Ginsburg. This is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] good evening. I am the dean of the university of Pennsylvania Law School and it is my great pleasure to welcome Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. We are very proud to partner with the National Constitution center tonight. First i want to introduce a bit of the history of the roberts lecture. The lecture is named for our Supreme Court Justice Roberts and was established in 1956. It was cosponsored by the law school. The wording of the original agreement about the lecture says, the lecture is to be delivered by a nationally prominent person who might be expected to make a significant contribution in legal thought. I think we have met and exceeded and blown out of the water that standard tonight with Justice Ginsburg. We celebrate her 25 years on the Supreme Court as well as groundbreaking contributions to american jurisprudence both while on the court and in her tremendous career as a legal scholar, litigator, and lower court judge before
Welcome Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. We are very proud to partner with the National Constitution center tonight. The present will introduce justins ginsburg Justice Ginsburg. I want to introduce a bit of the history of the roberts lecture. The lecture is named for our Supreme Court Justice Roberts and was established in 1956. The wording of the original agreement about the lecture says, the lecture is to be delivered by a nationally prominent person who might be expected to make a significant contribution in legal thought. [laughter] i think we have met and exceeded and blown out of the water that standard tonight with Justice Ginsburg. We celebrate her 25 years on the Supreme Court as well as groundbreaking contributions to american prudence obama court and as her tremendous career as a legal scholar, litigator, and lower court judge before she will joined the court. Justice roberts himself, was a graduate of penn law. Will will and he served for 20 years on the faculty and then went
Is taking care of our constituents at home. Voices from the states on cspan. Maine Governor Paul Lepage delivered his final state of the state address last week at the statehouse in augustine. He said he will not move forward to a voter approved measure to expand medicaid because the state legislature hasnt determined to pay for it. He leaves office in january of 2019 after eight years on term limits. [applause] thank you so much. Members of the 128th legislature, distinguished guests, and my fellow citizens, i want to briefly remember Paul Mitchell of waterville, brother of senator mitchell, who passed away this weekend. He was a dedicated Public Servant and a good friend. As i begin the last state of the state address of my time as governor of this great state, let me be first to thank my wife. Honey, please stand. [applause] first of all, she looks gorgeous. [laughing] [applause] she has been unwavering as a representative from the governor to the people of the state of maine. And h
Ladies and gentle blue, happy birthday. I am jeffrey rosen, president of the National Constitution center and we have an important responsibility on bill of rights day, the National Chart of the Constitution Center to inspire people around the world. Before doing that, here we go. We are going to recite not only the first part but the entire congressional charter and i know you can do it. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. And the purpose of our charter, in order to increase understanding of the constitution among the american people. That is what we are going to do today. On december 15, 1791, the bill of rights was ratified. The first 10 amendments which are now known as the bill of rights have become iconic of american liberty throughout the globe but as we learned today in a fascinating series of discussions the bill of rights is not always the bill
And visually what it means to live in a society of different people who stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Host hello, and welcome to landmark cases. This is the first of 12 Historic Supreme Court cases well be looking at this season. Mcculloch versus maryland, our case tonight. And for the next 90 minutes well learn more about this significant case, and the people and issues behind it, and why its so important in our American History process. Later on well take your calls, well also take your questions on facebook and twitter, and make you a part of this conversation. We have two guests at the table tonight to help us understand what mcculloch versus maryland is all about. Let me introduce them to you, farah peterson, and mark killenbeck. The first question, of course, why does this belong on the list of landmark cases . Well, one of the most dominant controversies in the interpretation of the constitution, then and now, is whether we should read the document primar