Context of Justice Oconnors life and career and captured its significance. We have commented on the jurisprudence and now we will turn to the legacy and discuss the lasting contribution and the ways we will continue to see her hand in law and the civic life of this great country. About 15 years before he nominated oconnor, Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most consequential political speeches at a law day lunch in southern california. In 1966, Ronald Reagan advanced an initiative to take judges out of politics and articulated his vision of an ideal judge. He called for judges to be men with ability come up men of honor and men who are fairminded. When it came to his first nomination to the Supreme Court, he delivered a nominee who realized his vision. Listening earlier today, we have gotten a taste of Justice Oconnors remarkable ability and the honor and fairness and decency with which she approached her life and her craft. As one of Justice Oconnors [indiscernible] without fanfare,
Next, from the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute, six former law clerks recall working with Supreme Court Justice Sandra day oconnor. This is part of an allday conference commemorating the 38th anniversary of Justice Oconnors senate confirmation. [ applause ] thank you. Its really an honor and a privilege to be here. So, i was asked just to say a few words to introduce the next panel. And i think i would start by saying something that probably we all know, which is the court is a fairly powerful institution. Now, of course, it wasnt always so, though. One of the signs of how powerful it is is that you really do see in any president ial election people saying it matters who you vote for. You should vote for x rather than y because theyre going to pick the next Supreme Court justices. But if you think about why that really is so, the Court Decides about 80 cases a year. And about 75 of them need to be decided, but theyre not the reason the court is such a powerful inst
Thank you mister president my question is to be deeply concerned of Turkish Military operations in Northern Syria we already think it is further destabilized in the region and risks undermining progress. So depending on the situation on the actions the government has taken. Thank you mister president this is very fastmoving and dangerous situation the Prime Minister and i have made it very clear that the Turkish Military action has grave consequences for Regional Security and among other things those that have been made by the international coalition. And it continues to be a threat despite territorial disputes go on additional suffering and open the organization for humanitarian support. But with australias engagement it is a clear response to the announcement made by turkey or to the conflict in syria with that opportunistic action and load those at the department of Foreign Affairs the turkish ambassador for the last week speaking to french president and also the us secretaries to d
Are joined by Bill Mccollum, former congressman from florida. Joining us this morning to talk about the impeachment effort in the house, and a former member who has an intimate knowledge of the clear whether the u. S. Supreme Court Whenever finder was due process required here what ever find there was due process, again, because the constitution gives us power, sending all of it to congress. ,n the other hand, it is silent and inherently in American History, due process has been accorded. I think that is what this process is right about right now. The president rightfully claiming that he is not being given the same kind of opportunities that were given to president clinton, or, in the rightsaying, this is not i wouldve had no opportunity to present and crossexamine. It is clear that there is discretion, and he might get it under the rule that was passed last week on the floor. It is not mandated or directed. Did president clinton testify . Caller there were people that of and he had a
Please welcome to the stage Michael Bennett. Hello, iowa. You are a Patient Group of people. I didnt know how patient. And i want to thank you for allowing all of us to impose on you. I want to particularly thank you for the kindness that youve shown me and my family as weve travelled the state of iowa. I want to thank my friend, tom harken, my chairman who is right here, tom, thank you for your leadership. And thank you for your friendship. Ive been in the senate, as tom knows, for ten years. Its hard for me to believe its been a decade. Weve done two committees together. Tonight i want to talk to you not as a senator but as the only superintendent of schools who has ever run for president of the United States. I worked with kids in the Denver Public schools before i went to the senate. Its a School District thats got about a billion dollar budget. For reference, thats about three times the size of a certain municipality in the state of indiana. Im just saying. It has 95,000 children