35 Burst results for "Law Clerk"
The Eric Metaxas Show
'The Fall of the FBI' With FBI Veteran Thomas Baker
"Talking to the author of the fall of the FBI how once great agency became a threat to democracy. Thomas baker, you were just telling us how what we now call Pfizer foreign intelligence surveillance act. Was abused obviously by those who were enemies of Donald Trump, very creepy, the way these kinds of things happen. Very smart people looking for loopholes and looking for ways to do things. They ought not to be able to do. So talk about that a little bit. What exactly happened? Remind us. Okay. Well, as I said before, the Pfizer act was initially a reform, and things operated rather well under it for a long time. What has happened, particularly after September 11th, it was loosened up and loosened up. At first, the Pfizer applications for monitoring each one had to be signed by the director of the FBI and then by the attorney general, Kim herself, and so this led to very carefully reviewing that and this one in the FBI went in effect when the judge William Webster was the FBI director. He had a team of law clerks, read every word in those. I mean, it had to be perfect. So I've got a lot of scrutiny. What's happened since then, this requirement has been loosened up and loosened up and loosened up so there's a whole wide range of officials who can approve these things. And from just two or 300 a year and by the way, these numbers do get disclosed publicly a year or so after the fact. So from just about 200 a year for a long time, have to September 11th to jumped up to a thousand a year, and now it's up in the past year or two to three and 4000 every year and we now know from the work of the DoJ inspector general that hundreds of these are being directed at U.S. citizens. Okay, so the point is to get permission for the FBI to spy to surveil American citizens. We have these fisa courts set up and what you're saying is that over time it became more and more abused until we now know that what happened with Trump before he even was elected or inaugurated that these kinds of things were being enacted, presumably at the behest of Obama and his people
Bloomberg Radio New York
"law clerk" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Important thing, which are its opinions. And no doubt that does get some help from the law clerks, maybe understand the technology better. But for the most part, the court based on the people I talk to in my reporting gets better grades than a lot of members of Congress do. Greg, so what's at stake with the case that they're going to hear next week? And what exactly is it? What are they going to hear? Yeah, so this is, as you said, this is an argument that they're going to have on a Tuesday of next week. Tuesday and a somewhat less important case on Wednesday. The Tuesday case is all about the thing called section two 30, which has been around since 1996. It basically shields social media companies, other Internet companies from liability because of posts put up by their users by third parties. And that is basically served as a very broad shield for Internet companies. And this is a case involving a lawsuit by the victim, the family of a terrorism victim saying Google through its YouTube service basically recommended terrorist content terrorist videos and provided support to ISIS. And the question is whether that lawsuit can even get in the door. If the Supreme Court says, yes, it can get in the door or carving out a bit of a bit of an exception to section two 30 computer companies, social media companies say we are really worried that there will be no stopping that and that that will force us to be a lot more restrictive about the content that our members our users can put up on the Internet because we're worried about being sued over it. Okay, and what does industry have to say about this? And this won't be the only two 30 case that they hear, right? Well, so they have a two 30 case on Tuesday, as I said, there's a second case on Wednesday involving Twitter and it's actually kind of a related question about whether the family of a terrorist victim can sue under this law that's called the anti terrorism act. The industry is basically saying, this case has the potential to really transform the Internet and not in a good way. It will force us to be, it could force us to be censors to a large degree. It could restrict speech on the Internet and they are arguing that if there's going to be a carve out in section two 30, this is really something that Congress ought to be able to do because it can be a lot more precise rather than the blunt instrument of a Supreme Court opinion. That was Bloomberg news Supreme Court reporter Greg Stewart, along with once again the editor Bloomberg businessweek Joel Weber, Madison mills sticking around for our next segment. Still ahead on Bloomberg businessweek, despite Tesla's bullish start to 2023, one long time Tesla fan and investor remained dissatisfied with the company's leadership and direction under its always busy CEO. Elon is clearly running Twitter here and that's his priority, which is fine, but if something ever happened to you, I mean, he is working like 20 hours a day. You know, you know, what's the plan for Tesla? So these things don't seem to be answered from Tesla and so now I'm pushing for board seat because I think it's time for there to be some accountability to these issues. So what's Gerber Kawasaki's CEO Ross Gerber to do? He
Game of Crimes
"law clerk" Discussed on Game of Crimes
"I went to work at Oklahoma, we are, we have a Supreme Court for criminal cases, called the court of criminal appeals. And I went to work there as an intern. And I loved it. I mean, it was just a theory of the law talking about the procedure and I thought to myself, I just want to be an appellate lawyer. In fact, there will be a law clerk. I talked to my judge about it. And I said, I love this. Come on there for a second. Everybody's heard the term law clerk, and every now and then I have to look, what does it mean to be? Because we hear about the people who clerked for Supreme Court judges, justices, what does it mean to be a law clerk? So coffee, donuts, sandwiches. Most judges like these, if you ever see a packet for an appeal, all these transcripts and laws and briefs are both sides come in. And they do that. And so what the law clerk does is kind of go through. They may take a look at the citations of law, read the briefs, check the law, do some research to kind of see where that is. The way we did it there was at the time the law clerks they would write like internal memorandum about the briefs would read those and if it was an unpublished case, what we call the summary opinion, which was just not just kind of hey, we don't find any marriage relief here if it's written and unpublished. There would be more work that went into them. And so with the law clerk does is a lot of the heavy lifting. And assembling the tags and putting them together and so we would actually look at the issues, take the briefs in there, and read. Brief the judge on it and he would kind of decide that's at least what our judge did. What he's going to do. A lot of issues, look, if it's a unique issue, then there'd be more time spent on it, but there are some issues that are the laws very settled in there. The judge doesn't need to be briefed on the law. And so the defense may raise them every time. But it's a very well settled law so they can kind of get through those pretty quickly. So that's kind of what a law a law clerk does. What was one of the most unique things you worked on during that time when you were clerk and was there any particular case or issue that may have made it to the Oklahoma Supreme Court or to a circuit court or beyond?
