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Judgment and decisions but not crimes. The prosecution says he is lining his pockets since taking office 7. 5 years ago. In his Opening Statements to the jury. Prosecutor said that the case against Seth Williams is one of freud, corruption and concealment. Selling the power and concealment of his office accepting gifts from wealthy businessmen. Like 15 Airline Tickets and free caribbean vacations and furniture. To pay alimony, Child Support and for private schools. Thomas burke called him an honest Public Servant with rich friends, and that he never took bribes. There is no evidence that any cases were compromised. The first witness the director of the where his mother is in long time care. Prosecutors say h ....
Narration our journey takes us to the magnificent state of alaska. This largest state features great stretches of wilderness that dazzle the imagination of all that experience it. One of the most spectacular is north of anchorage near the little town of talkeetna. Here is located the Denali National park and the highest mountain in north america, mount mckinley. Denali features hundreds of square miles of wildlife sanctuary. Moose, bear and caribou are in remain an unspoiled wilderness. Dominating the skyline is mount mckinley. This spectacle is in fact a collection of peaks and glaciers clustered together with the summit of mckinley itself at over twenty thousand three hundred feet. This is the highest mountain in north america. Its also an aweinspiring spectacle when [buck]id like you to meet jerry jacques, the owner of the jacques adventure company. Hello jerry. [jerry] hello buck. [buck]were right here on the end of your dock ....
I want to welcome you to the lunch. My name is ben ginsberg, and i am delighted that we have as our speaker today, naomi schaefer, who is a distinguished journalist and writer whos written for many publications including the wall street journal, the chronicle of higher education, the weekly standard, too many to list, and is also the author of six books with a seven on its way to. I went to graduate school with her father which tells you how old i am. Hes a little ahead of me. I first met naomi when we debated one another for the New York Times blogging heads series. She wrote a book called the faculty lounges, which was an attack on the tenure system which i thought it was outrageous. Id written a book called fall of the faculty, which defended the tenure system. So we had good fun debating that entire set of questions. Im very confident that i have one but i have to confess she held herself very, very well. Her most recent book ....
His class is about one hour, 15 minutes. Mr. Smoak i guess we should go ahead and get started. Quick announcement, just so you are aware of where we are at, tuesday next week we will have the final quiz. I am sure you are happy about that. So please be ready for that at the beginning of class. Today, what i want to do is talk about the Indian Claims Commission as a means of continuing our discussion, the mid20th century, the Indian Claims Commission is something that is often not people dont spend a lot of time on. I think it is important. It certainly point out the link between the resources and land, the controlled resources and land and tribal sovereignty. It also illustrates very clearly the limitations on tribal sovereignty that the federal government puts in place, legislation that might seem to empower indian people, but also has real limitations on ....
We will start with background information, talk about the Indian Claims Commission in general and claims process and how that worked and move into and indepth look at a particular claim. Lets go ahead. Claims commission signed into law come of it was not the first time that claims were made against the United States. They were first heard in 1831 by the Supreme Court. Other mechanisms existed in the u. S. For claims against the government, tribes are not the y groups seeking redress regress. Individual citizens did. 1855, claims followed a particular process, individual acts of congress. Before we Start Talking about those private hills, one thing to keep in mind, the idea of sovereign immunity. She United St ....