I just realized that i did not introduce myself, so, ok let me , back up. My name is jodie allen, and im a visiting assistant professor here, at swanee, and im also working as a consultant on the slavery project. Going back to the panel, im asking them to answer the question thats in our program , and that is does history matter to the future of the 15th amendment . And im going to ask them to ruminate on that a little bit, and then we will be opening up for q a with the audience. Okay . So i dont know who would like to start. Ok, thank you. I think about history and it , reminds me of the african word sancofa. The african word, and it means you have to know your past to understand the present to plan for your future. So when it comes to the 15th amendment what weve learned today and ive learned a great , deal from these wonderful panelists, that we have to understand the intent behind the 15th amendment, the history that gave rise to it, the effect of it those people who opposed and t
My name is jodie allen. Im a visiting assistant professor here at sewanee for this score year. I am also working as a consultant on the slavery project. Going back to the panel, i am asking them to answer the question in our program and that is, does history matter to the future of the 15th amendment . I will ask them to think on that and then we will open up for questions and answers with the audience. I dont know who would like to start. Thank you. I think about history and it reminds me of sancofa means you have to know your past to understand your present, to plan for the future. When it comes to the 15th amendment, what we have learned today, and ive learned a great deal from these panelists, we have to understand the intent behind the 15th amendment, the history that gave rise to it, the effect of it. Those people who opposed it and the mechanisms that were put in place as obstacles so we can better understand today the Voter Suppression we are dealing with, the need for White Su
Opposition to Loretta Lynch becoming the democratic attorney general. So if the democrats put her up now for nomination, she would be confirmed, in all likelihood. Theyre not going to do it. A topranking democratic aide telling nbc news today that they will not put Loretta Lynch up because, according to democrats, there just isnt enough time. The lame duck session is short. They say its a lot of work to confirm somebody so they dont plan on doing it. They dont even plan on trying to coit. That puts the confirmation of obamas nomination in the hands of this nice man, Mitch Mcconnell who will take over in january. Who here thinks it bodes well to have mitch mechancconnell in ch of whether they can confirm now . Raise your hands. I cant see them. Republicans are going to happily confirm president obamas nominees, especially for really high profile, really controversial jobs. Raise i cant see your hands. Raise your hands up hire e higher. I cant sigh e see any of your hands at all. Anybody
Lame duck period until the new congress is sworn in. Anybody short of a Supreme Court justice can be confirmed with a simple majority vote in the senate. Democrats have a majority. There is no known democratic opposition to Loretta Lynch becoming the democratic attorney general. So if the democrats put her up now for nomination, she would be confirmed, in all likelihood. Theyre not going to do it. A topranking democratic aide telling nbc news today that they will not put Loretta Lynch up because, according to democrats, there just isnt enough time. The lame duck session is short. They say its a lot of work to confirm somebody so they dont plan on doing it. They dont even plan on trying to coit. That puts the confirmation of obamas nomination in the hands of this nice man, Mitch Mcconnell who will take over in january. Who here thinks it bodes well to have Mitch Mcconnell in charge of whether they can confirm now . Raise your hands. I cant see them. Republicans are going to happily conf
There is no known democratic opposition to Loretta Lynch becoming the democratic attorney general. So if the democrats put her up now for nomination, she would be confirmed, in all likelihood. Theyre not going to do it. A topranking democratic aide telling nbc news today that they will not put Loretta Lynch up because, according to democrats, there just isnt enough time. The lame duck session is short. They say its a lot of work to confirm somebody so they dont plan on doing it. They dont even plan on trying to do it. That puts the confirmation of obamas nomination in the hands of this nice man, Mitch Mcconnell, who will take over in january. Who here thinks it bodes well to have Mitch Mcconnell in charge of whether they can confirm now . Raise your hands. I cant see them. Republicans are going to happily confirm president obamas nominees, especially for really high profile, really controversial jobs. Raise i cant see your hands. Raise your hands up higher. I cant see any of your hands