Constitutional issues the Supreme Court faced during world war i. The first from Supreme Court justice and then a virginia Commonwealth History professor. Im Vice President of the historical society. I want to welcome everybody here to our first lecture of the leon silverman lecture series dealing with the Supreme Court and world war i. This being the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i. We have a very interesting series tonight. Before i go further, however, i am instructed to tell you to please turn off any cell phones, apple watches, whatever other gadgets you may have so they dont interfere with our system here. As you know, our host tonight is justice sonya sowed mior. I want to thank her on behalf of the society for giving her time when we call opinion her to participate in events like this. Because its quite important to us and quite important to you. And we very much appreciate it. Tell you briefly a little bit about the justice. Shes a native new yorker, born in the br
For a woman to be at the head of the most powerful country in the world, when one of our key allies doesnt allow women to drive, and our most significant enemy at this time, isis, is literally executing women and girls simply for being women and girls, i think this sends a powerful message from the bully pulpit about what america stands for. Go to booktv. Org for the complete schedule. American history tv on cspan3 this weekend. Adams famously said, my gift of John Marshall to the people of the United States was one of the proudest act of my life. And marshall has been widely praised for transforming the Supreme Court into what his biographer John Edward Smith calls the dominant force in american life. The role will put the shuttle on its precise heading toward an imaginary target in space. The 1981 nasa documentary on the today Maiden Voyage of the Space Shuttle columbia. The 1960 Campaign Film for republican president ial candidate richard nixon. I have decided that i will test my ab
Me is the legal prescription of opioids. Ive two minor Health Things in my life in the last two years that i had earlier in my life. Both times the medical professionals were willing to give opiates like, i believe a months worth of opiates for something that had no business, under any circumstances, prescribing opiates and they wouldnt have five years ago. I guess ill start with mr. Botticelli but anybody else can chime in here. What can we do to stop in these basic things, id say what they were but i dont want to embarrass the medical professionals. They were par for the course. I mean one of the things say were not going to reimburse for medicaid, were not going to reimburse for medicare, were not going to reimburse if youre, you know, anything else the federal government is kicking in, for these sort of problems, no matter how much pain you claim you had, because people never used to have them. Or we could perhaps say even for cms say were not just not going to reimburse across the
Uguay are being asked to shoulder a heavy burden in responsibility, and there are real concerns about the Administration Setting aside intelligence assessments to deceive countries about the threat posed by the militants they are being asked to take in. That was certainly a finding of this committee, our investigation into the release of six detainees to uruguay in december, 2014. I want to thank mr. Jeff duncan of south carolina, the chairman of our subcommittee. The focus is on the western hemisphere. Ate Department Official overseeing guantanamo at the time wrote to the president of uruguay that there was no information about these six that that no information that they were involved in conducting or facilitating terrorist activities against the United States or its partners or allies. No information . They were known to have been hardened al qaeda fighters involved in forging documents, trained as suicide bombers, fighting at tora bora, committing mayhem, committing murders in afgh
Give them the wisdom they need and the chity they must possess to Work Together. Help them to make wise decisions in a good manner. We ask your blessing as well on those newly elected or reelected to this assembly. May they fully understand the trust that has been given them to represent not only those whose votes they received but those who did not vote for them as well. All are citizens to be represented by the new members of this peoples house. May your blessing, o god, be with them and with us all this day and every day to come. And may all we do be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. Pledge of allegiance will be led today by the gentlelady from North Carolina, ms. Foxx. Ms. Foxx please join in the pledge to our wonderful flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and