Politics and prose. My name is justin, and is justin, and the programs manager here at the store. Which we do book groups and signings. I can also speak closer the mic. I think you all for coming out tonight. We are honored here to have it Linda Hirschman speaking about sistersinlaw. First a few house notes. Now would be the time to turn off Electronic Devices that may be per buzz throughout the proceeding. Now, linda will be taking questions in the second half of the event, for that we asked that you use one of two microphones. It looks like theres just one tonight on my left. That way everyone here can hear and it will be on all recordings. Lastly, at the end if you could help us out by folding up your choice on chan chairs and leaning them up that would help us. Now onto Linda Hirschman. She has a law degree from the university of chicago and a phd in philosophy. She also practiced law for 15 years during which she appeared before the u. S. Supreme court for three different cases. S
That generated as much heat and animus as this topic did. Please help me welcome a man who stood up to argue and to defend what our nations highest court has now recognized as a constitutional right, professor geoffrey stone. [applause] thank you. Im delighted to be here. My talk this afternoon derives from a book that i am currently finishing titled sex and the constitution. Although the book addresses such issues as obscenity, contraception, homosexuality generally, abortion and so on, i decided to focus specifically this afternoon on the issue of samesex marriage, an issue that cuts to the very heart of the meaning of equal citizenship. In august of 1982, an Atlanta Police officer went to the home of Michael Hardwick to serve an arrest warrant for public drinking. Upon entering the home, he observed hardwick and another man engaged in oral sex. The officer placed both men under arrest for the crime of sodomy. In the case decided in 1986, the Supreme Court held that the homosexual so
Poverty, education, health and safety. That is what you are talking about. Our focus was pretty narrow. We cannot do everything, but we did talk about things such as i will give you an example having 911 triage. By that i mean, if you get a 911 call where it appears the incident is involving an individual who is suffering from mental disability, in some cities, they will shift that call to a group of 911 receivers who are actually with special training to deal with and ask the right questions so that the right resources, to the extent that they exist because they dont and all cities, are been deployed to that situation. A lot of times what you have are people receiving calls who dont have adequate training who then deploy people who dont have adequate training to situations that could be completely avoided in a situation where there was training. One final point on this you take the police like the u. K. Where, yes, there are as many guns arent as many guns, but they have, the police h
Video competition is under way. Open to all middle and High School Students to create a five to sevenminute documentary on the theme the three branches and you county showing how a policy by the legislative executive or Judicial Branch of the government has affected you or your community. Theres 2 hu00 cash prizes totag 100,000. Go to studentcam. Org. At the white house today president obama held a News Conference to answer questions about the republican takeover of the u. S. Senate and republican gains in the house of representatives. Heres a bit of what the president had to say. Obviously republicans had a good night, and they deserve credit for running good campaigns. Beyond that ill leave it to all of you and the professional pundits to pick through yesterdays results. What stands out to me, though, is that the American People sent a message, one that theyve sent for several elections now. They expect the people they elect to work as hard as they do. They expect us to focus on thei
Live up to here. Well, today i have the privilege of introducing our noted speaker, jack rakove, an exceptional student and teacher of history, a pulleys zero prizewinning author. Hell share his insights on James Madisons ticklish experiment at constitution making and will no doubt have us reflect. Rakove is the William Robertson coprofessor of history of american studies and political law at Stanford University where hes taught since 1980. Hes also taught at Colgate University from 1975 to 80. And has been visiting professor at nyus school of law. Hes a visionary scholar and author. His book original meanings politics and ideas in the making of the constitution won the Pulitzer Prize in history in 1996. He continues to research, write and speak prolifically. His principle areas of research include the origins of the American Revolution and constitution, the political practice and theory of James Madison, and the role of historical knowledge in constitutional litigation. Hes the author