i grew up together also with us we have a love for all senior staff attendee at the center for constitutional rights in new york of the lawyer on a law suit to compel the government to hand over f.b.i. surveillance documents of the movement for black lives and finally camille rashad the founder and president of the muslim wellness foundation that's a nonprofit focused on the mental health of american muslim communities can you lead joins us from philadelphia pennsylvania we also reached out to the f.b.i. to be part of this program they would respond we have got a contact for them selves which then not part of this program but we will be talking about them and they do feature in this discussion. i want to start with the community people online tweeting about this after getting a chance to see it streaming here in the u.s. at least this is a tweet from someone who's handle is no child for the f.b.i. several people are turning their handles that way and will discuss why in a minute but they write this stuff human jury shed light on a pervasive yet almost invisible manifestation of every day islamophobi

i grew up together also with us we have a love for our senior staff attorney at the center for constitutional rights in new york. on a lawsuit to compel the government to hand over f.b.i. surveillance documents of the movement for black lives and finally coming to the founder and president of the muslim wellness foundation that's a nonprofit focused on the mental health of american muslim communities can you lead joins us from philadelphia pennsylvania we also reached out to the f.b.i. to be part of this program to send us a comment that comment wells no comment when you start i want to start with the community people online tweeting about this after getting a chance to see it streaming here in the u.s. at least this is a tweet from someone who's handle is no child for the f.b.i. several people are turning their heads that way and will discuss why in a minute but they write this documentary shed light on a pervasive yet almost invisible manifestation of every day islamophobia and i am grateful for aasiya who are validating our experiences r.c.i. of course i will give this one to you because i feel s

hide the cost of of being targeted by the surveillance state is immense itself so the center for constitutional rights represented the muslim community in new jersey following the n.y.p.d. is blanket surveillance program after $911.00 and not a single lead was produced despite thousands of man hours and immense resources put behind that program but the experience of our clients is is really of being utterly demeaned having their every aspect of their life no matter how quotidian no matter how normal subject to scrutiny one of our clients operated a school for muslim girls out of the basement of her home the n.y.p.d. was there writing down the the students who went in their ethnic makeup and to suggest that that doesn't impose tremendous costs on individuals trying to live their lives is. it i mean this is really i think the beauty of the film it forces the confront what it means to to have the state turn its power on you in this way let's have a look a little clip from the film because i know you have all watched if i want to solve this with someone i wouldn't still haven't watched it watch the full a

right so one of these that comes out of the freedom of information act process and the center for constitutional rights has an open records project that does this is to help people understand that here's the way the government actually is is operating in your communities and you need to know that so that you can ask the right questions protect activists that are are out there taking on immense risk to to raise an indispensable voice in support of justice and and dignity so there are some legal tools but but really it's the work of the organizers and activists and then the cultural workers like like us in this instance that moments in the film the truly scary you take us for what it's like to be in your community and just having conversations and your mom was talking about is there a bug underneath the table in the end that speed bump that was just put outside if you have actually outside the house and you're thinking i know they put that there for a reason at some times we don't know as of us whether you have power in order whether there was something absolutely happening but that all times when we kno

the cost of of being targeted by the surveillance state is immense and so i was so the center for constitutional rights represented the muslim community in new jersey following the n.y.p.d. is blanket surveillance program after $911.00 and not a single lead was produced despite thousands of man hours and immense resources put behind that program but the experience of our clients is is really of being utterly demeaned having their every aspect of their life no matter how quotidian no matter how normal subject to scrutiny one of our clients operated a school for muslim girls out of the basement of her home the n.y.p.d. was there writing down the the students who went in their ethnic makeup and to suggest that that doesn't impose tremendous cost on individuals trying to live their lives is. it i mean this is really i think the beauty of the film it forces the confront what it means to to have the state turn its power on you in this way let's have a look a little clip from the film because i know you have all watched if i want to solve this to someone i wouldn't still haven't watched it watch the full a u.

