warren here to talk about it. they are pointing out that bonds and stocks are in sink again which question as reflation trade and i kept asking that last week. 235? what is going on with the tenure. we re going to blow out the deficit and military spending and infrastructure and tax cuts and all the greeowth, all the stuff. maybe warren knows why. but u.s. equity futures at this hour. he s shaking his head. we re going to ask him. i wanted to surprise him with that. i got a lot of well, to eo late. the futures are indicated a little bit low. but nothing that significant yet. overnight in asia. it was kind of quiet. overall, we can see japan was down less than a percent and in europe, sort of the same thing. we re almost in a wait and see mode. now i m going to formally introduce you, becky. time now for our special guest this morning. becky quick. no, wait a minute. becky quick is in omaha with our special guest and i love god, i love some of the stuff i m reading a
particularly on nights like tonight when we can really look at american history in unique and unusual ways. we are honored to be joined by tonight s panel, supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. [ applause ] supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. [ applause ] catherine fitts. [ applause ] and supreme court society publications director clare cushman. [ applause ] it is now my privilege to introduce the 13th secretary of the smithsonian institution, dr. david skorton, a board certified cardiologist, a jazz musician and he was recently the president of cornell university and previously served as president of the university of iowa. he has interested in learning, as wide as the smithsonian, and most importantly tonight, he s a pescuitarian. [ applause ] thanks, john, for the introduction and thank you from the american people for the great job you do, so innovative and creative at this amazing museum. especially in such an interesting election year we all appreciate everyt
i ll hopefully pronouce this correctly but a quaits club in richmond, which was essentially a barbecue club for gentlemen. and john marshall was one of the founding members. and the coits club had their own punch and madeira was one of the primary ingredients along with cognac, rum and sugar and mints thrown in for fun, i think, but madeira was one of the primary ingredients. coits was a long game at the time, kind of akin to horse shoes and they would throw these iron rings at megs. and one of the reasons they got together was to have this bond. and supposedly, john marshall was vigorous in enforcing his laws that politics and religion was not to be discussed. and if anyone was caught discussing those, they were fined a case of champagne, which would then be consumed at the next meeting. and apparently, he had bottles labeled the supreme court to bring to the boarding house to share? i think there were others that played on their fondness for madeira. and yes, there
posing or being created in american government, and this fits again with your position, victoria. they were worried that extreme on what would be called the right and extreme on the left would actually cause turmoil that would break down american government, that the only way to solve the problems of american government was to find some middle reform, some middle-level reform. now, i appreciate very much randy mentioning my book, and along with david bernstein s book, too, which i think is a very good book, but i have two things to pitch for myself about that. i think if you re going to read those two books, you d ought to review my review of bernstein, because it s a bit unfair. he wrote his book about 20 years after mine, so i had a shot back at him in a review. the other thing, if you were really interested in that subject, i ought to tell you that the book that you ll see in the gift store is not it s part of a series that doesn t allow footnotes. but i also wrote that
resources. the army does a lot of things. they are discoverers explorers. army contracts are an important part of the economy. they play a role in conservation. in the american national parks they were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect them or preserve them. keep trespassers away. and so the army really because of the efforts of the commanding general, the army stepped in. literally saves national parks until another organization can be created. for better or for worse, they did more than fight indians. the american people have historically had a fear of the regular army. from the english traditions, revolutionary war traditions, we fear a standing army. it is hard for modern observers to realize because now the military is one of the most trusted institutions in the u.s.. but that was not the case in the 19th century. watch all of the events on c-span2 s book tv. on american history tv on c-span3. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg to