Statement from me and from mr. Cole then well go tow our distinguished witnesses. Today the rules committee will hold a hearing to discuss how the constitution separated powers between the legislative and executive branches and how the balance of power between these branches has shifted over time. We are doing this in the hopes of finding concrete Bipartisan Solutions to better ensure congress is playing the role our nations founders envisioned. Thats a lot, i know. And while a constitutional debate may be fun for law students and legal scholars and mr. Raskin [ laughter ] the it wasnt fun when i was yeah. For the rest of us, it could feel a little in the weeds. So, so for the rest of us, let me simplify. You know, we throw around the phrase, the peoples house, a lot around here, but this really is but this really is about whether we remain the institution that our nations founders created to be the voice of the people. The constitution entrusts congress with deciding how to spend fede
Hughes rogers professor of africanamerican studies and faculty associate in the program in law and Public Affairs and gender and sexuality studies at princeton university. Thats a longer title than the a [laughter] a scholar of legal history, Cultural Studies and African American studies professor pairings work often focuses on multifaceted issues such as the influence of race on law, literature and music. Shes the author of five books including looking for lorraine the rut ab a New York Times notable book for 2018. Her newest book breathe a letter to my son, will be published in september. Other works include may we forever stand the history of the brock National Anthem which was a 2019 naacp abshe wrote the notes an introduction to the barnes and noble classics edition of the narrative of a truth and professor perry received a bachelor degree from Yale University her jd from Harvard Law School and a phd from harvard university. We are so honored. [applause] we are so honored to host
Welcome, welcome. As we just noted, we are here to talk about constitutions and the rule of law. With a particular focus on a few got a rule of law, how do you keep it . How do you nurture it . How do you make it stick . And we got three extraordinarily distinguished panelists to lead these conversations. Each of them is directly involved in the workings of constitutional democracy studying it, thinking about it, writing about it, teaching about it, and in judge gregorys case, actually directly involved in its workings. Let me introduce this triumvirate. Roger gregory is the chief judge of the court of appeals for the Fourth Circuit. And judge gregory has served on that court for 20 years, almost 20 years, and is now the chief judge. He has the distinction of having been nominated for the court by both president clinton and president george w. Bush, and he was confirmed by the senate 931. [laughter] judge gregory is the first africanamerican to serve on the Fourth Circuit. Before going
Studies in program and law and Public Affairs and gender and sexuality studies at princeton university. Thats the longer title. A scholar of legal history, cultural study and africanamerican studies, professor perry talks on issues, literature, laws and looking for lorraine, the life of lorraine hansbury, the winner of the panamerica award for biographies and New York Times notable book for 2018. Her newest book breathe, a letter to my sons will be published in september. Other works include, may we forever stand, the history of the black national anthem, a 2019 naacp image award nominee and gender and liberation. She wrote the introduction to the barnes noble classic tradition of narrative journal of truth and professor perry received a bachelor agree from yale university. Jd from Harvard Law School and a ph. D. From harvard university. We are so honored [applause] yes. We are so honored to host her today on this return visit to s us, please give a warm welcome. [applaus [applause] go
Woodstock, and the 1970s. Woodstock, 50 years, sunday on cspans washington journal and live on American History tv on cspan3. Constitutionsat and the rule of law with chief judge roger gregory, and jeffrey professor a. E. Dick howard. Held at the college of william and mary in virginia and is about an hour. Welcome, welcome. As we just noted, we are here to talk about constitutions and the rule of law. With a particular focus on a few got a rule of law, how do you keep it . How do you nurture it . How do you make it stick . And we got three extraordinarily distinguished panelists to lead these conversations. Each of them is directly involved in the workings of constitutional democracy studying it, thinking about it, writing about it, teaching about gregorys case, actually directly involved in its workings. Let me introduce this triumvirate. Roger gregory is the chief judge of the court of appeals for the Fourth Circuit. And judge gregory has served on that court for 20 years, almost 20