The Doug Collins Podcast
Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana on the Supreme Court Leaker
"Johnson, you're Louisiana, congressman. You were an absolute rockstar as far as the constitution and doing what's right. And I think that's been a great thing. So as we get into this discussion, one thing I just want to start off is sort of broke very recently. I just find it hard to believe. And it's going to lead me to speculation that the Supreme Court couldn't really figure out who leaked the document, which lends to tell me it possibly could have been an actual spring court justice that they were just didn't want to go there. Yeah, we've been awaiting the outcome of this internal investigation for a long time, as you know. And we were so deeply disappointed yesterday with the supposed outcome. Now, the problem is that the person in charge of investigating this inside the institution is the Supreme Court Marshall. That is not an investigatory agency or they don't have the depth or the knowledge or the expertise to do it. And so we don't know what stones have yet been unturned, you know? I mean, did they did they use polygraphs? Did they question the liberal justices themselves? Or was it just the law clerks? Somebody's not telling the truth here. And so that means Doug, of course, the culprit is still at large.
AP News Radio
What did Roe v. Wade actually say? The landmark abortion rights ruling, explained
"The Supreme Court says so far its investigation has failed to find who leaked a draft of an opinion overturning abortion rights. More than 120 people were interviewed over the last 8 months, including the justices law clerks, all of them swore under oath. They did not disclose a draft of justice Samuel Alito's opinion that overturned roe versus wade. It's not clear if the justices themselves were interviewed about the leak. This was the first time an entire opinion reached the public before the court was ready to announce it. The court says the investigation isn't over yet, and is not ruling out the possibility the opinion was inadvertently left in a public space and
Bloomberg Radio New York
"law clerk" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Car until they find out how much they cost an average of $66,000. Price is everything. And a lot of people want to talk about things like safety and styling and fuel efficiency and kindness to other earth. And those things all play into people's purchase decisions after price. That's Carl brower. Executive editor and IC cars, the online auto marketplace. He says there's a good reason for the high cost. When you have lithium and nickel and palladium and all these materials that go into electric car batteries, going up in price over the past year like they have, you have to follow suit by raising the retail price of the vehicle. But this may help, the Treasury Department now considering expanding the $7500 EV tax credit in the inflation reduction act to cars made outside the U.S., volvos, Mercedes, Nissan's Hyundai's, which could give overall sales in the U.S. a big boost. Tom busby Bloomberg radio. And I'm Susanna Palmer in the Bloomberg newsroom. Supreme Court investigators probing the May leak of justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion overruling roe V wade have narrowed their inquiry to a small number of suspects, including law clerks. The Wall Street Journal which cites people familiar with the matter for the information reports officials have yet to conclusively identify the alleged culprit. A day after the draft opinion was published last year by Politico, chief justice John Roberts, a sign of the Supreme Court's martial Gale curly to investigate the leak. The court hasn't released any information regarding the investigation since then. An unprecedented chunk of the global diesel market, the workhorse fuel of the global economy is just weeks away from being subject to aggressive sanctions, beginning February 5th, the European Union, the G 7 and its allies will attempt to impose a cap on the price of Russia's fuel exports, this as the latest punishment for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That will coincide with an EU prohibition on almost all imports of Russian oil products. The cap and ban on refined fuels and in particular diesel has some oil market watchers concerned about the potential for price spikes. If you are driving to Colorado for a ski vacation, you're going to need a little more money this season. Bloomberg's Nancy Lyons reports. A prolonged refinery outage is tightened oil supplies, causing gas prices at the pump to be way up. The head of the
Bloomberg Radio New York
