this year supreme court began with a feeling of hope but has been nothing more than one step forward and two massive steps back for america. ketanji john broxson took place as the first black woman to serve on the high court, a historic appointment heralded as the progress needed to make the highest court inland reflect s population. really disturbed by the court specifically by chief justice john roberts suggested an error of moderation, the conserve justice ruled with the liberal in a slew of surprising decisions, including on key issues like immigration, voting rights, and election oversight. that s where the moderation. ended the court supermajority struck down the presidents student loan forgiveness program in just 24 hours. after ending affirmative action. long used to increase the number of black, hispanic, and other under representative minorities on college campuses. the court found that these policies violated the constitution s 14th amendment promise of equal prote
, the national constitution center hosted a discussion on how the bill of rights applies to today s debates on freedom of speech, the right to privacy and other issues. speakers include the constitution center, also, the american enterprise institute, and also the aspen institute. welcome to the greatest assembly of the defenders of freedom ever. we have peter goettler, arthur brooks, walter isaacson, neera tanden, and anthony romero of the aclu. a big round of applause. [applause] jeffrey: the national constitution center is indeed a convening space of the greatest thinkers on freedom and called its usual liberties. it is impossible to imagine more distinguished, engaged of a group than the one you have today. i will plunge in. we have on the side of the stage a beautiful document. there are many documents here at the national constitution center. i hope you are able to see the gallery as he came in the copy of the bill of rights and the declaration of independence. this i
cu cu culmination his his hard work. that is true. you don t advance your cause by claiming personal credit. let me give you another example of how a president s legacy can be totally different from what we think at the time. harry truman to be bipartisan here, take a democrat, went out of office with the lowest poll ratings in history till that time. 25-30 years later we had vietnam, watergate, and we looked back at truman and saw the real deal an authentic leader who got all of the big things right and the little things wrong. we forget the hawaiian sports shirts and stuff. that became endearing. harry truman once said i wonder how far moses had gotten if he stopped to take a poll in the middle of the desert. truman became a model of a divisive leader who took big decisions, who took responsibility, and by and large history has been much kinder to him than historians were at the time. in terms of obama, we said he wanted to be a transformitiative president but we will not
bad deal. plus, what does the supreme court s ruling on same-sex marriage mean for religious freedom. we ll debate with kelly shackelford and evan wolfson all right now on fox news sunday. hello again from fox news in washington. this holiday weekend there s no shortage of politics on the plate as many presidential hopefuls descended on the early voting state of new hampshire to march in fourth of july parades. among them new jersey governor chris christie who entered the race this week as an underdog unlike in 2012 when he was courted by party elites to run for president. new hampshire is shaping up to be a do or die state for his 2016 ambitions. governor, you seem to be having a very good time here in new hampshire. i am. i m having a great time. we ve been here since tuesday evening after i announced in new jersey on tuesday morning. we ve been traveling all over the state. my wife and i are having a great time. you know here as well as across the country you hav
marriage mean for religious freedom. we ll debate with kelly shackelford and evan wolfson all right now on fox news sunday. hello again from fox news in washington. this holiday weekend there s no shortage of politics on the plate as many presidential hopefuls descended on the early voting state of new hampshire to march in fourth of july parades. among them new jersey governor chris christie who entered the race this week as an underdog unlike in 2012 when he was courted by party elites to run for president. new hampshire is shaping up to be a do or die state for his 2016 ambitions. governor, you seem to be having a very good time here in new hampshire. i am. i m having a great time. we ve been here since tuesday evening after i announced in new jersey on tuesday morning. we ve been traveling all over the state. my wife and i are having a great time. you know here as well as across the country you have some ground to make up. average polling has you sixth in new hamp