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Of congressman john lewis and access to voting during the coronavirus pandemic. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center, and to todays version of americas town hall. I am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution. As folks who have joined us before know, we begin our programs by reciting together the National Constitution centers Inspiring Mission so we can prepare ourselves for the learning ahead, so here we go. Recite virtually after me. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the u. S. Constitution among the American People on a nonpartisan basis. Be ....
Communicators on cspan 2. We take you live now to the National Constitution center for a discussion with legal scholars on the 1th anniversary of the 19th amendment. Guaranteeing women the right to vote. And it will feature the legal scholarsern win chammer and Frederick Lawrence and the great dolly liveic. And friends, i must tell you with great pleasure that on august 16th circumstances permitting the National Constitution center will open our new exhibit how women won the vote about the 19th amendment. It is very relevant to todays topic. It is an exhibit about the history of the expansion of womens suffrage and our team is hard at work and it will be so meaningful to reopen the building which is glimmering behind me on the fake back drop, open the doors and welcome people to see the exhibit. And rem ....
Programs by reciting together the National Constitution centers Inspiring Mission so we can prepare ourselves for the learning ahead, so here we go. Recite virtually after me. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the u. S. Constitution among the American People on a nonpartisan basis. Beautiful. That is a wonderful recitation, and before we begin, i want to provide a quick plug for our next town hall on august 4. Please join us for the 2020 annual Supreme Court review in partnership with the antidefamation league, and it will feature the distinguished. Egal scholars it will be a wonderful discussion ....
culture plus co-founder lili gil valletta and former army captain jeremy hunt. we begin with anchor and chief legal correspondent shannon bream. thank you for covering this all morning for us. shannon: glad to and glad you have attorneys there, including you to break these things down, as well. this is landmark decision about what higher education can and can t do about race. the court said it cannot be a factor deciding who gets into college, including harvard and unc. chief justice said here, the student must be treated on his or her experience, not on basis of race. many universities have done the opposite and concluded wrongly touch stone of individual ability is not lessons learned, but color of their skin, constitutional history does not tolerate that choice. he read from the decision and so did justice thomas. devastating impact of this decision cannot be overstated, this will entrench racial segregation, racial inequality will exist as long as it is ignored. i ....
welcome to the programme. the first of the british transport planes has taken off from sudan and landed in cyprus. it is the beginning of a mammoth operation it s the beginning of what is a mammoth operation as there are thought there may be up to 4,000 britons in sudan. also tonight it s round 2 forjoe biden. the us president has finally announced that he will run for re election in 202a. we ll have all the reaction, and what that means for his biggest rival donald trump. and we will bring you the latest shocking revelation on iran s crackdown on protesters the bbc has seen leaked documents that show iran formed a secret committee to punish celebrities who backed protesters. but first, let s go to sudan. the latest evacuations by the uk and other countries have been possible today because of a ceasefire in the capital, that seems to be holding out just. some gunfire can still be heard, but people have been able to make their way out onto the streets for the first ....