Filming. Also, if youre wondering what all the equipment is in the back of the room, its cspan, so make show your nicest smile, brush your hair, get ready, just in case you get a cameo. And when we get to the q a part, there is a microphone in the back of the room, and well let you know when its time for that, and well ask you to line up this to ask your questions. In a politically restive time, its always worthwhile revisiting the documents that set us apart from british rule and created the framework for our government. Tonight, our guest speaker, kermit roosevelt, explores these documents and shares his interpretation of their meaning and relevance. Professor roosevelt teaches constitutional law at the university of pennsylvania law school. He was born and raised in d. C. And attended Harvard University and yale law. Before joining the penn faculty, he served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice David souter. His book, the myth of judicial activism, making sense of Supreme Court
He argues thaw failures and reinventions we use the constitution as a tool to create our modern core values. The Smithsonian Associates hosted the event. Good evening, everyone. Can you all hear me in the back . My name is ruth robbins and it is a pleasure to welcome you to our program, before we start a couple of quick things. If you have electronic devices, now is a good time to turn them off. As usual in our programs, there is no photography and no filming. Also, if youre wondering what our equipment is in the back of the room, its cspan. So make show your nicest smile, brush your hair, in case you get a cameo and when we get to the q and a part, there is a meeker phone in the back of the room that will let you know when its time for that and youll get time to ask your questions. In the rest of times it is always worthwhile to visit the documents that set us apart from british rule and created the framework of the government. Today our guest speaker Kermit Roosevelt explains these d
From the House Oversight committee, this is about two hours. The chair will come to order. Welcome to the oversight subcommittee on civil rights entitled White Supremacists in blue, the infiltration of local Police Departments. Good morning to the chair of the committee, miss maloney, good morning to our Ranking Member, mr. Roy, who is with us, and good morning to the vice chair of the committee, ms ms. Ocasiocortez and our wonderful members. I want to express a special welcome to Rashida Tlaib of michigan. This is our first hearing with our subcommittee and were delighted to have her join us. Welcome. Before we begin today, i want to play a video that will set the stage for the discussion that were about to have. Clerkings, please go ahead and play the video. White supremacy permeates every corner of the institution. Tracks hate and extremist groups, whomever is engaged in those groups, wherever that might lead. We have outed a number of Law Enforcement officers who have connections t
That we should not traces our values back to the founders. Instead, he argues that through failures and reinventions, weve used the constitution as a tool to create our modern core values. Smithsonian associates hosted this event. Good evening, everyone. Can you all hear me in the back . Great. My name is ruth robins and its a pleasure to welcome you all here tonight for our program. Before we get started, just a couple quick things. If you have electronic devices, nows a good time to turn them off. As usual in our programs, theres no photography and no filming. Also, if youre wondering what all the equipment is in the back of the room, its cspan, so make show your nicest smile, brush your hair, get ready, just in case you get a cameo. And when we get to the q a part, there is a microphone in the back of the room, and well let you know what its time for that and youll just line up there to ask your questions. In a politically restive time, its always worthwhile revisiting the documents
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