under the missouri constitution at that time, and because we were still technically under military will -- rule, you had to take any -- you had to take the oath of allegiance. you signed a document, raise your hand, and gave an oath to the appropriate military personnel that you were loyal to the union and loyal to the state of missouri. in some cases, this is how prisoners were released, by taking the oath. unless you are -- those who were exempt were officers. union, federal sojourn -- soldiers. anybody else that was not had to take this oath of loyalty. a lot of confederates had to take it. you had to take it in order to preach a sermon at a church. you had to do it -- take it in order to teach other school. a lot of former confederates refused to take the oath. they refuse to do it out of personal pride, personal conviction. if you had not taken the oath, you were completely disenfranchised. you cannot vote, you couldn't teach school, couldn't sell liquor, couldn't serve on a jury, you had no rights basically. you were still considered a personal pride, personal rebel and rebellion.

under the missouri constitution at that time, and because we were still technically under will -- rule, you had to take any -- you had to take the oath of allegiance. you signed a document, raise your hand, and gave an oath to the appropriate military personnel that you were loyal to the union and loyal to the state of missouri. in some cases, this is how prisoners were released, by taking the oath. -- those who were exempt were officers. --on, federal sojourn soldiers. anybody else that was not had to take this oath of loyalty. a lot of confederates had to take it. you had to take it in order to preach a sermon at a church. you had to do it -- take it in order to teach other school. a lot of former confederates refused to take the oath. they refuse to do it out of personal pride, personal conviction. oath, had not taken the you were completely disenfranchised. you cannot vote, you couldn't teach school, couldn't sell liquor, couldn't serve on a jury , you had no rights basically. you were still considered a rebel and rebellion. what happened is that tut, and the x confederates, and hi

missouri supreme courts. they say the law violates the constitution's establishment claus and the constitution's restoration act have our legal eagles here. he has volunteered and been good enough to represent the state so don't blast him on twitter and a former criminal defense attorney and former federal attorney will represent missouri state. welcome to you both. >> good to be here, shannon. >> shannon: here's the state of the argument. even if they alleged a restriction on free exercise of religion because she said her religion, a satanist tells her no life begins at conception. there's a compelling state understand and not unduly restrict ond her asserted exercise of religion. how do you respond? >> so to the jury. first, these people are not devil worshippers. they use the title for branding what they are is anti-government intrusion and individual liberty people and go around trying to make sure government doesn't interfere with the individual liberties. the irony is catholic church and satan temple and others have someone in common, hobby lobby. they believe government should not be involved in reproduc

the missouri state guard was the militia guaranteed under the second amendment to the constitution. claiborne fox jackson was hoping to use that to make it a proto- secessionist army. but lyon wednesday was prevent that missouri state guard, sterling price, from getting organized in so he launched what we call today preemptive strike and swept through the state driving the missouri state carjacked down at the southeast corner of the state, where the commander, sterling price sought an alliance of brigadier general ben mcculloch who was commander of the forces in arkansas. nicole got permission from richmond to make common cause with missourians would with missourians were not passing the ordinance of secession's cross into missouri in the combined army of confederates in missouri state guard advanced. the approach springfield, which is where he had doubted his column and both sides pause to him and each other to find out each other's elements because there was a the threat of rain, the southern site called off their attack, but lyon only nine miles away in the city of springfield did

his main opponent was the missouri state guard, missouri state guard was the militia guarantied to missourians under the second amendment in the constitution. but clayburn fox jackson was going to use it to make army and lyon to make field commander from getting organized. he launched what we call day of preemptive strike and swept through the state in three columns driving missouri state guard back to southeast corner of the state where commanders throwing price sought alliance with general ben mccullough. mccullough get permission to make common cause with missourian who is had not passed any ordinance to succession and the combined army of confederates and missouri state guard advanced, they approached springfield which is where lyon had gathered his columns and both sides, sized pause to examine each other to find out each other's constituent elements, what was what, because there was a threat of rain the southern side called off attack but lyon only 9 miles away in the city of springfield did not rain there, he moved out during the night and launched his attacks successfully at dawn on august 10th and that produced the battle of wilso

