back at the griswold v. connecticut case. it challenged a law that criminalized the use of birth control next on c-span. former diplomats are a part of a panel discussion looking at the role of russia, iran, turkey and israel and the syrian conflict. that is from the wilson center. ♪ businesss having before the supreme court, we want their attention. >> landmark cases, produced in partnership with the national constitution center. exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic supreme court decisions. itmr. chief justice and make please the court. >> quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took on to fight the unpopular. >> let's go through a few cases which illustrate what it means to live in a society of different people who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. >> good evening, tonight's landmark case is the 1965 griswold v. connecticut. to give you a sense of his continuing importance in our society, we put together a short video of the griswold case. let's watch. >> griswold v. connecticut, whi

griswold v. connecticut regarding the law criminalizing the use of contraceptives. then american history in primetime features american artifacts on clifford berriman's political cartoons. after that, a discussion on the impact of the bible in america. and later a look at the museum exhibit on the vietnam war's tet offensive and the battle of way. >>> all persons having business before the honorable, the supreme court of the united states are admonished to draw near and give their attention. >> landmark cases, c-span's special history series, produced in partnership with the national constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic supreme court decisions. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court -- >> quite often in many of our most decisions are ones that the court took quite unpopular. >> let's go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people. who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. >>> good evening. tonight's landmark cases, 1

first connecticut -- griswold v. connecticut. you a sense of his continuing importance in our society, we put together a short video of the griswold case. let's watch. connecticut,. which recognizes the right to privacy and the constitution. >> i believe marital privacy extends to contraception. griswold v. connecticut. >> back in the 60's, there was a case known as griswold v. connecticut. >> what's talked a little bit about griswold. >> what is it about griswold v. connecticut that gives the importance? we will learn about its history. masonessor from george puttinglatest is children's interests first. a researcher from temple university. sot is griswold versu important? >> it was a landmark case decided in 1965. it is a landmark case now because it set the path for cases deciding abortion-rights, sexuality, sexual expression, same-sex marriage. it is a warning to state about how to use the criminal justice system and police people. >> what are your thoughts about the landmark case? >> it is a declaration of a all the privacy and discussion of -- is is it safe for judges to be defin

case series, we look back at the griswold v. connecticut case. then a look at the life and legacy of ricky magazine founder and commentator william f buckley. all persons having business to for the honorable supreme court of the united states give their attention >> landmark cases, produced in partnership with the national constitution center. exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic supreme court decisions. >> mr. chief justice and may it please the court. >> quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took on to fight the unpopular. >> let's go through a few cases that illustrate dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. >> good evening, tonight's landmark case is the 1965 griswold v. connecticut. with a seven-to decision the justices established the constitutional right to privacy and set in motion the expansion of privacy rights that continue to today. to give you a sense of its continuing importance in our society,

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that he's able to join us today in this chamber. he began his career at university of connecticut where he earned a ph.d. in psychology before moving to california where he became vice president of administration in cal state fullerton. during his time there he found time to earn a master of fine arts in screen writing from ucla and also write a screen play. during his tenure at cal state-dominguez hill he is worked tirelessly to advance the goals of the university by providing quality education, scholarship opportunities and services that have been transformative. under his leadership, cal state-dominguez hills experienced continuous growth in graduation rate, enrollment, tenure track faculty appointments and enhanced student services while bringing distinction to the university , he led an ahn wavering commitment to student success which promoted highly impactful student-focused initiatives. dr. hagan is well respected and admired educator who has demonstrated his commitment to the advancement of higher education and community growth. i wish dr. hagan the best of luck in his fut

america. thank you, bob. host: connecticut is where lou is, cling, connecticut, on the independent line. lou, you are next up. morning, lou. caller: morning. and e in a blue state you're a guy from a blue state. guest: yes, sir. i want to know, i will be leaving blue state for a red what the reason why, democrats have done, the opposition, connecticut, new new jersey, you're killing those states. the tax,what, the tax, the fact the taxes are lower now help.e a big that's the biggest thing, i and i used to dy e a democrat, but i'm not any longer. everyone needs to go to a state that is friendly. states are blue unfriendly to taxpayers. host: okay. think it was tremendously unjust for blue targeted when they put this tax package together, reform in any ax manner, shape or form, lou, hese were tax cuts for those people in the top 17% of the of omy in the united states america. and to take away the deductions connecticut, e in new jersey, new york, illinois, to kind of use balance things at the end of the year, i think was a very to do.e thing these are not reasons why people to have that d

