Prior to the school hosting a president ial debate. Scholars discussed the tenure and impact of Kenneth Gibson elected in 1970 as newarks first black mayor and the first black mayor of any northeastern city at 9 15 p. M. Tonight. Hello, everyone. Glad to have you for democracy, meda and the public sphere. First a shout out to begin our class, as we have done before. Can i have natalie and ryan here, please . Ok. Natalie and ryan. We are giving you a special shout out to start class. [laughter] natalie, you previously worked for npr and are now working with a get out the Vote Organization you have told us about. We are proud your supporting democracy and you are doing social media. Democracy, media and the public sphere. Ryan is in the process of building an app to tell us how long polling lines are. Bringing in the democracy, media, and the public sphere. We need those apps. My husband is in line now, a 70minute wait where he is. Both of you get a hat. They each get a hat that says spa
Todays program is the third talk this year. Next month, we pick up the pace a bit on may 19. A professor of law and taxation at the university of virginia law school, and a former chief of staff on the joint committee of taxation, will speak about his research and that committees records, and the history of the joint committee. And on may 26, we host the professor of Political Science at wingate university, who will discuss her research for her book manuscript about the politics of National Identification documents in the United States in the 20th century. An Important Mission of the center is promoting Scholars Research in the records of the senate and house of representatives, and advancing the study of the history of congress. This researcher talk series helps us gauge how fully that mission is being met. And we do so by regularly hosting scholars who have conducted research in house and senate records, or have written significant books on the history of congress. In todays much ant
Get started let me center best wishes for a speedy recovery to President Trump, the first lady, as well as all the officials who work closely with the president. One month out from november 3 americans across the country have already started voting in the most important president ial election in a generation. President elect joe biden for reelected President Donald Trump will face a double digit unemployment situation and a global pandemic, a reckoning on racial inequality and a divided nation. The one institution that could help address these problems is the federal government. The federal government needs to be effective if it will deliver for the American People. That is why preparation and planning today is critical for effectiveness on january 20. Regardless of your wins a smooth transition this year is not enough in this year we need the best transition ever in american history. Should Vice President biden win the challenges are truly daunting. In normal times a new president fac
The most intelligent president s we have ever had. I mean, he is up there in the top half dozen. And when we go through his life, by the end of it, or the middle of it, youre going to start laughing because youre just going to say no, that cant be, he cant be that good in that field, its just not possible. And then well find something else. And youre going to say, no, he is just incredibly bright. And the hope for his presidency was enormous. And so were going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. I was chatting with a friend before. And he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. Its i dont know how you test Something Like that. Its not as if you give president s iq tests. Its a lot easier with things that are easy to measure. Tall and short. I mean, we all know that madison was our shortest president , lincoln was our tallest president. Thats easy. I dont know how you know who the most intelligent. Certainly the two adams, jefferson, madison, lincoln. Garfie
On may 19, a professor of law and taxation at the university of virginia law school, and a former chief of staff on the joint committee of taxation speaketh out his research and the history of the joint committee. Host the professor of Political Science at wingate university, who will discuss her research for her book manuscript about the politics of National Identification documents in the United States in the 20th century. Mission of the center is promoting research in the records of the senate and house of representatives, and advancing the study of the history of congress. This researcher talk series helps us gauge healthfully how fully that mission is being met. We do so by regularly hosting scholars who have written significant books in the history of congress. In todays much anticipated talk, we hear about one of those very significant books in the history of congress. Our guest, charles stewart, gave a marvelous talk on a book he senateored, electing the and direct democracy be