"law clerk" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Vacation time for money and higher salaries. Lisa Matteo, Bloomberg radio. And I'm Susanna Palmer in the Bloomberg newsroom. Supreme Court investigators probing the May leak of justice Samuel Alito's draft opinion overruling roe V wade have narrowed their inquiry to a small number of suspects, including law clerks, The Wall Street Journal, which cites people familiar with the matter for the information reports officials have yet to conclusively identify the alleged culprit. A day after the draft opinion was published last year by Politico, chief justice John Roberts, a sign of the Supreme Court's marshal, Gale curley to investigate the leak. The court hasn't released any information regarding the investigation since then. An unprecedented chunk of the global diesel market, the workhorse fuel of the global economy is just weeks away from being subject to aggressive sanctions, beginning February 5th, the European Union, the G 7 and its allies will attempt to impose a cap on the price of Russia's fuel exports, this as the latest punishment for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. That will coincide with an EU prohibition on almost all imports of Russian oil products. The cap and ban on refined fuels and in particular diesel has some oil market watchers concerned about the potential for price spikes. If you are driving to Colorado for a ski vacation, you're going to need a little more money this season. Bloomberg's Nancy Lyons reports. A prolonged refinery outage is tightened oil supplies, causing gas prices at the pump to be way up. The head of the
Mark Levin
Clerks Asked for Phone Records in Supreme Court Probe
"See the Supreme Court now the investigator for the Supreme Court has asked all the law clerks and perhaps others for their telephones and their telephone records Their cell phones I suspect what you'll find is that some of these individuals have leaked to the media and their Democrat Friends Have leaked to the media and their Democrat friends and not just in this one instance We'll see how many of them object to having their phones taken by their employer
The Kicker
"law clerk" Discussed on The Kicker
"The court operates and how it how it. You don't know. I don't know. There was when roe was announced, there was a leak the week before. About the outcome. It didn't have the opinion or anything. And the roe had been before the court for two terms. It was re argued. It was argued a second time. So it was there for two terms. And apparently, as I recall, what we later learned was that at least the person who confessed to being the leaker, and it turned out there were many more people, but the person who thought it was his fault, had had a promise from the reporter that he talked to about it because they were, I guess, a law school colleagues or something like that. And the friend had promised him, and it was David beckwith from Time Magazine. It promised him that he wouldn't print anything until the opinion was announced, and then chief justice burger delayed the opinion announcement for a week, and time went with the story. Right. Oddly enough, it wasn't a huge, huge, huge story because among other things, I think president Johnson died and a lot of other things conspired to put it not to be the lead story. Chief justice burger was terribly upset. You know, wanted to take all kinds of very dire measures. But Larry Hammond, the young law clerk who went to his boss, Lewis Powell and confessed, and Powell just said, you know, don't worry about it. I mean, you did something stupid. You didn't think you were doing something damaging to the court. And we'll leave it at that. Don't do it again. And take this lesson. We were snookered. And there are members of the court who undoubtedly feel that way. They don't want to get into a swivel about this. It is falls in the category of I know this is a family program. It falls for them in the category of shit happens. And this is particularly bad shit, but it happens, and you don't want to change the nature of the institution by making it a police police state within the court. There are people who would resist that on the court, and I don't know how that shakes out. And I don't know how the chief justice feels about it. And since we're not there and this is not a beat like other beats where you're constantly talking to law clerks and members of the court, we don't. So clerks are not supposed to talk to us, really. So how do we know I read in the days following the leak that Roberts, for instance, was livid? How do we know that? Oh, I think you can. I know him well enough. Everybody knows him well enough in their people. The word gets out. I mean, but you don't, it's not like somebody in his chambers. Is likely to say to me, you can't imagine how bad it was..
