Good evening everyone and i am thrilled to welcome you to tonight Virtual Program americas constitutional conversation. I am grateful this evening for sponsoring the program tonight. So thank you y for your great partnership. Just before i introduce our speakers and went to recognize and think the New York Historical trustees joining us this evening. And executive committee and one of tonight speakers who will be joining us momentarily on the virtual stage and with the chairmans counsel we are very grateful toof each and every one of you especially during this challenging time. Welcome back to our stage lot of Political Science at Yale University before joining faculty with the associate Justice Stephen breyer for the first circuit. Also a visiting adjunct professor americas constitutional conversation and joining us as moderator is richard were kaiser senior fellow and Senior Editor at the National Review. The history of the exceptional idea and the man who made the Supreme Court with
Of trustees, pam chapa, the chair of our executive committee richard reese, and trustees brian, suzanne, and one or two nights speakers Akhil Reed Amar who would be joining us on our virtual stage. I would also like to thank members of our chairman scouts will. We are so grateful to each and every one of you for your encouragement and support, especially at this challenging time. Ci now then, we are pleased to welcome Akhil Reed Amar back to our virtual stage. Hes starting professor of law and Political Science at yale university. Before joining yale staff faculty, he clerked for judge Stephen Breyer when hes on court of appeals for the first circuit. Hes also a regular visiting adjunct professor at Columbia Law School and new author of the recently released book, the words that made us americas constitutional conversation, 17601840. Joining us as moderator this evening is richard brookhiser, a senior fellow at the National Review institute, Senior Editor of the National Review and aut
These parts that he decided to step down . On a scale of 110, it was a 10. We were shocked. And here we are, so much momentous work to be done in rome over these next few weeks as the cardinals gather in a conclave to choose a successor to the pope. Well check back with you. Moret of people are very, very upset, because people need to work from home. Because they have other obligations, and there was a time when nobody worked from home unless you were a farmer. And then you worked at your farm. So a lot of people dont remember that that was the norm. That was very much the norm. And this is a new phenomenon going on in the workplace. And its making it so a lot of people who have families and things like that can balance and work together. Yes. Its caused a big stir. And your thoughts on the stir . Well, i have mixed emotions on this. Because, you know how i feel about trying to be fair to every to everybody involved. Shes worked very long and very hard and shes to become a ceo. She is
He went on to attack his own people and institutions while standing next to the russian president. We have never seen or heard anything like this from an american president on soil foreign or domestic, but motivated by a deathly fear that his election may be seen at legitimate he delivered what a u. S. Diplomat called the ing is most embarrassing performance hes ever seen on a world stage. Tonight a former defense secretary and cia director called this the most tragic day in the history of the presidency. The president returned from helsinki tonight, an overseas trip that left a lot of damage behind. He criticized u. S. Allies, insults the british prime minster and called the European Union a foe of the United States. Trump and putin were alone together for over two hours. What they discussed, what they agreed to is known only to those two men and their interpreters. Then came the News Conference. The president invoked Hillary Clintons emails. Relitigated his election victory in the El
First for the american presidency. Following their meeting in helsinki, the president wasnt soft on Vladimir Putin as some had feared. He embraced him. He validated him. He sided with putin over the home team when given the chance. He went on to attack his own people and institutions while standing next to the russian president. We have never seen or heard anything like this from an american president on soil foreign or domestic, but motivated by a deathly fear that his election may be seen at legitimate he delivered what a u. S. Diplomat called the ing is most embarrassing performance hes ever seen on a world stage. Tonight a former defense secretary and cia director called this the most tragic day in the history of the presidency. The president returned from helsinki tonight, an overseas trip that left a lot of damage behind. He criticized u. S. Allies, insults the british prime minster and called the European Union a foe of the United States. Trump and putin were alone together for