Time, dissents, wired, the globe, and many others. Shell be joined in conversation this evening with kendra alberta clinical instructor at Harvard Law School where they keep school at a Practice Technology law by working with pro bono clients. Covering topics such as facial recognition, on Online Harassment and freedom of expression tonight theyre going to discuss joanne lurking. Old resonate deeply with anyone who goes online and learned not shouting grandstand. Never cynical Joanne Mcneil trayce insightful ways. For what has been and what has been stolen and what utopian possibilities might still be discovered. We are so pleased to host this event here at Harvard Bookstore tonight, please welcome me joining Joanne Mcneil and kendra alberts. [applause] i thought to start i have a really brief reading id like to do . Should i read there . Or here . Or see that its up to you. Smack i will stand up its just a short passage but it will give you a sense of the style of the book. This is in
First president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. That would have been in 1789, in april. How well where the duties and office that he was about to step into, how well where they defined at this moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. There was a brandnew institution, certainly in america and really in the world, its a new experiment of an elected magistrate that would have at one point been the head of state, like a king, but also be the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policy maker. And it wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the of the legislature and where thedefine. Powers of the president would be defined. And so washington really created that office. Reallmany of the precedents, mf the things that we come to think of as president ial really come downwn from his example in the office. He took the oath, what were his views at the time about expanding or restricting the power of the office that he was ste
President s day. First, sir, explain the significance of that moment thats portrayed over your shoulder there, the swearing in of George Washington. You see the first president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. This would have been in 1789 in april. How well were the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into . How well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. There was nothing like it in america and really in the world. It was a new experiment of an elected magistrate who would at one point be the head of state like a king but at the same time also sort of the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policymaker. And it wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the legislature and where the powers of the president would be defined. Washington created that office and many of the precedents, many of the things we come to think of as president ial really come down from his ex
[applause] we will celebrate our dear friend with tributes that come from the heart composed and performed by Patrice Michaels and you can find it on the wonderful cd with all the lyrics to have a performance of it here last year it was set to music to touch all of our hearts and then i will have the extraordinary pleasure to talk with Justice Ginsburg of a series of what we are calling with conversations of our bg to collect our conversations over the years and i will ask her what she thought of the performance that the trees capture so beautifully in music and i cannot wait to hear her thoughts for the ladies and gentlemen please phenjoy the long view, a portrait of Justice Ginsburg in nine songs. [applause] may 2007. The individual statutorily entitled to sue for reparations for pay discrimination. June 2013 Shelby County versus holder. The constitutionality of provisions of 1965. June 2013, versus the university of texas with the affirmativeaction program constitutionally sound. Ju
She had them. That would be to ease. Its how raided hem. Her husband augustine today when george was a 11 and mary was a single mother in her 30s raising six children. That alone i think would resonate with a lot of women in America Today and the tough time she went through raising her children. So, there was a when she was referred to by biographers from time of her passing until the time of the civil war, she came across as kind of like june cleaver, and or mary mother of chryst christ, after the civil war and realtime began to take hold in the American Literature with moby dick and tom sawyer and huck finn, he biographyers who mentioned her made her look more line joan crawford. Both got it wrong. She was neither and she was both, so i decided, plus i live in the area where she the millenbeck and ending forest and lively area of rural virginia on the northern neck, and theres a lot of just something that really washington always piqued im written five books on reagan, wrote one book