. i went to connecticut to findmo out . the connecticut shoreline is a world apart from the syria.rs of here in this tranquil quarter of new england, refugees are tryinl to build a ne. mohammed came from syria in he16. he speaks to his min jordan daily, desperate for her to join him here, and asks why the u.s. isn't doing more to assist syrians, given their national nightmare. >> i thinkyrians are most people who need help now. they don't have time to wait. laura: mohammed's mother fled from syria to jordan, and she is stuck there. on'strump administra travel ban and enhanced security vetting for would be refugees from syria means her applicatioo isessing slowly. clear if this is temporary and when is going to stop, and when normal life is going to start. >> we have got a cluster of refugees in the hartford area -- laura: for chris george, who runs this refugee resettlement office in new ceven, the violn syria underscores why the trump administration should be taking in more refugees, not cutting back at a me of need. >> welcoming refugees is probably the best thing this country does

. connecticut. planned parenthood, challenged connecticut law banning the birthiption and use of control. the supreme court ultimately beed the statute to unconstitutional. and in the process, established a right to privacy that is still today. our guest to discuss this case at helen, law professor george mason university and scalia law school. watch landmark cases tonight and conversation your #landmark cases. follow us at c-span. our websiteurces on for background on each case. the landmark cases companion a link to the national constitution centers interactive constitution. the landmark cases podcast c-span.org/landmark cases. >> next "q&a" parts with senate program. host: what is your name and why are you here? >> i am from des moines iowa and i am here to participate in the senate youth program. it is the 56th year and this is about interacting with those who make the policy of lives and those we know. >> i am mckenzie hawkins and i am fortunate to be representing my state at the youth program and this program is a firsthand look at government and the democratic process. we have lea

trump administration officials. he talked ability his life growing up in connecticut and early interest in politics and what it's like working for the president. >> raj shah this is principal deputy white house press secretary. we're seeing you behind the podium on occasions. how do you prepare for that? >> we have a preparation process i actually used to oversee in a previous role here. you go through the news of the day. our staff gets assigned individuals who focuses on specific policy areas and introduce our answers and have a briefing prep session. the person going behind the podium, usually that is sarah and she will go through the answers and back and forth and make changes before things get revisited one more time and prepare the book that the individual gets sent out with. usually, it's her and her voice. when i've done it, reflected the talking points and answers we have there. >> do you anticipate most of the questions? where most of the questions you anticipate usually asked? >> most of the questions we anticipate are not asked. i think we do anticipate most of the

principal deputy press secretary roche shock -- raj shah. his life growing up in connecticut, his interest in politics and what it is like working with the president. shah is the principal white house deputy press secretary. how du prepare for that? do you prepare for that? news of go to the knees of the day, individuals get aside, we produce our answers and then we have a briefing prep session with the person behind the podium, usually that is sarah. she will go through the answers and us and do a q and a, make changes before things get revisited one more time and then prepare the book the individual gets sent out with. usually it is her and her voice. when i have done it, i kind of reflected it in the talking points we have there. >> do you anticipate most of the questions? aj: most questions we anticipate are not asked, but it think we do anticipate most of the questions. we create a begin aversive potential questions and we get a in terms ofoints, people joining the prep session and saying, have you thought of way, comingor that at it from a different angle. and in that process i think

. cases,ght, on landmark griswold the connecticut. ms. wolf of planned parenthood challenged a connecticut law banning the prescription and use of birth control. the supreme court ruled the statute to be unconstitutional and in the process established a right to privacy that is still evolving today. our guest to discuss the case are helen, a law professor at george mason universities antonin scalia lee law school and rachel, associate dean for research and law professor at temple university. watch landmark cases tonight and join the conversation. #landmark cases. follow us at c-span. on our websitees and background on the cases. the companion book. the national constitution center's interactive constitution. and the podcasts. at c-span.org/landmark cases. this week is the 50th anniversary of martin luther king junior's assassination. join us for live coverage from memphis on c-span and american history tv on c-span3. on tuesday at 1:00 eastern we are live from the university of memphis holiday inn with taylor branch. and wednesday, beginning at 4:30 p.m. eastern, live coverage

. tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. monday on landmark cases, griswold be connecticut, griswold of planned parenthood challenged a connecticut law banning the restriction birth control. they ruled the statute to be unconstitutional and established a right to privacy that is still evolving today. our guests are a law professor at george mason university, and rachael ray boucher, the associate dean for research and a law professor at temple university. watch landmark cases and enjoy the conversation. cases.s #landmark cases, research on our and the landmark cases podcast at c-span.org/landmarkcases. on wednesday, the consumer federation of america hosted the annual food conference in washington, d.c. the agriculture undersecretary for food safety gave the keynote address followed by a discussion among journalists on challenges a faced covering science, food, and health. this is two hours and 20 minutes. >> good morning. great to see all of you. we are just about ready to get started. on. thomas grew me i

virginia. the last one was connecticut under a republican. yaley yayely -- republican but i don't believe in that. that was 1991. it includes maine, rhode island, new jersey, pennsylvania and ohio. michigan, illinois, indiana, nebraska. all these rather normal wonderful states. , what we did in this book is we took the day they introduced the income tax and we looked at all of these 11 states and what happened to them in the three years prior to introducing the income tax. are all of you with me on this? they all did it in different years. we've looked at the primary metrics of these states relative to the rest of the nation. population, employment, growth state product personal , income, tax revenues. we looked at all of those metrics three years prior to introducing income tax and then we looked at the same metrics in the last three years. if you look at these 11 states, you'll follow what i'm doing in this chapter. if you look at these 11 states, every single one of the states without one exception declined relative to the rest of the nation after introducing the income tax in their st

ours hah interview series. talked about his life in connecticut, interest in politics, and what it is like working for the president. the principal deputy white house press secretary. we are seeing you behind the podium on occasion. for that? prepare mr. shah: we have a preparation process i used to oversee the previous role for that? mr. shah: here. -- oversee in a previous role here. our staff have to produce our answers, and we will have a briefing prep session with the person that goes behind the podium. usually that is sarah. &a before things get revisited one more time, and prepare the book the individual gets sent out with. usually it is her, so it is her voice. when i do it, i am reflected in the talking points and answers we have. >> our most of the questions you anticipate usually asked? mr. shah: most of the questions we anticipate are not asked. do anticipate most of the questions. we create a big universe of potential questions, and we get a lot of viewpoints in terms of do anticipate most of the questions. we create asession, have you tht that way?r coming at it from

that funds the campaign if we pass solutions thatut empower donors like in connecticut there is more than two thirds of the legislature raising small contributions or grant programs what are the barriers to participation? not a lobbyist or the special interest to make that were more reflective and in connecticut with this program has been very successful in the wake of the newtown massacre passed a number ofth reforms spanning more than 120 a sole reference strength and background checks in the homicide rate has gone down in connecticut so if we can shift power back we could see a real fixn to this broken system. >>host: the main reason we don't have more restrictive gun laws on the books is people who oppose them are more likely to vote on the issue than the people that support them. >> guest: there has been studies on this about gun orders in particular that are voting that we have seen through the leadership from the marches this weekend from pennsylvania avenue people are motivated to vote because they know that is the one day when we are all equal but have to pass reforms but ta