missouri compromise. >> i'm going to ask -- we've got -- maybe we can do short questions, and take two at a time. >> the framers of the constitution were very articulate about rights of the individual and freedom and all that stuff. and yet we had 600,000 or 700,000 people die in the civil war to free the slaves. it wasn't necessary in europe. what's different, what's different about this place? >> you didn't have race-based slavery in europe the way you see it in the americas. and it's not essential to the economy of europe. >> even though the money that's made in the americas, both north america and latin america and the caribbean is crucial to fueling the development of european national sovereignty and the wealth of european states. so while europeans didn't have race-based slavery in europe, they benefitted tremendously from the existence of race-based slavery in the americas. >> i'm will levi. my question had to do with education and interpretation as it pertains to kids essentially. over the last summer i worked at harpers ferry, and part of my job was to teach middle schoolers about john brown and slavery. the anecdote was

missouri compromise and how that related to slavery in america. jennifer: we can do some short questions and do two at a time. >> the framers of the cost tuition -- constitutionere very articulate at the time, we have 600,000 people dying in the civil war. what is different about this place? >> you did not have race based slavery in europe the way you sought in america. >> even though the money made in america, both north america and latin america, is crucial to fueling development of the european sovereignty and the wealth of the european states. while they did not have race based slavery, they profited tremendously from it in america. >> my question has to do with education and interpretation as it pertains to kids. over the last summer, i worked at harpers ferry and part of my job was to teach middle schools about john brown. the anecdote i used was about how he was beaten with a shovel. it is what inspired him in his antislavery movement. i like to use that because it instills you can't forget slavery was inherently violent, that is something you cannot forget. i also noticed it was not effective on the older, more apathetic, teenage high school type kids

missouri compromise in the future of slavery in america. >> so i'm going to ask, we have maybe we can do some short questions and take two of the time. yes, thank you. >> the framers accoun constitutionarticulate about rights of the individual and freedom and all that and yet we have sixers 700,000 die in the civil war to free the slaves but it wasn't necessary in europe. what's different about this place? >> you didn't have race-based labor in europe the way you see it in the americas and it's not essential to the economy of europe. >> even though the money that's made in the americas, both north america and latin america and the caribbean is crucial to fueling the development of european national sovereignty and the wealth of european states. so, while europeans didn't have race-based slavery in europe, they benefited tremendously from the existence of it in the americas. >> i am from newport university. my question had to do with education and interpretation as it pertains to kids. over the past summer i worked at harpers ferry and part of my job was to basically teach middle schoolers about john brown and slavery and the anecdote that i often used was about john brown witnessing

under the missouri constitution and because we were still technically under military rule, any citizen of missouri had to take the oath of allegiance. it was basically you signed a document, raised your hand, and gave an oath to the appropriate military personnel that you are loyal to the state of missouri. in some cases, this is how prisoners were released, by taking the oath. those that were exempt were usuallyin officers, federal soldiers. anybody else that was not had to take this oath of loyalty. a lot of x confederates had to take it, you had to take it in order to preach in the church, you had to take it in order to teach in the school. a lot of former confederates refused to take the oath, refused to do it out of personal pride, personal conviction. if you are not taken the oath, you are completely disenfranchised. , you cannotote teach school, you cannot preach a sermon, you cannot sell liquor, cannot serve on a jury. you had no rights. you are still considered a rebel. confederate and -- is an ex confederate and ex-ok is and ask -- is an federal. everyone who sat on the jury

, versus the state of missouri who had -- we have a provision in our constitution that i argued against, that other missouri elected officials filed amicus briefs against that said our constitution was wrong in finding that religious not for profit organizations couldn't be eligible for state programs simply because they were religious. that's not what the u.s. constitution says. it's not the supreme court determine what state institutions have a right to do. so fema has taken an important step. i think it's equally important now that we make this policy permanent law. the right thing to do deserves to be permanently the right thing to do. mr. president, i'm hoping that we see the legislation that i've introduced and many have cosponsored in whatever is the next supplemental disaster funding. money's going to be spent. let's go ahead and properly authorize it as the supreme court said we had every right to do and fema has decided it's the right thing to do. we're in a new year. we have new challenges. one of the goals we have is to be sure that we move forward and