George washington university. Before he introduces our speaker today, let me acknowledge our partnership with the National History center and the American Historical Association we are cosponsoring and coorganizing this seminar with. Let me acknowledgment our donors, the George Washington University History department as well as a number of individuals giving support for this series. We want to acknowledge roger lewis, the cochairman of the seminar. Hes here all the way from texas. I want to welcome all of you and say thank you to the ones who do the heavy lifting in terms of getting is here and organize. We are grateful to you. [applause] thank you. With that, i think we should turn it over to eric. One last technical announcement, if you have one of these devices, and i suspect everyone in the room does. Turn it to vibrate or silence, that will prevent embarrassment and interruption in the next hour and a half. With that, it is my pleasure to introduce this afternoons speaker, an ind
Everyone knows. Between these historic outings as Carpenters Hall, which is was less wellknown but also a structure of significance to all americans because it was here that the condo congress the Continental Congress met the first time and made a decision that led to the open revolution and the declaration of independence. The first floor of Carpenters Hall. Youll remember from your perhaps gradeschool history lessons that in 1773, a group of supposedly indian, at least they were just of that way, through a lot of chests of tea into boston harbor, in the protest of taxes levied by the crown parliament from imports to america. The british had a strange idea that maybe the colonists ou ght to pay for some of the defenses they are providing against the french and other people who have interest in north america. At any rate, the crown was furious. The result, they passed, parliament passed, a number of coercive acts to force the americans to get line and quit protesting. As a result of th
Ational history center, is nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization that is affiliated with the american historical association. Intendedngs are not to advocate for any particular set of policies but, rather, to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with a difficult difficult issues. And i want to thank in particular the Mellon Foundation for funding this series. At the backa perry of the room, the assistant director, who has done all of the leg work organizational efforts to make this possible. Flurry of the recent executive orders that have come from our new president , we thought this might be an opportune time to reflect upon the historical background of this phenomena of executive orders that i think many people have not given a great deal of attention to. And so, we have three experts here who are going to talk about how these orders have been used by president s in the past, what purposes they have served, how they have changed over
Welcome to this briefing on the history of executive orders. My name is dane kennedy, director of the National History center, the sponsor of this briefing. It is part of an ongoing series that the National History center runs that is designed to bring historical perspectives to issues that are relevant to congress and the political process in general. So, the National History center, let me briefly explain the National History center, is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization that is affiliated with the american historical association. Its briefings are not intended to advocate for any particular set of policies but, rather, to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with a difficult difficult issues. And i want to thank in particular the Mellon Foundation for funding this series. And to amanda perry, at the back of the room, the assistant director of the center, who has done all of the leg work band organizational efforts to make this p
I am the cochair of the washington history seminar. Cochairing with me today is roger lewis, the founding chair of the seminar and former director of the National History center. , our aims eighth year is to foster conversation about the past and to make history and essential part of public conversation about these events here in the United States and across the world. Possible inare made part by the efforts of many people, but in particular the people at the Wilson Center and the associate director of the Wilson Center. They handle the logistics and work out the logistics have. Today is danes kennedy. We are always grateful for the ,inancial support of shaver which generously helps to the History Department in a number of anonymous donors with their , weort, making it possible the her week, to bring us scholars who do the work at the Wilson Center. I think that roger now will introduce the speaker. Neil, as everyone here knows, is a famous historian. The author of many books, includin