: jonathan, e-n or a-n? >> a-n. >> jimmy: a-n. jonathan, where you from? >> connecticut. >> jimmy: hey, i love connecticut. what part of connecticut? >> norwalk. >> jimmy: norwalk, connecticut? very good. very good. easter was this past weekend. lot of people got easter baskets filled with candy. what's your favorite type of candy? >> chocolate. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: it's just -- general, in general, chocolate? >> yup. >> jimmy: like chocolate bars? chocolate -- kisses? anything chocolate -- candy? [ laughter ] like, anything chocolate? >> i like snickers. >> jimmy: there you go. [ light laughter ] chocolate or -- you're kind of snickering now. [ laughter ] i can see why you like snickers. guys, we got our pal jonathan here, that is with an a-n. he's from connecticut and his favorite type of candy is chocolate. in parenthesis -- [ laughter ] he likes -- snickers! oh, anyway! [ laughter ] for this first one, the weeknd has the number one album on itunes. so, roots, can you do a a weeknd-style song? for jonathan? ready for this one? oh, this is going to be good. ♪ yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

been a reasonable conclusion we haven't taken care of the middle class. connecticut. >> good morning, i live in a blue state. and your guy from a blue state. i'm going leave this blue state for red state the reason why is because of what the democrats have done. opposition is killing the states. the property taxes are lower. and i recommend that everybody needs to go to a friendly state. the northern blue states are unfriendly to taxpayers. >> i think it was tremendously unjust for blue states to be targeted. when they put this tax package together. it wasn't the tax reform. these were tax cuts for those people in the top 17% of the economy in the united states of america. to take away those deductions that the people in connecticut use to balance things at the end of the year. i think that was a horrible thing to do. these are not reasons why people buy homes. but to have that deduction, that kept you in your house. and i think it was a very sad thing to do. you're talking about local politics. in local politics and taxes which is a legitimate issue. if the federal governmen

:00 p.m. eastern on cspan. >>> tonight, landmark cases. griswold versus connecticut. challenged a connecticut law banning prescription and use of birth control. the supreme court ultimately ruled that unconstitutional, in the process established right to privacy still evolving today. our guest to discuss the case, helen alvare, law professor from george mason law school. and rachel rebouche, at temple university. watch landmark cases tonight. join the conversation. hash tag landmark cases and follow us at cspan and resources on the website for background on each case. the companion book, a link to national constitution center interactive constitution, and landmark cases podcast at cspan.org/landmarkcases. >>> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums, historic sites around the country. the vietnam war ted offensive started january 30th, 1968 with vietcong and north vietnamese forces attacking towns and outposts in a broad swathe of south vietnam. we visited the museum in washington, d.c. to tour exhibit on the ted offensive and battle of way where some of

in her bag. the train was stopped in connecticut, but a bomb squad found no evidence of an explosive. miller was arrested on monday night at laguardia airport for that call. if convicted, he faces five years in prison. >>> another heart stopping escape caught on camera in new jersey. several girls jumped for their lives as a fire ripped through their dance studio. the young dancers were forced to drop from the second floor balcony. the ladder wouldn't reach all the way up. the mayor said it is one of the bravest things he has ever seen. miraculously, all those girls made it out alive with minor injuries. investigators are working to figure out what causes the fire. anne thompson has the details. >> reporter: this wasn't about how well they could move but how fast. >> report of an active fire. all edge water firefighters please respond. >> reporter: their building on fires, girls in a dance class in edge water, new jersey, crowded onto to a balcony, including nina. >> the exit was blocked with fire, so the only way out was to jump off, of course. >> reporter: she watched as one dancer

was in new haven, connecticut, and i went to yale as an undergrad, and one of the reasons i wrote about washington was something i saw at yale, and i went to see it again. they own john trumble's painting of the revolutionary war and trumble grew up in connecticut, his father was the governor of connecticut and one of his brothers also became the governor of connecticut. very political family. and he didn't go to yale. he went to harvard instead. and he wanted to be a painter. his father didn't like this idea. trumble said to his father, i want to record, you know, the greatness of america as athenian artists recorded the greatness of athens, and his father said, you are forgetting that connecticut is not athens. but he became a painter anyway. he went to england. he studied with benjamin west. but he was also a colonel in the revolution. he served in the war, and he might have done some spying while he was london. he went to london after his war service. the war was still going on, but they were more relaxed about letting foreign nationals go back and forth then. so, then, he did

