Welcome, everyone, to our second class. This is for the people who are here for the first time tonight, the making of the president 2020, better known as the political circus of the century. Im going to be talking about two different and yet related topics the first has to do with the factors that are considered when we look at president ial effectiveness. The second part, id like to look at a few of the more recent president ial elections. So were going to start with this, and im calling on the work of Professor Robert dahlic, a well known president ial historian. He writes, the 20th century saw an unprecedented expansion of president ial powers, primarily due to the vision and leadership skills of nine men who served in the office Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, franklin dellano roosevelt, harry truman, dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, lyndon baynes johnson, Richard Nixon and ronald reagan. Now, professor dahlics analysis only looks at the 20th century. Im going to throw in some
Tonight should be a humdinger. Im looking forward to it. To moderate, we have nothing less than a judge, seated in the center. Many of you know him. To the ninthted circuit november 2, 1985, and served as chief judge from 2007 to 2014, graduating from ucla ,nd from Ucla Law School receiving a jv in 1975 and prior to his appointment to the appellate bench, judge kaczynski served as chief judge of the United States claims court from 1982 to 1985 and special counsel to the merit Systems Protection Board and he retired from the bench in 2017 after 35 years of judicial service. [applause] judge kaczynski is married to Marcy Tiffany and has children and three grandchildren. We thank you for being here, judge kaczynski. Now, we mentioned ucla, so we must give usc equal time. [applause] we are really honored to have robert shrum, the chair in practical politics. [applause] and director of the usc door and site center for the political future. Professor shrum is director of the center and hes a
Im looking forward to tonight. You have nothing last a judge. Many of you may know him. He was appointed to the United States Circuit Court november 7, 1985. Served as chief just judge from 2007 2014. Graduated from ucla and from Ucla Law School in 1975. Prior to the appellate bench, he served as chief judge of the United States claims court from 82 85 and special counsel to the protection board and he retired in 2017 after 35 years additional service. [applause] hes married to marcy and has three children. He and three grandchildren. We thank you for being here. [applause] now we mentioned ucla but we must give you this. [applause] we are really honored to have ronald trump, practical politics. [applause] director of the usc center for the political future. [applause] professor sean as director of the center and a former strategist and consultant who was described as the most sought after consultant in the Democratic Party by the atlantic monthly, he observed speechwriter and new york
Next, criminal defense attorney Alan Dershowitz debates democratic consultant robert shrum on the politics of impeachment, the me too movement and antisemitism. The Beverly Hills temple of the arts hosts the event. Well, tonight should be a humdinger. Im looking forward to it. To moderate, we have nothing less than a judge, judge Alex Kosinski who is seated in the center. Many of you know him, he was appointed to the United States Circuit Court for the ninth circuit on november 7th, 1985, and served as chief judge from 2007 to 2014, graduating from ucla and from ucla law school, receiving a jd in 1975. And prior to his appointment to the appellate bench judge kosinski served as chief judge of the United States claims court from 82 to 85 and special counsel to the merit systems protection board. And he retired from the bench in 2017 after 35 years of judicial service. [ applause ] judge kosinski is married to Marcy Jane Tiffany and has three children, yale, wyatt, and clayton, and three
Welcome to matter of fact. How separate are church and state . Thats the question the new political docuseries the family tries to answer. The family is a conservative Christian Group that for decades used its proximity to power to influence policy. It hosts small bipartisan prayer groups and has put on the National Prayer breakfast since 1953. The family also is known as the fello fellowship and remains secretive by design. Journalist jeff sharlet author of two books about the organization, the family and c street, served as one of the series executive producers. He also lived with the group at its headquarters in arlington, virginia, just outside of d. C. In my 20s i stumbled my way in and what i found was a secretive Christian Organization called the family that had been hiding in plain sight for 80 years. There were congressmen, senators, World Leaders soledad jeff sharlet, its so nice to have you, thanks for joining us. Jeff hi, soledad, thanks for having me. Soledad you bet. Give