More volcano warnings about an imminent explosive eruption. And on fire and small have all the days sport including rally for release the stars the town is coming together to raise money for victims of the australian brush fire. Just before we get into our lead story this out a bit to show you some live pictures from washington where u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to announce the team who will lead the prosecution in president Donald Trumps impeachment trial the u. S. House of representatives to choose a vote to hand over the impeachment charges to the senate and the trial is expected to begin on thursday well take you live to washington once House Speaker pelosi begins. Media briefing. So russias Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his government have resigned it comes out the president Vladimir Putin used his annual state of the nation address to announce a plan for political reform putin says that parliament should choose the countrys Prime Minister but the president should
Others have used overtime to place this in time to emphasize the importance of time. Everything is about time. How we use it and how we mark it and today is an important day because today is the day that we named the managers and well go to the floor to pass the resolution to transmit the articles of impeachment to the senate and later in the day when we have our as i have said it is always been our founders when they started of the course of events that becomes necessary when. Abraham lincoln seven years ago and thomas paine, the times of the founders. Again and again and our poets, long fellows, listen to my children and you will hear the midnight cry, paul revere. Always about marking history, using time. On december 18th, the house of representatives impeached the president of the United States. An impeachment thatll last forever. Since december 18th, there has been comments about what are we going to send the articles over . Well, we had hoped that the it would be extended and we
Political constitutional relationship between the power and the authority of the British Parliament and americas colonial legislators . And over the course of about 12 years between 1764 and 1776, the British Parliament passed a series of laws. In 1764, it began with the sugar act and then a year later the stamp act and then in 17671768 the townsend acts and then the tea act and then the coercive acts and then in 1775 the prohibitory act. But standing behind all of these acts of british legislation was one overarching piece of legislation which i think was the driving force behind all of these particular acts. And that was the declaratory act of 1766 which claimed that parliaments authority extended to the american colonies in all cases whatsoever. And that meant that parliament was not only supreme over the colonies but in fact its power and its authority was absolutely supreme. Right . So it could pass it could pass taxes which it had never done before and it could pass taxes in the
What is the british constitution and how does it define relations between the mother country and her colonies . And more specifically even the real question is, what is the political constitutional relationship between the power and the authority of the British Parliament and americas colonial legislators . And over the course of about 12 years between 1764 and 1776, the British Parliament passed a series of laws. In 1764, it began with the sugar act and then a year later the stamp act and then in 176768 the townsend acts and then the tea act and then the coercive acts and then in 1775 the prohibittory act. But standing behind all of these acts of british legislation was one overarching piece of legislation which i think was the driving force behind all of these particular acts. And that was the declaratory t of 1766 which claimed that parliaments authority extended to the american colonies in all cases whatsoever. And that meant that parliament was not only supreme over the colonies b
Afternoon, everybody. So for the last six weeks in this class, weve been examining the political thought of the imperial crisis. That is, weve been looking at the debates between British Imperial officials and american whig patriots. And that debate has really in many ways come down to one issue , which is, broadly speaking, what is the british constitution and how does it define relations between the mother country and her colonies . And more specifically even the real question is, what is the political constitutional relationship between the power and the authority of the British Parliament and americas colonial legislators . And over the course of about 12 years between 1764 and 1776, the British Parliament passed a series of laws. In 1764, it began with the sugar act and then a year later the stamp act and then in 176768 the townsend acts and then the tea act and then the coercive acts and then in 1775 the prohibitory act. But standing behind all of these acts of british legislatio