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
Underway in the philippines after a super typhoon go and he killed 20 people and caused widespread destruction. Well now across the United States verses are going to the polls to decide if donald trump will get a 2nd term or if joe biden will become president voting has been open for a couple of hours now but already long lines have been forming now already nearly 100000000 people have cost their ballots an early voting levels that have never been seen before in a u. S. Election now this hour 12 g. M. T. Polls have opened in a number of states including delaware washington d. C. And pennsylvania. Well lets introduce you to our team on the ground for this hour. Is monitoring developments from new york christensen amy is in philadelphia and pennsylvania one of the big battleground states where as we had very saying has already begun to mollify al is in wellington delaware thats bidens home state and from washington d. C. Weve got alan fischer well get the latest more of them in a moment
A portion of the event was held by video conference. [bugle] [inaudible] love of god, fairness in human relations, responsibility, concern for the welfare of others, and conviction that each individual could through his own efforts achieve a full life. It is the firm duty of each of our free citizens to place the cause of his country before himself. We must be ready to give out to our country for history does not long entrust the care of history to the weak or timid. We must be willing to accept as a nation to accept whatever sacrifices must be required of us. A people who values privileges above principle soon will dissolved. These men came here to storm these beaches not to gain anything for themselves but just to preserve freedom, systems of selfgovernment in the world. Many thousands died for ideal such as these. But these people gave us a chance and they bought time for us so that we can do better than we have before. We must find some way to gain an eternal peace for this world.
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