Sell on cable tv this production they came up with called hillary the movie, about hillary clinton. And the Bipartisan Campaign reform act said that because Citizens United was a Nonprofit Corporation, they were limited in how much they could spend in the days leading up to an election. And and so, basically, this group i sued and said youre discriminating against us. Were not able to offer our message because of the Bipartisan Campaign reform act. Now, the court ruled in their favor by a 54 decision. And it was a very close decision and, obviously, hugely controversial. But one of the things that the justices in the majority said is that you cant discriminate against the viewpoint of a Nonprofit Corporation in this sense, you cant reticket them from getting restrict them from getting their message out. However, the justices in the dissent said that, you know, we put these type of restrictions in effect before going back all the way to buckley v. Vallejo. Its not that were keeping eith
Remember the first moment you were asked about being in the library of congress . Guest i can remember that because i was surprised. I had been advising and consulting. It was an opportunity for the Library Community to weigh in basically on what would be needed for the library of congress in the next few decades so my aim was put forward as a person to talk to and that went on for a little while and i was asked would you consider being considered for the position yourself . It took me aback a little bit and i then had to think about what i was currently doing, doing service in a city that had the Public Library be the state library in maryland. And i had become a baltimoreian and was lurking on so many issues and how could i go from serving a community to serving a country . What contribution could i make . Cspan why did you stay there . Guest when i thought about the treasures and what was contained in the library of congress and what i had been pretty to as a librarian and how excit
She said it is highly addictive but i was pretty is dawning. But he is dying i whispered. [applause] the folders Shakespeare Library created 1932 data big idea that it would have been of value to everyone so they collected those materials skier two blocks east of the capital as a gift to the nation. They felt it was an International City common was our capital coming through national and international assets. With the First North American van tutors feeder. But mr. Folders and he made his fortune and then very quietly acquired this in the collection are nine. Host we will hear this term so what is that . The first folio is 36 plays published by to a shakespeares friends who knew him. Without that book published 1623 the probably wouldnt how those plays it is probably the most eddied in the world and also agree connection to a shakespeare the writer. That was put together seven years after his death. Exactly. There are probably 700 copies there are 233 note copies of the book but the fo
Geneva and they eventually found in favor of the United States to the tune of 15. 5 million. But that was only for the alabama, with the alabama did and also what the shenandoah the ships the shenandoah tech after melbourne. Their british would not admit to any complicity for the ships before melbourne because when the shenandoah left great written, she was a registered british merchantmen and she was sold and commissioned with outside or just territory so they werent liable for the good since they did resupplied and prepare her in melbourne, they admitted no liability for ships dock after that. Wow. I want to remind everybody that these gentlemen will be selling these wonderful books immediately following. Lets give them a round of applause. [applause] thanks for coming. I hope you enjoyed it. [inaudible conversations] the idea of money is very basic and weve gotten away from it and policymakers today know less about money, Monetary Policy than they did 100 years ago. Since the early
Atlantic will take shape so our collection holds a large quantity of items that includes the moment as it comes to the United States so the colonies of jamestown. Said shakespeares world this planting itself in north america. That is complicated history also what was good and bad. When he wrote the tempest he clearly had a pamphlet about a shipwreck in bermuda but makes reference to the new world so he never visited but when he uses the phrase like a brave new world that there is someplace to overturn our expectations and that is something that is on his imagination. And from the archives to the theater. This is a copy of a copy of the Laurence Oliviers film 1945 of henry v this gives us the notes it is interesting because that was treated during the Second World War from one of the battle scenes this was viewed as a piece of propaganda of the Second World War so much of this is triumphant to the library of record store in the expression of shakespeares work is something theyre interes