This is one hour. Vivian my name is schiller, and i am the executive director of a program of the aspen institute. Welcome to those of you joining us on zoom and also welcome to viewers watching us on cspan. This is, to say the least, no ordinary election year. Beober is already proving to an Advent Calendar of surprises. As a reminder as we countdown to election day, we are facing record levels of mailin voting. Concerns about the United States also service, confusion about drop boxes, holding paces that capacity due to the pandemic, allegations about ballots being lost and stolen, and as of last night, questions about what happens if one or more candidates is incapacitated. But it is important also to remember that only three days ago, though to many of us it seems like months ago, the president once again alleged to a national audience, and with no evidence, that mailin voting leads to fraud. He also refused to say that he what accept the results of the election. I think i speak for
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The American Civil Liberties union for several years. The vote was 963 in my favor. My biggest supporter on the Judiciary Committee was not the then chair, senator biden, although he was certainly in my favor, but it was orrin hatch. I think today he would not touch me with a 10 foot pole. [laughter] we are still friends, but if it came to a vote on me, i dont think he would be the supporter he was in 1993. It was similar with Stephen Breyer when he was nominated the next year. This was well into the 90s, a vote in his favor. It has not been that way for the four most recent members of the court. And it has been on both sides of the aisle. I wish there was a way i could wave a magic wand and put it back to when people were respectful of each other and congress was working for the good of the country and not just along party lines. Someday there will be great people, great elected representatives who say enough of this nonsense, lets be the kind of legislature the United States should h
Christmas million optional museum, here in washington d. C. Its just over an hour. So its absolutely a thrill to see so many people here for this kind of a program, my name is johnny gray, and i have the wonderful privilege of being the director of your National Museum of American History. Particularly on nights like tonight, and which we really can look at American History in unique and unusual ways. We are really honored to be joined by tonight panel Supreme Court justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg applause Supreme Court Justice Sonia sotomayor, applause catherine fit, applause and Supreme Court Society Publications director claire kushner, applause it is now my privilege to introduce the 13th secretary of the smithsonian institution, doctor david horton. Hes on Board Certified cardiologist a jazz musician, and doctor scorching with most recently the president of cornell university, and previously served as president of the university of iowa. Doctor gordon has interest in learning as wide
What you say we begin the evening with Something Special . Lets go to st. Patricks cathedral for our national anthem. Oh say can you see by the dawnt early light hailed proudly we at the twilights last gleaming brightroad stripes and stars terrible fight oer the ramparts we watched streamingllantly glaree rockets red the bombs bursting in air nightroof through the thereur flag was still starspangledat banner still wave . The freeland of brave ome of the welcome again. Your company and your interest in your support. Let us pray. Father, theof the sun, the holy spirit, amen. We stand before you as one nation under god. We profess in god we trust, admitting that at times, we we have confidence in passing features of this life rather than you alone. Never do we betray the faith of our fathers. Asking your blessing upon our country, our two president ial candidates here this evening, upon those who lead, defend, heal, and protect us. And on this foundation, an. Nstrument in compassion espec