Theres different people i have not always agreed with that have he title, chief of staff. Im a High School History teachber training, taught in shuck public schooling ford ten years and lucky enough to land a position on staff at the ctu but at my core im still in the classroom and i milled it greatly. Im really alreadied to be hike talking with two people who i admire immensely and you should be excited to be here with them today. Im also honored to be part of printers row litfest. Were here to honor books and i would like to say my dining room is also the place where i honor books. Ive run out of space on my shelfs and now you cant dine in there, but the books have a nice home. So today were here with Elizabeth Todd vrelnan. The off the or instant classic, black politics and education reform in chicago since then 1960s. Is required reading youre a chicagoan or care about Public Education today and as many of you probably foe, also one the neuer new appointee those Chicago Public Scho
Booktv. Tonight, a look at things to be decided in the Supreme Court. In the state of the union speech. Then the federal Communications Commission because of the failure of hawaiis Emergency Alert system. Midway through Supreme Court term, attorneys and court watches at Georgetown University law center discussed some of the key cases to be heard in the coming months. The court will be deciding cases related to congressional gerrymandering, immigration restrictions and taxes of Online Shopping. This is 90 minutes. The people who are getting their food just finish up that and proceed quietly. We will get the program started. I am the executive director [audio lost] our moderator is a georgetown graduate first and most important. She was once the editor of reporter for the and now she is just an independent contractor and a reporter. And amy really, i think, probably knows more about the Supreme Court than any person alive. With that, i will turn the program over to amy. That is a tough i
The first half of the term had more blockbusters than we have seen in a long time. The second half promises to be even more exciting than the first half. Fortunately, we have an incredible panel today to discuss these cases. Before i get out of the way, i want to thank the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society for cosponsoring this event. I want to thank ian maine, the special events coordinator. I want to introduce our oderator, amy howe, once the editor of the scotus blog. Now she is just an independent contractor and a reporter for the scotus blog. Amy probably knows more about the Supreme Court than any person alive. With that, i will turn the program over to amy. Amy that is a tough introduction to live up to. He asked me to be very brief in introducing our panel. I will be pointing to nametags and have you google. What you need to know about our panel is that, between the four of them, they have argued 84 cases at the Supreme Court. If you think about it in ter
Started. I am the executive director [audio lost] i ¿i want to welcome you to todays program, a preview of the cases that are set for the second half of this term. The first half of the term had more blockbusters than we have seen in a long time. The second half promises to be even more exciting than the first half. Fortunately, we have an incredible panel today to discuss these cases. Before i get out of the way, i want to thank the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society for cosponsoring this event. I want to thank in man maine, the special events score nader appeared i want to introduce our moderator, amy howe, once the editor of the scotus blog. Now she is just an independent contractor and a reporter for the scotus blog. Amy probably knows more about the Supreme Court than any person alive. With that, i will turn the program over to amy. Amy p that is a tough am. That is a tough introduction to live up to. He also asked me to be very brief in introducing our pane
With the labor leader John Dougherty. Parts of the exchanged were captured on video. Details are contained in his federal racketeering lawsuit begins dougherty, ibew local 98 and three union employees. Suit claims that dougherty and others intimidated, harassed and assaulted nonunion workers. He was like who do you think you are. You want to fight or something. Reporter he is a nonunion electrician and says january 21st threats escalated. He claims dougherty showed up at third and reid where he was working and started hurling racial remarks. He is hike this is my neighborhood and i dont want you working in it. Reporter dougherty then threw two punches breaking his nose. Two clean really shots, after that, we were in brawl mode. He had wing tipped shoes on so i knew where he was. He was hain pit bull in the fight. Reporter his attorney cliff haines. Is what John Dougherty doing on the street, messing with a nonunion electrician. Reporter i sat down with haines today, he told me that Phi