Court decisions. Number 759, earnest hernandez, petitioner vurz arizona. Number eight, rowe against wade. Quite often in many of our decisions are ones the court took they are quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believe theyre rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans new series, landmark cases. Tonight and for 11 weeks were going to be looking at 12 cases that affect the country and society. Tonight or case is marbury versus madison. It came about between two Founding Fathers who developed an imit inty. We have two gusts at the table to help us understand the story and importance of this case in our countrys history. Akhil reed amar is a Yale Law School professor. And also at the table, federal lit gator, cliff salone. The great six addison marshal and a battle for the Supreme Court. Gentlemen, to start were going to li
Court decisions. Number 759, earnest hernandez, petitioner vurz arizona. Number eight, rowe against wade. Quite often in many of our decisions are ones the court took they are quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believe theyre rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans new series, landmark cases. Tonight and for 11 weeks were going to be looking at 12 cases that affect the country and society. Tonight or case is marbury versus madison. It came about between two Founding Fathers who developed an imit inty. We have two gusts at the table to help us understand the story and importance of this case in our countrys history. Akhil reed amar is a Yale Law School professor. And also at the table, federal lit gator, cliff salone. The great six addison marshal and a battle for the Supreme Court. Gentlemen, to start were going to li
Court decisions. Number 759, earnest hernandez, petitioner vurz arizona. Number eight, rowe against wade. Quite often in many of our decisions are ones the court took they are quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believe theyre rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans new series, landmark cases. Tonight and for 11 weeks were going to be looking at 12 cases that affect the country and society. Tonight or case is marbury versus madison. It came about between two Founding Fathers who developed an imit inty. We have two gusts at the table to help us understand the story and importance of this case in our countrys history. Akhil reed amar is a Yale Law School professor. And also at the table, federal lit gator, cliff salone. The great six addison marshal and a battle for the Supreme Court. Gentlemen, to start were going to li
That they look like the bosoms of amazons. [laughter] i mean truly that was the weirder election and but, that is probably the only one that i can think of that was like this one. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] [applause] ladies and gentlemen welcome. This is the final panel of bill of rights day. Happy 225th birthday to the bill of rights. I am Jeffrey Rosen the president of this wonderful institution. For those of you are joining us for the first time. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america sorted by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a non artisan basis. And it is so exciting on december 15, 2016 the 225th anniversary of the bill of rights to share with you, how we National Constitution center audience. And cspan, americas greatest teacher of the bill of rights, Akhil Reed Amar. [applause] this is such a treat for me ladies and gentlemen. You know if you have been he
40 years ago, in the wake of watergate, the United States senate created a special committee to look into the activities of United States intelligence services. It was the Senate Select committee for governmental operations it quickly took on the nickname of its chairman, frank church and it was best known to history as the Church Committee. The committee met for 16 months. It reviewed more than 10,000 documents and called 800 witnesses before the committee and its staff. Its legacy includes the creation creation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 which we know as fisa. Two former Staff Members are with us and will be with us to help provide some Historical Context and understand the significance of the 40yearold video that you were about to see. From new york city, Frederick Schwarz who was the committees chief counsel is with us. Here in our studio in washington dc is Elliot Maxwell who was counsel to the committee as an in pennsylvania. Think you for joining us. In