President and ceo of Hudson Institute, hudson mission is to promote u. S. International leadership and Global Engagement for ersecure, free, and prosperous future. We are absolutely delighted and welcome back senior senator from the state of indiana senator todd young with us here at hudson. Today he is a guest in our bipartisan Speaker Series dialogues and American Foreign policy and World Affairs with Hudson Institute Ravenel B Curry the third chair Walter Russell mead the discussion series is designed not to solely focus on urgent news but also on the Important News the broader questions and dilemmas affecting u. S. Foreign policy senator young needs no introduction here at Hudson Institute. He spoken many times is an important voice on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the role of congress in the u. S. Foreign policy in u. S. Foreign policy decisionmaking hes very much of a conservative internationalist on critical Foreign Policy issues, graduate of the Naval Academy and m
System. Good morning, everyone. My name is winnie stack lburg, and im the executive Vice President of external affairs at the center for American Progress, and i want to thank each and every one of you for joining this very important event. Were here to discuss a fundamental issue, which strikes at the heart of our democratic values. If we truly believe that all americans deserve equal treatment in the eyes of the law, then we must ensure that our legal decisions are made by judges with backgrounds and perspectives that represent the experiences of all americans. Study after study has shown that Diverse Groups solve problems in a more thoughtful and innovative way and arrive at more efficient and effective decisions and solutions. So it comes as no surprise that diversity among our federal judges in terms of their race and ethnicity, their gender, their Sexual Orientation, their gender identity, their religious affiliation and their professional background helps produce a stronger just
Having me. Before we get into some of the issues, the telecommunication and technical issues your committee deals with, i want to ask about Stem Education. You come from a science background. Science education. What is your committee doing when it comes to Stem Education educationo you and what do you think congress should be doing . Rep. Johnson let me start with the committee. The committee has passed out two major pieces of legislation that was bipartisan and passed on the consent calendar. But it has a long way to go in the senate. It is extraordinarily important that we not only spread the word, but also put in instruments in the education environment to make sure that women and minorities are told about the importance of stem courses. We are seeing it every day because innovation is our future. If we dont have the people educated and trained, then we see a lack of the brainpower now with affecting the immigration. H1b visas are tapped out. Were seeing fewer and fewer seeing fewer
Number 186135, kahler versus kansas. For centuries criminal culpability has hinged on the capacity for moral judgment, to discern and choose between right and wrong. The insane lack that capacity. This understanding of insanity has persisted since the 1500s and remains the rule in 48 jurisdictions. It runs afoul over the 14th and eighth amendment. Kansas rewrite history and two ways. First by elevating a test that was never used in this country and only rarely in england and secondly by conflating commonlaw intent which required a vicious will and bound up in moral capacity. What applies today . A morality free, kansas uproots the deeply rooted by eliminating any method to assess whether defendants capacity for moral judgment was intact or irretrievably compromised by Mental Illness. I would like to turn to do process and explain why the moral capacity notion is or has been fundamental in our system. The model penal code is an excellent example. Is criminal law eve all the drafters mov
Fundingaca, Supreme Court oral argument on our website cspan. Org and watch on cspan. Announcer as he departed the white house thursday, President Trump was asked about the with a lower complaint involving his medication with the president of ukraine he talked about allegations against former Vice President joe biden and his family. Hello everybody were going to the villages in ocala, florida. We have a big crowd will be talking about health care. Well be doing a lot of work on health care and are very successful at it. We will be speaking of the great people of florida. And i think they are very happy with the job we are doing. [indiscernible] whistleblower complaint. If you look at the with a blower complaint, it is totally inaccurate. Because the conversation i had was absolutely perfect. And most people who have read it think the same thing. The whistleblower never heard the conversation he got his information second to third hand here he wrote something that was total fiction. Now