And to sign the document establishing a new government for the United States of america go at the National Archives we have celebrated Constitution Day since 1956, four years after the original document in its place of honor in the rotunda go over the decades we have celebrated in many ways. The naturalization to money for new citizens of the United States it is always a moving experience to witness people from all parts of the world to stand in front of the parchment signed by our founders 232 years ago to swear to support and defend the constitution. We also invade one inviter speakers to understand the constitution and the Central Place in the nations history. Today we are honored to have with us this evening the sitting justice of the Supreme Court of United States associate Justice Gorsuch who has recently brought together his thoughts on the constitution and separation of powers into one volume we are pleased to welcome him here born in Denver Colorado got his ba from columbia jp
If jon stewart were here this wouldnt be happening. Committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and liberties will come to order. Thank the officers for get itin the doors shut and folks in. Thank you so much. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I welcome everyone todays hearing on the path to Restorative Justice. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today is june, a day that commemorates the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news with the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for two years so all enslaved people knew they were free despite lincolns emancipation. Slavery was a crime against humanity, one whose impacts we as a society continue to grapple with today. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first african slaves being brought to america. Slaveries of our nations first original sin. Our constitution protected it and various compromise
cinematographer. miguel a ma gator is interviewing the special prosecutor right now. we re listening. we ll share everything we learn in realtime. plus president biden is putting 3,000 miles between himself and the growing political headaches in washington. the white house and some top democrats trying to down play concerns about whether the special counsel will derail his reelection bid. but are other democrats sensing a 2024 opportunity? and more proof of egregious lies from george santos ares exposed, including a claim about his mother and september 11th. alec baldwin is now facing serious charges in the shooting of a cinematographer. he will face two counts of involuntary manslaughter. here he is back in 2021. all of what happened on that day leading up to this event was precipitated on one idea, and that is that we had something profound in common. and we both assumed the gun was empty. the da writing if any one of these three people had done their jobs, she would
[applause] senator harris all right. It is good to be home. It is good to be home. Greetings. President frederick, members of the board, distinguished faculty, thank you for this incredible honor. To the class of 2017, congratulations. [applause] senator harris and to your families and friends who encourage you and held you up, thank you for all you did. Lets hear it for them. [applause] sen. Harris i have had the honor of speaking at many commencements. But this one is particularly special for me. Because decades ago i sat just where you sit now. Feeling the embrace of our Howard Family. And a family at its best shares common values and aspirations. A family shares hardships and a connective history. A family looks for ways to support and inspire one another. Our family, includes a young woman who worked her way through school and is graduating as a published poet. [applause] sen. Harris our family includes the fourth Rogue Scholar in howard history, cameron clark. [applause] sen. Har
There are books for sale. I recommend you pick one up and perhaps get a signature on it. With that, i will turn over the introduction of our speaker today. Thank you. Good to be here. Welcome to the seminar. It is wonderful to have them back. He is an alumnus. Spent part of the work on his book here. We are delighted to have them come back with the final product. Let me just say by way of introduction, he is entering director of the East Asia Program at syracuse university, and the former Vice President of the foundation. In that capacity he has done a lot of good work and research and is also a trustee, us china relations. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College concert with the u. S. Army in vietnam, holds ma and phd degrees from stanford. His book is already been reviewed, and we are very much looking forward to his presentation today. Thank you very much. It is a special privilege to be here. This is where the project started. I wanti want to take this opportunity to not