I enthusiastically support his nomination and urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do the same. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Center from rhode island. Thank you, mr. President. There are few moments in the life of the nation when the people are presented with a single choice that directly affects what equality before the law will mean for the next generation. The opportunity to grant a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States is one of those moments. The United States Supreme Court justice will break the deadlock that is constrained the course since the passing of judge scalia come and visit bodies unprecedented refusal to act on chief Justice Merrick garland nomination to fill the vacancy during the final year of president obamas second term. We must consider this nomination in its historical context. Chief justice garland was one of the most qualified nominees of the Supreme Court in generations here after meeting with him and moving
The phone conference with reporters is scheduled for this morning. Saw some articles this morning and Opinion Pieces looking ahead to 2016, elections in 2016, and some potential candidates for the president ial race, including governors. We will ask you whether you think governors make better president s. Here is how to join the conversation. We have also posted the question, to governors make better president s . On our facebook age. We would like to hear from you on twitter as well. cswj the next president should be an outsider just for sums perspective just for some perspective, this is from the center for the american governor at rutgers university. Particularly the last five governors to serve as president. Go back to franklin roosevelt, jimmy carter, Ronald Reagan, though clinton and finally george w. Bush. The question for you this morning, do governors make better president s . Caller good morning. , governor bushay of texas . Really . Do we really think you made a good preside
The senate increasingly are dependent upon bigmoney Campaign Contributions in order to win their seats. That is not what democracy is about. That is what oligarchy is about. Oligarchy is when you have a nation owned and controlled by a handful of wealthy families. And that is where we are moving today. Mr. President , on issue after issue the American People are very clear about about where they want to be going. On this issue of Citizens United, the American People are very clear that we need Real Campaign finance reform to prevent billionaires from buying elections. Thats what the American People want, thats what they say in poll after poll, and yet it remains to be seen whether in a few days when we vote on this issue whether we will get one republican vote. And i can understand that because the republicans today are the beneficiaries in a very bigtime way of all of this billionaire money. You know, mr. President , a couple of months ago a constituent of mine in vermont made a very
Students on topics such as who killed homer the origins of the west and what happened to history. He is the martin and Ellie Anderson senior fellow at the Hoover Institution focusing on classics and military history. He is also the wayne and marcia buskey distinguished visiting fellow in history at Hillsdale College and he combines the very rare ability to be one of the foremost scholars in his field of classics, but also to be a popular pundant who regularly appears on fox news and rights of weekly column with National Review as well as american greatness. He has received a ba in classics from university of california santa cruz. He was a fellow at the American School of classical studies in athens and received his phd from the university of stanford and his book the dying citizen how progressive elites tribalism and globalization are destroying the idea of america is this years conservative book of the year. Please join me in welcoming, dr. Victor david hansen. Can you hear me . Okay
Invite up our keynote speaker tonight, dr. Victor david hansen as the winner of this years henry and annucci book prize. Dr. Hansen is a longtime friend of isi. He was a faculty associate going all the way back to the 90s as i mentioned earlier. He actually wrote an isi book in 2002 called bonfire of the humanities rescuing the classics in an impoverished age. He also has lectured to isi students on topics such as who killed homer the origins of the west and what happened to history. He is the martin and Ellie Anderson senior fellow at the Hoover Institution focusing on classics and military history. He is also the wayne and marcia buskey distinguished visiting fellow in history at Hillsdale College and he combines the very rare ability to be one of the foremost scholars in his field of classics, but also to be a popular pundant who regularly appears on fox news and rights of weekly column with National Review as well as american greatness. He has received a ba in classics from univers