trevelyan reports from connecticut. the connecticut shoreline is a world apart from the horrors of syria. here in this tranquil corner of new england, refugees are trying to build a new life. muhammad came here from syria in 2016. he speaks to his mother in jordan daily, desperate for her tojoin him here. and he asks why the us isn't doing more to assist syrians given their national nightmare. i think syrians are most people who need help now. they don't have time to wait. muhammad's mother fled from syria tojordan, and she stuck there. the trump administration's travel ban and from syria means her application is progressing slowly. it is not clear when this is going to stop, and when the normal life is going to start. we have got a cluster of refugees in the hartford area. for chris george, who runs this refugee resettlement office in new haven, the violence syria underscores why the trump administration should be taking more refugees, not cutting back at a time of such great need. welcoming refugees is probably the best thing this country does. it is our oldest, most noble tradit

, right? >> reporter: hallie, standing here at ridgefield high school in connecticut and this is where it's all beginning. the sophomore has organized this entire event happening at 2,600 places across the country in at least receiver single state. they seja they want is simple. the students are expected to come out just after 10:00 a.m. and they're going to begin with 13 seconds of silence. they say this is to honor those victims from the columbine shooting. it's been 19th anniversary since that shooting. secondly, they said today's national walkout is expected to be more political than the last one we saw last month on the 14 ptht they said what we want season three things. one, we want to honor those victims of gun violence about but we want to make sure wee after all of those politicians to really turn down that concealed carry reciprocity act. that basically means if you have a concealed permit that you can carry that gun into another state even if that tastate has stricter gun laws. and they want to make sure thaefr one of these politicians has given back any money they rec

. connecticut. griswold challenged a use and ng the prescription of birth control. they ruled the statute to be unconstitutional and in the a right to blished privacy that is still evolving today. discuss this case are helen alavary, law professor mason university's antonin scalia law school and dean for research and law professor at temple university. tonight ndmark cases" and join the conversation. cases htag is landmark and follow us at c-span and we have resources on our website for background on each case. the landmark cases companion link to the national constitution center's interactive constitution and the podcast. cases c-span.org/landmark cases. polyakovaorning, alina from brookings institution on and lenoreed by rush utah y talks about becoming the first state in the ation to pass a law legalizing free range parenting. later, john thompson on the cost

lowest number of refugees in nearly a0 years. laura trevelyan reports from connecticut. the connecticut shoreline is a world apart from the horrors of syria. here in this tranquil corner of new england, refugees are trying to build a new life. muhammad came here from syria in 2016. he speaks to his mother in jordan daily, desperate for her tojoin him here. and he asks why the us isn‘t doing more to assist syrians given their national nightmare. i think syrians are most people who need help now. they don‘t have time to wait. muhammad‘s mother fled from syria tojordan, and she stuck there. the trump administration‘s travel ban and enhanced security vetting for would—be refugees from syria means her application is progressing slowly. it is not clear when this is going to stop, and when the normal life is going to start. we have got a cluster of refugees in the hartford area. for chris george, who runs this refugee resettlement office in new haven, the violence syria underscores why the trump administration should be taking more refugees, not cutting back at a time of such great n

cases" griswold v. connecticut. estelle griswold of planned challenged a law banning the prescription and use of birth control. the supreme court ultimately statute to be unconstitutional and in the process established a right to privacy that is still evolving today. our guest to discuss this case alvare, law professor at george mason university's scalia law school and associate dean for research and law professor at temple university. watch "landmark cases" tonight and join the conversation. hashtag is landmark cases and follow us at c-span. our e have resources on website for background on each case. the landmark cases companion book. a link to the national constitution center's interactive constitution. the landmark cases podcast at c-span.org/landmark cases. >> this coming wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of dr. martin luther king jr.'s assassination. and tomorrow, remarks from historian taylor branch on the legacy of dr. king. taylor branch is the author of three books detailing the civil era and he'll be speaking live tuesday from the national civil rights museu

