Jon voight. Ladies and gentlemen, the recipient of the National Humanities medal. The Clairemont Institute, Teresa Lozano long, patrick j. Oconnell, James Patterson. Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Trump. [ playing hail to the chief ] [ applause ] [ applause ] thank you very much. Please. The first lady and i would just like to welcome everyone to the white house, a special place, very, very special, no matter where you go in the world this is one of those places that you never forget. This afternoon it is my immense privilege to present our nations highest honors for contributions to american art and culture, the National Medal of arts and the National Humanities medal. Please join me in congratulating each of todays recipients when they really, and i mean triauly phenomenal achievement and congratulations to all. [ applause ] with us today are Vice President mike pence. Mike, thank you very much. Secretary steven mnuchin, secretary betsy devos, thank
Covered the coverup trial. I understand people were convicted. But you need to understand that lawyers, lawyers donts play fair. They argue two things. They can argue, look, the person didnt do the crime. The person wasnt guilty. But usually in a political scandal the argument is there wasnt enough proof to find them guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Very high standard. Its not theyre blameless, its not theyre innocent. But we say wed rather let 100 guilty go free than convict one innocent man. So were were loading it to a very high standard. The other thing that lawyers argue, which the public sometimes has trouble with, is procedure. If you didnt get that evidence into the courtroom properly, then it cant come in. If you didnt share exculpatory information properly with defense, those are procedural violations which can equally invalidate a verdict. And im happy to argue both. So, thats thats kind of what were going to go through. One word from last week. Last week was the allure of
One of americas most distinguished judges, and is so well suited to help us cast light on the state of democracy in the judiciary today. Neal katyal, one of americas most distinguished Supreme Court advocates and scholars who also happens to be my brother in law, and now i have to do this. The follow up line, which is we now have a roadshow going around the country called brothers in law. So this is part of that installment, and were much, very much looking forward to weve enjoyed milking this for all its worth for a while. A judge, this is a perilous time for the judiciary. Mount vernon has just commissioned a poll about americans attitude toward democracy in the judiciary. We may be able to call it up a little bit later, but it suggests a tremendous polarization about the way americans see the courts with at the moment. Republicans tending to favorite and democrats less so. Also, division about the way americans think the constitution should be interpreted with democrats more than re
Historian at harvard university, whos written an acclaimed book about John F Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy townsend, who is a politician in her own right, whose father Robert F Kennedy was the attorney general when the march on washington occurred. I want to start by switching rating this discussion in a in a bit, a personal way, because we have some personal connections among us. And i want to start in the summer of 1963, before the march and in june in particular, in june of 1963, kathleen, 11 years old, her uncle was the president. Her father was the attorney general. She was growing up in mclean, virginia, the wonderful house called hickory hill. I was growing up in chevy chase, maryland, a neighborhood called somerset. My father was a journalist, was covering the Kennedy Administration and the Justice Department. I was six years old that summer. I. And robert was growing up across the street and a few houses down from us in somerset with his brother burke, whos in the audience with
One of americas most distinguished judges, and is so well suited to help us cast light on the state of democracy in the judiciary today. Neal katyal, one of americas most distinguished Supreme Court advocates and scholars who also happens to be my brother in law, and now i have to do this. The follow up line, which is we now have a roadshow going around the country called brothers in law. So this is part of that installment, and were much, very much looking forward to weve enjoyed milking this for all its worth for a while. A judge, this is a perilous time for the judiciary. Mount vernon has just commissioned a poll about americans attitude toward democracy in the judiciary. We may be able to call it up a little bit later, but it suggests a tremendous polarization about the way americans see the courts with at the moment. Republicans tending to favorite and democrats less so. Also, division about the way americans think the constitution should be interpreted with democrats more than re