Did you say am i hope . In my humble opinion. Do you pronounce it lol or lol . I say in my humble opinion, or i laugh out loud, but i appreciate the text shorthand. In my honest opinion. I will be sure to take it up with senator tim kaine. He watches this vote on the house floor, thank you, buddy. And that is it your home for joining us this evening. Right now, we are, as i just said, to chris hayes, watching the house of, where any moment, the bill to avoid catastrophic default is about to face the vote on the house floor. The dynamic here, what you will see unfold tonight, the dynamic, that dynamic, was set earlier today, when democrats had to bail out republicans on a procedural vote that republicans claim they could pass on their very own. Prior to that vote, politico reported, when asked if the gop would need democratic help to pass this procedural measure, majority whip, tom emmer, said, republicans are the ones who are running this place and republicans will pass the bills, and
Cspan. Org history. And we would like to tell you about some of our other American History tv programs. Be with us every saturday 8 00 p. M. And 12 00 a. M. With lectures in history. Hear lectures on topics ranging from the American Revolution to the 9 11 terrorist attacks. Thats lectures in history, every saturday at 8 00 p. M. And 12 00 a. M. Eastern here on American History tv on cspan3. Up next on American History tv, history professor Lea Vandervelde talking about the Supreme Court case of 1857. Dread scott was a slave attempted to sue his owner for his familys freedom after they were moved to a free state by their former master. The court ruled that slave or free blacks could not sue in federal court because they could not be u. S. Citizens. Professor is vandervelde talks about the repercussions of the decision and why its location in missouri was important. Here is the introduction. The Supreme Court Historical Society hosted this hourlong event. Good evening. I am glad to be he
Good evening. I am glad to be here with you for the first lecture in the Supreme Court Historical Societys series, this Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The timing is just right, for this year marks the 150th anniversary of the war between the states. A bit about the society which i joined many years before i got this good job. And i remain among the legions of supporters of the societys many endeavors. Some of them dorothy mentioned. This society has been a key player in improving public understanding of the court and its role in the constitutional framework of our government. Regular attendees of these lectures know how engaging they have been. And i appreciate, too, Something Else dorothy mentioned. The societys preening program for high schoolteachers and the books produced by the society are works well conceived and good to read. Among my favorites, claire cushmans court watches, eyewitness accounts in Supreme Court history. It is a collection of welltold anecdotes about
The case than concerned its ship and cargo and the issue of freedom was derivative. A slave sues his master. Ironically, paying close attention to the stipulated facts does not bring the image into focus. It renders the image less clear. That a missouri slave would sue a new york master for freedom is baffling, to say the least. Even more perplexing is the question of how the case ever happened at all. Among the famous and famously notorious cases, the circumstances of dred scott are the least well understood. The facts are stipulated on appeal. Reading them leaves the unsettling sense that there was something missing. Several justices in the opinions written by each of them repeat the fact statement verbatim in texts of their several opinions. And this choice to repeat the stipulated facts verbatim in the texts signals that perhaps the justices themselves found the facts somewhat incongruous because they did not paraphrase the salient features. They simply repeated the whole. By the t
Youve been watching cspans American History tv. We want to hear fro you have been watching American History tv. Follow us on twitter at cspan history and connect with us at facebook. Com cspan history. Make comments on our website at cspan. Org history. We would like to tell you about our other tv programs. Be with us every saturday at 8 00 and midnight for lectures in history. Join students in the classroom to hear lectures on tops ranging from the American Revolution to the 9 11 terrorist attacks. Lectures in history every saturday at 8 00 and midnight eastern here on American History tv on cspan 3. Up next on American History tv, history professor talks about the dred scott and sanford case. Dred scott was a slave and sued his family for freedom after they had been moved. The court ruled that slave or free blacks could not sue in federal court because they could not be u. S. Citizens. The professor talks about the repercussions of the decision and why the location in missouri was ve