he authored the follow-up report for the jefferson associates on deemphasizing detention in favor of treatment. these reports have been heavily cited since their publication and while they're accurate in their predictions, they unfortunately were never implemented. so when we talk about juvenile hall being outdated, it's been yacht dated since the -- outdated since 1950s. so today, mr. kern would like me to express his support for the closing and i would like to support the proposal. thank you so much. >> mr. president, members of the board, i'm currently a candidate for san francisco district attorney i work as a deputy public defender. i want to thank the sponsors of this legislation. i want to thank the supporting members of the board nair courage. -- for their courage. it moves us a critical step as treating kids as kids. every boy and girl currently detained in our city is a child of promise. has the potential to be a future supervisor walton. if only we would give them the support that we all give our own children. that we are, ourselves, were lucky enough to have. we can do be

lincoln, notage of that of washington or jefferson that flashed ritualistically on the silver screen. associations that throughout the 1930's had connected lincoln to fighting theery helped turn him into type of symbol that warren remembered. it suggested that lincoln had come to embody a certain type of moral energy that could galvanize americans in a new global conflict. i should say at that moment, americans needed that kind of motivation. 1940-1941, there were many who remained deeply cynical about the devastation of world war i, deeply cynical about engaging in any further foreign entanglements. in this context, timely reminders about lincoln and his commitment to emancipation helped people recall a moment when a true moral purpose guided americans were objectives. i'm just going to say that i am borrowing from another scholar. there is a literary scholar who develops some of this point. literaryowing from a scholar who talks about the way lincoln is used in the lead up to world war ii. recallings that in abraham lincoln's moral purpose to free the slaves, americans might find an model of ins

that it was the image of lincoln not that of washington or jefferson that flashed ritualistically on the silver screen. the powerful associations that throughout the 30s i connected lincoln to fighting slavery helped turn him into the kind of symbol that remembered. true slavery had often been loosely defined but it did suggest lincoln had come to embody a certain type of moral energy that could galvanize americans in a new global conflict. i should say at that moment americans needed that kind of motivation. as late as 1940 41 there were many who remained deeply cynical about the devastation that had been brought by world war i, deeply cynical about engaging in any further foreign entanglements. so in this context timely reminders about lincoln and his commitment to emancipation helped people recall a moment when a true moral purpose guided americans war objectives. i will just say i am borrowing from because i feel like i must pay my due to another scholar, there is a literary scholar who develops some of this point and i am kind of borrowing from the literary scholar who talks about the way lincoln is used in this lead up to

there was a habit i don't really associate with earlier stageslyn history. since jeffersononro have we had three presidents, successive presidents elected to terms. i don't know if there is a logic to that much is it with overexposure? >> it's true the personality even those who don't have any personality -- [laughter] the white house is ringed and we now have 24 hours there is a dirty little secret it's notou enough and if you want cable you are hearing the analysis which is another word for opinion the assumption is everything a president says or children say there is a close eye on optical element. i don't think arthur's licensure has that in mind when he talks of the imperial presidency. he's talking about a president whosee excessive powers, but there's no doubt that chronic overexposure produces on a bipartisan basis with bush, clinton, obama fatigue. maybe vietnam were when we started seeing the collapse of lyndon johnson in the vietnam war and then there was the gerald ford pardon of nixon and he didn't finish the second term, so there's kind of some churning going

we have developed to this curious habit that i do not associate with earlier stages in our history. not sincell, jefferson, madison monroe have we had three presidents, successive presidents elected to two terms. but the paradox is we elect this person to a second term, and then we look for someone who is that diametric opposed alternative to take their place. i don't know if there is logic to that. susan: how much do you think it might be due to overexposure? richard: oh, god. [laughter] richard: you know, it is true. the cult personality, even those who do not have any personality. [laughter] cold of victims of a personality, the white house is ringed, figuratively, by satellite trump's. we have 24 hours -- there is not enough news to fill 24 hours. in fact, if you watch it, you are not seeing news, you are hearing "analysis." which is another word for opinion. depending on which station you tune into. the fact is that the assumption is everything a president says or his wife says, or his there is a clause i'm anon the goal element. i do not think he had that in mind when he talked about the imperial pr

the un-obama and we have a serious habit which i do not really associate with earlier stages in history. first of all, not since jefferson, madison, monroe, have we had three presidents successively elected to two terms. only once before. but the paradox is, we elected this person to a second term in that we look for someone who is the diametrical opposed alternative to take their place. i don't know if there's a likeness to that but -- >> how much you think it might be due to overexposure? >> oh god! [laughter] >> it is true. the cult of personality. even those that don't have any personality! [laughter] victims of a cult of personality, the white house with satellite trucks. i have 24 hours -- a dirty little secret, there is not enough to film 24 hours. and if you watch your watching quote - analysis which is another word for opinion. depending on which station you tune into. but the fact, the assumption is that everything a president says or his wife says, or his children say, i mean -- there is an element, i do not think that was in mind when they talked about the imperial presidency. he was suddenly a president with