Decisionmaking process that they left the bench. Im an advocate and i was glad to be an advocate. I found the process enormously challenging. I have to say i love the opportunity to resolve this u disputes, large and small, but some of them have a large public significance and that is a very satisfying role. Watch after words on book tv on cspan2. A look at changing demographics in western states. In this 50 minute portion, officials from pew research, gallup and microsoft discuss employment and other trends in western states over the past 25 years and some of the trends they perceive in technology and immigration. The western Governors Association held its 201 2017 winter meeting at the Biltmore Hotel in phoenix. We are down to our last panel on this very pack today so i invite the roundtable participants to come to the desk with dispatch and while youre doing that, i will recognize the moderator of the panel to make some introductory remarks and introductions, the honorable john from
Government and decide how it should function. This is an hour and a half recorded at the American Historical Association annual meeting held this year in washington. Hi, everybody, im Cokey Roberts and im here in my history hat as a writer of history and student of current history, but it is a thrill to have this panel on First Federal congress. It is such an incredibly important subject and one that these folks have mined asid uously for many, many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that ive ever seen. Among other things, its complete, which you know, doesnt happen that often. I mean, the Founding Fathers papers will be you know, being published when were all dead. And so this fact that this group of people so marvelously put together 22 fabulous volumes and really tell the story of the founding of the country in a way that is incredibly important and one that i recommend to all, because you know, the
To be here this afternoon. Welcome to this panel, history and Public Policy center, sponsored by the National History center. Im nick mueller, president and ceo emeritus of the National World War Ii Museum in new orleans and before that enjoyed a that 32year career at the university of new orleans. I will say more about that after all the panelists are introduced. Were going to take a little bit of a different approach today. Rather than having each panelist stand up and talk about their respective centers and institutes, we are going to have a series of questions i will go over in just a moment and they will each respond in a few moments each. Well weave in the work their centers are doing in the course of their remarks. So im going to introduce very briefly each of the panelists. Perhaps you can raise your hand as i mention your name. For audiences here and i expect to have many more who are not affected by the weather watching us on cspan, so, thank you, cspan, for covering this pan
[inaudible conversations] [applause] ladies and gentlemen looking at this wonderful institution at the Constitution Center i see a lot of friends here and we have a responsibility on bill of rights day to inspire people around the world. So i will put aside what we are discussing not only the first part and i know you can hear us. The national Constitution Center is the only institution in america chartered by congress, due to somebody information on a nonpartisan basis and this is the purpose of the charter to increase understanding and that is what we will do today. On december 15, 1791 the bill of rights were ratified in those tenements have become iconic of american liberty. But as we will learn today in a fascinating series of discussions known as the bill of rights not until december 15, 1931 in the heart of world war ii that president roosevelt first began referring to the bill of rights and the first panel how the first ten amendments came to be known as the bill of rights. Som
Next on American History tv, journalist Cokie Roberts mod races s moderates a discussion on the First Federal congress at the american historical Associations Annual meeting. The panel talks about the nations founders including James Madison and George Washington who met from 1789 to 1791 to determine the structure of the new federal government and decide how it should function. This is an hour and a half, recorded at the American Historical Association annual meeting held this year in washington. Hi, everybody. Im Cokie Roberts and i am here in my history hat as a writer of history and a student of current history, but it is a thrill to have this panel on the First Federal congress because it is such an incredibly important subject and one that these folks have mined assiduously for many, many years. The history project on the First Federal congress is really one of the most remarkable institutions and outputs that i have ever seen. Among other things, its complete which, you know, do