Hello and welcome to crosstalk were all things are considered im peter a little cash remember the phrase to honest people can disagree this concept as essentially been the bedrock of western civilization since the enlightenment its also the origins of the american 1st amendment cancel culture is putting all this in question are we now ruled by the hecklers. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Brad Blankenship in prague he is a freelance journalist as well as a journalist. And in bloomington we have Michael Kernis he is a r. T. Columnist and a comic book writer all right gentlemen crossed up or is an affair. That means you can jump in anytime you want and i was it was good and its going to bradford. You know it will be over the last few weeks watching this whole cancel culture phenomenon and i find it is a completely ludicrous anti intellectual and a historical. Antirational ok im a trained historian and i history is full of tragedies that were supposed to learn from ok not w
Aljazeera. And on the. Roof. I dont at all watching aljazeera thats for money about top stories this hour george fords calls and has arrived at the fountain of praise church and his hometown of houston where people have been gathering to attend his funeral his death in Police Custody sparked 2 weeks of protests across the u. S. And around the while. Hundreds of people have also gathered to pay their last respects to floyd in minneapolis the city where he died. And burundis president has died at the age of 55. 00 a government statement says he died of a homes attack on monday he was due to step down and organist off to the recent president ial election. Well lets take you back to houston now and the fountain of praise church where as you can see the beginnings of the funeral of george floyd are currently underway a large number of people have arrived we did see the reverend al sharpton walk in with George Floyds family now u. S. President ial democratic hopeful joe biden will not be att
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Susan matthew greene, the speaker of the house from 1931 1933 and became fdrs Vice President once said, the speaker of the house job is the hardest job in washington. Do you agree . Professor green absolutely, i agree. It was made at the time when speakers had a lot fewer responsibilities and duties than today. If anything, it is even more so it is the most difficult job in washington. Susan unlike the senate majority, this position is named in the constitution without a lot of detail. I am wondering, when the framers created the position, what are position, they were look into the english model, what are they have in mind . Professor green they were thing about a model of the speakership where it was a position that had parliamentary responsibilities. The job was to preside over the chamber and make sure the rules were being followed fairly. They also understood the position could take on other responsibilities. I think it is telling it is only mentioned once in the constitution and s
It is free. It is easily accessible. It is all there at cspan. Org. Matthew green, John Nance Garner, who was speaker of the house from 1931 to 1933 and president s vice said the speaker of the house drop is the hardest job in washington. Do you agree . When the framers created the position, what were they thinking about . A kind of model of the speakership where it was a position that had some parliamentary responsibilities, so its job was to preside over the chamber and make sure the rules were being followed fairly, but they also understood could take onion other responsibilities. It is telling it is mentioned only once in the constitution and says the house shall choose it speaker and leaves the rest up to the house to determine what the speaker responsibilities will be. Over time, has it evolved as the institution changed or a combination . I think it is a combination. Certainly the larger context with which speakers have to operate, the house itself, national governments, the lar