When the attorney general Elliot Richardson resigned after president Richard Nixon ordered him to fire the special prosecutor investigating the watergate scandal. Totallyadds up to a unprecedented situation, a grave and profound crisis andnd the president has set himself against his own attorney general and the department of justice. Amy we will speak to former u. S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman who served on the Watergate Committee and former assistant watergate prosecutor jill wine banks. She was the first woman to serve as u. S. Army general counsel. Then sarsour versus trump. This is an important time for many communitys desk communities. This is an opportunity for us to say we will protect the most marginalized amongst us. Amy palestinianamerican activist Linda Sarsour and other prominent Muslim Americans s sue donald trump over the muslim ban. We will speak with her and trita parsi of the National Iranian american council. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy no
When the attorney general Elliot Richardson resigned after president Richard Nixon ordered him to fire the special prosecutor investigating the watergate scandal. Totallyadds up to a unprecedented situation, a grave and profound crisis andnd the president has set himself against his own attorney general and the department of justice. Amy we will speak to former u. S. Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman who served on the Watergate Committee and former assistant watergate prosecutor jill wine banks. She was the first woman to serve as u. S. Army general counsel. Then sarsour versus trump. This is an important time for many communitys desk communities. This is an opportunity for us to say we will protect the most marginalized amongst us. Amy palestinianamerican activist Linda Sarsour and other prominent Muslim Americans s sue donald trump over the muslim ban. We will speak with her and trita parsi of the National Iranian american council. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy no
He works at the six oldest reform congregation in the United States and has a illustrious history. Ings a rabbi was the lead jewish abolitionist in the United States during the civil war and was known as the abolitionist temple and since then it has a long history of social activism, but in addition to that, he has a phd in history from the university of cincinnati and has written a number of books on americanjewish history and is within a number of scholarly articles as well as articles in the more popular press and i have the honor of coauthoring an article with lance on the Huffington Post this year on the brandeis confirmation which we are also celebrating this year. Lance, thisducing is one of the great virtues of being the conference coordinator. I can add to the program whatever i want and i just wanted to add one footnote to andrews paper because i think it is relevant to what we will be talking about today. That is that in 1866 when , 150 years ago, in 1866 in congress is deba
Since then it has a long history of social activism. That, he has a phd in history and has written a number of books on American Jewish history, and a number of scholarly articles as well as articles in the more popular press. I had the honor of coauthoring an article with lance on the Huffington Post this year on the brandeis confirmation, which we are also celebrating this year. Before introducing lamp, and this is one of the great virtues of being the conference coordinator, i can add you to program whenever i want and i just want to add one footnote, because i think it is relevant to everything we will be talking in 1866day, and that is ago congress, 150 years when congress was debating what becomes the 14th amendment, it against by saying all persons born or nationalized in the United States and subject to their jurisdiction are citizens of the United States. Atre was a strong attempt the delegations of california and oregon to amend that to say all persons except chinese would be
One would influence the other. Thats an extremely complicated question. What happens is many chinese are come to america and white workers accuse them of working for lower wages and of being imported here, meaning being carried in on contracts. And some go out of their way and say were not against chinese immigration, were just opposed to them being brought here on contracts. Politicians in this period, the 1870s and the 1880s is an era in that the two parties are virtually equal in numbers. For the last 20 years or so there have been been dimensions but weve had some of the closest elections in history. Now, as well see this year, there are a half dozen Battle Ground states. Whoever wednesday ohio and florida will likely twin election. Democrats and republicans were evenly divided. Anything that could gain a few votes would switch the election. They claim they kind of fudge over the argument about importation and say if we keep the chinese outs, this will be good for the american econ