Sorry to say, with cspan, what you are do we take you live that at the lgbtq vtory institute is honoring nancy pelosi as part of anvent marking the tenth anniversary of the repeal of the dont ask, dont tell law. Also want to take a moment to thank coach price price winr blues and devoted member of this Community Also differentnd lets face it bestdressed man and ten, Jonathan Capehart for taking theime to moderate todays very impornt conversation we are so grateful to Jennifer Pritzker, founder of the 20 foundation of saud and chairwoman of the Pritzker Military museum and library for serving a executive sponsor of todays Historic Panel issued international lgbtq leadership council. She regrets she could be with us today and absent im honor to share her followinghoughts on the importance of this topic. Todays panel [inaudible] thank you for jning us for the 2020 international ltq leaders conference. Close caption is a fatal b clicking the letter cc in the toolbar below the webcast windo
Cspan2. Im eric foner, Professor Emeritus of history at Columbia University coming to you from the study in my apartment opposite Columbia University in new york city im here to talk about the second founding, my book about the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments of the u. S. Constitution which were were ratified during the period of reconstruction immediately after the american civil war. The title of the book actually explains the argument the second founding. My argument is that these three amendments created a new constitution, they were not just additions to an existing structure. The 15th amendment tried to guarantee the right of africanamerican men to vote throughout the entire country. All three of these amendments have abthere were compromises it was the 15th amendment that expanded the right to vote to africanamerican men. They created the constitution we are living with today, the 14th amendment has been the 21st century where through which the courts have tremendously expanded t
Focusing on rushing through a nominee to the United States Supreme Court rather than doing everything we can to work across the aisle to craft a solution. To the problems, the crises facing our nation. Tens of millions of americans, unemployed. Hundreds of thousands of businesses permanentlylo closed. Schools all over the country either not yet open or just barely opened, and thousands upon thousands of americans died alone in pain, and comforted by family, uncertain of how they came to be in this place and cared for by their country. Eight. 5million infected 220,000 or more dead. We are in the middle of a tragic pandemic and a recession made worse by our presence bungled mishandling of the pandemic, and instead of coming together to provide the reliefteng that all states d all people are calling for, we are doing this. We are doing this. Instead, my republican colleagues are walking over dangerous precipice doing something according to graham was unthinkable just two years ago , in th
Pandemic that has already claimed more than 225,000 american lives. We are 00 mere eight days away we are a mere eight days a away from a president ial election. Donald trump announced his nomination of judge barrett even before we could fully mourn the death of the great Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. And Senate Republicans then rushed this nomination to the senate floor. In doing so, they violated the rule that their leader, Mitch Mcconnell, imposed in 2016 which kept Merrick Garland off the Supreme Court after president obama nominated him in february of that year to fill the vacancy that arose with the death of justice antonin scalia. That rule was clear. That rule was concise. That rule was definitive. The senate would not consider a nomination to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court during a president ial election year. Many of my republican colleagues echoed leader mcconnells pledge. In fact, my colleague, senator Lindsey Graham, who chairs the judiciary committee, admonished us to
Earlier today, senator and democratic Vice President ial candidate Kamala Harris held a Campaign Rally with voters and supporters in reno, divided. She spoke for hat reno, nevada. Shee for half an hour spoke for half an hour. Sen. Harris good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us at the amphitheater. My name is don paul and i and student body president at the university of reno. Representing the associated students of the university of nevada. I am a senior at the university studying journalism with hopes of attending law school next fall. With a week until election day, i want to emphasize how important it is to allow your voices to be heard. Our nation in this year alone is facing a Global Health pandemic, economic downfall, systemic racism and a climate crisis. It is imperative wed elect a leader who will provide a strong, steady leadership to unite our country and deliver positive and meaningful result. As a low income, black young woman from the bay area, being a firsttime