Roberts and d. C. Circuit court judge Merrick Garland talk about the legacy of the lake Second Circuit appeal Appeals Court jue Henry Friendly. This is just under two hours. Good evening everyone. Im robert katzmann, chief judge of u. S. Court of appeals for the Second Circuit. I welcome each of you on behalf of my court, and where especially honored to have with us are chief justice, John G Roberts junior. [applause] today nearly 500 strong, we celebrate an american judicial giant, henry j. Friendly compuserve for 27 years on the Second Circuit court of appeals, including three years as chief judge. It is a wonderful coincidence, today is the 58th anniversary of judge friendlys appointment by president Dwight D Eisenhower to this court. Our gathering today is at the intersection of two initiatives which have engaged us for two years. The first is the one and 25th Anniversary Commemoration of the Second Circuit court of appeals chaired by circuit judge richard wesley, comprising a seri
Time lineup at 11 with author richard [inaudible] talking about president lincolns sense of humor. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. [inaudible conversations] mark, how are you . [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Thank you so much for coming out this afternoon. My name is david childers, im art of the event staff here at politics and prose, and its our honor just behalf are of the staff and others, its our honor to welcome you here for this event for the author brad snyder and his new book, the house of truth a washington political salon and the foundations of american liberalism. I have a few housekeeping notes i want to cover right before we get started. If you will take this time to silence any cell phones or noisemaking devices so we dont have any unnecessary interruptions during the event. I will also mention that if youre a regular here, sometimes you know that we ask you to put up the chairs. Were going to have an event following this one, so after the events
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Her documentary on education reform and Teacher Retention is titled a heart for teaching. Take a look. So doesnt this describe the classroom theme today . [speaks foreign language] what is going on . Continuing with this story [speaks foreign language] the president and congress can focus on our teachers, their preparation, development, and ensuring that in their classrooms and schools they have the proper support systems necessary to be successful. We are facing a crisis, and where we see really high levels of teachers who are leaving the profession in the first five years, we are seeing lower numbers of young people wanting to become teachers, and i think there is probably a couple of reasons for that. One is that it has not been an easy profession in recent years with the recession and lack of resources going to schools. A lot of changing policies across the country. And i think that without adequate support and adequate opportunities for learning and growing, it is hard for somebod
Her documentary on education reform and Teacher Retention is titled a heart for teaching. Take a look. So doesnt this describe the classroom theme today . [speaks foreign language] what is going on . Continuing with this story [speaks foreign language] the president and congress can focus on our teachers, their preparation, development, and ensuring that in their classrooms and schools they have the proper support systems necessary to be successful. We are facing a crisis, and where we see really high levels of teachers who are leaving the profession in the first five years, we are seeing lower numbers of young people wanting to become teachers, and i think there is probably a couple of reasons for that. One is that it has not been an easy profession in recent years with the recession and lack of resources going to schools. A lot of changing policies across the country. And i think that without adequate support and adequate opportunities for learning and growing, it is hard for somebod