Society and of immense importance to us. There is no one more qualified than president sexton to deliver this lecture. He was a Warren Burger clerk, but he had a long history before that. It is worth a moment. President sexton earned his ba his ma and phd and religion, and taught religion in brooklyn before he went to harvard law school. He went to harvard law school, graduating 1979 magna cum laude, and was the Supreme Court editor of the harvard law review. He then clerked for judge basil on and judge leventhal on the d. C. Circuit court before he clerked for chief Justice Burger. After his clerkship, he went to nyu in 1981, and by 1988 he was dean of the law school. His tenure there was extremely successful. The law school is firmly ensconced in the rankings as one of the top five in the country. By 2002, he had been elevated to president of nyu. He served there until the end of 2015. During that tenure, freshman applications doubled. The endowment grew by over 200 . Minority enroll
Senator today, we see pain, hurt, and destruction in the actions of wildfires and the damage of hurricane laura. We continue to going Church Everyone to continue following pledgee, and joe and i to be there for those whose lives have turned upside down, those who need help from neighbors, strangers, and our government to make it through, to build back, to restore your lives and your communities. See pain, hurt, and destruction in the aftermath of yet another black man shot by police. Jacob blake shot seven times in the back in broad daylight in front of his three young sons. Seven times, in the back, in broad daylight in front of his three young sons. As Vice President biden put it, the shots fired at mr. Blake pierced the soul of our nation. It is sickening to watch. It is all too familiar. It must end. Thankfully, he is alive today but he is fighting for his life when he should not have to be. My heart goes out to the family as they endure the ordeal that is tragically common in our
Attorney general and just lets keep that in mind that when ever you see her on the Judiciary Committee seriously challenging those witnesses and the skills she honed during what we do every day. I was honored to serve with general becerra for 20 years in congress and he was my mentor and still is but i just want to say that our philosophy here is to help people afford their lives and liberties in respect. That means prosperity that every america should be expected and it is our job to make sure that they have that chance fighting economic and fighting abuse of people with human rights and honored to be with you guys and i have been to that station many times and want to say net roots nation is tailormade for online advocacy and we have been doing it it was cool. Not to be insensitive. I know it is not cool but weve been doing it and youve been doing this and we ready for the moment is what i am trying to say. Thank you and i am glad to be here. Thank you. Lets send it over to ag. Hello
Democratic attorneys general speak about Police Reform and Racial Disparities caused by the coronavirus. This session was part of a net roots nation conference. For joining usch today. On the to our Panel Democratic ags. They are the frontline line of our democracy. I am the political director for the democratic attorneys general association. Truthappy to be back at just let us know. There is a q a function. Panel, we of this have left room for questions. If you want to use that function, thats the best place to do it. Because we already asked it or weve moved onto the next question. Im happy to be here. Lets get started. I want to make sure that east of the ags introduced themselves. In the you were there mountains with you. Friend ine my good california would make a bid for company. Colorado is a special place. I am honored to be the attorney general here. Forarted off as a law clerk ruth bader ginsburg. We really work together. Ive been a member of the community at the university of
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