People, i think. Well, im happy to welcome all of you to this i guess its the third in our series of lectures named after the former president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. And this lecture is as you have heard on its the third in a fourpart series on the Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The Historical Society has an Educational Outreach mission that includes these lectures. It includes Training Programs for teachers. And it includes the publication of such publications as court watchers, eyewitness accounts in Supreme Court history which came out a few years ago which is a general interest history of the court with firsthand anecdotes. My colleagues on the court and i appreciate the societys wide and varied efforts to improve public understanding of the Supreme Court and of our nations constitutional form of government. I could go on about other efforts that the Supreme Court Historical Society has made in that regard but you are here for a lecture on chief juice
Started there was more equal protecti protection, due process. Many of the things we hold most dear. The right to vote. The pan pli of civil rights in litigation. Legislation. Amendment. Bringing back the details of this case allows us to see the humanity of the persons behind the famous suit. And i would like to say that i think we should remember what the scotts stood for because then we can see them not as victims but as heroes who lost the fight. Knowing their story connects us to them. It allows us to recognize that they sought an objective thats universal and transcendentally human. They were denied access to the federal courts but being recognized as citizens was never the satisfaction they were seeking. They were seeking a much mf fundamental right. The fundamental hum right to protect the stability of they family and provide a future of freedom for their children. These are the rights that all personals seek from their government and from their courts. They sought protection f
People forget. But i do think now that there is a possibility of a sustained longerterm effort to slowly start to undo the policies. And as we change policies and people understand that crime rates are not going to spike up it changes peoples hearts and minds around incarceration and offers better, more Productive Solutions that actually do a better job of protecting our Public Safety. Im committed to this work. It is all the work ive ever done actually since graduating, and i think that really the moment of opportunity is now. Our lives again to end the day we become silent about the things that matter. That is a quote from Martin Luther king, jr. Out of keep on my wall, and i absolutely think that is the case. Im very fortunate that he been able to devote my career to working on issues that i think about it. I think it matters that there is tremendous human devastation and brought out of unnecessary incarceration in this country. I think it is terrible that we treat children with suc
Probe. Well talk with darrell issa, chairman of the House Oversight committee, who has spearheaded the investigation. Plus, the Supreme Court hands another loss to the obama white house. We disagree and the constitutional lawyer in the oval office disagrees. Our sunday panelists offer their take on the consequences of this landmark decision. All right now on fox news sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. There have been arrests in the apparent murder of a palestinian youth, which was blamed on israeli extremists as a revenge attack for the deaths of three israeli teens, whose bodies were found in the west bank earlier this week. Clashes between Israeli Police and Palestinian Protesters continue this weekend. Well talk with israels ambassador to the u. S. And two key senators in just a moment. First, fox news correspondent David Lee Miller is in jerusalem with the latest. David . Reporter shannon, there are reports now of six arrests in connection with the death of that pales
Committee, who has spearheaded the conversation. And the Supreme Court hands the Obama Administration another loss. Our sunday panelists offer their take on the consequences of this landmark decision. All right now on fox news sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. There have been arrests in the apparent murder of a palestinian youth, which was blamed on israeli extremists as a revenge attack for the deaths of three israeli teens. Clashes between Israeli Police and Palestinian Protesters continue this weekend. Well talk with israels ambassador to the u. S. And two key senators in just a moment. First, fox news correspondent David Lee Miller is in jerusalem with the latest. David . Reporter shannon, there are reports now of six arrests in connection with the death of that palestinian teenager. The six are described as israeli jews. Theyre described as having, quote, nationalistic motives. The question now, will these arrests tamp down the violence or only increase it . Palesti