Every weekend, book tv brings you 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on cspan 2. Keep watching for more television for serious readers. And everybody got quiet right on cue. Thats never happened before. Im bradley graham, a coowner of politics and pros along with my wife, and on behalf of the entire staff at p and p and everybody at busboys, welcome, thank you so much for coming. Were very fortunate this evening to have with us eric liu to talk about his new book youre more powerful than you think a citizens guide to making change happen. What a timely work. In the wake of last novembers election, my staff and i at the bookstore have been approached many times by customers concerned about the course that events have taken and wanting to know what they can read to help them decide, how to get more involved in civic life and effect change. Well, erics book is now a good place to start. He began writing it before donald trump launched his bid for the presidency, but trumps election
Been passed to the state. Beenegonians have always proud to be pioneers. When the first pioneers moved here it seems to be part of our and to to be innovative try things that have never been tried before. To push the envelope. With the Legislature Time and time again, especially in the 20th century. Example oft legislative innovation was in 1902 when the legislature created the referendum that a leadthe public to play role in writing laws and recallings as well as elected officials. Here in oregon our ballots are often very lengthy because we are voting on a series of policy,s and ideas for one of the most important ones that was passed back in 1912 was giving women the right to vote. Is af the Great Stories woman who came across a teenage that time she was the leading suffragettes. She was fighting time and time again to give women the right to vote. Five times and went to the ballot and five times it was voted down. It was not until 1912 when women get the right to vote. That she was
In cooperation with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Number 759, earnest miranda, petitioner, versus arizona. Well hear arguments in number 18, roe against wade. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took the quite unpopular 54, 45, these decisions change our lives lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who had helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening, and welcome to cspans history series landmark cases. Tonight is number 10 in our 12part series, and youll hear about the 1962 tennessee reapportionment case. It was one that chief Justice Earl Warren called the most important of his tenure. And remember, this is the court that wrote brown versus board of education. Well learn why during the next 90 minutes. This case began
In cooperation with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Number 759, earnest miranda, petitioner, versus arizona. Well hear arguments in number 18, roe against wade. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took the quite unpopular 54, 45, these decisions change our lives lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who had helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening, and welcome to cspans history series landmark cases. Tonight is number 10 in our 12part series, and youll hear about the 1962 tennessee reapportionment case. It was one that chief Justice Earl Warren called the most important of his tenure. And remember, this is the court that wrote brown versus board of education. Well learn why during the next 90 minutes. This case began
In cooperation with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Number 759, earnest miranda, petitioner, versus arizona. Well hear arguments in number 18, roe against wade. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took the quite unpopular 54, 45, these decisions change our lives lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who had helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening, and welcome to cspans history series landmark cases. Tonight is number 10 in our 12part series, and youll hear about the 1962 tennessee reapportionment case. It was one that chief Justice Earl Warren called the most important of his tenure. And remember, this is the court that wrote brown versus board of education. Well learn why during the next 90 minutes. This case began