Particular has a monumental role. It endeavors to guard the values and architecture of liberty, equality, and solidarity found in the constitution. It does so against the excesses of majority rule, partisanship, or president ial overreach. The Supreme Court, however, is made up of nine individual human beings. Each with her or his individual perspective on the balances struck in the constitution, and on the precise guideposts on decision making. We are most proud to have one of these nine with us this evening. Stevenslecture is honorable elana kagan, associate justice of the United States of Supreme Court. [applause] mr. Anaya notably, Justice Kagan replaced Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court after the late justice announced his retirement and president barack obama appointed her to the court. Justice kagan served as the first female solicitor general of the United States and in that position, she argued a number of important cases to the Supreme Court. She had a storied legal career
Government. Weekends on cspan two are an intellectual feast. Every saturday American History tv documents americas stories. And on sunday book tv brings you the last of Nonfiction Books and authors. Funding for cspan two comes from these Television Companies and more. Including comcast. You think this is just a Community Center . Or no, its my mother that. Comcast is partnering with 1000 Community Centers to create wifi enabled so students from low income families can get the tools they need to be readfor anything. Comcast along with these Television Companies support cspan two as a public service. Ning. Good. Morning thank you for getting up, everybody. Coming to her. Me really appreciate. It means making sure my mic sounds good. Im here in a look at what carl silence brings revolution. The origins of that book began really when i was a boy. Because my mother and father were teachers and we have some of the one perks of being a teacher is you get some extra summertime and use your ext
Was delayed. Also is tom cochrane, the gentleman next to my colleague. Executive director. The conference of mayors is a Nonpartisan Organization of cities of 30,000 are more. There are 1408 i am told. All the guest speakers are making their first visit. Mayor landrieus father spoke to our breakfast one to 1975 when he was mayor of new orleans, and once in 1979 as secretary of housing and urban development. So much for monitor breakfast trivia. Good for you, good for you. I was not, obviously. I was 12. The mayor is a graduate of catholic university. Previously served in the louisiana house of representatives and served as louisianas governor. Mayor benjamin has been in office since 2010. His law degrees are from the university of South Carolina. His Previous Government Service includes appointment at the age of 29 to the governors cabinet as director of the department of probation and parole and pardon services. Mayor giles, like his counterparts here is a republican. He was the 40th
Was delayed. Also is tom cochrane, the gentleman next to my colleague. Executive director. The conference of mayors is a Nonpartisan Organization of cities of 30,000 are more. There are 1408 i am told. All the guest speakers are making their first visit. Mayor landrieus father spoke to our breakfast one to 1975 when he was mayor of new orleans, and once in 1979 as secretary of housing and urban development. So much for monitor breakfast trivia. Good for you, good for you. I was not, obviously. I was 12. The mayor is a graduate of catholic university. Previously served in the louisiana house of representatives and served as louisianas governor. Mayor benjamin has been in office since 2010. His law degrees are from the university of South Carolina. His Previous Government Service includes appointment at the age of 29 to the governors cabinet as director of the department of probation and parole and pardon services. Mayor giles, like his counterparts here is a republican. He was the 40th
Through issues. Some issues that propelled them in in the first place. It provides kind of the support that daniel talked about. A family, a community, that kind of support that is not there to say you are horrible because you believe these things. Let me share my experience and how i got beyond that, finding that common ground. Encounteredou ever anyone that was radicalized by what they had read . Normally high functioning, but had consumed a lot of hate literature or is there always Something Else underlying it . Angela every case is different. Some of the information we are finding now is that not every person suffered trauma, abuse, or has Mental Health issues. Some people came from perfectly stable, loving homes. For some reason felt the need to belong in that way. It is different. Some individuals, a small percentage, were raised in an extremist environment, were. Aught violence there were individuals raised in a prejudice household, taught racism as children. Some will grow up a