Hes the most important political figure in wisconsins history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term to self identify. He was the United States senator. He was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in american history. He was an opponent of world war i. He stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all, he was about the people. In the area after the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of small farmers, small producers, small manufacturers. 1870s, we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality. We had concern about the influence of money in government. The United States senators were elected by legislators. There were huge sums of money going into those campaigns. Individuals were looking for a way to change the status quo. Around 1900, the idea of progressivism coales
Home to the house and senate since 1800. It is their home districts and states that send members to washington, d. C. Over the next 90 minutes, a look at pivotal u. S. Politicians as we travel the nation in search of their stories. Coming up first, former wisconsin governor and 1924 Progressive Party president ial bobdate, robert fighting lafalce. Hes the most important political figure in wisconsins history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term to self identify. He was the United States senator. He was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i. He stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all, he was about the people. In the era after the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of small farmers, small producers, small manufacturer
It is a glorious service. The call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob lafollett is probably the most important political figure in Wisconsin History and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is pretty was one of the first to use the term progressive to selfidentify. He was United States senator who is ready nice by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i, stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all Bob Lafollett was about the people. After the civil war america changed radically from a nation of Small Farmers and small producers and small manufacturers and by the 1870s and 1880s, 1890s we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality and we had concerned about the influence of money in government. The United States senators we
The court. His class is about 75 minutes. All right, today we are going to be looking at is the development of Controversial Supreme Court nominations in the late sixties and early seventies. We are looking at the war in court, this increasing surge of controversial decisions from the court. Theres basically two basic principles. This idea that it was a particular job of the Supreme Court to stand up on behalf of people who may not have majority support, whether it was atheist, Civil Rights Activists, or criminal defendants throughout the 1960s. Second, the emergence of this philosophy that some historians have called rightsrelated liberalism. The idea that liberalism was primarily for the protection of individual rights. As a result, the Supreme Court became an important mechanism for this. One problem, that is if youre going to be governing, you have to be able to appoint Supreme Court justices and as we will see this becomes a froth prospect for liberals. The backdrop, london be joh
Begin this hour with some disturbing video surfacing out of new york city thats where the n. Y. P. D. Is once again coming under scrutiny for this questionable arrest tactic here that youre seeing on screen in that spotlight you see Plainclothes Police officers arresting a trans woman on the streets of new yorks East Manhattan subduing her and then tossing her into an unmarked van now aided by identified and why p. T. To many people who witnessed this it appeared to be an abduction nikki stone was wanted for vandalization and destruction of Police Cameras at city hall but the method of her arrest have many worried about Police Practices during the. Ongoing protest so joining us to band on the topic retired Metro Police Detective ron hampton ways and ron good to see you you were a cop on the ground here locally for a long time stone was wanted for vandalization did that warrant this sort of reaction. I dont think it was but you know some of this behavior app of the is in retaliation to