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Monday, March 29, 2010

BASEBALL AND THE PRESIDENCY

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library presents:
BASEBALL AND THE PRESIDENCY
A Multimedia Presentation by Mel Marmer
April 11, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.

HYDE PARK, NY -- The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is pleased to present BASEBALL AND THE PRESIDENCY, a multimedia presentation by Mel Marmer tracing the relationship between America's highest office and America's favorite pastime -- from President Harrison to President Obama. The program will take place at the Henry A. Wallace Visitor and Education Center on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. This presentation is free and open to the public.

Which U.S. President delivered the most ceremonial first pitches in Washington, D.C.? Who was the first President to throw a first pitch at a Major League Baseball All Star Game? Mr. Marmer's presentation answers these questions and explores the special relationship between the Presidency and baseball from the mid-Nineteenth century to the present day.

Program attendees will receive a packet of reference materials including a copy of FDR's famous "Green Light Letter" from the Roosevelt Library archives. In the aftermath of the Pearl Harbor attack and America's entry into World War II, Baseball Commissioner Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis grew concerned about the propriety of proceeding with the 1942 baseball season. President Roosevelt promptly responded to Judge Landis' inquiry with what has become known as the "Green Light Letter" -- giving baseball the green light to proceed and expressing the value of baseball in time of war. The signed copy of Roosevelt's Green Light Letter received by Judge Landis now resides at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

MEL MARMER is a retired Cincinnati tax attorney and baseball historian who has delivered over 40 baseball presentations in the last three years. He has presented BASEBALL AND THE PRESIDENCY at the Eisenhower, Ford and Truman Presidential Libraries; the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center; the William H. Taft National Historic Site and the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. He lives with his wife Cynthia in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Please contact Cliff Laube at (845) 486-7745 or email clifford.laube@nara.gov with questions about the event.

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum is dedicated to preserving historical material and providing innovative educational programs, community events, and public outreach. It is one of thirteen presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. For information about the FDR Presidential Library call (800) 337-8474 or visit www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu.

Historic Hyde Park is a group of government and private non-profit organizations based in Hyde Park, New York. Each has a unique mission, but all are united in their dedication to extending the legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt to new generations. HHP includes the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill, the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, and Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site. For more information about HHP visit www.HistoricHydePark.org.

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

20071112 Poughkeepsie Journal: Panels explore presidents' relationship with Supreme Court By Michael Woyton

Poughkeepsie Journal: Panels explore presidents' relationship with Supreme Court By Michael Woyton

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071112/NEWS01/711120329/1006/NEWS01

Former justice gives keynote speech at 2-day conference

Monday, November 12, 2007

By Michael Woyton Poughkeepsie Journal

Photo by Denise DeVore/For the Poughkeepsie Journal

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor gave the keynote address during “The Presidency and the Supreme Court” conference on Sunday, at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park.

History American Presidents – and the Supreme Court Conference at FDR Presidential Library Nov. 11 and 12 2007

HYDE PARK - Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, speaking on "The Presidency and the Supreme Court," focused on four historic moments "in which the two large offices (the executive and the judiciary) have intersected, overlapped and even clashed," she said.

The first two involved Thomas Jefferson and the establishment of judicial review by the court and Abraham Lincoln's suspending habeas corpus, or the right to petition for relief from unlawful detention, during the Civil War.

The third centered on FDR and his desire to pack the court with his justice picks.

"He was more than a little annoyed that the justices were giving thumbs down to his legislation," O'Connor said.

The final example took place during the Korean War, when Harry Truman was prevented by the Supreme Court from taking over the steel mills to prevent a strike.

O'Connor was the keynote speaker at the conference organized by the presidential libraries and held at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park.

Read the entire article here: Poughkeepsie Journal: Panels explore presidents' relationship with Supreme Court By Michael Woyton

Sunday, November 11, 2007

20071111 The Presidency and the Supreme Court conference Agenda

This weekend I am attending a conference on the Presidency and the Supreme Court – November 11^th and 12^th, 2007 at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

The Presidency and the Supreme Court conference brings together a wide range of speakers, including scholars, policymakers, and journalists to deliberate on the complex relationship between the Court and the Presidency and the impact of that interaction on American society. Panels focus not only on the political process of Supreme Court nominations and confirmations, but examines the Court's influence on social issues, civil rights and governmental power in times of crisis. The conference also includes a keynote address by former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

This conference is sponsored by the nation's twelve Presidential Libraries, their foundations, the National Archives, the Foundation for the National Archives, and the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute with generous support from:

Thomson West, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP, Frederick P. Furth, Wiley Rein LLP

The Presidency and the Supreme Court conference Agenda

AGENDA

Sunday, November 11, 2007

1:00 p.m.

Welcoming Remarks

Professor Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States;

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Co-Chair,

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute;

Former President George H. W. Bush (via video).

1:15 - 3:00 p.m.

Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt and the 1930s Supreme Court

The consequential Supreme Court decisions, appointments, and presidential politics of the 1930s.

Chair: Alan Brinkley, Provost, Columbia University; Professors William E. Leuchtenburg and G. Edward White; Author and Newsweek Senior Editor Jonathan Alter.

3:00 - 4:45 p.m.

Shaping the Modern Court: Presidents Truman through Clinton

Insider accounts of Supreme Court appointments and how the appointment process has changed over the past sixty years.

Chair: Allen Weinstein; Ambassador C. Boyden Gray; Professors Douglas Brinkley and Laura Kalman.

5:00 p.m.

Keynote Address: The Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor

Monday, November 12, 2007

9:15 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks

Sharon Fawcett, Assistant Archivist for Presidential Libraries;

The Hon. Judith S. Kaye, Chief Judge of the State of New York.

Moderator for the day: National Public Radio Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg.

9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

The Presidency, the Supreme Court and Civil Rights

The interactions of Presidents and the Supreme Court on topics relating to race, discrimination, equality and civil rights.

Civil rights leader and former Assistant Attorney General Roger Wilkins; Professor David A. Nichols; former Secretary of Education the Hon. Shirley Hufstedler; Professor and former President of the American Civil Liberties Union Norman Dorsen; National Public Radio Senior Correspondent Juan Williams.

Lunch Break

12:45 - 2:45 p.m.

The Presidency, the Supreme Court and the "Culture Wars"

Presidential and Supreme Court concerns and decisions relating to abortion, the death penalty, gay rights, religion and other topics of societal division.

The Hon. Michael W. McConnell; Professors Heather Gerken and Michael C. Dorf.

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

The Supreme Court and Presidential Power

Supreme Court adjudication of the limits of executive power under the Constitution, especially in times of war and crisis.

Professor John Q. Barrett; former White House Counsel John W. Dean; Author and New York Times Columnist Anthony Lewis; former White House Counsel Beth Nolan.

5:00 p.m.

Concluding Remarks

Ambassador William J. vanden Heuvel, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.