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conference hosted by the library of congress. it s just under an hour and a half. this is our final panel for the history conference on the political legacy of newt gingrich, arguably one of the most influential speakers of the house in the past hundred years. i think there s no dispute that we re all living the legacy of newt gingrich, so i will turn it over to jacob strauss who is our chair for the panel from the congressional research service. you guys put on a great conference. it s wonderful to get away from our desks and talk to people about all kinds of subjects related to congress so i m very happy to be here. as colleen said, we will talk about the historical and political legacy of newt gingrich and we stand between lunch and you going home which may or may not be a good thing, but we have a great panel with two very interesting speakers so stick around because there will be good stuff here. we ll start with the paper by mack green and jeffrey crouch. as w ....
shiites and master saudi arabia with all sorts of horrible things are happening. i don t think so. and so there we are. you ask about the president not getting involved in syria. he just put 200 special forces troops into syria. as far as i know, recognized by the u.n. after reigning power and the russians are there with approval by the theory of government. the iranians are there with approval. hezbollah, the shia group from lebanon, they are there with approval. the precedent for 250 special forces into israel without that casualty? it s a point of view. the world sees what he does. i ll tell you something else. if you think the number of american troops into iraq is three or 4000, i m telling you this for a fact times that amount and maybe even more if you count the pilots and crews that are doing the bombing in the ocean. that s telling the truth to the people about some basic stuff. and that is that he had on the other hand, i also think it s going to be the greate ....
and we think the sponsors for the panel on the presidential year. here to say a few words about the panel is andy taggart andir- also co-authorau along with face organizer jerry nash of the boo mississippi politics. it s really a privilege for my partners and i got anty to pt opportunity to participate in this way and i thank all of you for participating the this is an extraordinary gift that the board and a paid staff of the book festival have contributed to our state and the sponsors are thrilled to have a chance to be a part ofchance t it. [applause] also welcome to the great treasure that ooh our state capitol represents for all of us. you all if we were playing what s my line, among the three gentlemen to my left, one of them would be able legitimately to say i m a pulitzer prize-winning presidential biographer, one would be able to say i m the former majority leader of the united states senate, but only one of these three gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, can ....
the only thing that the jury tells the judge is, we recommend life/death by a vote of x versus y. right, but they can t recommend death unless they find the aggravator, right? well, no. no. as a matter of state law, that s not correct. they can t recommend death unless seven of them each believe that some aggravator is satisfied. all right. but the florida supreme court and this is a this is another ring problem here. the florida supreme court has recognized that where two aggravators are presented, it is impossible to know even if a simple majority agreed on a single aggravator. well, that s a common feature, though, of jury deliberations. an aggravator is whether the murder is particularly heinous and it can be for for a number of factors. one, the victim is a juvenile, so maybe three jurors find that. or an officer was also killed, or it was in the commission in the course of another felony. in a typical case, a finding that the murder was hei ....
c-span.org/landmarkcases. a signature feature of book tv is our all day coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country with top nonfiction authors. we ll be in massachusetts for the boston book festival. in the middle of the month it s the louisiana book festival in baton rouge. and at the end of november we re live for the 18th year in a row from florida for the miami book fair international. and the national book awards from new york city. just some of the fairs and festivals this fall on c-span 2 s book tv. nebraska senator ben sasse will be among those testifying tomorrow morning on the closure of several health care insurance co-ops. the house energy and commerce subcommittee hearing is live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. former congressman howard coble of north carolina passed away late last night at the age of 84. he was first elected to cong ....