Words, martha winow questions whether forgiveness and amnesties can strengthen the american Justice System. She is interviewed by georgetown law professor and former federal prosecutor paul butler. After words, weekly Interview Program with relevant guest hosts interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All after words programs are also available as podcasts. To disclosure, you and i you are my law professor at harvard and you taught me family law and you were to go on for being a lowly assistant professor to a storied career not culminating but along the way you were the dean of Harvard Law School but you are my favorite law professor. Im not alone in that. In 2008 the junior senator from illinois was a man named barack obama and he said when i was at harvard will school i had a teacher who changed my life. Guest it is such a delight to be here and i have learned so much from you so thank you for doing this. Host i love the book because it has your voice, compassiona
If you are in attendance, take a picture and tag us at booktv on twitter, facebook, or instagram. Next on booktv after words, former Harvard Law School dean martha minow ab. Topknot fiction authors about their latest work. All programs are also available as podcasts. Full disclosure, you and i go way back. You were my law professor at harvard. You taught law. You were to no one from being an along the way you with the an dean of Harvard Law School. You were a law professor when i first met you in 2008 as a junior senator a man named barack obama. And i had a teacher who changed my life. Its a delight to be here and i have met so much from you. I love this book because it has your voice it is compassionate and brilliant and it is gently provocative. How did you come during this legendary career from the legal power cracks. I wrote a book about 20 years ago with violence in the truth of the conciliation had just started and i was so intrigued by the development of the new institution to
And many other amendments that came from folks would never had an amendment brought up and discussed, those amendments were discussed in the farm bill. I would say that probably of the 73 that were considered, there were 300 offered and people would get up, they would have their say. They discuss the amendment. They knew probably it would not pass, and they would withdraw it. But they at least had the opportunity to represent their states and their constituents, and we had that opportunity. This years farm bill, was in 73 a maintenance. Voted about 10 times. Senator thune, respected member of the Agriculture Committee, senator johanns, former secretary of agriculture, senator grassley and myself, we all had a total of about 12 amendments. We withdrew those from consideration from the Committee Markup and said well take them up on the floor. Except the majority leader cut it off saying, timeout, no more. None of us got those amendments. As a former chairman of the Agriculture Committee