jacob weisberg and the executive director from the center for constitutional rights. good evening. >> hi. >> i begin with you on the point in the cynical environment where people like to ignore facts, is it the case that not every senator or every republican senator will jump to the lindsey graham position that was up furled today which is it's all good. it's all gucci. all okay. >> yeah. the -- they won't and they shouldn't. the republicans totally overplayed their hand when they stormed the bastille and they were like these things are happening in private. they need to be in public. they have been running around trying to defend the president which essentially is an indefensible position an at the same time, the president is trying to get his -- the folks that can give information to congress to not do it. there's a letter that went from the administration, the state department, to laura cooper's lawyers saying we don't think the hearings are fair, you shouldn't testify because they're not allowing the state department lowers come in. of course they won't let the st

the criminal to the congressional at the daily beast and the executive director of the center for constitutional rights in history, how strong is the democrats case now based on everything we have just heard in our special tonight? >> oh, i think the democrats' case is quite strong for a number of reasons. the first one that was eluded to earlier is that congress has a solemn obligation here. on the one hand, they can't lower the bar for impeachment offenses so that the congress can just impeach anybody. and then it becomes a parliamentary system. but on the other hand, congress also has to say are we going to allow this behavior to become the norm for future presidents. i think they're in that latter category. >> we have had democrats on this channel and across the board people have heard other things that some congressional democrats think are impeachable. the house declared the president's comments racist recently. before that there was a program over charlottesville, questions around russia. do you see this as one among many, but is this somehow worse? >> well, as we know constitutionally the const

accountable with us in berlin alexandra lilly kapur a legal advisor at the european center for constitutional and human rights also in berlin. syria human rights activist and photo journalist and in paris valerie parlay a legal consultant with trial international. and i guess it's good to have tom i want to take you back to a time that was probably the worst time in your life a long way in detention in syria as you were experiencing torch. was the any point where you felt that you would get justice the people who are doing terrible things to war will actually have to save time in court. time in prison go to court and was that even a concept that was possible. i don't i don't recall it being a concept that was actually possible. i mean as a relation as someone who went out in demonstrations there was always that feeling that we're going to get into jail for things we do and not because it's unjust not because it's. it's illegal but just because the dictatorship that we were chasing was actually not ok with anything we were doing so the concept of getting into jail was in my mind during all the demonstrations t

accountable with us in berlin alexandra lilly kapur a legal advisor at the european center for constitutional and human rights also in berlin kind of an homage to syria human rights activist and photo journalist and in paris valerie parlay a legal consultant with trial international and i guess it's good to have you. i want to take you back to a time that was probably the worst time in your life when you were in detention in syria as you were experiencing torture was there any point you felt that you would get justice that people who were doing terrible things to you would actually have to serve time in court. time in prison go to court was that even a concept that was possible. i don't recall it being a concern was actually possible. i mean as a relation as someone who went out in demonstrations there was always that feeling that we're going to get into jail for things we're doing not because it unjust not because it. it's illegal but just because. we were facing was actually not ok with anything we were doing so the concept of getting into jail was in my mind doing all the demonstrations that i was going on

accountable with us in berlin alexandria lilly kapur a legal advisor at the european center for constitutional and human rights also in berlin. syria human rights activist and photo journalist and in paris valerie paul a a legal consultant with trial international and i guess it's good to have you i i want to take you back to a time that was probably the worst time in your life when you were in detention in syria as you were experiencing torture was there any point you felt that you would get justice that people who were doing terrible things to you would actually have to serve time in court. time in prison go to court was that even a concept that was possible. i don't recall it being a concept that was actually possible. i mean as an evolutionary someone who went out in demonstrations there was always that feeling that we're going to get into jail for things we do in another because it's unjust not because it's. it's illegal but just because the dictatorship that we were chasing was actually not ok with anything we were doing so the concept of getting into jail was in my mind during all the demonstrations tha

accountable with us in berlin alexandria lilly kapur a legal advisor at the european center for constitutional and human rights also in berlin. syria human rights activist and photo journalist and in paris valerie paul a a legal consultant with trial international and i guess it's good to have you. i want to take you back to a time that was probably the worst time in your life when you were in detention in syria as you were experiencing torture was there any point you felt that you would get justice that people who were doing terrible things to you would actually have to serve time in court. time in prison go to court was that even a concept that was possible. i don't recall it being a concept that was actually possible. i mean as it evolutionary says someone who went out in demonstrations there was no is that feeling that we're going to get into jail for things we do in another because it's unjust not because it's. it's illegal but just because the dictatorship that we were chasing was actually not ok with anything we were doing so the concept of getting into jail was in my mind during all the demonstrations

with the civil liberties union foundation and the american constitution society, the campaign legal center and the committee for civil rights under law. she's on voter protection efforts for two presidential campaigns and spent several years in federal government services at the department of justice and the environmental protection agency. welcome. i know i'm not doing this in order. the national cochair of the commission for the voters justice and also the president and founder of the transformative justice coalition and served as the head of the committee for civil rights under law in february of 89 until june of 2016. renowned for her contributions on critical justice issues including passage of the landmark civil rights act of 1991, 20 of six reauthorization provisions of the voting rights act. welcome. denise lieberman the director of advancement power and democracy program. ms. lieberman works to identify and remove systemic failures of voting. a seasoned constitutional civil rights lawyer she works on the ground in misery in addition to advancing broad protection initiatives nationwide engaging in the political lobb

