-- thomas paine studies.hat did you find? >> there has been exciting research around creatorship and thomas paine. several years ago a member of our research team learned of her devious -- of a previously unknown draft. to this day we are still learning about fragments of materials from the 18th century tucked between pages of books or in someone's attic. there are a small number of working drafts of the declaration preserved by the library of congress and other archives. this document, held by a private collector, was recently added to the declarations resource database and the team observed it contains a notation or reference, which led them to example whether that meant thomas paine. paine was a deeply influential figure in american independence. he was a key part of the communication network in philadelphia and around north america and the broader atlantic world. you can see paine as an 18th-century equivalent of a social media influencer, in close contact with contributors to the declaration and had an i

peter: that was thomas payne impersonator ian ruskin talking about thomas payne's writing style. back to calls. robert in connecticut. good evening. please go ahead. caller: good evening, thanks for c-span. you mentioned there was a 1.5% rate of tax. what was that assessed on? property? income? what was the tax rate 10 years earlier? and what was the tax rate in other jurisdictions of the british? thank you. peter: any answer for that gentleman? prof. bell: just a quick one. i want to say at the outset, historians continue to debate and refine what the rates of taxation were for any colonial jurisdiction, how they changed over time. so i don't think there is actually an agreed-upon consensus rate that every historian would sign off on at this what i can tell you is that point. taxation via the stamp act was on the commercial use of paper in the american and caribbean and canadian colonies. so think of all of the stuff we buy that is made of paper. folks back then used to buy a lot of stuff made out of paper. we could be talking about newspapers, prices went up. we could be talkin

there was a risk if thomas retired.s was the intellectual core of the right wing of the court. it sure seems like that message was received loud and clear. that threat from thomas was written up in a memo for than chief justice william gwen quest. while thomas did not receive the pay raise he wanted from congress, the message gutter to the conservative movement to make sure if mistaken care of. as propublica reports, during his second decade of court thomas's financial situation appears to have markedly improved. thomas received dozens of expensive gifts, sometimes coming from people he met shortly before. what follows was years of largest from rich and well-connected conservatives, the second set of income. by 2019 thomas no longer sounded like the guy complaining to anyone that would listen that he was not happy with his salary. >> right now what is the compensation of a justice of the supreme court? >> oh, goodness, i think it's plenty. this is fine. my wife and i are doing fine. we don't live extravagantly. but we a

it's almost very much ideology call allies, and it's about keeping thomas in the fold, keeping thomas, keeping him satisfied with the work he is doing. that's surely what the purpose of this is, to smooth the rough edges of this particular situation that he finds himself in. i think it's an important thing to recognize, it isn't so much thomas saying i will do this, i will rule your way if you support me financially. it's more, this is hard, and i don't make as much money as i want and i think it should be rectified. >> i want to put up propublica th article gave some comparisons about what some people are in, the mean income for american workers 60,000, course half of americans and mourn, half less. members of congress hundred 74,000. associate supreme court justice 274,000. partner to high-paying law for seven point $2 million they can earn. clearly, clarence thomas had choices and people who get into public service make choices. 274,000 is many times with the median american wages, but there is a choice to be in public service. at some point, if you don't want to work for that kind

he helped pick clarence thomas and samuel alito. he's close with justices thomas and alito. thomas is a godfather to one of leo's daughters. these relationships seen innocent enough untilio remember leo's goal is to undermine legal progressive victories which can only happen with their compliance. in trying to achieve that goal, he's cultivated a coterie of welty donors like harlan crow and the koch family, familiar names that i will come back to in a brief moment. but first, back in 2020, thomas would openly complain about how civil servants, which he had been most of his professional life, don't make much money. >> the job is not worth doing for what they pay. it's not worth doing for the grief. butt is worth doing for the principle. >> today, propublica is reporting those complaints were far more serious. so serious that justice thomas reportedly said if congress doesn't give justices a raise, that one or more justices will leave soon. this is according to records from the time- i'm sorry, records obtained by propublica, including a confidential memo to william rehnquist.

