Thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International Partners. The Bipartisan Legislation within the state department is now the law and to get it up and going we will hear more about that today but we are pleased that we are making progress. They lead, synchronize
Host we get to talk about the Supreme Court history for an hour. I want to start by understanding the court today. The way our court is structured and how it has evolved, how does the chief justice in this era wield authority . What tools do they have . Elizabeth the answer to that question is, in this era, as always, the chief justice, first and foremost, is the head and steward of one of our three ranches of government. I think there are some unique spects about that job in the sense that the court is not a political branch. It was deliberately designed not to be. The chief has a difficult job, because, im sure you heard this expression. The chief is chief among equals. They cannot control the other justices. They have the power to cajole, but not control. And there are some Great Stories throughout history that illustrate that very well. Host specifically, does the chief have a role in what cases are heard, and who writes the opinions . Elizabeth those are probably two of the princi
Later you can go to our page, i think, and we will upload it on youtube, is that correct . Again, i am sharon, founding director of the institute of Public Policies and history which is housed here at the university of the district of columbia. We will launch in january of last year by mayor bowser and president ronald mason. We have sort of the same focus as do other institute in politics except for a very strong focus as well on the history of this city and by so doing the history of this country because unlike most other cities we are entirely a creature of the politics of creating a new nation and for those of you who saw the musical, hamilton, there is a song in it that says in the room where it happened and we are what happened. Washington dc. While we have topics that are contemporary interests we always try to grill down on that topic to talk about if its the historical origins and that certainly is true for the compelling topic of tonight. We will talk this evening about the a
Those of you who want to find it later you can go to our page, i think, and we will upload it on youtube, is that correct . Again, i am sharon, founding director of the institute of Public Policies and history which is housed here at the university of the district of columbia. We will launch in january of last year by mayor bowser and president ronald mason. We have sort of the same focus as do other institute in politics except for a very strong focus as well on the history of this city and by so doing the history of this country because unlike most other cities we are entirely a creature of the politics of creating a new nation and for those of you who saw the musical, hamilton, there is a song in it that says in the room where it happened and we are what happened. Washington dc. While we have topics that are contemporary interests we always try to grill down on that topic to talk about if its the historical origins and that certainly is true for the compelling topic of tonight. We w
[inaudible conversations] thank you very much for being here and i particularly want to thank chairman barrasso because he allowed us to have the subcommittee hearing and for me to chai chair if this is a discn thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International P