WCPT 820
"law clerk" Discussed on WCPT 820
"Say this in my morning stack I don't even want to focus on this bolt Who leaked it Who cares That's what the right wing is trying to do right Ted Cruz I need to be prosecuted if I go to jail for a very long time No law was broken Exactly It's not even illegal Yeah It's like a draft opinion It's not classified It's not It seems that the Supreme Court loves its fundamental right to privacy Yes they're very huffing about the right to privacy aren't they Yeah It's almost like they had no choice in the matter Of the memo being late did they But this is just like all the rules that Donald Trump trampled over because they weren't codified It was just an accepted norm Yeah Right That's exactly what this is So you know what But this is like Republican get a clue Was it perjury and the why by way Was a candlestick And did a liberal law clerk do it or conservative What about John Roberts Was it left Just left in the printer That one would be funny If someone just left it in the prison Judy Thomas picks it up JD Thomas Well that's the thing You don't know They're trying to cement in the right wing votes They're trying to who knows Or someone's trying to create blowback to change their minds I have no idea But it's okay But you knew that's what they were going to do And of course in every legal expert is like there is no law has been broken out But they're going to focus on oh my God this is awful And we've got a prosecute this Enormous been broken but that's not prosecutable Taking a right away that people have had for 50 years is also enormous that's being broken I mean they broke all kinds of norms when Trump was in office Oh my God Let's hear from the president yesterday Oh okay.
WTOP
"law clerk" Discussed on WTOP
"Following the aftermath of the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the 1973 roe versus wade decision that guarantees abortion rights Chief justice John Roberts confirms the draft published by Politico is authentic though he emphasizes it's not a final decision Roberts has ordered an investigation into the league He calls it an egregious breach of trust CBS News legal analyst thane Rosenbaum joined us a little earlier to talk about it and we started with the breach in protocol and why someone would risk their career by leaking this document One thought is how to get a Hollywood agent to do a movie the week about you Because if you are if you were a left wing law clerk and you were prepared to give up your entire career because you would be disbarred on the theory that you'll end up being a Joan of Arc or a whistleblower or Thomas more become sort of the face of a movement to preserve rights of reproductive freedom That's one way of looking at it It's a big risk that someone would give up a career as a Supreme Court law clerk you're at the highest of your level and then you give it up on what again Thomas more principles The other thought is that it comes from the right wing right What's the thinking there Well maybe some of the justices in the majority were soft and they might move back to the other side And someone strategically thought if we make it public they're going to have a very hard time doing that because it's only a 5 four decision anyone who leaves it changes the outcome radically It seems to me whether it comes from the left or the right It is those 5 conservative justices and whether as you put it they're soft or maybe a little movable Do you think one of them might be I think so I mean remember I think there's also another way of looking at it that they're trying to push Roberts to join them right So that by leaking this it makes him feel like well you know what I might as well join the majority in this case because the legitimacy of the court has now been undermined The confidence in the court We can't even keep our secrets right We're subject to the betrayal of our clerks So he might because he's so sensitive about the political ramifications of decisions of the court The chief might join the majority But yes there was always the thought that who would be movable would be Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett And one of them might be movable to the other side but right now they're part of this majority in this draft opinion And there are those who obviously are opposed to what this would do who claimed that it isn't just about abortion that there could be other rights that Americans have right now that could be in jeopardy down the road Do you buy that argument Well here's what they're saying They're saying that the conservatives always say hey there's no right to an abortion in the constitution There's no enumerated right At the same time there's no numerator right for contraception or the right to marry or same sex marriage or same or homosexual relationships All of those rights were read into the constitution pursuant to a sort of what the right wing would say a mythical right to privacy So now you have a House of Cards right This mythical right to privacy if you're conservative says well all those unenumerated rights were justified by a right to privacy that was written into the constitution that does not exist If you pull one out the rest of them could fall as well So there is a legitimate concern there CBS News legal analyst thane Rosenbaum Stay with us here on WTO It's playoff time starting tonight with the caps in Florida will preview game one 5 14 For 60 years LMI is focused on delivering the solutions federal agencies need to achieve mission success LMI has been a proud consulting partner for many agencies within the Department of Homeland Security including customs and border protection The federal emergency management agency and immigration and customs enforcement Elam is vice president for Homeland Security Scott racinos.
