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- Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch testifies at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in these excerpts from the second day of hearings. In response to questions from U.S. Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX)and Al Franken (D-MN), Gorsuch discusses "water boarding" as torture, the concept of "originalism" and its relationship with technology and scientific advances, the rights of corporations, the "plain meaning rule", and his past opinions on judicial interpretation of administrative rules. Senator Chuck Grassley chairs the committee.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-03-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Barack Obama announces the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the seat left open by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Obama says Garland is experienced and respected by his peers and recounts Garland's education and qualifications. Obama criticizes the Senate Republican leadership who have stated they will hold no confirmation hearings on any nominee until after the Presidential election in November. Garland says the nomination is the greatest honor of his life and looks forward to the confirmation process. Held in the White House Rose Garden.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-03-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Supreme Court Justice Nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about allegations that he sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford at a house party in Maryland while the two were teenagers. Kavanaugh categorically denies the allegations and asserts that any investigation will clear him and that there is an organized effort to discredit him and scuttle his nomination. He acknowledges that he attended parties while in high school but says that he never met Blasey Ford and that he never had sex until he was married. Kavanaugh also talks about his support of women and says that he has already hired a team of women law clerks in anticipation of being confirmed to the Supreme Court. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) chairs the hearing.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-09-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Clinton announces that he is withdrawing the nomination of Lani Guinier for assistant U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.
- Date Issued:
- 1993-06-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- In the second of two oral history interviews, Olga "Jo" Beltrame and her husband Ed Beltrame discuss their careers as union organizers for the United Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee (later called the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union). They talk about organizing the meat processing plants in Detroit, efforts to integrate the workforce at local restaurants, people thinking that childcare centers for workers were "socialist", organizing drives at packing plants in the South, the House Un-American Activities Committee, and management's exploitation of female workers. The Beltrames also talk about the efforts to organize Wolverine Worldwide in Michigan and the very difficult time they had. The couple says that they retired from organizing in 1974 and that unionism bettered their lives and the lives of millions of workers around the world. The Beltrames are interviewed by John Revitte, Michigan State University professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. The second of two interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-12-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Obama announces his nominee to head the World Bank, Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim. Obama remarks on Kim's previous experiences which prepares him for the position. He jokes about Kim's golf handicap and athletic prowess. President Obama also answers a reporter's question regarding the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida, saying, "If I had a son, he would look just like Trayvon."
- Date Issued:
- 2012-03-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Segment of the President's weekly radio address dedicated to supporting the nomination of Clarence Thomas for Justice of the Supreme Court.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-09-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama announces he is nominating U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General of the United States. Lynch thanks the President for the faith and trust he has expressed. She thanks the people with whom she has worked in the past. In response to a question President Obama expresses pleasure in the news that two American citizens have been freed by North Korea. Held in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
- Date Issued:
- 2014-11-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addresses the body about about the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and about President Trump's potential nominees to replace him. Schumer speculates on the impact a conservative Trump appointee may have on rolling back existing rulings on women's health, the Affordable Care Act, and marriage equality. Schumer reminds the audience about McConnell's purposeful actions to delay hearings on President Obama's nominee until after the 2016 election and says McConnell should similarly wait until the the new legislature is seated after the 2018 mid-term election.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-06-28T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Newly elected Kalamazoo city officials speak with Dr. Willis Dunbar on election night. Dunbar interviews Mayor elect Paul H. Todd, Vice-Mayor elect Allen B Millam, city commission members Allen H. Little, Neil Verberg, Ralph M. Ralston, and Cornelia A. Robinson. Todd and Millam say that they are excited by the opportunity to work with the new city commission, while the new city commission members thank their supporters and family.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-11-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection