Down. He just broke our hearts. Sexual assaults and open racism is not something that people want in their president about. A sitin was staged this afternoon, to express their outrage over the outcome of the president ial election. Its just horrible. Its just the worst thing ever. For immigrant students. Just the thought of a Trump Presidency is causing anxiety. Especially for those who are undocumented. Im scared for myself, for my family, for my community. Similar protests have sprung up across the east bay. Students at bishop owe dowd, oakland tech and Berkeley High all held walk outs. In oakland, things got ugly. Protesters set fires in the streets. And took their march on to the freeway, where a protester was hurt when she was accidentally hit by a car. You have the right to protest. We have no problems with people exercising their First Amendment rights, but you dont have the right to go on to the freeway. Its dangerous. They never dreamt the election would turn out this way. We
Weeks interview with nancy isenberg, here are some of the programs you might enjoy. A book about how winning the Powerball Lottery change the life of the West Virginia man. A photographer talks about his book in the shadow of our and also ron churn out on his biography of alexander hamilton, the basis for the broadway musical. Washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Up, tom fitton. The, the director for center for civic learning and whichment will look at candidate millennials are likely to support. Washington journal, beginning at monday morning. Join the discussion. As a teenager, Jarrett Adams was convicted of Sexual Assault. He served 10 years in prison before being exonerated with the help of the wisconsin Innocence Project. Now he is an attorney, representing needy defendants and fighting Wrongful Convictions. He spoke at the city club of cleveland for about an hour. Good afternoon. I am a partner at baker and hostetler. It is my pleasure t
Hes an attorney helping the needy facing felony charges and the wrongfully convicted. Heres more on the criminal Justice System from the city club of cleveland. This is an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to the city club of cleveland. Im michael meuti, a partner at baker and hostettler, and despite pleasure to introduce you to get a speaker, Jarrett Adams. In addition to my day job i served as the president of the northeast ohio chapter of the american constitution society. Acs as a nationwide network of progressive lawyers, judges, students and professors, all dedicated to the promise of our constitution and to the values that it embodies. Civil rights and liberties, genuine democracy, and access to justice. Over the past few years our chapter has hosted various programs on various the problem of Wrongful Convictions specifically. For example, we heard from Ohio Attorney general and his life about the myths of our criminal Justice System and how they produce Wrongful Convictions. And
Welcome to hungry minds speak of series with Steve Simpson speaking on cronyism and corruption in government power. Steve sampson is director of legal studies at Ayn Rand Institute in irvine california. A former constitutional litigator for the institute for Justice Steve has litigated cases in the u. S. Supreme court and lower federal and state courts throughout the nation. Steve was the lead lawyer in speech now versus sec, the case that created super pacs and he has litigated many many other campaignfinance and constitutional cases over the years. Steve has written and spoken on a wide variety of legal and constitutional issues. His writings have appeared in the wall street journal, the washington post, the Washington Times and many print and on line publications over the years. So lets will come Steve Simpson speaking on cronyism, corruption and government power. [applause] okay. First of all thanks very much hannah and doug and hungry minds for having me here. I have to say its a
The first is this. Government is not a value neutral enterprise that should be open for everybody to use depending on whether they get voted into office or whetherthey control the government. Its not value neutral. There is a right sort of government, a good sort of government, beneficial sort of government and theres an evil sort of government, a wrong sort of government in a destructive government and that really matters. As i said i think the distinction is ignored in the context of cronyism. What is being ignored ultimately is governments proper purpose. The idea is this. He idea is government is just, its a value neutral enterprise and whoever wins the lottery called elections get to use it for their purposes. What is the essential point behind back . Its this. Its might makes right. If i hold the reins of power is pretty much get to use power however i want and the government power which is the power of force. What we need to do to have a proper government is to subordinate the r