Different. Weve had to adapt to different circumstances. That is the theme to this years event, wisdom, justice, adaptation. We believe adaptation is the right focus for this years session. Circumstance. In fact that is the theme for this years event, wisdom, justice, adaptation. As you probably know the playoff motto that we believe adaptation is the right focus for this years session. Speaking of the session today is only the opening events over the next several weeks well be back here on tuesdays at 11 00 a. M. To explore the way the families their businesses and their government are adapting to a changed world. We will covering the following areas, education, the budget, land use and transportation, the economy, housing, and healthcare. With exciting panels of experts lined up for each of them and we hope you will be able to join us for many of those as you can. We are grateful to be joined on this journey by some key sponsors without which our work would not be possible. They are
Foundation on behalf of the entire staff and our board of trustees we are very glad you joined us. If you have attended this event in the past you are well aware this years edition is quite different. Like so much in our society we have had to adapt to the current circumstance. In fact that is the theme for this years event, wisdom, justice, adaptation. As you probably know the playoff motto that we believe adaptation is the right focus for this years session. Speaking of the session today is only the opening events over the next several weeks well be back here on tuesdays at 11 00 a. M. To explore the way the families their businesses and their government are adapting to a changed world. We will covering the following areas, education, the budget, land use and transportation, the economy, housing, and healthcare. With exciting panels of experts lined up for each of them and we hope you will be able to join us for many of those as you can. We are grateful to be joined on this journey b
Talked about four acts. There are four acts. In the first second and third already has reached a conclusion for adam schiff. Announcer we are going to leave this but you can find it online. We will take you live now to a discussion about religious freedom with officials from the Justice Department, education department, and health and Human Services. Silence cell phones please on september the 23rd, President Trump delivered an important speech on religious freedom at the united nations. He said our founders understood that no right is more fundamental to a peaceful, prosperous and Virtuous Society than the right to follow ones religious convictions. He added that too often people in positions of power preach diversity while silencing, shunning or censoring the faithful. True tolerance means respecting the right of all people to express their deeply held religious beliefs. Ow right he is during the last administration, relieved religious adherents felt besieged. While the Obama Adminis
Administration. Way im the Vice President of the institute for Constitutional Government here at heritage. Silence cell phones please john on september the 23rd, President Trump delivered an important speech on religious freedom at the united nations. He said our founders understood that no right is more fundamental to a peaceful, prosperous and Virtuous Society than the right to follow ones religious convictions. He added that too often people in positions of power preach diversity while silencing, shunning or censoring the faithful. True tolerance means respecting the right of all people to express their deeply held religious beliefs. How right he is. During the last administration, religious adherents felt besieged. While the Obama Administration was prepared to honor freedom of worship, freedom of religion was another matter. Obama Administration Officials preached that tolerating religious adherence was great. For a moment, they can find their way to houses of worship and did not
My name is robert barnes. I cover the Supreme Court for the washington post. Thanks for coming on this crisp, fall day to hear about the Supreme Court. Id like to thank the federalist society, particularly the Facility Division and practice groups for putting together what we think will be an interesting panel on what looks to be a very interesting term at the Supreme Court. After the trauma of last years confirmation hearings, theres been a thought from those who watched the court that it went out of its way not to look partisan last term, to look for ways to bust up the ideological divide on the court in some cases and to slow walk some controversies to keep them off that years docket. Its been welldocumented that each of the conservative justices at least once joined the four liberals to make up a majority in a case. And it went the other way, too. Each of the liberals at least once abandoned his or her usual voting partners and joined the conservatives in a case. Harmony could be h