Sanitation conditions at slaughter houses. They tried to block the sanitation rules saying it violated the 14th amendment. Up next on American History tv, a university of michigan professor explaining how the ca case. Thank you for being here and being prompt. P i currently serve as president at the Supreme Court Historical Society. Im pleased to welcome you to the third of four lectures that comprise our silverman lecture series. Before we begin the evenings program, im commanded, not asked, im commanded to ask you to turn off your electronics, cell phones, tablets, apple watches, even in silent mode they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. Thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, Justice Sonia s o sotomayor. I want to thank her for taking time off at a very busy time in the life of the court. She was born in the bronx, new york. She earned a b. A. In 1976 from princeton, a j. D. From Yale Law School wher
Justice Joseph Bradley dissented in thecation. And up next on American History tv, we will hear a university of michigan professor explaining how Justice Bradleys dissent in the case influenced Later Supreme Court decisions. Good evening, thank you for being here and being prompt. Im jilten varner from atlanta and i currently serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. Im pleased to welcome you to the third of four lectures that comprised our silverman lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Before we begin the evenings program, i am commanded not asked, i am commanded to ask you to turn off your electronics, cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonja sis sotomayor. Shes been enormously jen ress giving of her time to the so
Rising tide and the winner of the francis prize for outstanding books on American History 1997. He is current New York Times bestseller is the great influenza. Hes here to talk about that with us today. Hes currently a consultant with the World Health Organization on the subject of influenza. When hes done speaking, if you would like to ask questions, there will be two microphones in the back of the room. You can go and get a microphons are your questions can be heard. Please join me in welcoming john barry. [applause] thank you very much. Its kind of funny to be sitting here in a Community Room of the Louisiana Legislature talking about this subject largely because although you might not think it, politics is very involved in the story of the pandemic i cant think of a better place to talk about politics in the legislature. When you read about the 1918 pandemic in the newspapers these days you say the death toll was over 20 million. That estimate comes from the first of the disease th
About the gifts to go campaign. We will also be joint by archbishop, he will be participating today. We do start today on a very somber note and that is late yesterday afternoon, we lost a member of the Louisiana Legislature to covid19. Newly elected representative spent his life making his community and south louisiana a better place. Just about three months ago, he was sworn in to his first term and i know he came to the state capital with excitement and eagerness to serve our state and the people of district 54. Ing entire state is mourn this great loss and i ask everyone to keep his family in your prayers right now. All the families who have suffered because they have lost someone because someone remains gravely ill because of this disease. Before i get to the latest , i want to take a moment to brief you on another situation that people need to be aware of this weekend. Saturday and sunday, we are looking at a chance of strong to severe thunderstorms beginning in northwest louisia
Are your questions can be heard. Please join me in welcoming john barry. [applause] thank you very much. Its kind of funny to be sitting here in a Community Room of the Louisiana Legislature talking about this subject largely because although you might not think it, politics is very involved in the story of the pandemic i cant think of a better place to talk about politics in the legislature. When you read about the 1918 pandemic in the newspapers these days you say the death toll was over 20 million. That estimate comes from the first of the disease thats fairly accurate for the western world but wildly inaccurate for the rest of the world. In a Nobel Prize Winner that spent most of his life studying influenza concluded that the death toll was a minimum of 50 Million People and possibly as many as 100 million. All this was in a world with the population 28 the size of today. So, if you adjust the population, the death toll on 1918 was between 175 to 350 Million People in todays world.