Expansion. Among the the luminous records of the federal courts europe the National Archives, are hundreds of freedom suits. Cases brought by slaves seeking to obtain their freedom. One such case initiated by dred scott in 1846 made it all the way to the Supreme Court where the final decision became one of the most infamous decisions of thethe history of the court. Our guest today looks at three notable precivil war Supreme Court justices and how the uphill the institution of after rolling. Ng the first, chief justice of the states, John Marshall. Joseph story and chief Justice Roger came. Paul finkelman is the president of grants college in greater philadelphia. Before taking this position he held the fulbright chair in human rights and social justice at the university of ottawas school of law. He has held a number of endowed chairs and was a tenured professor including the chair in american legal history at the duke law school. He authored more than 200 scholarly authors including th
Never ever forget nafta. Never forget it because you know what its done and i know what its done. In touring i have seen the devastation that it left behind. Charles donald trump repeatedly trashing nafta, the trade agreement done by bill clinton. But nafta is not mentioned in the rnc platform that sets the policy agenda for the party the next four years. But trade is a major issue for republicans. While the draft echoes some of his policies, it doesnt call for nafta to be dismantled. Before it says we need better negotiated trade agreements that put america first. We cannot allow foreign governments to fliment american access to their markets while stealing our designs, patents, brands, knowhow and technology. What does it mean for american jobs . Diana, i guess the platform moved towards donald trump. But a lot of people were surprised it wasnt even tougher with respect to ripping up these bad trade deals. Im glad it mentioned the theft of intellectual property. The Bipartisan Commis
You here to join us in celebrating the 250th anniversary of the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court of United States. Venturening is a joint between the Supreme Court Historical Society and the John Marshall foundation. This is not the first time that those two organizations have partnered. They joined forces to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court. The capstone of that particular evening was a rousing lecture by Justice Scalia about the importance of John Marshall to the history of the court and the history of the country. Justice scalia with a grand friend of both the Marshall Foundation and the Supreme Court Historical Society. I hope you will join me in just a moment of silence to remember Justice Scalia. Thank you. Eveningrateful this that the court, chief Justice Roberts and his colleagues i love the Supreme Court Historical Society to continue using this courtroom for its programs. It is a gift to us and we are gr
Anniversary of the appointment of John Marshall to the Supreme Court. The capstone of that particular evening was a rousing lecture by Justice Scalia about the importance of John Marshall to the history of the court and the history of the country. Justice scalia was a grand friend of both the Marshall Foundation and the Supreme Court Historical Society. I hope you will join me in just a moment of silence to remember Justice Scalia. Thank you. We are grateful this evening that the court, chief Justice Roberts and his colleagues, allow the Supreme Court Historical Society to continue using this courtroom for its programs. It is a gift to us, and we are grateful. At this juncture, normally, i would have a few remarks to introduce our distinguished host for the evening. But it seems that chief Justice Roberts is on a tight schedule this evening, we are lucky to get him here. He has asked that his introduction be as brief as possible. Since we are so grateful to chief Justice Roberts for hi
I hope you will join me in just a moment of silence to remember Justice Scalia. Thank you. We are grateful this evening that the court, chief Justice Roberts and his colleagues, allow the Supreme Court Historical Society to continue using this courtroom for its programs. It is a gift to us, and we are grateful. At this juncture, normally, i would have a few remarks introduce our distinguished host for the evening. But it seems that chief Justice Roberts is on a tight schedule this evening, we are lucky to get him here. He has asked that his introduction be as brief as possible. Since we are so grateful to chief Justice Roberts for his continuing support of the society, and since he is, after all, the chief justice, let me just say right now, it is my privilege and my owner to introduce our host for the evening, chief justice john roberts. [applause] Justice Roberts thank you. That is actually my preferred introduction even when i have lots of time. The memorialnote drapery we have on t