dorsett 's vehicle, and all of a sudden, panic set in. >> thomas wasn't sleeping. >> thomas had a tubeerated canister and that it was in his mouth. >> police busted through's window and pulled him out. he was rushed to the hospital in a coma. >> suicide attempt? >> that's what it was. >> his daughter's arrest may have pushed him over the edge, but police suspected something other than despair caused to thomas to try to kill himself, like maybe guilt. >> detective wilbert remember something thomas did when they arrived to arrest his daughter. >> as soon as we entered into the residence, thomas doors that removed his wallet from his back pocket as if he was going to turn it over, as if he was -- exactly, let me get rid of my property right now. >> he was gonna get arrested was what it looked like. >> right. >> but more than anything, the prosecutor focused on the cause of stephen's death, blunt force trauma and strangulation. >> what was the significance of the injuries? >> the significance of that led us to clearly know that this was something more than just kathleen being involved. >>

thomas was not the only person who was upset with the salary. the traditional context that really never become public. it is in these documents we found that have been, haven't seen the light of day for over 20 years, these conversations are laid out really explicitly. >> so, and along the vein of salary, in 2022, the average american salary was $60,000. members of congress made 174,000 supreme court justices made $274,000. members of the court, hardly poppers, clarence thomas new job at his financial situation was what it was, which was not good when he took a lifetime appointed. any person taking a job would know they are walking into when it came to a salary. so, was there more to it than just him as an clarence thomas looking for some type of financial padding to what he was doing for the rest of his life? >> yeah. by the standards of average americans, thomas is extremely wealthy. we are doing extremely well. compared to some of the columns of the court, he was not rich. he did not come from family money, and he was 43 years old. that was r

mr thomas is right over by that will -- role. leslie thomas - in.l in. mr thomas is right over by that l will -- role. leslie thomas and i am reresent will -- role. leslie thomas and i am represent the _ will -- role. leslie thomas and i am represent the federation _ will -- role. leslie thomas and i am represent the federation of - will -- role. leslie thomas and i am represent the federation of ethnic l represent the federation of ethnic minority healthcare organisations. minority healthca re organisations. those minority healthcare organisations. those were the people we were clapping for on thursday evenings at 8pm. some context for you. the chief scientific adviser to patrick vallance told this inquiry that it was entirely foreseeable that they would be disparities in health, outcomes during the pandemic because of historically known structural inequalities. i have three short questions for you. one, with your eat out to help out scheme specifically please telus what were the specific measures or considerations in its design to address the vuln

justice thomas didn't comment for this latest story. i spoke to a yale law professor who spent time with justice thomas and his principle benefactor harlan crow's vacation with them and that professor's view of the relationship was look, he didn't think harlan crow was trying to influence justice thomas' views. he thinks harlan crow is trying to keep him comfortable. etch thinks his salary isn't high enough and therefore, he provides these benefits to him to elevate his lifestyle. as you pointed out, justice thomas' recent public comments about his salary are very, very different than what he was saying privately 20 years ago and the salary has not changed. >> well, maybe one will wink and just say inflation to you all of a sudden and explain everything. justin elliott, for all the noneconomists, myself included in the room. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> hey, one note about some special programming we'll have here on cnn. we'll have special live coverage of the funeral of supreme court justice sandra day o'connor. i'll be part of

john hancock life fundamentally changes again when uncle thomas and john uncle thomas dies and. john goes on to inherit all his uncle's mercantile business holdings overnight, then he becomes one of the most prominent men in boston. his uncle's death coincide with a big change for the colonies uncle. thomas died in 1764, just the year earlier, the french and indian war had ended, and this is when 1764 is when parliament passing taxes. and we begin to get that a feeling of no taxation representation among colonies. in 1765 of parliament, britain's governing body passes the stamp act, a tax on printed goods boston despises the stamp act, and they target two royal officials to express their displeasure. andrew oliver and thomas hutchinson, both crown officials had their property destroyed stamp act riots in 1765. in boston, andrew oliver was, the stamp act collector of massachusetts. so the riot him made sense to hancock. it followed 18th century practices of mobbing. you're upset about the stamp act so you target the stamp act collector this made the mob against however when his h

john hancock life fundamentally changes again when uncle thomas and john uncle thomas dies and. john goes on to inherit all his uncle's mercantile business holdings overnight, then he becomes one of the most prominent men in boston. his uncle's death coincide with a big change for the colonies uncle. thomas died in 1764, just the year earlier, the french and indian war had ended, and this is when 1764 is when parliament passing taxes. and we begin to get that a feeling of no taxation representation among colonies. in 1765 of parliament, britain's governing body passes the stamp act, a tax on printed goods boston despises the stamp act, and they target two royal officials to express their displeasure. andrew oliver and thomas hutchinson, both crown officials had their property destroyed stamp act riots in 1765. in boston, andrew oliver was, the stamp act collector of massachusetts. so the riot him made sense to hancock. it followed 18th century practices of mobbing. you're upset about the stamp act so you target the stamp act collector this made the mob against however when his h

