So right then reaffirm the u. S. Afghan Womens Council in Many American women filed various projects to support our sisters in guinness and and i was really the beginning of my interest in afghanistan and the women there. And im pleased to introduce the next speaker. Adam is the New York Times best selling author in a lecture at yale law school. He firmly served as a member of any times Editorial Board and was a Senior Writer for Time Magazine where he also has a weekly law. Before entering journalism, he was a reformed lawyer and staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties union. A graduate of harvard law school, president of the harvard law review in previous books include nothing to fear from a fierce inner circle in the 100 days that created modern america. His latest book on the closest Supreme Court decision to allow virginia to sterilize the young woman for eugenic reasons that the new republic cause in the cells and important new book that takes us back to a really remember
Amy we will discuss Merrick Garlands record with terry oneill, president of the National Organization for women and Ian Millhiser, author of, injustices the Supreme Courts history of comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. Then to one of the Worst Supreme Court rulings in history. We will speak to adam cohen, author of, imbeciles the Supreme Court, american eugenics, and the sterilization of carrie buck. This was a case about a poor woman, nothing was wrong with her but being feebleminded. As a result with the endorsement of the Supreme Court, they sterilized her against her will and during that time, about 70,000 americans were sterilized. Amy judge Oliver Wendell holmes with the majority opinion to bring three generations of imbeciles are enough. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. After weeks of speculation president obama has announced , his nominee to replace the late Justice Antonin
Nomination not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed, but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election. Amy we will discuss rrick garlands record with terry oneill, president of the National Organization for women and Ian Millhiser, author of, injustices the Supreme Courts history of comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. Then to one of the Worst Supreme Court rulings in history. We will speak to adam cohen, author of, imbeciles the Supreme Court, american eugenics, and the sterilization of carrie buck. This was a case about a poor woman, nothing was wrong with her but being feebleminded. As a result with the endorsement of the Supreme Court, they sterilized her against her will and during that time, about 70,000 americans were sterilized. Amy judge Oliver Wendell holmes with the majority opinion to bring three generations of imbeciles are enough. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report.
With great thanks to my and for filling in last week. Thank you for being here with us. Good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. Woodrow wilson was first elected president in 1912 when he ran for reelection in 1916, one of the animating issues of that campaign was world war i which was raging in europe and which wilson promised the United States would not join in 1916 he was barely rehe electricitied and the u. S. Went into the dechaired war on germany and wilson was not only facing the typical headwinds that a president s party faces in midterm elections, but he was also roundly dehe tested for world war i and other things. In 1918, Woodrow Wilsons party got beat. The republicans getting congress, that had far reaching consequences in all sorts of ways, bullt in the house it mea a gigantic and cons kwen tall promotion for Albert Johnson. Such a generic name. Actually hard to google. There was a another congressman named Albert Johnson who had nothing to do with him. A federa
Opinion | How America became a reluctant nation of immigrants washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.