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Transcripts For CSPAN3 Landmark Cases Supreme Court Landmark Case Yick Wo V Hopkins 20240712

Well, it said the law said that all new laundries had to be constructed out of brick or stone, but existing laundries, which were made out of wood, which they all were, practically all were, could only continue to operate if they got a permit from the city. And this is what led to this charade, really, where they approved all the permit applications that white people made, say for one, and they denied all the chinese. So in a way this is not really about fire safety. It was one of quite a number of municipal ordinances that were passed to harass the chinese. If we make life so miserable for them, if we make it impossible for them to earn a living, maybe they will leave. So enter lee wiyick, who is e of the proprietors, he had been running it for 20 years. His name was not yick wo, his name was lee yick. That was the name of the laundromat. When the original case was filed, no one bothered to fix it that they didnt get the guys name right, which showed you how much they cared about Peop

Transcripts For CSPAN3 Mae Ngai The Chinese Question 20220817

Im over the moon to see some of you in our beautiful auditorium. Many of you, for the first time in a long time. So welcome back. Tonights program, the chinese question, gold rushes and global politics, it is part of our irene schwarts distinguished speaker series, the heart of our public programs. Enabled us to bring so many fine speakers to this stage. I would also like to thank for his great support. Joe pickett, thank you so much for all you do on behalf of this institution. I would also like to thank all of the Council Members joining us this evening. We have really appreciated your support and encouragement along this very difficult period. This program will last about an hour and it will include a question and answer session. You should have received a note card and pencil on your way in. If not, my colleagues will be up and down the aisle with cards and pencils for you to write your questions on that note cards. The cards will be collected later in the program. There will not b

Transcripts For CSPAN Capitol Hill Hearings 20130731

At oig, i would talk with all stakeholders. The state department itself and hopefully this committee would be willing to talk as well and provide perspective. Stakeholdersr would consult with oig staff about this. At the oig, we have a working group that is comprised of various divisions representatives for audits and evaluations and other offices. We get together and take all of the information from various stakeholders. We inventory everything. We do it based on the risk for. Must todos. Thank you. I hope you will continue to work with this committee and report to us so we will have some sense of what you are doing. I look forward to that. The special Inspector General for afghan reconstruction reported that the state department has provided adequate oversight of 50 million rule of law training contract being implemented by an italian ngo. As one of the senators raced, i wonder it it would be an issue. More can you what do to ensure that contracts are prepared with respective oversig

Transcripts For CSPAN2 Capital News Today 20130731

Zuckerberg is helping cohost a screening of his documentary that i have been working on and gabby will be working with us on this and the obeah. This event. We are going to have a marriage of unlikely allies. I personally invited people from the gay Workers Center to make sure they come to the screen. We understand that the Silicon Valley interest is far beyond this with engineers. This has to be beyond the dream act and beyond those. It has to be a conversation about all of us. The last thing that i was say is i dont understand this is how people can neglect that next week is the anniversary of the Martin Luther king water drops on freedom. As we preparing for this event, we know this. History will record that in this period of great transition, the greatest tragedy is not the clamor of the bad people but the good people. Far too Many American people have been silent and we need you. Thank you very much. [applause] i would like to turn to the mechanism of why this legislative change i

Transcripts For WHUT Democracy Now 20130131

My dad was outside and i was going to go with them to open the car, and these guys came and got him and arrested him. Last night from 11yearold jose arma was reunited with his father was detained two weeks ago and almost deported to guatemala. Both father and son will join us today from phoenix. Then, redemption. I am not against the rich, i am against greed and injustice. There are more poor people here than ever before. Theyre all over the place. This is like everybody is down on their luck. A Short Documentary about new yorkers who survive by redeeming bottles and cans from curbs is up for an Academy Award. We will speak with the filmmakers jon alpert and matt oneil. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The senate took up president obamas proposal to reform the nations gun control laws with a highprofile Senate Judiciary hearing on wednesday. In a surprise an unannounced appearance, gabrielle giffords, t

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