Of todays lecture, to encourage you to pretend as if you are in church and to move in, scoot in , if you would, to give folks who are, not necessarily late arriving, but people who are fashionably on time room to sit. I should say that this answers an ageold question for me. Which is, if there is anything that can depress the turnout for a lecture sponsored or cosponsored by the center of president ial history, i think we have the answer. Which is no. It was raining cats and dogs a few minutes ago. And i wondered, will there be people there . And sure enough, here you are. I tip my cap to all of you, you are in for a treat this evening. Thanks again for coming. My name is andy graybill. I am the director of the Clement Center for southwest studies. I would like to thank the many people who helped make this evening possible. Starting with our friends for whom we are cosponsoring tonights event. Thanks to jeff, who directs the cph. Especially bono spitz, who along for those people who ha
And. Well the killing of george for each change of Race Relations in the u. S. Protests against Police Brutality continue present donald trump is accused of fanning the flames is there enough momentum to change laws and altitudes in what is already a polarized Election Year this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. The killing of george floyd has reignited pent up anger towards racism and Police Brutality in the United States since his death in minneapolis more than a week ago there have been nationwide mainly peaceful occasionally violent protests and its forcing america to look at its longstanding issue of race head on. People defied curfews in more than 140 cities to demand justice for florida and other black americans who have died at the hands of Police Demonstrators in portland lay down on a bridge for 9 minutes thats how long it took for the 46 year old Security Guard to suffocate a 4 officers pinned him down a sign from looting and violence in some cities the protests
Thanks so much for coming. It seems particularly appropriate given the subject of todays lecture to encourage you to pretend as if you are in church and to move in, scoot in if you would, to give folks who are, not necessarily late arriving, but people who are fashionably on time room to sit. I should say that this answers an ageold question for me. Which is, if there is anything that can depress the turnout for a lecture, i think we have the answer. Which is no. It was raining cats and dogs a few minutes ago. And i wondered, will there be people there . And sure enough, here you are. I tip my cap to all of you, you are in for a treat this evening. My name is andy graybill. I am the director of the clement center. I would like to thank the many people who helped make this evening possible. Thanks to jeff, who directs the cph. Especially for those people who have coordinated all of the logistics. During my first semester at the clement center, we received an anonymous 500,000 gift in ho
Think we have the answer. Which is no. It was raining cats and dogs a few minutes ago. And i wondered, will there be people there . And sure enough, here you are. I tip my cap to all of you this evening. My name is andy graybill. I am the director of the clement center. I would like to thank the many people who helped make this evening possible. Thanks to jeff, who directs the cph. Especially for those people who have coordinated all of the logistics. During my first semester at the clement center, we received an anonymous 500,000 gift in honor of the governor who had died earlier that year. The donor wanted to hear our ideas first about how we put those funds to use before they were transmitted. Naturally, i proposed that this money be applied to my mortgage. [laughter] he passed. The benefactor liked much more the idea that we use the money to convert one of the junior postdoctoral fellowship lines to one that would support an invited senior scholar. That would cost more and they are
Professor green absolutely, i agree. And what is interesting about that statement, it was made at the time when speakers had a lot fewer responsibilities and duties than today. If anything, it is even more so it is the most difficult job in washington. Susan unlike the senate majority, this position is named in the constitution, without a lot of detail beyond that. I am wondering, when the framers created the position, they were look into the english model, what are they have in mind . Professor green they were thing about a model of the speakership where it was a position that had parliamentary responsibilities. So the job was to preside over the chamber and make sure the rules were being followed fairly. But they also understood the position could take on other responsibilities. I think it is telling it is only mentioned once in the constitution, and says only, the speaker,ll choose the and leaves the rest up to the house itself to determine what the speakers responsibilities should