This evening to be familiar with how the virtual format works you can still ask a question if you would like and to do so click on the q a icon at the bottom of your screen. To be reporting in washington for half a century to share two Pulitzer Prizes and second in 2000 very with the coverage of the terrorist attacks in his books have made big news they were National Bestsellers we are accustomed to behind the scenes of highlevel meetings with the critical of us policy decisions and at this time not once or twice but 17 times while the book was being written with a remarkable series into the president s thinking at key moments the conversation this morning is another prizewinning journalist chief washington correspondent for the new yorker magazine where she has been for 25 years also the author of the authoritative books to open understanding of important topics with money behind the rise of the radical right in the war on terror with commentary with the iran contra affair. Taken away
Courts liberal block through the decades, also a pop culture icon, the subject of books, documentaries, and movies. 65 years ago, it would have been unimaginable that my daughter would aspire to a career. And while americans mourn her passing, this morning, the fight has already begun over filling her seat on the nations highest court. Ginsburg saying on her deathbed, the decision should be left to the next president , but Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says hes ready to move ahead, as a battle brews in washington, well look back at Ruth Bader Ginsburgs life and the legacy she leaves behind. Today, saturday, september 19th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with peter alexander, kristen welker, and dylan dreyer. And welcome to today and thank you so much for joining us on this saturday morning. It is a somber day. Flags are here in the nations capital, from the white house to the Supreme Court, all in honor of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she was small in stature, peter, but
On the bottom of your screen we have been observing and reporting in washington for half a century and decades with the Washington Post covering nine president s and sharon to Pulitzer Prize from the coverage of the watergate scandal and in 2003 and the 9 11 terrorist attacks. Also making big news to draw many readers his newest book rage and all have been national bestsellers. We are accustomed to bobs books going behind the scenes into the minds of those making critical policy decisions. What is extraordinary is this time donald trump himself spoke to bob 17 times while the book was being written giving a remarkable series of. Into the president during key moments. The conversation is another prizewinning journalist jane meyer chief correspondent for the new yorker magazine where she has been 25 years she is also the author of four books to help deepen our understanding of such important topics such as the money behind the minds of the radical right the war on terror the Clarence Tho
Unconstitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court discussions. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions, the court made a unpopular decision. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate dramatically and visually what it means to live and a society with different people who stick together because they believe in the rule of law good evening and welcome to landmark cases tonight were going to look at 1886 case in which the Supreme Court ruled the equal protection guarantees apply not just to citizens but noncitizen s in the next 90 minutes will learn about what led to the case and the effect of its decision on American Society our two guests will help us understand all of this a professor of american. ,. , she will help us to understand the issues around chinese immigration and the chinese exclusion act in the. The president and founder of the organization that creates historical material for has. Give us the most basic facts about this case. So the decision came 18 years
Religion. In this country, it is not the department of judges, juries or government officials twere goveo decide who ought to teach catholic fifthgraders that jesus is the son of god or who ought to teach jewish preschoolers what it means to say here israel the lord your god and fun and that is what these cases are about is who controls and who teaches the faith. The answer is easy, churches misuse thoseth who teach their faith. Indeed it ispo one of the most important religious functions for any community. Passing the faith onto the next generation. With the churchs primary agents for teaching to fifthgraders teaching them for hours a week much more than parish priests, they fall within the exception of the community. Respondents would have the court ignorcourts ignore all that substituting the standard on first and foremost the title to determine whether the exception applies. That would elevate the form and force judges to decide what is religious enough to qualify and it would help