Primary when iowa caucus winner Pete Buttigieg endorsed Court Packing. Now it is back in the news again in the general elections following the passing of justice ginsburg. I am not writing this book because Court Packing is back in the news. I have always been interested in the new deal. It is a constitutionally significant error in our industry. It never received quite as much attention as it deserved on that front. Scholarshipeal there has not nearly been enough attention paid to the role the public paid played in shaping some of those constitutional developments. That is why im writing the book. I want to tell you a little bit more about it. We may as well get started with the powerpoint. Lets talk a little bit more about the new deal and the constitution and the role Public Opinion played. Couple of things today. First, i want to recap the standard history of the new deal. Discussion of the constitution that took place. The next thing i want to do is bring Public Opinion back to th
Some of fdrs initiatives, such as increasing the number of Supreme Court justices. This class took place online and the university of maryland Baltimore County provided the video. Prof. Blake we are going to be talking about the first two chapters of my book manuscript today. Which looks at the role Public Opinion played during the new deal and specifically the constitutional controversy of the new deal. It is worth telling you one thing about why i am not writing this book. Court packing has gotten back in the news, both during the democratic primary season when iowa caucus winner Pete Buttigieg endorsed Court Packing. Now it is back in the news again in the general elections following the passing of justice ginsburg. I am not writing this book because Court Packing is back in the news. I have always been interested in the new deal. It is a constitutionally significant error in our industry. It never received quite as much attention as it deserved on that front. In the new deal schola
Good evening welcome to the general election u. S. Senate debate from the Fine Arts Center and wyoming. Tonight is being broadcast live on the network through wyoming Public Radio Network and her social media platform and on cspan. We will be asking questions of the candidates this evening of what we hope will be a thoughtful and civil exchange. A quick note we are utilizing social distancing practices this evening and no Live Audience tonight. Was candidates for the open senate seat are with us and with the assistance from the wyoming league of women voters conducted a on conducted a random draw the candidates have been briefed on the ground rules for tonights debate and in addition to questions from us midway through the debate we will have a segment where the candidates unscripted have issues amongst themselves they should be noted those questions and wyoming viewers also developed spherically want to get right to the debate and then questions will follow if the candidates are ready
So, i hope you will prepare yourself for a civics lesson, or a presentation on the constitution of the united states. The 25th amendment to the constitution was ratified in 1967 after the assassination of president kennedy with strong bipartisan support. Members of congress have a duty to take all necessary action to preserve continuity of government and protect the stability and integrity of our democracy for the future. That is why today, again, it is my honor to welcome congressman jamie raskin of maryland, a constitutional scholar, as he introduces legislation to establish a commission on president ial capacity to discharge the duties and powers and duties of the office. This is not about President Trump. He will face the judgment of the voters. But he shows the need for us to create a process for future president s. Throughout americas history, our leaders have created and strengthened guardrails in the constitution to ensure stability and continuity of government in times of cris
To cspan. Org and click on the tab at the top of the page. Hello and welcome, everyone. My name is herman, i am the supervisor here at the Franklin Roosevelt president ial library and museum. Im at the library and museum i would like to welcome you to the 16th annual roosevelt meeting festival. Fdr planned for his library to become the premier Research Institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. Library Research Room is consistently one of the busiest of all of the president ial libraries. This years group of authors with a variety research. If you like the festival and went to the point is in programs we do, i encourage you to become a member. You can do so in the hall. Let me quickly go to the former appeared at the top of each hour session begins with a 30 minute author talk. Followed by 10 minute question and answer period. Authors will be at tables in the lobby we can purchase books and have the authors sign them. Now it is my pleasure to introduce, james lacey, whose book