20. You probably heard about that when president obama announced cases of executive acts that would not only expand the deferred action program, but also expand it to undocumented parents of children and or other measures less novel shall be discussed as part of this program. And surprisingly, this move has proven extremely controversial and political, leading to denouncements against congress and lawsuits challenging the legality of the acts, including one by nearly half of the state join in the litigation. So in this program we wanted to situate the conversation on immigration executive acts into a broader context and include other areas of law such as health, environment, gay rights, National Security where the president has also been accused of acting as an imperial president. What makes todays program particularly exciting, therefore, is that it is bring together scholars writing on issues of separation of powers federalism, Administrative Law and legislation, and writes rights ac
Of things, certainly a number of more proactive chinese foreignpolicy and the xi jinping claiming, of course that china is now going to have the brainpower the great power foreignpolicy with special characteristics. But the question remains, i think, as to whether putting the periphery at the top really means recognition of deterioration of chinese relations with the neighborhood therefore leading to an adjustment in chinese foreignpolicy going forward. If that is the case, then what is the adjustment . What we are seeing so far is chinas emphasis on economic integration and trying to give the neighbors economic incentives to connect them through the 21st Century Maritime silk road and the economic the traditional economic silk road, to try to find them bind them more to chinas own development, and, in turn, to assist chinas own development. This is not just about getting. Its about giving. This is what china means by a winwin approach. I think the jury is still out as to whether we ar
They were a love story if one ever was and absolutely devoted to each other. Elizabeth monroe had a very welldeveloped sense of style and image, and her jewelry is a reflection of that. This is a woman who knew how to carry herself with great elegance. She always warranted your respect. It was one of the most splendid white houses that ever existed. It was called the era of good feeling. This is a woman who spoke french, and my goodness, what she could talk about. Elizabeth was a very great beauty, described in one letter as a rose petal beauty, but mrs. Monroe received very seldom anything at the white house. She was a recluse, absolutely hated it. Hospitality, decorum, dignity, civility those are the civility, those are the words that come to mind. Elizabeth monroe served as first lady for her husband james monroe from 1817 to 1825, during a time known as the era of good feelings. Coming up, well explore her life and what were not always happy times inside the white house for this co
Experts, video tors, and questions from the audience, we tell the stories of americas 45 first lady. Now, we look at two administrations led by widowed president. We begin with Rachel Jackson and emily donaldson. This is about 90 minutes. Rachel was not a fan of anything that took Andrew Jackson away from the hermitage. Her preference apparently didnt strongly influence him. She ran the plantation or the farm and kept everything in order. She might not have been like abigail adams, but she could write a nice letter. She was not as frumpy as she was reputed to be. As he rose in politics, that was an ugly sore. The campaign was so bitterly fought. They went all out, completely calling her a whore. Rachel was good garbage for them. She dreaded going to washington and made the statement, id rather be a doorkeeper in the house of god. Before he left to go to washington, she died. Emily donaldson was 21 years old. She became the white house hostess. For all the negatives washington had to sa
And it really is. American history tv is featuring cspans original series at 8 00 eastern on sunday nights throughout the rest of the year. Cspan produced the series in cooperation with the White House Historical association through conversations with experts and questions from cspans audience, we tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Now we look at two administrations led by widowed president s and the women who serve as first ladies. We begin with Rachel Jackson and Emily Donelson. This is about 90 minutes. Rachel was not a fan of anything that took Andrew Jackson away from the hermitage. Her preferences apparently didnt strongly influence him but rachel was always the thing that he would come back to. She ran the plantation or the farm and kept everything in order. Everybody loved her who worked there or was enslaved there. She might not have been like Abigail Adams but she could write a nice letter and she had nice jewelry. She was not as frumpy as she was reputed to be. Th