Week and every weekend on cspan three. There are more than 400 National Parks across america, covering over 85 million acres of land, with locations in every state. More than 325 Million People visited the state sites last year. Over the next 90 minutes, we will feature a mixture of Natural Beauty and history at eight different parks around the country. We begin just outside cleveland, situated along the cayuga river, we will learn how the canal system here plays a major role in our nations westward expansion in the 18 thirties and forties. The ohio and eerie canal is part of a two canal system that was put in place in the early years of america. Built between 1825 and 1832. Its basically a water transportation route that connected lake erie with the ohio river. It was part of a larger idea, a National Water transportation route. In the early days of america, we had 13 colonies all situated right along the atlantic seaboard. Our leaders at that time saw a problem. That problem was we n
We hear arguments number 18, roe against wade. Quite often our most famous decisions are the ones the court took that are quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically have vielgsy what it means to live in society of 310 million different people who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans new series landmark cases. Tonight and the next 11 weeks were going to be looking at cases that developing the development. Its also interesting because it all came about after two Founding Fathers who developed differing views how the country should be governed. We have guests to help us understand the story. A Yale University luprofoaw pro and hes the author of several books including americas constitution, a biography. To start were going to listen to the current chief justice talking about the importance of this case. And then after we hear his point of view well like to hear from both of you on why this case is
To protect our monuments arrest the rioters was prosecutors tend to use the word was to the fullest extent of the law was was the law was the owner i am pleased to report that yesterday federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue of the great Andrew Jackson in washington d. C. It was and in addition hundreds more have been arrested was under the executive order assigned last week pertaining to the Veterans Memorial preservation and recognition act. And other laws people who damage you had to face federal statues or monuments will get a minimum of 10 years in prison. The on an obviously that includes our beautiful mt rushmore the law where our people have a great memory. They will never forget the destruction of statues and monuments to George Washington Abraham Lincoln ulysses says scranton abolitionists and many others the violent mayhem we have seen in the streets and cities that are run by liberal democrats in every case is the predictable result of
Landmark cases, cspan special history series produced in cooperation with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas between 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Number 759, earnest hernandez, Petitioner Versus roe v. Wade. The quite often, and many of our famous decisions, there once that the court took quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who have helped skip world together because they believe in the rule of law. Good evening. Welcome to cnns new series, landmark cases. Tonight, and for the next 11 weeks, will be looking at 12 cases that have affected the country and affected the development of the horton society. Now we focus on marbury v. Madison, one of the earliest cases, and its interesting because it came about between the two Founding Fathers who developed and empathy after the election of 1800 and different vie
A change all right its time to boost your i knew. This years Independence Day celebration is expected to look a little different as the country deals with a surge of coronavirus cases that have led local officials to discourage public gatherings arties Rachel Blevins has the latest from the Nations Capital Independence Day is typically a day of celebration here in the Nations Capital but even as president promised the fireworks will go on in washington the mayor of d. C. Is calling for residents to stay home we continue to urge you to stay at home or near your home for this years celebration we want to emphasize that the virus is still in our community and poses a threat to washingtonians similar for across and. Being taken in states across the country with local governments canceling parades and festivals closing parks and encouraging residents to wear masks and social distance here at the National Mall in d. C. Massive crowds are expected but it wont just be to celebrate the holiday