Will committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and Civil Liberties come to order. Thank you for your help getting the door shut and getting people. Care will authorize the recess of the subcommittee any time. Welcome everyone to this hearing on hr 40 and thei will recognize myself or opening statement. Today is the documents the announcement of the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news of the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for 2 years and it was not until 1865 dental they were free. Despite the announcement. Slavery was a crime against humanity one which impacts we continue to grapple with today. This also marks the 400 anniversary of the first african state slaves being brought to america. Slavery was our original sin. Our constitution protected the and various compromises that gave disproportionate power to slave states. The thrift 3 5 clause they were consider personal property and that gave
Will committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and Civil Liberties come to order. Thank you for your help getting the door shut and getting people. Care will authorize the recess of the subcommittee any time. Welcome everyone to this hearing on hr 40 and thei will recognize myself or opening statement. Today is the documents the announcement of the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news of the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for 2 years and it was not until 1865 dental they were free. Despite the announcement. Slavery was a crime against humanity one which impacts we continue to grapple with today. This also marks the 400 anniversary of the first african state slaves being brought to america. Slavery was our original sin. Our constitution protected the and various compromises that gave disproportionate power to slave states. The thrift 3 5 clause they were consider personal property and that gave
Atlantic, the guardian, the new republic, the washington post, Los Angeles Times and elsewhere. He lives in los angeles please join me in giving him a huge round of applause while he comes out and it reads and talks about his book. [applause] thanks allie. Thanks for coming out of retirement for this event. [laughter] thank you all for being here but think to skylight for having me. I moved to l. A. A little over a year a ago people told me it rit away this is the bookstore youve got to come too. So here i am. Thanks for being here with me. I think what i am going to do is read an excerpt from the first chapter of the opening of the first chapter which is the first part i wrote for this book it was sort of the scene that sets the stage for the rest of the book. Im going to read a short excerpt from that and then im going to talk a little bit about the book itself the themes behind thend book, how i came to write it. Why i wanted to write it. Then i will read another short excerpt, i pr
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Reporter the court went on to say that it does have an exception. And cannot be enforced against foreign nationals who have a credible claim with a bona fide relationship with a bona fide entity person in the United States. Still the bulk of it is approved. Theres no other way of looking at this. I see this opinion lifting the stay and allowing the man to go forward against most of those for whom it was to be applied as a blueprint for a decision later this year. Reporter last week the president said it would be about 72 hours for the band to go to affect once it got approval from the courts. The Supreme Court has said it will hear oral arguments on the ban once it reconvenes in october. Lauren thank you. We go live now to hear where they are muslims say the ban could have a ripple effect. Reporter this Muslim Community, excluding mosque like this one, people say the travel ban is really a muslim ban. Afternoon prayer at the Muslim Community in milpitas, on this day after ramadan many