Texas book festival. I have a couple announcements before i introduce our speakers and then we will have a brief conversation appear and then open it up or you and day for the last 10 minutes or so. There are microphones down the aisles and i will send volunteers to help if you need a microphone brought to you. First and foremost, please finance your cell phones. Dont be that person. They also want me to remind you to share your experience on social media. The festival uses the texas book fest as the twitter handle and the is tx book fest. Authors will find books. Because we are in the main tent, its just write down that way. A portion goes to the texas book festivals mission and helps fund. Programs that brings authors and students together and brings grants to libraries in texas. We are very grateful to have you here. All right, without further ado, let me introduce our wonderful speakers that really dont need introduction but, youve got to do your thing. First we have was a New York
And now were back live in allston with an auto discussion on racism in america. [inaudible conversations] how are you today . Great to see so many people here in the now hot texas. Welcome to the 24th annual texas book festival. I have a couple announcements before i introduce our speakers and then we will have a brief conversation appear and then open it up or you and day for the last 10 minutes or so. There are microphones down the aisles and i will send volunteers to help if you need a microphone brought to you. First and foremost, please finance your cell phones. Dont be that person. They also want me to remind you to share your experience on social media. The festival uses the texas book fest as the twitter handle and the is tx book fest. Authors will find books. Because we are in the main tent, its just write down that way. A portion goes to the texas book festivals mission and helps fund. Programs that brings authors and students together and brings grants to libraries in texas.
Precedentsetting decision, a professor from Hastings College of the law and kate kendell. Big day today. Kate what was your reaction when you first heard this decision come down . I burst into tears and im not the least bit ashamed of it. It felt like not only the culmination of so much work and effort and sacrifice by so many, by really countless people, that it also felt like it was the harbinger of a new chapter where maybe more freedom, more justice, it felt like you know those words, equal justice under law inscribed on the Supreme Court building that meant something for all of us. Its more real. Were going to talk about the ruling itself. What are the legal underpinnings of it . Well this is both on due process grounds and equal protection grounds, which is a very important point. This is solid deely based on two doctrines. You have a due process right to marry and you cant discriminate on a factor that has no rationality as well as you cant discriminate between people. And Justi
Precedentsetting decision, a professor from Hastings College of the law and kate kendell. Big day today. Kate what was your reaction when you first heard this decision come down . I burst into tears and im not the least bit ashamed of it. It felt like not only the culmination of so much work and effort and sacrifice by so many, by really countless people, that it also felt like it was the harbinger of a new chapter where maybe more freedom, more justice, it felt like you know those words, equal justice under law inscribed on the Supreme Court building that meant something for all of us. Its more real. Were going to talk about the ruling itself. What are the legal underpinnings of it . Well this is both on due process grounds and equal protection grounds, which is a very important point. This is solid deely based on two doctrines. You have a due process right to marry and you cant discriminate on a factor that has no rationality as well as you cant discriminate between people. And Justi
Precedentsetting decision, a professor from Hastings College of the law and kate kendell. Big day today. Kate what was your reaction when you first heard this decision come down . I burst into tears and im not the least bit ashamed of it. It felt like not only the culmination of so much work and effort and sacrifice by so many, by really countless people, that it also felt like it was the harbinger of a new chapter where maybe more freedom, more justice, it felt like you know those words, equal justice under law inscribed on the Supreme Court building that meant something for all of us. Its more real. Were going to talk about the ruling itself. What are the legal underpinnings of it . Well this is both on due process grounds and equal protection grounds, which is a very important point. This is solid deely based on two doctrines. You have a due process right to marry and you cant discriminate on a factor that has no rationality as well as you cant discriminate between people. And Justi