for civil rights. we are waiting for live coverage of the liberty medal ceremony to begin shortly, live on c-span. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the national constitution center's executive vice president, and chief operating officer, vince van gogh. [applause] good evening. >> is my great pleasure to welcome you to the ceremony ,onoring anthony kennedy associates of the pre--- supreme court of the united states. this inspires the only place where people can come together to learn about and celebrate the greatest vision of human freedom, the u.s. constitution. we are honored to educate and inspire somebody americans about the meaning and importance of the u.s. constitution, and it is because if you that this meeting can work. on behalf of jacky rosen and everyone at the constitution center, i want to thank all of you. our donors, partners, visitors, public officials, many of whom are in the audience tonight, our corporate leadership council, at our superb board of trustees for everything you do to help us bring at the u.s. constitution to life. i am sure many of you want to share our program tonight with your friends and family. when you do, we invite you to us

translating into a major political and constitutional crisis right at the very center in westminster itself as a political class which found itself completely unprepared for this challenge and seems to lack the agility to rise to it has struggled to cope with it so we have a situation in britain where we seem to be at a kind of impasse with no very clear idea of how we're going to find our way through and that of course is worrying because all kinds of other problems are piling up at the same. people are becoming increasingly polarized and angry with each other ok leave same question to you what is the overall impact to date of this entire process because as i said in my introduction the people were given a proposition and they voted on it ok and it's incumbent upon the political class to. fulfill the wishes of the people and it's still not happening and you see road brought blocks left and right and center including i would say the speaker of the house of commons go ahead lee. well i think their reality is that the country is completely transfixed by this debate the reality is you're right there was a referendum on a vote but the simplistic nature of tha

cool and constitutional crisis right at the very center in westminster itself as a political class which found itself completely unprepared for this challenge and seems to lack the agility to rise to it has struggled to cope with it so we have a situation in britain where we seem to be at a kind of impasse with no very clear idea of how we're going to find our way through and that of course is worrying because all kinds of other problems are piling up at the same time as people are becoming increasingly polarized and angry with each of them ok leave same question to you what is the overall impact to date of this entire process because as i said in my introduction the people were given a proposition and they voted on it ok and it's incumbent upon the political class to. fulfill the wishes of the people and it's still not happening and you see road brought blocks left and right and center including i would say the speaker of the house of commons go ahead lee but i could nurture their reality is that the country is completely transfixed by this debate the reality is you're right there was a referendum on a vote but the simplisti

the george washington lobby viewing the national constitution center brought together former supreme court clerks to talk about what it's like right now for the justices they also discuss the impact working at the supreme court has had on their careers and personal lives. this took place at the george washington university law school in washington dc. [inaudible conversations] one hundredth anniversary of the supreme court function. i am jeffrey rosen head of the national constitution center in philadelphia and here at gw. we are honored to convene this extraordinary group of former supreme court clerks to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the federal statute creating the clerkships we just heard a wonderful panel about experiences during the process now we will hear about life afterwards. this is a very distinguished constitutional lawyer. coming to the national constitution center to discuss. and clerking for justice kenned kennedy. >> thank you very much for coming. i am joined today the former chairman of the sec and now managing director, also clerking for justice kennedy , private practice work now a judge us court of appeals third

the george washington lobby viewing the national constitution center brought together former supreme court clerks to talk about what it's like right now for the justices they also discuss the impact working at the supreme court has had on their careers and personal lives. this took place at the george washington university law school in washington dc. [inaudible conversations] one hundredth anniversary of the supreme court function. i am jeffrey rosen head of t

american civil liberties foundation ask the american constitution society and the campaign legal center and the lawyers' committee for civil rights under law. miss freed has run voter protection for two presidential campaigns and spent several years in federal government services at the department of justice and the environmental protection agency. welcome. i know i'm not doing this in order, but miss barbara ardwan is national co-chair of the national commission for voter justice. she is also the president and founder of the transformative justice coalition and served as head of the commit for civil rights under law for february of '89 through june of 2015. she is renowned for her contributions for critical justice issues with the landmark civil rights act of 1991 and the 2006 and the provisions of the voting rights act. welcome. >> denise lieberman is with advancement power and democracy program and senior attorney. she works to identify and remove systemic barriers to voting. a seasonal constitutional and civil rights lawyer, miss lieberman engaging in political analysis and legal advocacy, to advance electoral reform includi