Posing or being created in American Government, and this fits again with your position, victoria. They were worried that extreme on what would be called the right and extreme on the left would actually cause turmoil that would break down American Government, that the only way to solve the problems of American Government was to find some middle reform, some middlelevel reform. Now, i appreciate very much randy mentioning my book, and along with david bernsteins book, too, which i think is a very good book, but i have two things to pitch for myself about that. I think if youre going to read those two books, youd ought to review my review of bernstein, because its a bit unfair. He wrote his book about 20 years after mine, so i had a shot back at him in a review. The other thing, if you were really interested in that subject, i ought to tell you that the book that youll see in the gift store is not its part of a series that doesnt allow footnotes. But i also wrote that book as a hardback b
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Particularly on nights like tonight when we can really look at American History in unique and unusual ways. We are honored to be joined by Tonights Panel, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. [ applause ] Supreme Court Justice Sonia sotomayor. [ applause ] catherine fitts. [ applause ] and Supreme Court Society Publications director Clare Cushman. [ applause ] it is now my privilege to introduce the 13th secretary of the smithsonian institution, dr. David skorton, a Board Certified cardiologist, a jazz musician and he was recently the president of Cornell University and previously served as president of the university of iowa. He has interested in learning, as wide as the smithsonian, and most importantly tonight, hes a pescuitarian. [ applause ] thanks, john, for the introduction and thank you from the American People for the great job you do, so innovative and creative at this amazing museum. Especially in such an interesting Election Year we all appreciate everything you and y
Ill hopefully pronouce this correctly but a quaits club in richmond, which was essentially a Barbecue Club for gentlemen. And John Marshall was one of the founding members. And the coits club had their own punch and madeira was one of the primary ingredients along with cognac, rum and sugar and mints thrown in for fun, i think, but madeira was one of the primary ingredients. Coits was a long game at the time, kind of akin to horse shoes and they would throw these iron rings at megs. And one of the reasons they got together was to have this bond. And supposedly, John Marshall was vigorous in enforcing his laws that politics and religion was not to be discussed. And if anyone was caught discussing those, they were fined a case of champagne, which would then be consumed at the next meeting. And apparently, he had bottles labeled the Supreme Court to bring to the boarding house to share . I think there were others that played on their fondness for madeira. And yes, there was a Supreme Cour
President s, washington and jefferson and lincoln and fdr and reagan, and if this is the choice thats before us, my fellow citizens in 2016 if Barack Obamas former secretary of state, his wing woman, hillary clinton, were to win we would say about obama or historians might say the tide has now once again turned, president won, won reelection handed off power. And if the democrats we only know this in the next two or three elections. If they become basically the dominant president ial party at least, then you would now, okay. So thats the structure, the rhythm of the presidency. And if youre a democrat im going to bum you out on how powerful actually we still lincolns gravitational pull is because, remember, the democrats are overwhelmingly the dominant Political Party until lincoln. And the civil war loomed so large in our memory that since lincoln there are only two democrats who have won two popular votes for the presidency. Franklin roosevelt, barack obama, thats it. Wow. Yeah. Not