Reasons but if it had occurred, it wouldve occurred because of a strong First Amendment opinion written by a judge who practiced what i call the rhetoric of regret. He kept saying, i hate it. It is going to do a lot of harm. I absolutely regret the fact that we have to allow these horrible things that happen but that is a First Amendment. I would get this when i speak at universities and i totally agree with stanley when it comes to someone who was espousing holocaust views. Malarky. Orse that its one of the reasons why a lot of the times when you pass laws that ban it, you are going to encourage it. If someone has to say, i believe the holocaust did not happen. Prove it. Defend that position. I cant. Here are the following 10,000 pictures. Have you ever gone on the website . They defend it. I have read it. If you are a paranoid fanatic and youre all idea is to say the holocaust never happened but i am not allowed to say because there was a conspiracy. That is a formula for the society
President of this wonderful institution. The National Constitution center is the only institution in torica chartered by congress disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. We take our role very seriously and we are grateful for it. And the program tonight is part of our role as americas town hall. This is the one place in the country where citizens of diverse constitutional perspectives can hear the best arguments on the constitutional questions that transfixed news, fusee in the our history, and help you make up your own mind. We are talking about free speech in america. Just this morning, the Supreme Court heard arguments on a case that will decide whether corporations have the same religious liberties under the First Amendment as natural persons. We will discuss that and many other questions. Want toou to ask i ask you to look at our website for upcoming programs. On thursday, calendars with will discuss his life in the law. Dershwitz will discuss
Very thrilled to be on the stage with governor barbour and mayor castro. We will talk about immigration, one of the vital immigration by the vital issues facing our country today. If youre watching at home, expand the audience and bring more people in to watch the event. Lets start quickly with the bill that governor barnes has mentioned. The 1965 bill. It changed the quota system that had been in place for a long time referring to the National Origins act of the 1920s. One of the things that president johnson thought that as a southerner, he was often looked down upon by the rest of the country for having been a southerner. He thought that this law that had been in place for so long did the same thing. It had strict limits on immigration from countries in the asiapacific, for example, and that what were doing was looking down on those countries and wanted to change that. He said at the time to the speaker that there was no bill before the congress that was more worthy of passage based
Of relative period equality in the economy and in recent decades, that has been going upwards. There was no are growing we are heading into more of a winner take all economy. Do i have one more click . Yes, i do. This is a line my coauthor and i great call the great decoupling. It used to be the case that for things we cared a great deal about were all going up. Before things are output, gdp per capita, productivity, job growth, and wages. All four of those are great. News is for several decades after the war, we had exactly that. The four of them were going up. In recent years, you see this best of times, worst of times pattern where the two lines related to productivity and output have essentially continued their nice upward trajectory. Hasline of a job growth leveled off and in some cases even changed direction. The average median American Household now takes home less than they did in the 1990s. Simultaneously really encouraged by some economic statistics, those related to output.
Youre watching First Business financial news, analysis, and todays investment ideas. Good morning. Its friday, january 11th. Im angela miles. In todays first look its an s p 500 hundred party the s p closed at a 5year high yesterday. Financial stocks were among the leaders. Just as wall street is making gains, American Express is sliming down. The Company Revealed its cutting 5,400 jobs. The stock edged up 1 on the news after the close. And Vice President joe biden says he will have recommendations on curbing gun violence by tuesday. John brady of rjobrien joins us now for a closer look at the market. This could get interesting today. The s p 500 crossing 1470. What does that mean to traders . I think from a technical perspective its suggests the market is strong. We are heading into earnings season, where earnings season expectations are rather modest given so much concern about the fiscal cliff last quarter. So, technically the market looks pretty strong. Now the hope is, of course,