Will committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and Civil Liberties come to order. Thank you for your help getting the door shut and getting people. Care will authorize the recess of the subcommittee any time. Welcome everyone to this hearing on hr 40 and thei will recognize myself or opening statement. Today is the documents the announcement of the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news of the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for 2 years and it was not until 1865 dental they were free. Despite the announcement. Slavery was a crime against humanity one which impacts we continue to grapple with today. This also marks the 400 anniversary of the first african state slaves being brought to america. Slavery was our original sin. Our constitution protected the and various compromises that gave disproportionate power to slave states. The thrift 3 5 clause they were consider personal property and that gave
Will committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and Civil Liberties come to order. Thank you for your help getting the door shut and getting people. Care will authorize the recess of the subcommittee any time. Welcome everyone to this hearing on hr 40 and thei will recognize myself or opening statement. Today is the documents the announcement of the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news of the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for 2 years and it was not until 1865 dental they were free. Despite the announcement. Slavery was a crime against humanity one which impacts we continue to grapple with today. This also marks the 400 anniversary of the first african state slaves being brought to america. Slavery was our original sin. Our constitution protected the and various compromises that gave disproportionate power to slave states. The thrift 3 5 clause they were consider personal property and that gave
To White House Events and Supreme Court oral arguments. Evening our live interactive Morning Program washington journal where we hear your voices every day. Cspan now has you covered. Download the app for free today. F. B. I. Director christopher way spoke at the Ronald Reagan library on monday. He said the Chinese Government has stolen more corporate and personal data than all other countries combined. Good evening, everyone. My name is john heubusch, and i have the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming this evening. In honor of our men and women in uniform, who defend our freedom around the world, would you please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. Before we get started this evening, th
To White House Events and Supreme Court oral arguments. Evening our live interactive Morning Program washington journal where we hear your voices every day. Cspan now has you covered. Download the app for free today. F. B. I. Director christopher way spoke at the Ronald Reagan library on monday. He said the Chinese Government has stolen more corporate and personal data than all other countries combined. Good evening, everyone. My name is john heubusch, and i have the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming this evening. In honor of our men and women in uniform, who defend our freedom around the world, would you please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance . I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. Before we get started this evening, th
Jamesen with his book scalia sunday night on cspan q a. You could listen to kiewit a and all of our podcast on free cspan app. Where americans can see democracy in the public straight from the sources on cspan, unfiltered, unbiased from the Nations Capital wherever you are it matters the most is what democracy looks like, powered by. A truly delightful to be with you and talk about your new book. It covers such a wide amount of time and space its really a riveting read i thoroughly enjoyed it and am really looking forward to our conversation today. Thank you, it is really so great to be here with you. I would love to start about asking the Research Project itself being a historian i was fascinated by all the different kinds of things that you are looking at from the official record house of the National Archive, newspapers, census records, family photographs, all of it. It sounded like from the way you describe the process, you basically you been researching the Family History for a ve