Policy and politics and what we saw in the early days of covid, in their response, and what we will look for for the future. I want to first say a couple of special thank yous. I want to thank the american University President , the dean of the school of public affairs at american, director dacey, rene clarkson, one of the folks that help set this up, and also the public Affairs Team at american university. We are here today. They will turn their videos on now with two of the most respected voices in the fleeting world. I am so thrilled i did not realize this but this is probably the first time two have been on the panel together. We will go with video. I want to welcome activist, Mentor And Food Lab Director in detroit. She has always been an amazing Collaborator And Educator and encourager of all things positive in the Food System. And with her and with me today is our next guest, the James Beard awardwinning journalist, also has a Book Award for issues and climate change and that he
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Discussion. Hi, everybody. Welcome. Thanks for joining us. This is the first of six in the series put on by the institute of policy and politics at american university. Today we will talk about Food Policy and politics and what we saw in the early days of covid, in their response, and what we will look for for the future. I want to first say a couple of special thank yous. I want to thank the american University President , the dean of the school of public affairs at american, director dacey, rene clarkson, one of the folks that help set this up, and also the public Affairs Team at american university. We are here today. They will turn their videos on now with two of the most respected voices in the fleeting world. I am so thrilled i did not realize this but this is probably the first time two have been on the panel together. We will go with video. I want to welcome activist, Mentor And Food Lab Director in detroit. She has always been an amazing Collaborator And Educator and encourage
Will look for for the future. I want to first say a couple of special thank yous. I want to thank the american University President , the dean of the school of public affairs at american, director dacey, rene clarkson, one of the folks that help set this up, and also the public Affairs Team at american university. We are here today. They will turn their videos on now with two of the most respected voices in the fleeting world. I am so thrilled i did not realize this but this is probably the first time two have been on the panel together. We will go with video. I want to welcome activist, Mentor And Food Lab Director in detroit. She has always been an amazing Collaborator And Educator and encourager of all things positive in the Food System. And with her and with me today is our next guest, the James Beard awardwinning journalist, also has a Book Award for issues and climate change and that her writing on the Food System. She is the senior Food Policy Journalist at politico, and also on
Since 1869 there but nine justices on the bench. Before that it fluctuated from 852 as many as ten. This term, Court Packing stems from 1937 when fdr tried to change it to add more justices had favorable rulings for the new deal. But the senate rejected it overwhelmingly. But in 1983 then Senator Joe Biden of the Judiciary Committee thought it was a bonehead idea. But now President Biden has ordered the 36 person six Month Study of expanding the court. As a group of Progressive Democrats as you mentioned introducing a bill changing the number from nine to 13 to shake up the current 63 conservative majority. Senator Markey One of the bills cosponsors make clear why he believes the changes necessary. We are here because the united states Supreme Court is broken. The court is out of balance. Too many americans view it as a partisan political institution not our impartial judicial branch of government. But republicans are outraged introducing their own legislation to maintain the bench and