thomas we haven't had that.t the speculation is from experts is that what this does is it kind of cocoons thomas in a lifestyle that is lavish and comfortable and an ideological cocoon, an ideological kind of bubble of like-minded people who feed him the latest, greatest thinking in conservative legal thought. and so this is kind of working twofold to kind of keep the consistency of his views because there have been a lot of right-wing judges who moved left over the history of the court. they wanted to prevent that. and two, it seems to make him very comfortable with making less money than he could make in the private sector. >> mark, let's just -- maya brought up a point about whether you think supreme court justices are paid well or not well. i just want to put up a comparison. thiss from propublica. it's part of the article. the median salary in 2022 i $60,000 in the united states. it means half of all p make more, half make less. a member of congress makes $174,000. an associate supreme court stice makes $27

justice thomas did not comment for, this latest story.lked to a yale professor who spent time with thomas, and his principal benefactor harlan crow, and vacationed with them. that professors view of the relationship was look, he did not think that harlem crow is trying to influence justice thomas's views. he is trying to keep him comfortable, he thinks his salary is not high enough. so he provides these benefits to him to provide this lifestyle. as you pointed out at the beginning of the segment, justice thomas recent comments about his salary are very, very different than what he was saying privately 20 years ago. and the salary has not changed. >> coates: well maybe one will just wink, and say inflation, and it will explain everything. , justin elliott thank you so much. >> thank you. >> coates: one note, about a special program we will have on cnn, we will have special live coverage of the funeral of supreme court justice sandra day o'connor. i will be a part of that coverage hosted by wolf blitzer 10:45 am eastern. we will see you the

by ginni thomas.itical links up to crow in 2011. 2012, conservative activists, leonard leo and kylian conaway to build a nonprofit group that he advises and give ginni thomas another $25,000. he says the paperwork should include no mention of ginni, of course. 2014, tonsils three pieces of property. he co-owns to crow, including his mother's house. despite the law outlining that real estate steals must be disclosed thomas doesn't do so. coming up, we laugh so we don't cry. donald trump impressions are the stuff of legends that the guy has rain. they help unpack the first gop primary debate after the break. primary debate after the break primary debate after the break liberty mutual customized my car insurance and i saved hundreds. with the money i saved, i started a dog walking business. oh. [dog barks] no it's just a bunny! only pay for what you need. ♪liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty.♪ i've never been healthier. only pay for what you need. shingles doesn't care. but shingrix protects. proven over

we are going to dig into some pretty wild new reporting about supreme court justice clarence thomas,oncerns that he would resign over his paycheck. >>> i do want to start tonight with what i hope will be a bit of a sober reminder of where the american electorate sits right now. it is important for everyone to hear. this weekend, trump, once again, echoed dictators, praised autocrats, repeated racist language, and was still cheered on by a arenas packed with people who will cast their ballots and just over one month. during that speech on saturday, in new hampshire, trump, once again, said immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country. now, that is clearly inflammatory. it is dehumanizing. it is white supremacist rhetoric. as we've mentioned on the show, last time trump said this, it very clearly echoes the words of hitler. in the same speech, trump also called hungarian prime minister viktor orban highly respected. yes, that is the same viktor orban who dismantled democracy in hungary and said he opposes a mixed race society. trump also noted that north korean leader kim

a sent me thomas oscar of one file. tell me and tell views. what has changed for you right now as things stands right now, since this un resolution came out to be quite honest with you, nothing has changed. there a hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people living in the open, literally made has from way with, with speaking. they are a, strikes continue to heat, all parts of gaza always in a hospital. the other day, the wards, the overflowing, there are people who have had amputations lying in the car doors. it's disproportionately affecting women and children and gaza. this is what needs to stop. the civilian population continues to be the brunt of the conflict. and you know what, let's wait and see what this resolution brings in terms of and during the ending that suffering. thank you very much. thomasville time. we wish of course, the best for all of the under one aid workers as well as the innocent civilians put off with this. thanks so much, thomas white, the well, that spring in model on the shot, i'll just say we're a senior political