WTOP
"law clerk" Discussed on WTOP
"70 67 in Silver Spring 65 fort Belfort 67 in foggy bottom Great to have you here at two 41 as we continue to follow the aftermath of the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would overturn the 1973 roe versus wade decision that guarantees abortion rights Chief justice John Roberts this afternoon confirms that the draft published by Politico is authentic though he emphasizes it's not a final decision Roberts has ordered an investigation into the league He calls it an egregious breach of trust Well joining us live to talk about it at all fame Rosenbaum He is CBS News legal analyst It's great to have you back saying thank you so much Thank you Sean Thank you Dmitri The people who are alarmed by the possibility row could get overturned don't want reporters and analysts to focus on the leak itself but on the contents of the draft opinion but the leak still brings up a host of questions including why would someone risk a career by breaking protocol like this What's your thought on that Well one thought is how to get a Hollywood agent to do a movie the week about you Because if you are if you were a left wing law clerk and you were prepared to give up your entire career because you would be disbarred on the theory that you'll end up being a Joan of Arc or a whistleblower or Thomas Moore you know become the sort of the face of a movement to preserve rights of reproductive freedom That's one way of looking at it It's a big risk that someone would give up a career as a Supreme Court law clerk here at the highest of your level and then you give it up on what again Thomas Moore principles The other thought is that it comes from the right wing right What's the thinking there Well maybe some of the justices in the majority were soft and they might move back to the other side And someone strategically thought if we make it public they're going to have a very hard time doing that because it's only a 5 four decision anyone who leaves it changes the outcome radically It seems to me whether it comes from the left or the right It is those 5 conservative justices and whether as you put it their soft or maybe a little movable Do you think one of them might be I think so I mean remember I think there's also another way of looking at it that they're trying to push Roberts to join them right So that by leaking this it makes him feel like well you know what I might as well join the majority in this case because the legitimacy of the court has now been undermined The confidence in the court We can't even keep our secrets right We're subject to the betrayal of our clerks so he might because he's so sensitive about the political ramifications of decisions of the court The chief might join the majority But yes you know there was always the thought that who would be movable would be Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett And one of them might be movable to the other side but right now they're part of this majority in this draft opinion And there are those who obviously are opposed to what this would do who claimed that it isn't just about abortion that there could be other rights that Americans have right now that could be in jeopardy down the road Do you buy that argument Well here's what they're saying right They're saying that the conservatives always say hey there's no right to an abortion in the constitution There's no enumerated right At the same time there's no numerator right for contraception or the right to marry or same sex marriage or same or homosexual relationships All of those rights were read into the constitution pursuant to a sort of what the right wing would say a mythical right to privacy So now you have a House of Cards right This mythical right to privacy if you're conservative says well all those unenumerated rights were justified by a right to privacy that was written into the constitution that does not exist If you pull one out the rest of them could fall as well So there is a legitimate concern there We appreciate your time feigning your expertise good to talk to you Anytime gentlemen fain Rosenbaum he's CBS News legal analyst At charmin we heard you shouldn't talk about going to the bathroom in public So we decided to sing about it.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"law clerk" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Likely somebody inside the court itself leaked a confidential internal draft to the press Almost certainly in an effort to stir up an inappropriate pressure campaign to sway an outcome Professional I wonder what you think about that is it in fact whether it was intended that way or not a challenge to the independence is senator McConnell puts the court or at the very least an undermining of the stature of the court in our republic Well the fact that such a leak could take place does suggest that the court needs to figure out how it happened And make sure these things don't happen in the future You know we live in a world now with social media which is quite different from when I was a law clerk in 1972 73 And that may mean that individuals were able to break into either a leader's social media platforms or others in the court or may mean that a justice in the court or a law clerk in the border and secretary in the court actually took the hard copy and gave it to a report I don't know anything about what those facts are None of us does at the moment But he's absolutely troubling I think McConnell's wrong in suggesting or at least maybe wrong and suggesting that the reason for this was to put pressure on the justices either to reach a different result than they had presumably tentatively decided to reach or to put pressure on them to write a different opinion It's possible that that was the case But it's also possible that it was leaked simply because this was a cool thing to leak And somebody in the court of secretary or whatever So it would be interesting to make it public So we just thought it all enough to make the kind of assumptions that McConnell's making Yeah and chief justice Roberts in his statement today said this is not going to change the way we do business here Thank you so much professor Professor Jeffrey stone of the University of Chicago school of law Coming.
The Doug Collins Podcast
Rep. Mike Johnson Reflects on the Appointment of Amy Coney Barrett
"I think it's an interesting, maybe not beautiful's word, but I think it's very proper that the architect of the strategy going back to griswold then roe and others was Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And the seat that Ruth Bader Ginsburg hill, which was a pro abortion seat because of her views, was taken by Amy Coney Barrett, who we know fully understands is not if I were right. It's sort of a cosmic karma about that. Don't you like that? I think God smiling there. Well, I think he is. And I spent a lot of time with president Trump on Air Force One. During his term, he went to Louisiana 9 times as a sitting president. And I think I went on most all of the trips, but a lot of the conversations I had with the president was about the Supreme Court because as a former constitutional law litigator, I understand the greatest longest lesson legacy of any president is who that individual puts on the Supreme Court because they sit for life, right? All their federal judges appointments, but particularly the Supreme Court. And he had already had Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, but we anticipated because Ruth Bader Ginsburg was in frail health that there was a chance that there might be another opening before the end of his first term. And so each time we were with him, I would try to pivot back to that point and I would always bring up Amy Coney Barrett because I've known Amy since we grew up together in Louisiana. I've known her since high school. She's from the New Orleans area down south Louisiana. I'm from Shreveport northwe, but we would meet up at these nerd student leadership camps around the state and we came fast friends and so when she was on the short list, I was very excited because I've known her, you know, we turned 50 this year. I've known her for almost a half century. 40 years or more, and I've known that she has always been intellectually consistent. She's always been a person of deep moral character, you know, genuine faith in God and very subtle principles. She was a law clerk to justice Scalia, and as I told president Trump, she'll be the female Scalia, sir, you know? And so when she finally did get the nomination, we were
Mark Levin
What Data Set About COVID Is Justice Stephen Breyer Being Fed?
"Go My question really is I'd like to turn this to is state You heard what I asked I mean you know 750 million new cases yesterday are close to that is a lot They were not 750 million new cases yesterday First of all there's 330 million people in the United States To have no idea what he's talking about and he has no idea what he's talking about Go ahead I don't mean to be facetious But that's why I said I would find it unbelievable That it could be in the public interest Just suddenly stop these vaccinations And he was talking about stopping vaccinations Does he even know What's being debated his colleague son of said nobody's mandating Vaccinations and then he says it would be unbelievable if we stop these vaccinations And even dealing with the same set of information are they dealing with reality Go ahead It was given was a lot of people will quit Well we should consider that My wonderful law clerk has 61,475 63,422 61,466 61,474 to 475 Those are pages I don't think you should read all 61,000 But nonetheless there are at least 5 or ten pages where they went into this They said 5 or ten pages where they went into this And of 61,000 and change
Armstrong & Getty On Demand
"law clerk" Discussed on Armstrong & Getty On Demand
"A medical draft deferment from the vietnam war during due to his history of asthma was a high school star athlete but his asthma was too bad to go to war. But whatever Trump had bone spurs He then worked as a law clerk in public defender in delaware before he joined the newcastle county council. In nineteen seventy so. They can't tori. Ming of the wide open spaces of idaho and lumber work. His autobiography says biden and his late wife who married nineteen sixty six while in law school moved to the home state of delaware and sixty eight shortly after anyway. She go through all kinds of speeches talking to friends. You look at his his history his career. You look at the company you do any fact. He's never mentioned it before. Didn't mention it in his own book but he says he regularly mentioned to his friend. The senator from idaho about how his family almost moved idaho to take this lumber job. I regularly attended council meetings wearing a coon skin. Cap to remind me of my dream to go to idaho so this article is very very long and again. My point is not some sort of so vote biting or anything like that. I just think it's interesting that he regularly does things like this now is it. Is it something that all politicians did back in the day because back in the day he goes to. Idaho gives us and gives a speech. Nobody here's a word of it. Outside of the few people that were there not a chain. Yeah but now get fact checked by the entire. Is it just that politicians used to make up stories like this all the time and he just hangs out of the habit not just think. He's a fabulous. He's like brian williams he either can't discern between the truth in a fantasy or he or he just has to embellish stories to please the audience..
The First Degree
"law clerk" Discussed on The First Degree
"With all the after mentioned media coverage the judge agreed that it was in fact necessary for the trial to be moved to a new venue. It was the only way. Chris could get a fair trial so the case was to be tried emotion. Koshen new york almost two hours south of albany. Another topic for debate was joan. Identifying chris's her attacker detective. The defense want that piece of evidence thrown out because her story contradicted statement. She later make which is that. He wasn't the attacker. The defense belts her head nods. A detective dish were not sufficient communication however in the end the judge sided with the prosecution and allow jones original statement in the form of head nods to remain as evidence in the trial. So the trial kicked off in july of two thousand and six with joan. Chris's brother jonathan. Sitting directly behind crescent support the prosecution laid out their case against crests and this included him being a lying cheating scheming sociopath who prior to attacking his parents staged several burglaries to steal from them and sell their items for money to fuel a fake lifestyle. He feigned to his college friends and prosecutors claim that chris's motive to murder. His parents was because they had uncovered all his lies. And chris had no way out of these walls that were closing in on him and not only that. If christmas parents were killed chris would now inherit all that they owned and this would clear all his debts and give him more money on top of that. The state presented a witness in the form of one of the pocos neighbors and their testimony was not good for chris. The claim that at around four. Am on the night of peter pocos murder and the attack on joan. They saw crecy jeep parked in the family's driveway and that fits the prosecution's time where chris was after his jeep was seen leaving the school at ten thirty the night before arriving back at school at eight thirty the following morning the defense worked to discredit detective as initial exchange with joan at the scene following her attack clean that john would not have been cognizant enough to identify chris azra attacker in her relies state additionally two of the other lead detectives on the case very unfortunately had passed away. Since this attack it occurred and they were the only ones on scene. Who would have been able to corroborate Testimony the defense also tempted to discredit the bethlehem police department as a whole claiming that officers failed to consider