My view is the greatest of our institution. This is not been fully appreciated by most otherwise wellinformed americans. What did you mean by that . I meant by that that the polls show that when the court is seen as partisan, when thepol justices are seen as voting along political lines, there is less confidence in their decision and the public at large doesnt accept the decision in the Supreme Court, as hamilton pointed out doesnt have an army or any money so its power comes from the Public Acceptance oftht its decision. A not that we have to agree with them, but we have to agree and accept that there is a rule of law and they are the final word on the constitution. We are talking with james, the author of supremely partisan, how politics tips the scales. New yor his also a former assistant u. S. Attorney for the Southern District of new york where he served in the criminal division. The Supreme Court, has it always been partisan, is this something new . It has never been so partisan
Welcome to nashville, tennessee on American History tv. In the 19 century, it earned the souththe athens of the because of its reputation as a wealthy and refined southern city. Today, nashville is known for its ties to Country Music. With the help of our Comcast Cable partners, we will exhibit two exhibits at the Country Music hall of fame and museum. One about music raging political gaps in the 1960s and another about the origins of Country Music in nashville. Now call Country Music comes from the confluence of the fiddle that came over from ireland and the banjo that came over in the minds of african slaves. Resultose combined, the was the music that came to be called Country Music. It was not originally centered in nashville. It was in large part a radio. Tation this year later, visit the Civil Rights Movement at the Nashville Public Library and learn how nashville became a model city for integration in the south. It was the only methodical and Strategic Movement led by students in
Now actor and producer Wendell Pierce will talk about his family and their new orleans neighborhood followed by hurricane katrina. His book is, the wind and the reefs. He reefs. He speaks of the 27th annual southern festival of books. Hello, welcome. This is the southern festival of books session on the wind and the reefs with the author Wendell Pierce. We will be ready to begin. Just a bit of housekeeping. First of all welcome to the National Public library and thank you for so much for hosting the southern festival of books and being one of the hosts. I appreciate it. Please know that this festival depends on individual donations, among other sources to remain free to the public. Please consider donating at any level that is comfortable to you. You can donate via the humanities tennessee website, the app, the facebook page, or in person at page, or in person at the headquarters of the festival throughout the weekend. The format of the session will be essentially conversational, mr. P
Right now where the process of doing a lot of great work. Onto our esteemed author. Wendell pierce was born in new orleans and as an actor and Tony Awardwinning producer. He starred in all five seasons of the acclaimed hbo drama, the wire. You may remember [applause]. You may remember him as a humble man with great attributes. Mr. Pierce was nominated for an naacp image award for outstanding supporting actor in drama series for that role. He is also starred as a player Antoine Baptiste [applause]. And the hbo series and has appeared in several other feature films such as thelma, ray, ray, waiting to exhale and hackers. Since Hurricane Katrina mr. Pierce has helping to rebuild the flood ravaged neighborhood of new orleans. He has recorded that in his memoir and is going to talk about that today. Again, lets welcome mr. Wendell pierce. [applause]. Thank you very much. Thank you mr. Williams. Now this is very exciting for me. Very unique. As mr. Williams said, i am an actor, not an audio
Question. [inaudible] she is saying thank you for being so fabulous which were applied in a moment but she wonders if theres ever been a colleague who has tried to sabotage the work and how have you dealt with it . This happened when i was going into publishing. If i did have a colleague who did that i was never aware of it so i guess i dealt with it by being clueless. Thank you very much. Thank you pamelas. [applause]. I do want to let you no, we have another womens media group panel in the same room at 930. Women entrepreneurs learning from ceos of startups about the difficulty of having a startup. We have someone is pointing at something, we have the handout sheets in the back about womens media group, a signup sheet as well. Also we are having a digital meet up today at four that Charlotte Abbott had organized in the Digital Space and if i understand theres going to be 110 Digital Women so its going to be a very exciting party. Thank you for coming, this is the southern festival of