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by ginni thomas.ical links up to crow in 2011. 2012, conservative activists, leonard leo and kylian conaway to build a nonprofit group that he advises and give ginni thomas another $25, 000. he says the paperwork should include no mention of ginni, of course. 2014, tonsils three pieces of property. he co-owns to crow, including his mother's house. despite the law outlining that real estate steals must be disclosed thomas doesn't do so. coming up, we laugh so we don't cry. donald trump impressions are the stuff of legends that the guy has rain. they help unpack the first gop primary debate after the break. (husband) they'd take thiss? (caroler) ♪ very much so. just trade in that old phone. ♪ ♪ for a free 5g phone, plus netflix and max ♪ (wife) you really just should have done that. (caroler) ♪ this didn't land, she didn't like that. ♪ (husband) honey! i immediately get it! (avo) this holiday turn any samsung phone, in any condition, into a galaxy s23+ on us. and now add netflix and max to your plan for

tonight, we will feature common sense, a 47 page pamphlet written by thomas payne. watch c-span's encore presentation of books that shaped america weeknights at 9:00 eastern on c-span. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more. ♪ buckeye broadband supports c-span as a publ service along with these other television providers, give you a -- giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> good evening and welcome to live at the library and the preview of the new library of congress in c-span series books that shaped america. i'm was c-span's book tv. about 150 years ago when i was young, my parents were a little worried that my brother and i weren't reading enough. so they consulted miriam stauffer, she was the principal at our grade school in fort wayne, indiana. >> good evening, and welcome to live at the library, and a preview of the new library of congress c-span series, books that shaped america. my name is peter, and i am with c-span's book tv. about 150 years ago, when i who catalogs the unknown. zora neal

peter jefferson was thomas jefferson's father, the map came out when thomas jefferson w eight years olds father had range well beyond the blue rge to finth source of the potomac a getting the boundariesf e grant of land that went from the cheseakeay to the source of what is now west virginia.s of thomas jefferson never went that far we. he was a man who like to contemplate the world in larg part from this study, from the house that he felt, the little house on the top of the mountain, monticello, where he arraed erying and rearranged it, and rearranged. was constantly rebuilding it when he brghhis new wife up to monticello. they only had one room with a roof on it. he was in the process of rebuilding it by further activity. the monticello that bc when we visit today is one of the later iterations of it. by indian artifacts that lewis and clark brought back from their expeditions over the rockies to the pacific, and expedition thomas jefferson set them out on. to go beyond the u.s. territory of louisiana, all the way to the pacific, so he had his eyes on the west, but he didn't actually

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now, they've unearthed thomas' graft origin story. back to the year 2000, when thomas was speaking at something called awakening, a quote, "conservative thought weekend." always nice to spend the weekend learning a new skill. guests at awakening enjoyed golf, shooting lessons, and aromatherapy. which is why their mascot is shooty, the golfing bullet who smells like sandalwood. on the plane ride home, thomas hinted to a gop lawmaker that he'd quit if he didn't get a pay raise. keep in mind that, at the time, thomas' salary was $173,600, equivalent to over $300,000 today. now that "sounds" like it should be enough to live on... [laughter] congress never gave thomas or the other justices the raise he was asking for. but after thomas' threat, suddenly, rich conservatives became very generous to him. and in the years since, thomas has accepted a stream of gifts from friends and acquaintances, including private school tuition and tires. gotta say, tires is a weirdly awkward bribe. "francois, i know you said you don't have any open tables on

justice thomas has filed a concurring opinion. justice gorsuch has filed a concurring opinion in which justice thomas j justice kavanaugfiled a concurring opinion. justice sotomayor is filed a dissen opiniwhich justice kagan and justice jackson join. dissentingon in whichiled a kagan join.omayor and justice justice jackson did not participate in the harvard case. justice thomas: i joie court's opinion in ful although it is not mctice to announce my separate opinions from the bench. the race-based discrimination against asian americans in th case compels me to do so today. in the wake of civil wr nation amended our constitution to a slavery. it further proclaimed all persons born in the united stes are citizens entitled to the privileges or immunities of citizenship and the equal protection of the laws. as justice harlan claimed in dissent pssy versus ferguson, o constitution is corbnd, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. the great failure and tragedy of this country was slavery and its progeny. and the great fa