other suspects. The only focused on chris. The defensive strategy was essentially to place blame at the feet of quote unquote other suspects. Who had not been investigated at all. And if your call peter porco worked as a law clerk at the albany county courthouse so the defense had learn that some disgruntled defendants had thrown threats towards peter in the pass and one. Such defendant vowed to get revenge against peter and the judge during a custody case. That didn't go in his favor. So the defense is suggesting that this guy could have been the person responsible for this crime so the prosecution countered and a guy had actually been looked into and the foreign defendant had an alibi for the night of the attack. The defense wasn't done. They then introduced their most explosive allegation yet. They pointed to another member of the porco family as the possible. Perpetrator or the possible reason why this happened. He was known as frank the firemen porco and he was peter's great oncle at frank worked as a fireman for twenty years which explains the nickname fire acts. It was used as a weapon during the attack. But why would frank hurt nephew. Peter or his wife joan. You see frank was a well known. Captain of new york's notorious banana crime family and they really had a hold on the city dating back to the eighteen. Ninety s two years before peter's murder frank had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder charge. Yes and franken also been implicated on charges of loansharking and racketeering and had been sentenced to two years in federal prison. That's sounds pretty light for someone facing conspiracy to commit murder charges as well as racketeering and loansharking and because of this many believe that this very light sentence may have been the result of francs snitching on other banana family members so that offensive gesture that frank snitching could have been the motive for someone to want seek revenge. That being said. I don't know anyone who would go after a great nephew as like. I'm gonna hit him where it hurts. Great nephew I know my great aunt. In like i wouldn't be the worst person for them to go after if they wanna to hurt her. It's a reach thing right she. There's many people closer to her or to this. This great uncle right. That would hurt more so real stretch. In my opinion stretch prosecutors debunked these theories and they noted that the police visited franken prison after peter's murderer and they learned that he was in good standing with the banana family. So it makes no sense that anyone would come after frank's family and do we need to talk about the fact that chris is the kind of guy who on top of murdering his parents would also attempt to frame a family member for something this horrific did he choose the acts as the murder weapon specifically for this reason. I don't know but it is truly disgusting. Probably he thinks he probably thinks he's pretty smart like probably if he's willing to kill his daddy definitely willing to frame his great uncle. Yeah wouldn't be. The worst thing is done this is. I think he absolutely did for sure it was like i'm so smart i got it. I'll use an ax from my own garage. Yeah then there were some much away testimony from chris's brother. Jonathan with a brother of the accused murderer and the other some of the victims say jonathan is a naval lieutenant who was thousands of miles away when the crime took place. According to jonathan kris told him the same story. He told police that he was passed out on the couch and his dorm building when the murder had taken place he testified that the weapon similar to an axe. The family had kept in the garage. He also confirmed that he and chris knew that if their parents ever died. They would become beneficiaries of their estate rights and on the stand while. Jonathan didn't turn on chris. He inferred that he and christopher estranged in their relationship was highly strained. He said his dad was amazing. A hardworking guy. Who loved the law. Law-abiding good father mother. He sang equally. Positive praises according to spotlight news in the courtroom. Jonathan never looked at chris during his entire testimony there was definitely an icy feeling between the two of them and the jury was later questioned. They said that this icy relationship is very strange. Dynamic was just one more piece of the puzzle for them. Cherry on top of all of the other evidence that prosecutors presented with a hat in front of them was proof that chris burglarize his family's home on multiple occasions he burglarize employers. He lied he cheated. He forged documents took out lines of credit against his parents name. He did all of this to maintain appearances with college friends to impress fellow students. He lied constantly. There was surveillance footage stolen items in his possession ebay accounts connected to him. Proving sold these items. All of them are pieces of the puzzle. That were right there to be put together. Dots to be connected. After closing arguments from both sides. The jury went out to deliberate and on august tenth after twenty one days in court. The jury found chris guilty of second degree murder and attempted murder months later. A judge sentenced chris to forty six years behind bars and he would be up for parole. In december of two thousand fifty to the judge also said quote. I fear very much. What happened in the early morning. Hours of november fifteenth is something that could happen again. Chris was taken to the clinton correctional.
