President-elect Joe Biden will take the stage for his inaugural address at perhaps the most difficult starting point for a president since Franklin Rooseve
President-elect Joe Biden arrived in the nation's capital Tuesday, ready to assume power as the nation reels from the coronavirus pandemic, soaring unemployment and grave concerns about more violence as he prepares to take the oath of office.
AAMER MADHANI
President-elect Joe Biden will take the stage for his inaugural address at perhaps the most difficult starting point for a president since Franklin Roosevelt began his first term by assuring a nation scarred by the Great Depression that “we have nothing to fear but fear itself.”
But memorable turns of phrase like Roosevelt’s are more the exception than the rule when it comes to inaugural addresses.
Former President Barack Obama in his memoir noted that singer Aretha Franklin’s showy hat and a glitch in Chief Justice John Roberts’ administration of the oath of office got more attention than his speech in the days following the first Black president’s address, delivered as the nation was mired in recession and a growing malaise over two intractable wars.
Supreme Court Hears Argument Over Media Ownership Rules
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The high court, now dominated by conservative justices, could clear the way for deregulation over concerns about the impact on minority and female ownership.
On the final full day of the presidency of Donald J. Trump, his administration urged the Supreme Court to allow media ownership rules to change despite some who believe the move would hurt female and minority ownership of broadcast outlets. A high court with three Trump appointees could grant such wish, although the forthcoming decision figures to be prelude to more battles ahead.
Under a 1996 change in telecommunications law, the Federal Communications Commission reviews old ownership rules every four years and must repeal or modify anything that is no longer “necessary in the public interest as the result of competition.”
President-elect Biden will take the stage for his inaugural address at perhaps the most difficult starting point for a president since Franklin Roosevelt.