we'll ask kilometer yaw law professor john coffey.o stick around for this one. ♪ david: jpmorgan, the largest u.s. bank, has just reached an historic $13 billion settlement with the department of justice. this is the largest amount for any single company in history but who was the government punishing? why are current stockholders of jpmorgan forced to pay for the misdeed of those long gone from the company? joining me now to break all this down for us is john coffey, columbia university law school professor. professor, wonderful to see you. thank you so much for coming in. what do you think of the settlement? >> it certainly shows the government is truly become more punitive. think back to just eight months ago, following the hsbc bank settlement attorney general holder in effect told congress that some banks are too big to jail. i think he has moved very far from that position. he wants his legacy clear as a very tough enforcer and as you just said, this is three times the next largest penalty ever imposed which was on bp. david: bu

john baker remembered was quote no pink tea party. close quote. simple acts like striking a match or even spitting might start a herd to run. a frightened coffey of quail and a crowing rooster were known to have caused stampedes. the first sign of trouble, every rider in camp scrambled for his night horse. the most sure-footed in his string and departed at a galg op for the head of the herd. on attaining the point, that is the shoulders of the herd, the horsemen attempted to turn the leaders into a mill, get them running in a circling, because that meant they weren't putting much distance between themselves and the chuck wagon. so they were sort of running in place, if you will. >> they simply tried to keep up with the herd and keep it bunched in order to minimize the number of strays that they would have to gather. at first light. the drovers who endured the exhilaration and terror of a stampede never forgot the experience. a few unfortunates did not live through them. reaching the end of the trail, after such hardships was cause for celebration. in peak years of droefg kansas cow towns such as abilene and dodge city welcomed as mg as 400 dro

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