So delighted to be with a retreat for artists on a 400acre estate in new york by providing an opportunity for artists in a supportive environment and its a huge part of the local Cultural Community and worldwide through Cultural Community. For those of you who dont know this the fall benefit is coming up next week so theres a link in the chat box so you can find out more about that. Tonight our guest author is going to be interviewed by Garrett Graff a distinguished magazine journalist and bestselling historian covering politics and is a contributor to wired and the author of multiple books including the Number One National bestseller the only plane in the sky and oral history of 9 11 as well as inside Robert Muellers fbi about the governments cold war escape plan. Hes at memorably did a great interview in february in the manchester when we could do things like that are hopefully will do that again. Im so pleased to welcome tim weiner into the virtual setting. He has got events in verm
Thank you. Thanks so much, anthony, and thank you to the Federalist Society for hosting this debate at its annual faculty conference. Im delighted to be here with two distinguished scholars to moderate this debate on the question should the Electoral College be as you are aware, the constitution establishes an Electoral College for choosing the president meeting in their respective states, the electors vote by ballot for the president and Vice President. Alexander hamilton wrote in federalist 68 that the Electoral College will provide a practicable obstacle 2 intrigue and corruption, he said that it would impose capable discernment for deliberation over the selection of the president. Hamilton thought the system best designed to vent, and disorder. As we head into the 2020 president ial election, debates about the Electoral College once again emerge over the desired voting of our constitutions method. This debate is an important one about our republic and about our constitutional form
Despite the hiccups a lot of old order news organizations cheering for its fault. They had to fill time for the crew is follow weighing, can you talk about that, why it was such a big deal for cnn . It was an amazing day a year after cnn went on the air. It was only in several million homes that could receive it, cable was not, the animosity of the networks and jealousy and disbelief on the part of the networks than anybody would care about news 24 7 combined to make a perfect storm march 30th, 1981, when the president was shot, there was a crew, there is always a crew, the White House Pool crew was always with the president in case something happened to him but cnn was not allowed to be part of the pool. They happened to be inside, was a time filler for cnn, cnn need a lot of at that point. It is a long story, i detail in the book but it was a day that put cnn on the map in the minds of the press corps and that helps make them aware there was not just is just for the news but in 24 ho
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