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justice h has filed a concurring o in which justice thomas joined. justice kavanaugh has filed a concurringon. justiceotomayor is filed a dissenting opinion in which justice kagan and just jackson join. justice jackson has filed a dissenting opinion in which stice sotomayor and justice kagan join. justic jackson did not participate in the harvard case. justice thomas: i joined the court's opinion in full, although it is not my practice to announce my separations from the bench. the race-b discrimination t asian americans in this capels me to do so today. he wake of civil war, our nation amended our constitio to abolish slavery. it further proclaimed all persons born in the united states are citizens entitled to the privileges or immunities of tizenship and the equal ottion of the laws. as justice harlan claimed in dissent in plessy versus ferguson, our constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerateclses among citizens. the grelure and tragedy of this country was slavery andts progeny. and thereat failure of this court was its misinterpret

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how they want him to root cues himself because of his wife, jenny thomas. democrats say jenny thomas was intimately involved in the alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. clarence thomas has not responded for comment on the story.? the iowa caucuses are next month. that means it's election year. the economy, inflation and jobs. other issues concern people in very different ways. these wedge issues make selections unpredictable. larry, usually it is abortion or immigration. >> they are everywhere. everyone is talking about them in different ways. big chasms between the democrats and republicans. let's look at the immigration issue which is really a nice way of saying border security. keeping the border safe from immigrants coming in. republicans, this is a yes or no issue. that is a critical issue and you could see how stuck they are holding up the whole thing with israel.>> will this supersede something else? we've got other things to worry about. the fact that they are so different, makes it tough for congress. >> that's one that cuts right down th

peter jefferson was thomas jefferson's fatr, the map came ouwhen thomas jefferson was eight years old. his father had range well beyond the blue ridge to find the source of the potomac and getting the boundarie of the grant of land that went from the chesapeake bay to the source of thrirs in the mountains of what is now st virginia. jefrson never went that far west. he was a man whoike to contemplate the world in large house that he felt, the little house on the top of the mountain, monticello, where he arranged everything and rearranged it, and rearranged. he was constantly rebuilding it when he brought his new wife up to monticell eynly had one room with a roof on it. he was in the process of rebuilding it by further activity. the monticello that bc when we visit today is one of the later iterations of it. by indian artifacts that lewis and clark brought back from their expeditions over the rockies to the pacific, and expedition thomas jefferson set them out on. to go beyond the u.s. territory of louisiana, all the way to the pacific, so he had his eyes on the west, but he didn't ac

i think there's a couple of things part of it's it thomas thomas's papers were were destroyed and there's not much out there will's biography thomas is probably the best thing going on, general, and it's very, very good. i don't want to disparage that book in any way. i think it's outstanding with what the sources he had. i think it's a mixture of clashing, personal style, clashing personalities and professional jealousy. because if you think about the personnel cities of grant and thomas they are very there different people and you know with today here we are 160 years later trying to dissect the relationship of two men who have been long dead and there are probably things that were apparent to people in the room that doesn't translate well on the page. and we've seen some accounts of that. there's the famous one of chattanooga, where grant rides the rain and gets there and thomas kind of stares at him. and finally, one of his staff officers says, what would you like to, you know, sit in front of the fire and have a cup of coffee, warm up, general, saying that to grant, you know, but so

well her, and you may think, what is thomas thomas's a piece that maybe nobody really knows or very few people know of mozart. he was 17 when he wrote it, but at the time he never really worked as a piece. and this time left for others about one of my favorite production and artistic companies in the world is putting it together for the multiple. here in salisbury cannot get to be the fortunate person who will conduct this production. but i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for one really, really the, our friend and person who i admire a lot. and he is the intimate then from your district, director of the multiple said, my dear friend mexican as well. well, i'm the us on the all, i, me was pretty those this thing and spend some vice who live this has been going on . and let's guess because i guess what are some of them like you could look at that? most of the unlucky is families in a heap the most up. remember i broke some color for those both. it's becky gone. now there must be no man. let's give it a level of you some of your uh oh oh oh oh. to see if uh to go to experience of it, do not

the author of those texts was ginni thomas, wife of jti clarence thomas. now jinny thomas has sworn her right-wing activism does not influence her husband's work. when she was called before the january 6th committee last year she told them it's laughable for anyone to know my husband to think i could influence his jurisprudence. the man is independent and stubborn with strong character traits of independence and integrity. and, yeah, this is a couple that reportedly shares a brain. in a 2011 speech justice thomas himself said that his wife, we are equally yoked and we love being with each other because we love the same things. we believe in the same things. and so this week senate judiciary chair dick durbin and other democrats have begun calling for justice thomas to recuse himself from the january 6th case. senator durbin told the hill this week there are so many unanswered questions about the justice and his family with the trump administration that i think in the interest of justice, thomas should recuse himself. now, whether justice thomas heeds these