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Hawaii. Thank you so much bill. And i also like to single out ali for all your logistics work and making this possible tonight in the face of an ongoing global pandemic. Putting together a big Public Program and the in the is difficult and the best of circumstances and the challenge is of bringing us together and keeping us safe is presenting a million new complications. Thank you for everything. Youve done make this happen. Im here tonight to talk about something wonderful. Something almost miraculous it marked a radical transformation when it occurred. It was contrary to centuries of what had gone on before when america actually prided itself on being a dog eat dog culture. Those were the times of the laissezfaire economy. In those days poverty in both childhood and old age were blamed on the victim. This suffering was believed to be in immutable condition of the human life. In the first centuries of our new republic human beings were left to sink or swim in the face of Economic Pros
What better way to celebrate Constitution Day than to talk about the Supreme Court with two outstanding experts on the subject. No president had a more Significant Impact on the Supreme Court than the, the dr fdr. He appointed eight9 justices during his administration. He helped change american democracy. He got to appoint no justices during his first term. The role of the Supreme Court has changed over the years and certainly plays a central role in our political process. But headache no mistakes make no mistakes, the court has always been political. Joining he today is john at st. Johns university and fellow at the robert h. Jackson center. Hes the biographer of justice [inaudible] and editor of jacksons acclaimed 2003 posthumous book, quote, that man an insiders portrait of franklin d. Roosevelt, the last new deal insiders memoir. Also with us, paul blumenthal, former New York Times reporter and continues to be a periodic contributor of the times. The author of five books including
September 17th which is Constitution Day. What better way to celebrate Constitution Day than to talk about the Supreme Court with two outstanding experts on the subject. No president had a more Significant Impact on the Supreme Court than the, the dr fdr. He appointed eight9 justices during his administration. He helped change american democracy. He got to appoint no justices during his first term. The role of the Supreme Court has changed over the years and certainly plays a central role in our political process. But headache no mistakes make no mistakes, the court has always been political. Joining he today is john at st. Johns university and fellow at the robert h. Jackson center. Hes the biographer of justice [inaudible] and editor of jacksons acclaimed 2003 posthumous book, quote, that man an insiders portrait of franklin d. Roosevelt, the last new deal insiders memoir. Also with us, paul blumenthal, former New York Times reporter and continues to be a periodic contributor of the