[applause] daniel wolff is an awardwinning author, poet and agree any nominee from the hudson river his new book which will officially be published on tuesday is grownup anger the connected mysteries of bob dylan, Woody Guthrie, and the calumet massacre of 1913. As the title suggests, it gives three tales the biographies of bob dylan, Woody Guthrie and the back story of the tragedy in michigan, the tragedy he puts in the context of the Early Labor Movement in this country. The review calls this book a dazzling richly researched story, impeccably told. Karen lewis says if you are not true with unions consider daniel wolff blank grownup anger a must read. Music is a main character and ive told people youtube is an essential companion to the buck. You want to hear the songs he writes about so the Founding Member is joining us and will perform a few of the songs that are particularly important in this fascinating book. So, for a thought provoking entertaining hour please welcome daniel wol
Rights originally applied only against the federal government. Its about states rights and in between the celebration of the local juries and bill of rights was antifederalist teen party suspicion of local government. And thats important. But that isnt the power bill of rights today because you believe some of the most fundamental rights need to be protected against states and localities. Brown v. Topeka and kansas, gideon versus wainwright in florida, roe v. Wade and texas, lawrence versus texas, sullivan was an effort by alabama to shut down free speech. Miranda v. Arizona, griswold versus connecticut. Most of the cases that ordinary people think of as bill of rights cases are not bill of rights cases because the amendments are only about limiting the federal government. So, what kind of cases are gideon versus wainwright and texas when they are not bill of rights cases you now know enough to know the answer was cases are they. They are 14th amendment cases. No state or localities sh
That they look like the bosoms of amazons. [laughter] i mean truly that was the weirder election and but, that is probably the only one that i can think of that was like this one. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. [inaudible conversations] [applause] ladies and gentlemen welcome. This is the final panel of bill of rights day. Happy 225th birthday to the bill of rights. I am Jeffrey Rosen the president of this wonderful institution. For those of you are joining us for the first time. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america sorted by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a non artisan basis. And it is so exciting on december 15, 2016 the 225th anniversary of the bill of rights to share with you, how we National Constitution center audience. And cspan, americas greatest teacher of the bill of rights, Akhil Reed Amar. [applause] this is such a treat for me ladies and gentlemen. You know if you have been he
The final panel of bill of rights day. Hooray, happy 25th birthday to the bill of rights printing Jeffrey Rosen the president of this one of visitation. For those of us joining us for the first time that National Constitution center is the only institution in america charted by congress disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis and it is so exciting on december 152016 to 225th anniversary of the bill of rights to share with you our National Constitution center audience and with cspan and america, americas greatest teacher of bill of rights akhil reed amar. [applause] this is such a treat for me. If youve been here before you know akhil was my teacher in law school. He is the man who kindled my passion for the constitution. There is no greater teacher in america about the sources of the constitution, the principles that animated it and the necessity of translating it into a very different world. What i want to do in our time together is to use this prec
The final panel of bill of rights day. Hooray, happy 25th birthday to the bill of rights printing Jeffrey Rosen the president of this one of visitation. For those of us joining us for the first time that National Constitution center is the only institution in america charted by congress disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis and it is so exciting on december 152016 to 225th anniversary of the bill of rights to share with you our National Constitution center audience and with cspan and america, americas greatest teacher of bill of rights akhil reed amar. [applause] this is such a treat for me. If youve been here before you know akhil was my teacher in law school. He is the man who kindled my passion for the constitution. There is no greater teacher in america about the sources of the constitution, the principles that animated it and the necessity of translating it into a very different world. What i want to do in our time together is to use this prec