Hughes is what we claim we want. In both a president ial candidate and a president. A man who did get it. A man called Charles Evans hughes as a Supreme Court justice. All but when the election. In 1916 when president Woodrow Wilson went to bed the Election Night, he thought he was beaten. He had been elected, how American History goes in several Different Directions on suffrage, civil rights. What does he do on Foreign Policy . Germany baited us into war. Wilson would hughes have avoided it . Hes the one you could write novels about. He had Charles Evans hughes who would later the he was on the Supreme Court. He left the Supreme Court when he ran for president. He went back on the Supreme Court. One of the finest minds on the court. A fellow justice called Charles Evans hughes, the greatest in our great line of chief justices. Why hughes . Robert jackson provided part of the answer when he was attorney general. Jackson said that hughes, quote, looks like god and talks like a god. And
Whatever gadgets you may have. So they dont interfere with our system here. Thank you, now, as you know warehouse tonight is Justice Sonia sotomayor, we are very pleased to have the justice with those tonight. I want to thank her on behalf of the society for giving her time, when we call upon her to participate in events like this. Because its quite important to us, and quite important to you. And we marry much appreciate it. Ill tell you briefly a little bit about the justice. She is a native new yorker, born in the bronx, very unhappy about last nights baseball game i guess, the boston red sox. She did her undergraduate work at princeton, and then to yell last school. Then joined the District Attorney in new york county, as an assistant District Attorney. After several years there in private practice in new york she was a litigator in the International Commercial law. That attracted attention and before long she had become a Federal District judge on the Southern District of new york
With a marvelous analysis analysis of conservative nationalism. I want to extend a warm welcome to call it and our distinguished commentators. As you probably know, colin is a professor at George Mason University in a nonresident fellow at aei nextdoor literally at American Enterprise institute. This book is examines the concept of conservative nationalism that has been brought to public attention through the rise of President Trump in terms of both the history of ideas and how they have a manifestation especially medically so it is encompassing and granular and despite the gravity of the subject i can tell you is also a very delightful read. I read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. So its a pleasure to have you with us. I am also very grateful those that have agreed to join us we cannot ask for better commentators given their intellectual interest in conservativism and to making and implementing Foreign Policy in the United States a long career on capi
Pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this Book Discussion of colin dueck age of iron with a marvelous analysis analysis of conservative nationalism. I want to extend a warm welcome to call it and our distinguished commentators. As you probably know, colin is a professor at George Mason University in a nonresident fellow at aei nextdoor literally at American Enterprise institute. This book is examines the concept of conservative nationalism that has been brought to public attention through the rise of President Trump in terms of both the history of ideas and how they have a manifestation especially medically so it is encompassing and granular and despite the gravity of the subject i can tell you is also a very delightful read. I read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. So its a pleasure to have you with us. I am also very grateful those that have agreed to join us we cannot ask for better commentators given their intellectual interest in conservativism
Welcome to the Carnegie Endowment it is a great pleasure for me to welcome all of you to this Book Discussion of colin dueck age of iron with a marvelous analysis analysis of conservative nationalism. I want to extend a warm welcome to call it and our distinguished commentators. As you probably know, colin is a professor at George Mason University in a nonresident fellow at aei nextdoor literally at American Enterprise institute. This book is examines the concept of conservative nationalism that has been brought to public attention through the rise of President Trump in terms of both the history of ideas and how they have a manifestation especially medically so it is encompassing and granular and despite the gravity of the subject i can tell you is also a very delightful read. I read the book over the last weekend and i commend it to your attention. So its a pleasure to have you with us. I am also very grateful those that have agreed to join us we cannot ask for better commentators giv