Good afternoon, welcome to the cato institute. Im the director of cato center for constitutional studies and your host for todays forum on professor Randy Barnetts new book, republican constitution securing the liberty and sovereignty of we the people with forward by george will. Let me also welcome our cspan audience as well as those watching through cato live streaming. Released just two days ago by harper column broad side this book is sure to receive wide attention and deservedly so, i just learned that its available at costco to people who are watching this on cspan can after this forum run right out and pick up a copy of the book. Its likely to receive wide attention, as i said because it speaks in a fundamental way to the political divisions we see in america today, divisions about health care, gun control, affirmative action, immigration and so much more. But the far more fundamental division we see in our understanding of our basic law, the constitution and what it authorizes.
,. . Greece, the refugee situation appears to be getting worse. In greece and turkey, the deal comes into operation, makeshift refugee camps in greece. The high commissioner is urging support for that countrys system, which is under pressure from an influx of people. More from the greekmacedonian border. Reporter the u. N. Is again expressing concern about the euturkey deal, just three days before its to be implemented. Hundreds of migrant refugees who landed on the shores from the 20th of march are now being held in detention facilities. The u. N. Is concerned about the conditions inside of those detention facilities, which are basically prisons. They are overcrowded, lack of sanitation, but its not just that. The World Organization is worried that these people, their asylum requests, are not being properly processed because of the lack of time. And there are also concerns that International Law could be violated. Today were urging the parties to the recent eu and turkey agreement on
We are securing the liberty and sovereignty of we the people with a foreword by george will. Let me also welcome our cspan audience, as well as those watching through catos live streaming. Released just two days ago by harper collins, this this book is sure to receive wide attention and it deserves so. I just learned its available at costco, so people who are watching this on cspan can run right out and pick up a copy of the book. Its likely to receive wide attention, as i said, because it speaks in a fundamental way to the political divisions we see in america today. Divisions about healthcare, gun control, affirmative action, immigration and so much more. Its about the far more fundamental division we see in our understanding of our basic law of the constitution and what it authorizes. If we want to better understand and appreciate the surface division, thats where we have to turn because thats where they are grounded. Just to be clear, in speaking about the republican constitution a
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Right now a new push to push up the minimum wage in d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser just held a News Conference about making the minimum wage 15 an hour. Molette . Reporter absolutely, aaron, good morning. And they just finished up with the mayor about ten minutes ago and some of the folks are right behind me. Their focus today is on folks who work in the Home Health Care industry. Those are the people who take care of some of the most vulnerable, the sick and the elderly. And also joining them, airport workers today to fight to live and work in the city. Lowwage workers bring their fight for a 15 minimum wage to d. C. s city hall. One check is the bills, and thats it. And i have to go to family members sometimes for reporter Tiffany Hunter is losing a days pay under the current 13. 84 an hour to be here and to speak out for the 3,000 or so Home Health Care aides in the city in the fight for 15 push thats already made its way to other major cities across the nation. Caregivers and airport wo