The era of reagan. Those are the tide turning president s, washington and jefferson and lincoln and fdr and reagan, and if this is the choice thats before us, my fellow citizens in 2016 if Barack Obamas former secretary of state, his wing woman, Hillary Clinton, were to win we would say about obama or historians might say the tide has now once again turned, president won, won reelection handed off power. And if the democrats we only know this in the next two or three elections. If they become basically the dominant president ial party at least, then you would now, okay. So thats the structure, the rhythm of the presidency. And if youre a democrat im going to bum you out on how powerful actually we still lincolns gravitational pull is because, remember, the democrats are overwhelmingly the dominant Political Party until lincoln. And the civil war loomed so large in our memory that since lincoln there are only two democrats who have won two popular votes for the presidency. Franklin roos
Particularly on nights like tonight when we can really look at American History in unique and unusual ways. We are honored to be joined by Tonights Panel, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. [ applause ] Supreme Court Justice Sonia sotomayor. [ applause ] catherine fitts. [ applause ] and Supreme Court Society Publications director Clare Cushman. [ applause ] it is now my privilege to introduce the 13th secretary of the smithsonian institution, dr. David skorton, a Board Certified cardiologist, a jazz musician and he was recently the president of Cornell University and previously served as president of the university of iowa. He has interested in learning, as wide as the smithsonian, and most importantly tonight, hes a pescuitarian. [ applause ] thanks, john, for the introduction and thank you from the American People for the great job you do, so innovative and creative at this amazing museum. Especially in such an interesting Election Year we all appreciate everything you and y
Ground that isnt compromised that is building a coalition. Host flyover nation, thank you very much. Linda is one of the Supreme Court test and most experienced observers. She covers the course of the New York Times for decades and teaches at yale where she is the distinguished journalist president. Shes written at Oxford University press introduction to the Supreme Court which is sold out and wrote. She turns her attention to the court between 1969 and 1986 when the chief justice was nixon appointed Warren Burger. They were discussing this period in the courts history. There were some Big Decisions that was good. Greenhouse takes that idea apart. She and her coauthor show the ways of the conservatives mainly nixon appointed Court Reversed or undercut the liberal court led by the chief justice curbing civil rights and individual liberties while extending First Amendment rights businesses for the first time. I could draw some connections here but you have to listen to me talk about the
President s, washington and jefferson and lincoln and fdr and reagan, and if this is the choice thats before us, my fellow citizens in 2016 if Barack Obamas former secretary of state, his wing woman, hillary clinton, were to win we would say about obama or historians might say the tide has now once again turned, president won, won reelection handed off power. And if the democrats we only know this in the next two or three elections. If they become basically the dominant president ial party at least, then you would now, okay. So thats the structure, the rhythm of the presidency. And if youre a democrat im going to bum you out on how powerful actually we still lincolns gravitational pull is because, remember, the democrats are overwhelmingly the dominant Political Party until lincoln. And the civil war loomed so large in our memory that since lincoln there are only two democrats who have won two popular votes for the presidency. Franklin roosevelt, barack obama, thats it. Wow. Yeah. Not
President s spend so much time on communication that it leaves them little time to think about how they are going to implement the policies they are going to implement into that involves understanding something that in the Business Schools they call organizational capacities. In other words in the federal government is the piece of the federal government that you are getting this job to is a capable, is u it up to the job that you are asking the president to do. Good evening everyone. Welcome to the overseas press club of america. I am the executive director and of course you know tonight is our birthright for the journey into the real russia. Im just going to give you a brief promo before we get into the program. The foreign correspondents are dedicated to promoting and honoring the journalism. We hold both nights like the one tonight in the annual awards dinner and other programs. Some of you here attended the union months ago where there were over 80 people that used to cover russia