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Federalist society were hosting todays forum. I want to thank the Federalist Society, dean righter and julie nix who are with us today, for their assistance in organizing this forum. I also want to welcome those who are seeing us through cspan and our Live Streaming audience as well. Were here to discuss an important new, an important subject, the Permission Society, the title of a new book from encounter books by the Goldwater Institutes tim sandefur. Subtitled, how the ruling class turns our freedoms into privileges and what we can do about it. This book documents the many ways, especially since the progressive era, that the presumption of liberty, the freedom at the heart of our founding principles and documents, has been extinguished in favor after presumption for government, with individuals having to obtain permission from government officials before being able to act. Property owners have long experienced this reversal of course. Today they often find before they can make any ch
America ha first foreignborn first lady since luiza adams or former president as first gentleman . Learn about the influence of americas president ial spouses from cspans first ladies, now available in paperback. First ladies, give readers look into personal lives of every impact of every first lady in history. And features interviews with the nations leading first ladies historians. Each chapter offers brief biographies. First ladies in paperback, published by public affairs. Available also as an ebook. Welcome to the Cato Institute. Im director of cato center for constitutional studies. And together with the Federalist Society, were hosting a todays forum. I want to thank the Federalist Society. Dean righter, julie nix, for their assistance organizing this forum. I want ii want to welcome thoseg us through cspan and Live Streaming audience as well. Were here to discuss an important new, important subject the Permission Society, title of new book from encounter book from Goldwater Ins
America ha first foreignborn first lady since luiza adams or former president as first gentleman . Learn about the influence of americas president ial spouses from cspans first ladies, now available in paperback. First ladies, give readers look into personal lives of every impact of every first lady in history. And features interviews with the nations leading first ladies historians. Each chapter offers brief biographies. First ladies in paperback, published by public affairs. Available also as an ebook. Welcome to the Cato Institute. Im director of cato center for constitutional studies. And together with the Federalist Society, were hosting a todays forum. I want to thank the Federalist Society. Dean righter, julie nix, for their assistance organizing this forum. I want ii want to welcome thoseg us through cspan and Live Streaming audience as well. Were here to discuss an important new, important subject the Permission Society, title of new book from encounter book from Goldwater Ins
I see the challenges that the issue of gun violence presents us in this country and how hard it is to solve that issue particularly i know living in the beltway for five, six years, you do develop a beltway mentality and think its always about fighting here, and you dont realize there are a lot of opportunities, should be a lot of opportunities to find Common Ground on many issues, including gun violence. So thats kind of the perspective im coming from too. Identify talked to elected officials, gun owners, friends and others in the state and, hopefully, have a few ideas that might be interesting here today. I just want to acknowledge real quickly my old friend martin chavez, the former mayor of albuquerque, good to see you. As well ascare line brewer caroline brewer. And we have a couple representatives from moms demand action for common sense i cant remember the official title, but moms demand action to end violence in this country, so thank you. Actually, when i started the semester