X and tiktok. Thank you so much for joining me today. First of all, was going on a short hiatus. Im taking two weeks off to go enjoy the warmth of other suns. Ill see you back here saturday, october 5th. Smerconish is up next they or wont day im Michael Smerconish in new York City today, ballots are now being cast in alabama, were 52 days away from the final day of voting. But whether there will be another debate remains in doubt. Tuesday night in philadelphia ended with a nearly unanimous decision, but no Knockout Blow before it began, i said Donald Trump needed to exhibit discipline and Kamala Harris needed to show depth she met her mark. He missed his. I locked in my own assessment of the debate Via X just prior to delivery of closing statements before i might be swayed by anybody elses spin. Among my points, that trumps claims about migrants eating pets and abortions being performed at nine months would be a fact checkers dream, but not decisive. I wrote this, she won the debate bu
Unconscionable tragedies of Racial Injustice in our country. More than ever our declaration of black life matters and protest in support of freedom for all will be unrelenting with equitable and long overdue change. We are fortunate tonights guest is one of the foremost experts on the Voting Rights. A bestselling author, entrepreneur and political leader. The first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for the party in the United States. In the race for governor, she won more votes than any other democrats in the state history. To deliver the response to the state of the union in 2019 there is no doubt her history making endeavors are far from over. In her new book our time is now power, purpose and the fight for fair america, she draws on research to offer concrete solutions to end Voter Suppression and empower citizens. Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright called the book a toolkit for citizens of all backgrounds and that democracy isnt a spectator sport. Tonight, S
Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 71, the nays are 21. The nomination is confirmed. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the president will be immediately notified of the senates action. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell on monday, republicans introduced a 1 trillion proposal to give American Families more Coronavirus Relief. Most urgently, the republicans want to continue a federal supplement to state Unemployment Insurance which is set to expire, as we all know, tomorrow. If our democratic dleetions had acted colleagues had acted with the urgency struggling people deserve we could right now be finishing up a major bipartisan package for kids, jobs, and health care. If our democratic colleagues had acted with urgency, unemployed
Dialogue around the most Critical Issues of our time. We are gathered tonight virtually anytime of uncertainty over the past two weeks its become abundantly clear theres no more urgent time to talk about Voter Suppression head of the upcoming 2020 election in this moment following ongoing tragedies of Racial Injustice in our country, i have more hope than ever that our declaration that black lives matter and our protest in support of freedom for all will be unrelenting in bringing about equitable and longoverdue change. We feeling credibly fortunate tonights guest is one of the nations foremost experts on Voting Rights, leader abrams is a bestselling author, nonprofit ceo and political leader and was the first black woman to cover the good between zero nominee for a major party in the us and in the race for governor in georgia in 2018 she won more votes than any other democratic in the states history. Stacy abrams again made history at the first black woman to deliver a response to the
And now we are in almost every chapter, in every law School Across the country, we have a chapter. I encourage you to talk to my colleagues who are here. If you are not already involved, please get engaged. We need you more than ever. I want to introduce our interim president. To tee up this panel discussion, this year as the nation heads into a president ial election season, we felt compelled to pick up on the theme of this whole conference, pillars of democracy, to ask questions about how our structures of government, and the components thereof and our values and commitments are working together, or not. So we asked the question, our democracy and federalism friends or foes . To lead us through this discussion, we could not be more pleased to have this panel with us. Adam is a expert on the Supreme Court, he is a professor of law ucla. He is on the acs board of directors. He is the student chapter adviser at ucla. His 2018 book we the corporations, how american businesses won their c