Make Something Like ten times his current salary. Yay for jim demint, good money. Kind of. Its good for him, but its really good for his colleague, Republican Senate leader Mitch Mcconnell. You see, jim demint is not your ordinary senator. Hes like the Grover Norquist of the senate. Hes the guy the other republican senators are really afraid of. And that is because moreso than anyone else and definitely more than any other republican politician, demint is behind the Tea Party Strategy of purifying the Republican Party in the cleansing fire of party primaries. Demint created this pact called the senate conservativist fund, a pact he made into a super pac which makes it more super and exists to help conservative republicans beat other republicans. Since 2009 demint has raised more than 17 million to promote promising candidates in an effort to remake the senate not just in a republican image but in a diehard conservative one. The image of jim demint, even. And he has often done it by goi
Welcome to the Cato Institute to an unprecedented book foryum. My name is ill ya shapiro. Im editor in chief. The latest volume of which were releasing this coming tuesday at our annual constitutional Day Conference i hope youll attend as well. Today, however, youre in for a different kind of treat. My good friend has written what will surely be considered the definitive account of a oncein alifetime case the constitutional challenge to obamacare. Not the definitive academic but the inside story of a legal and political tug of war that embroiled all three branches of government. The book, which the the wall street journal called excellent, offers unrivelled access to the key Decision Makers with interviews with more than 100 people that lived the journey. Academics, attorneys, activists. Now, 14 months have passed since chief Justice John Roberts made obamacares individual mandate attacks. I was in the courtroom that fateful june day, and my emotions quickly cycled through shock, denia
If employers can design their own curriculum then workers will know just what skills they need. Third, we need common sense criminal justice reform. We need to give people the opportunity to earn a Second Chance in this country. Luckily, my colleagues have done a lot of good work on this front. Senator mike lee, congressman Raul Labrador and bobby scott introduced a very good piece of reform of the sentencing guidelines, would give the jumps more discretion with lowrisk, nonviolent offenses. They dont have to give the maybes sentence everytime. Theres no reason to lock anyone up longer than necessary and we also have to tackle this recidivism. About half of our excons are reincarcerated win three years of release. Think about that. But we know there are programs that work. That get people out of the life of crime. Thats why congressman jason and bobby scott introduced the Public Safety enhancement act. As long as they complete a program with a proven track record. Heres the point. Nonv
Differences between the two that could allow Defense Attorneys to undercut the prosecution. Those Defense Attorneys are already seizing upon the opportunity to file motions on behalf of two of these accused officers. One major difference in these two cases, the Police Investigation doesnt support some of the serious charges like seconddegree murder. Lets begin, first, with joe johns in washington with more on this. Tell me about these two Different Cases and how they dont overlap. Right, yeah. I think thats the important thing to say to the viewers right now. There were two investigations into the death of freddie gray. The first was by the baltimore police. The second was by the prosecutor. So what youre going to see is the emergence of this narrative that suggests there are differences between the cases. So the baltimore Police Investigation, some say, could end up undercutting the prosecution because these things dont support the charges. Sources familiar with the case say those con
Youre watching book tv on cspan. Now, tom allen, former sixterm democratic congressmann front mississippi, recounsels his inability to understand his republican colleagues and vice versa and contends congress will remain lock logjammed until the try to understand each oomph this is just over an hour. [applause] thank you very much for those kind words, and thank you all for being here tonight. This is a wonderful crowd, and im very pleased to see so many of you here. I have to say its a special pleasure for me to be at the Jimmy Carter Library because my late father was one of those very early in the carter president ial campaign who went to hear this governor, former governor from georgia, was very impressed, wrote some sort of check, and became a big fan of jimmy carter throughout his career. And i wish my father could see me now because i know he would be excited. But it is so i thank you for that. I also want to say that this is an opportunity to discuss the things we have been thr