cofounder and president john zimmer. growing up john zimmer. you grew up in connecticut, which always sounds quintessential. tell me about your upbringing? john: i loved playing sports, mostly soccer. i wanted to be a magician when i was a kid. i love making people happy with surprise and delight, but my irst job was in a hotel. i worked in a hyatt. i was a phone operator. i convinced the general manager. he said we can't give you a job because you are under 18. i said i am interested and passionate about hospitality, so he put me far behind the front desk in this oversized suit answering the phone. i saw as a phone operator that i could impact someone's day in a meaningful day. so if someone had a light in the room that was broken, i would talk to engineering, have it fixed, follow-up, and if i hear kids in the background, send milk and cookies to turn it into a positive experience. i loved that. it ended up with me going to study hospitality at cornell. emily: what did you learn about the customer from that experience? often when you are getting the call someone is not happy. john:

connecticut. challenged a connecticut law banning prescription and use of birth control. the supreme court ultimately ruled that unconstitutional, in the process established right to privacy still evolving today. our guest to discuss the case, helen alvare, law professor from george mason law school. and rachel rebouche, at temple university. watch landmark cases tonight. join the conversation. hash tag landmark cases and follow us at

for now. i have a lot of could say. host: i hope you call back soon. george from connecticut. caller: brookfield. host: brookfield, connecticut. caller: one thing that surprises me not only watching c-span today, but the rest of the general media, is the lack of coverage of the situation with andrew mccabe, i think that's quite uprising, which brings me to my second topic. one of the biggest threats to our democracy is the mainstream media, notably in the way they cover stories, but the stories they don't cover. that's it. host: one call from david from todd, north carolina. caller: i have two points. theis for the farmer mentioned how the farmers are being submarine. if you got room property taxes across this nation, we can protect our personal assets in this globalization and then i have another subject which i took a parenting class and they talk about the asus where people have been traumatized and it their development. we are compulsorily attended school, it is retarding our whole nation. the authorities are refusing to knowledge that being forced into these situations is unheal

new york, new jersey and connecticut shows a huge increase in the number of llcs, partnerships and c corps. in new york there were 27,0 new llcs created between the end of last year and this march. a 15% jump. that's much faster than the growth rate of previous year n no businesses in connecticut was up 15% and california saw a 12% bump. we don't know how much of the increa was individuals asking for better taxes or just theno stronger e but the tax law does have some guard rails design to prevent it's harder for instance, to lawyers, doctors and accountants to use the passthrough rate and there is an income cap but the details and rules have yet to be clarified and until tn a tax law design today make taxes simpler has made it a lot more complicated and perhaps more costly for the government. for "nightly business report," i'm robert frank. >>> and coming up, bucking the trend, why nordstromngs pou a lot of money into a a bri mortar store while others are closing? h >>e's a look at what we are watching for tomorrow as we told you earlier earnings season kicks off including jpmorgan,

season, connecticut synchronized skating competition. >> i'm excited. a little nervous i want to place in the top five. >> being one of the only teams exclusively for young women of color the girls say their differences are not always celebrated. >> it's unfortunate but race isn't everything. we went to our last competition and another team came past us like don't let them take your bags we're like we're not even by you we don't want your bags we have our bags. >> empowered to fight the perception that they're not real contenders. >> just because something doesn't have more resources doesn't mean it's more powerful, just skating on this team is more powerful than just skating. it's a statement. >> for girls ice time and coaches and gear training could cost up to $50,000 a year. >> in these times of division in our country would you say fhs plays an even more significant role. >> no question. today it's more vital than ever that girls of color have opportunity to become everything and anything they can be in this world. >> sharon cohn founder of figure skating harlem says 100% of

cofounder and president john zimmer. growing up john zimmer. you grew up in connecticut, which always sounds quintessential. tell me about your upbringing? john: i loved playing sports, mostly soccer. i wanted to be a magician when i was a kid. i love making people happy with surprise and delight, but my first job was in a hotel. i convinced the general manager. he said we can't give you a job because you are under 18. i said i am interested and passionate about hospitality, so he put me far behind the front desk in this oversized suit answering the phone. i saw as a phone operator that i could impact someone's day in a meaningful day. so if someone had a light in the room that was broken, i would talk to engineering, have it fixed, follow-up, and if i hear kids in the background, send milk and cookies to turn it into a positive experience. it ended up with me going to study hospitality at cornell. emily: what did you learn about the customer from that experience? often when you are getting the call someone is not happy. john: i learned to put myself in the shoes of the customer, be g

