decision in baker versus carr. In that case justices establish the right of federal courts to review redistricting
The minimum wage. How much is that in maryland, harriet . Itler i believe right now is 7. 45. Host tell us about your experience. Caller im going to tell you my concern. Because there is going to be more competition in jobs. I am also an older worker. And there is credits given. I am not sure what, but when you fill out your application, they give credits. The government gives credits if you have ever been on welfare and for certain things they give the employer credits. They lower the wage for those people. And we are already and competition. We are getting older. We cant here as well, we cant well, well, hear as can see as well, and we cant compete as well. We cant live on social security. We didnt even get a raise this year. Host lets get a Quick Reaction to her experience from kendall fells. Guest i agree. You know, we have some politicians down in florida that took what the workers called the minimum wage challenge, which was essentially politicians trying to live off the weekly s
[indistinct chatter] announcer next, a look at the future of the Smithsonian Institution with the new secretary. He sat down with a conversation with the Aspen Institute president and ceo. This is one hour 15 minutes. [indistinct chatter] all right, i think we are ready. Good afternoon. Thank you all for being here. I am the director of the Aspen Institute, and it is my pleasure to curate four or five times a year, some of these washington roundtable series, sponsored by michelle smith. We want to thank you, michelle. The conversations i curate naturally deal with the arts, but not just with the arts, but art and society and how the arts intersect and how they can be productive and evermore interactive partners with all of the areas of society, which is very much of course in keeping with the mission of the Aspen Institute itself. Today, we are very happy to welcome dr. David score 10, the new secretary of the smithsonian, who comes to us building on a distinguished career in medicine.