C-SPAN 3 TV Schedule
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Historians in the Court
1 hour, 28 minutesWe hear a panel of historians discuss their roles as experts for court cases on subjects such as abortion, Native Americn treaties, gay rights, and affirmative action. They also examine how the courts value history and evaluate sources. The Organization of American Historians hosted this event at their annual meeting in New Orleans.
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Landmark Cases: Supreme Court Landmark Case Gregg v. Georgia
1 hour, 32 minutesCarol Steiker and Kent Scheidegger talked about the Supreme Court's 1976 decision in Gregg v. Georgia, the landmark case concerning Troy Leon Gregg, a convicted armed robber and murderer who challenged his death sentence. The Court ruled against Mr. Gregg but established guidelines for states using the death penalty. Clips played during the program included a 2009 Rehnquist Center discussion in which Justices Breyer and Scalia talked about the definition of "cruel and unusual" in the Eighth Amendment; an audio portion of oral argument in the case; and Rachael Penman of Alcatraz East describing the history and modern methods of capital punishment and the controversy over lethal injection. Professor Steiker is the co-author of Courting Death:The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment and once clerked for Justice Thurgood Marshall. Mr. Scheidegger's Criminal Justice Legal Foundation organization advocates in favor the death penalty and for a more swift-acting criminal justice system.
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Landmark Cases: Supreme Court Landmark Case Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
57 minutesNeal Katyal and Randy Barnett talked about the Supreme Court's 1978 decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. The landmark case concerns a medical school applicant who claimed he was rejected in favor of less qualified minority applicants. The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of affirmative action while rejecting the university's quotas. Mr. Katyal was the acting solicitor general in the Obama administration and has argued 37 cases before the Court. Law Professor Barnett is the director of Georgetown University's Center for the Constitution. The program began a CBS newscast clip of reaction to the Court's decision in the case. Other clips include the Library of Congress' Ryan Reft explaining one of Justice Thurgood Marshall's first civil rights cases and his ideas to change the way the NAACP fought for equal rights for African Americans and a portion of oral argument in the case.
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Hearing on Oversight of Citizenship and Immigration Services
2 hours, 27 minutesA House subcommittee convenes an oversight hearing for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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Heads of Facebook, Amazon, Apple & Google Testify on Antitrust Law
1 hour, 8 minutesThe heads of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook testify on antitrust law before a House Judiciary subcommittee.
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Heads of Facebook, Amazon, Apple & Google Testify on Antitrust Law
5 hours, 35 minutesThe heads of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook testify on antitrust law before a House Judiciary subcommittee.
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Campaign 2020: Future of the GOP
53 minutesThe Common Good hosted a discussion about the 2020 election with Republican strategist Susan Del Percio and Sarah Longwell, founder of Republican Voters Against Trump.
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Rep. Ken Buck R-CO
27 minutesRep. Ken Buck (R-CO), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, discussed his new book "Capitol of Freedom" and congressional news of the day.
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Arthur Ashe Boulevard Dedication Ceremony
1 hour, 37 minutesThe Virginia Museum of History & Culture co-hosted a ceremony commemorating the naming of Arthur Ashe Boulevard for the late African American professional tennis player. Guests included Virginia officials and keynote speaker Congressman John Lewis.
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Rosa Parks & Civil Rights Activism
1 hour, 7 minutesCivil rights pioneers Fred Gray and Congressman John Lewis talked about Rosa Parks and her long history of civil rights activism. They highlighted her influence in igniting boycotts and non-violent protests against segregation and discrimination. This event was held to celebrate the opening of the new exhibit "Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words" at the Library of Congress.
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Oral Histories: Courtland Cox
1 hour, 42 minutesCourtland Cox talked about attending Howard University, his involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, participating in the 1963 March on Washington, and serving as the Secretary General of the 1974 Sixth Pan-African Congress. This interview is part of an oral history project on the civil rights movement initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Lectures in History: The Civil Rights Movement
1 hour, 55 minutesUniversity of Washington professor Quintard Taylor looked at the civil rights movement from the 1940s into the 1960s. Professor Taylor focused on the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision on Brown v. Board of Education, the 1957 integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and the 1960 sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Arthur Ashe Boulevard Dedication Ceremony
1 hour, 37 minutesThe Virginia Museum of History & Culture co-hosted a ceremony commemorating the naming of Arthur Ashe Boulevard for the late African American professional tennis player. Guests included Virginia officials and keynote speaker Congressman John Lewis.
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Rosa Parks & Civil Rights Activism
1 hour, 8 minutesCivil rights pioneers Fred Gray and Congressman John Lewis talked about Rosa Parks and her long history of civil rights activism. They highlighted her influence in igniting boycotts and non-violent protests against segregation and discrimination. This event was held to celebrate the opening of the new exhibit "Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words" at the Library of Congress.
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Oral Histories: Courtland Cox
1 hour, 42 minutesCourtland Cox talked about attending Howard University, his involvement in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, participating in the 1963 March on Washington, and serving as the Secretary General of the 1974 Sixth Pan-African Congress. This interview is part of an oral history project on the civil rights movement initiated by Congress in 2009, conducted by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, and the Southern Oral History Program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
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Arthur Ashe Boulevard Dedication Ceremony
1 hour, 38 minutesThe Virginia Museum of History & Culture co-hosted a ceremony commemorating the naming of Arthur Ashe Boulevard for the late African American professional tennis player. Guests included Virginia officials and keynote speaker Congressman John Lewis.