To godly and present endorsement of the version who wrote all the Voter Suppression laws out of canvas. And hillary clinton, putting forward the most detailed and in many ways ambitious plan for voting reform and Campaign Finance reform that any major Party Candidate has put forward in years and years. This is on the electric mind electorates mind. We also see an upsurge of creative activity around the country. The single biggest change that could make a huge difference would be moving this country away from the ramshackle Voter Registrations. If we had universal and not a magic registration of everybody has 18 ineligible to vote, it would be transformative. It would add tens of millions of people to the rolls to the rolls them at cost incur potential for fraud good and its starting to happen all over the country. Oregon and california passed versions of this. The new Jersey Legislature passed that although governor christie vetoed it. They are considering in illinois. It is going to h
Regarding president obama should he be labeled correctly that he is not calling the terrorists islamic terrorist . I like what seth myers said about this. This is and hogwarts and president obama is not harry potter. Calling it islamic terrorism doesnt make it go away. The president s argument is isis sees itself as representation of all muslims which is absurd and by calling them islamic terrorists we are just feeding that isis narrative. That is a pretty good argument. However, isis is muslim for the simple fact they call themselves muslim but just because isis is muslim doesnt mean islam is isis. That is where we get tripped up. To say that these actions which are so beyond the pale of anything that could conceivably be called normative islam, that they have anything to do with representing the ideas, views, actions, thoughts of the worlds 1. 6 billion muslims is ridiculous. Host you are speaking at the la times festival of books but your wife is also speaking. Guest that is right,
We are grateful for your continuing in the tradition. The great dean of the law school, long ago, author vanderbilt once said reform is not for the shortwinded. That is a tradition we take on here. Hopefully not tonight. Grateful for you being here as we launch the discussion of my new book; the fight to vote this book represents the Brennan Center for justice. We are partly a communication hub, think tank and group devoted not to the specifics of Justice Brennan and his Juris Prudence but taking his ethos that the law above all else must respect dignity and the constitution must be understood as a charter for each generation. We are able to take this charge. We are 20 years now at the law school. We are in the fight on Voting Rights, money in politics, the drive to end mass incarceration and so many things. This book reflects that. I am asked a lot why do this book now . Why do this book now . This is without question one of the most challenging moments for our democracy in many years
We will speak to congressman Luis Gutierrez and immigration activist and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. Then its election day in new york. We have a system here in new york were independent can get involved in the democratic primary. [boos] where young people who have not previously registered want to register today, just cannot do it. It is going to be a top primary for us. Why cant millions of new yorkers vote in todays New York Primary . As Bernie Sanders attempts to upset Hillary Clinton in new york, we will look at the restrictive voting laws. Then as North Carolina and mississippi has sweeping antilgbt laws, we will look at utah with the other way. The u. S. Legislature last year passed a landmark lgbt antidiscrimination law. I do believe that what we have done will become a model for the rest of the country of how they, too, can resolve these issues in their own respectives dates as we find the right balance necessary to discourage discrimination law protecting religious libert
Immigration case in decades, the Supreme Court hears arguments to determine if president obama overstepped his authority when he took unilateral action to protect more than 4 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. We will speak to congressman Luis Gutierrez and immigration activist and journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. Then its election day in new york. We have a system here in new york were independent can get involved in the democratic primary. [boos] where young people who have not previously registered want to register today, just cannot do it. It is going to be a top primary for us. Why cant millions of new yorkers vote in todays New York Primary . As Bernie Sanders attempts to upset Hillary Clinton in new york, we will look at the restrictive voting laws. Then as North Carolina and mississippi has sweeping antilgbt laws, we will look at utah with the other way. The u. S. Legislature last year passed a landmark lgbt antidiscrimination law. I do believe that what we have d