Mikvah on the d. C. Circuit judge, followed by a clerkship with Justice Thurgood marshall here on the Supreme Court. And a couple years of law practice, then in 1991, entering academia, teaching at the university of chicago law school, where she met professor barack obama. Two years later, invited back to washington tow ork to work for the Senate Judiciary committee at the request of the chairman, then senator joe biden. Two years later, judge mikvah becomes white House Counsel for president clinton. Justice kagan is asked to come to the white house, serve as associate white House Counsel. Stays there for a couple years. Two more years in domestic policy roles on behalf of the Clinton Administration and the white house. Then president clinton nominates Justice Kagan to be a judge on the d. C. Circuit judge, but the republicans have no interest in confirming judges at that time so that doesnt come to pass. She then returns to academia, this time at Harvard Law School, joining the facult
Thank you, jerry, so much. As you can tell from that introduction, before coming here, i couldnt keep a job. Jerry, thank you for everything you do for the Supreme Court Historical Society and everything that the Supreme Court Historical Society does for the Supreme Court. The Historical Society does extremely important work in reminding people of the importance of our constitution and our judicial system and its history. And were deeply appreciative. This evening marks the second of the societys 2019 leon silverman lecture series, which is devoted this year to dissents and the spupreme court. On my way over here, professor driver and also jerry libin reminded me that ive written a few of those. Tonights speaker is professor justin driver, professor of law at yale law school. He teaches and writes in the area of constitutional law, and hes the author, most recently, of a book called the schoolhouse gate public education, the Supreme Court, and the battle for the american mind. That boo
Sporting events and even everyday routines, the impact is everywhere. Then to todays consequential vote in six states could the virus impact voter turnout . And is Bernie Sanders road to nomination getting ever more difficult . And a ray of joy for a Basketball Team and a community after a tornado tragedy. The thrilling victory that couldnt have come at a better time early today starts right now. Good morning, im francis re va ra. And im phillip the white house is gearing up to ask congress for help in dealing with the economic damage caused by the coronavirus the news comes as the number of cases has surged to over 700 and 26 deaths. On monday, President Trump, along with Vice President mike pence, held a briefing updating the latest on the virus. Saying they will meet with Congress Later today to propose dramatic economic measures amid coronavirus fears. For more, we turn to nbcs tracy potts live for us in d. C. This morning. Tracy, good morning. Did the president say what, exactly,
Brought to you as a Public Service by your television provider. Now, West Virginia republican governor jim justice delivers his state of the state address from charleston. He spoke about education funding, health care, and investing in the Coal Industries in the state. This is an hour and 20 minutes. [ applause ] [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct privilege to welcome this evening his exlen seicelle the honorable james c. Justice. [ applause ] okay. If yall dont want to be here all night, sit down. They got me wired every way you can wire somebody up, which is good. You know, the first thing i would tell you is its a great, great evening in the state of West Virginia. And i bless you in every way, and i thank you in every way for being here. You know, today is a great day, a great day in our state. You know, before we go any further, id like to recognize my family. You know, i havent seen you and catherine since you got here. But my beautiful wife kathy, daughter jill
The marines around me raised up, jumped up, and started firing their weapons into the air, screaming and yelling and that kind of stuff. And i really thought everybody had lost their minds for a second. I could not figure out what was going on. And then i caught on what was going on because they were on the mountain and i looked, and there is old glory on top. I jumped up and started doing the same dumb thing they were doing, firing my weapon in the air and jumping and screaming. I was carrying a weapon. I jumped up and started firing in the air and yelling and screaming like everybody else. I wondered during them how many marines we lost at that particular moment. But it changed the whole attitude about the whole thing. From the exhibit space inside the National Museum of the marine corps in quantico, virginia, we are joined by marine corps history chief Edward Nevgloski, and owen connor. On this eve of the 75th anniversary of the battle of iwo jima, explain why there are two historic