called griswold v. connecticut, which involved the connecticut statute that prohibited the use of contraceptives, and the court, found thatte, statute was unconstitutional, that there was a constitutional right to use contraceptives that could not be altered by a state. what is noticeable about the case in particular is that justices, although they were quite certain the statute was unconstitutional, had no real certainty about what clause of the constitution was violated. justice douglas writing for the majority of six held that there was a right to privacy, although again, nowhere canopy found in the constitution, but he said it could be found in the penumbras and in the nations from five different provisions in the bill of rights. virtually no one -- i think literally no one defends that opinion today, but it remains extremely important because in the harlan concurred judgment in a second opinion arguing that the connecticut law violated substantive due process, and he asserted that certain rights, although not mentioned in the constitution, could not be abridged by the congres

and supported. negativeed fellow can -- fellow connecticut native to carry the bill to capitol hill and push it through. and the influence connecticut delegation backing, the bill passed the house and senate and was quickly signed by lincoln. this bill authorized $1.5 million. bushnell owned a ship yard in connecticut and was more than ready to offer his services as soon as the navy require them. therefore he maintained a residence at the willard hotel in washington, d.c. throughout the summer to monitor the progress of the program. with the backing of congress the , navy department did the only logical thing to do when one wants a secret weapon. it took out ads in the newspaper. newspapers across the northeast in early august 1861 ran an added that started " the navy will receive offers from parties that can execute work of which -- of this kind of which they will furnish evidence for their offer for the construction of one or more ironclad vessels of war." hidebound instill their tradition so these vessels were also required to be rigged to mass and to be able to navigate at sea.

-- the connecticut senator cornelius to do this to push it through. with bushnell's influence and the connecticut delegation backing, the bill soon passed the house and senate. quickly signed by president lincoln. this bill authorized $1.5 million for the construction of ironclad vessels. bushnell owned a shipyard in connecticut. he already had a design in mind for this, and he was more than ready to offer his services as soon as the navy required them. therefore he maintained a residence at the willard hotel in washington, dc to monitor the ironcladof the program. so with the backing of congress the navy department did the only , logical thing to do when one wants a secret weapon. it took out ads in the newspaper. [laughter] dr. holloway: newspapers across the northeast. in early august 1861, they ran an ad that started the navy will receive offers from parties that are able to execute work of this kind, of which they will furnish evidence with offers for the construction of one or more ironclad steam vessels of war. the navy was still a bit hidebound in their traditions and so these

important the fabric of the neighborhood, from oregon to ohio, connecticut to california. our friends, family, sometimes unwittingly and sometimes knowingly experiencing this tragedy. one that is claiming the lives of more than 100 americans every single day. day. every day. sadly, it continues to evolve. from the days of tools to the synthetic opioids, it is incredibly easy to elicit the manufacture and efforts to respond to the crisis continued to evolve. since the opioid crisis began, the energy and commerce committee has been very much at work. our members not only on the committees of the committee are meeting with families and doctors, treatment advocates and law enforcement officials back in our states. i've done numerous roundtables to continue in the communities i represent to figure out how we get to this place and how we stop the illicit drugs from coming in and get on top this. everybody has a seat on the table. its hands on deck for the future generations from falling to victim of this scourge. and energy and commerce we have been adopting a two track approach you first i

neighborhoods, oregon to ohio, connecticut to california. families, sometimes unwittingly and sometimes knowingly are experiencing this tragedy. one that is claiming the lives of more than 100 americans every single day. it continues to evolve from pills to the emergence of synthetic opioids which are easy to manufacture. our efforts continue to evolve. crisis began,id the energy and commerce committee has been at work, members not only on the committee and off the committee are meeting with families and doctors and law enforcement officials back in our states. i have done it -- i've done numerous roundtables to figure out how we get treatment for those who are addicted and how we stop the illicit drugs from coming in. everybody has a seat at this table, it is an all hands on deck mission to help those struggling with addiction and to prevent future generations from falling victim to the scourge. we have been conducting a two approach, first investigating the causes like pill dumping in west virginia which is where the focus has been because of court cases allow us to peel deeper into t