May be a real victory for short people. Marys book, in the kirby lobby, thank you for sharing. Thanks very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] next, Melvin Urofsky from the bill of rights book festival, talks about the role of dissent and the Supreme Court. He has an extraordinary array of publications in addition to his definitive biography of brandeis, a life. He has written books on american zionism and his latest book which we are here to discuss is so wonderful and so timely, so provocative that i couldnt put it down. Is dissent and the Supreme Court, its role in the courts history and its role in constitutional dialogue and i cant wait to discuss it with you, please join me in welcoming Melvin Urofsky. [applause] you dont need to, this great book, we had a blast, we couldnt resist starting to talk about it. I have to begin with the obvious question. It was a logical step to go from there because brandeis is one of the great dissenters and according to his opinion in the wh
Participated. This first panel looks at the concept of privacy. The privacy in Civil Liberties Oversight Board is an agency in the executive branch recommended by the 9 11 commission, and its appointed by the president. Good morning. Welcome to the privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Boards Public Meeting on defining privacy. Its 8 30 a. M. On november 12th, 2014. And were meeting in the west end ballroom in the washington mariotte Georgetown Hotel in washington, d. C. This hearing was announced in the federal register on october 21st, 2014. As chairman, i will be the presiding officer. All five Board Members are present and theres a quorum. Rachael brand, James Dempsey and patricia wald. Elizabeth collins cook. I will now call the hearing to order. All in favor please say aye. Proceed. So what is privacy . The right to be left alone . A desire for independence of personal activity . The right to make decisions regarding ones private matters . Space for intellectual development . Ano
Lo rot. One thing i will say on that, congress wrote this so it would be an educational process. First year you get a tap and next year its a bigger tap and by the third year its a pretty big tap. People will be getting their w2s in january and theyre going to work on their taxes and theyre realize sometime in february, march or april, but not only do they owe 1 of their income for this year, but theyre also going to owe 325 per adult, almost 1,000 per family if its a large family, and or 2 of their income above the filing limit for next year. However, the exchanges close their doors on february 15th. So, people will not have a way of avoiding that penalty unless they qualify for a special Enrollment Period. I think that hhs has the authority to declare a special Enrollment Period for people who are going to owe the penalty for next year or who owe it for this year and to leave that open a bit longer. And i dont see how that would hurt anybody. I think it would be a way to bring a whol
Care they need. I would just add quickly that the National Association of Insurance Commissioners is currently reworking its model act on Network Adequacy includes addressing the question of provider directories and holding 2 1 2 hours of Conference Calls every week which i think is unprecedented in my experience. The state regulators who are ultimately responsible for this are very aware that there is an issue here that needs to be addressed. Commercial alert. The alliance will be holding webinars looking at draft form already has been released new model regulations that the naic is developing in the area of networks. And that is on the 18th, is it . 19th. Youll be getting youll be getting a notification soon. Yes. Go right ahead, maam. Good afternoon. Im an attorney trying to break into health policy. My question builds upon several of the questions asked u but is specific to consumer confusion in anticipating their costs as it relates to the tax credits that theyve been given. So as
there s an obscure footnote about japan s attempt to build a naval base on the mexican coast and baja, california. i knew frapping franklin roosevelt and was interested in what papers he had relating to the bay. i drove over from my home in connecticut to the frapping lin d. roosevelt library in hyde park. at the time, i had no interest whatsoever in writing about fdr, himself, but sometimes things happen. the fdr library is an amazing place. you have to wonder how any one man could have livedded a life crowded with so much. hundreds of thousands of shelf feet given over to zillions of telegrams, legal briefs, school book scribbles, secret cables, position papers, children s drawings, warnings, threats, scraps, and details of vitally important political land marks and long forgotten grand schemes that ran out of steam before they were acted upon. i discoveredded there was not a lot about the bay in the library. i was not that surprised. the crisis was more or less settled