KLBJ 590AM
"law clerk" Discussed on KLBJ 590AM
"Need to come in over this holiday weekend. For a vaccine and then we'll reach what they're saying is minimum herd immunity. Austin, Travis County Health authorities said it would take 70% and 90%. Travis County residents who are 12 and older, receiving at least one dose. Of the vaccine, too. To reach herd immunity. Travis County over 760,000 people, 12 and older of been vaccinated with at least one dose. As of Friday that was around close to 70%. In Texas. More than 2.9 million people have tested positive. Over the course of the pandemic. 59 no 104,000 have died from it, U. S health officials saying today. That this Delta variant is accounting for about 40% of the new infections. Nationwide so far. 51283605 90 is our phone number. Glad for you to jump in. Give us a call or since the text here. On K. L. B. J. Here's some other big news to you know the We got a lot of rulings from the Supreme Court, as always happens in the month of June. I'm not going to talk about any of those, but the term has ended. The next term starts this fall. When they begin hearing cases again and so forth. There's always at the end of the term. A lot of speculation Well, Are any of these Supreme Court justices going to hang it up? And there's been a lot of spotlight on Justice Stephen Breyer. As of late. He's 82 years old lot of Democrats. Are suggesting he needs to step down now and give President Biden an opportunity to replace him. On the Supreme Court. But the news coming into we're really broke this weekend. Is that Breyer has hired a full complement of four law clerks. For the next Supreme Court term. That's usually a signal they're not. Planning to retire or don't have any immediate plans to retire. Lot of speculation in recent months, but He's hired Clerks staff. So in the absence of any health issues. You would kind of think. Well, maybe Breyer is going to hang around. For a while longer here. I saw this note of. If you're a teenager out there and you're not working, then you must not want to, because there's a lot of jobs for teenagers these days. It says, Uh, Those teenagers who are employed 33%. That's the highest point since 2008. Report here says a lot of people are rethinking their jobs since the pandemic, 25% say they're more likely to seek work. In in a new field. And I always like to look at those numbers and then lay him up against This information. Couple of articles here about the increase in automation, especially in the service industries. And some of this was brought about by the pandemic and and the speculation is a lot of the stuff is just going to keep going on and keep accelerating Telemedicine telehealth Is a good example of technology that really ramped up over the course of the pandemic. And now a lot of the experts. Are suggesting that there's really no looking back and it's hard to imagine that a lot of people are not going to still try to continue to use telehealth telemedicine opportunities. When they can. But the push toward automation it's uh Course a lot in the restaurant sector, right? We've heard about the robots delivering food. Automated systems taking the orders that drive thru lanes, all of that kind of stuff, right? But There's the hotels or retailers or manufacturers. A lot of other businesses have accelerated their investments. And In these kinds of technologies, whether it's in the kitchens And restaurants in the grocery business and their warehouses. Amazing the development. The rapid pace at all This stuff is happening. So, as I read these stories about a lot of people think in al, maybe I'll change jobs. And now maybe I'll wait for the government checks to run out in September. Yeah, well There may or may not be that position you're looking for when you started getting back out there. Due to automation. This may be kicked in in a pretty big way, doing a lot of traveling over the fourth of July. Weekend here, gas prices are up. Pretty dramatically to go along with demand, you know? Demands up a lot as well. You're out on vacation. What about a hotel rooms? Hotel rooms up 44%. At the end of June compared to year earlier. Of course, there's hardly nobody in hotels this time last year, right airfares about 24% higher in May. In the same month last year, so you know costs are going up. Right to use cars of 8% jewelry up 6%. Indoor plants. Six for Symbian, trying to rent a car lately. Mean the numbers here say, like 21%. That's just through April. I'm guessing those numbers. I mean, you hear some cars depending on where you're trying to rent. Couple 100 bucks for a day. For a rental car. That's pretty amazing. 51283605 90 if you'd like to join us here on K LBJ Quick break when we come back some fourth of July news for you right here on K L. B. J this Mm.
The Munk Debates
"law clerk" Discussed on The Munk Debates
"Right so this is not our. This whole argument is misplaced. It is not an argument about the sovereignty of parliament. The issue is by simply passing. A motion does parliament have unfettered right to receive any documents regardless of their security classification because parliament only pasta motion. It did not enact off. Were being i think. That's semantics. peter agr our best constitutional experts have said that in this instance. The government is in contempt. They have been ruled in contempt by commission splits. Apart for a minute it was rolling contempt by the speaker who seek advice from the law clerk the senior civil servant in this case seems to the president of public health agency of cav received legal advice from justice department officials not from his own folks in his own department as north from the prime minister's office. He that he would be in Be committing a criminal so you have here and this is no big surprise. Competing advice from lawyers to deal with any of them. You just look long enough. you're gonna find. The lawyer was going to give you a competing opinion. This is going exactly where it should be going to. The core and the purpose of going to court is not to speak of court. Nothing's going to happen to the speaker. The purpose of going according to get a ruling does parliament just any unfettered writers. Maybe unfortunately to to you and others that are enthralled with the power of the executive you may be a little disappointed in a judge that rules in fact that there is no standing for the government in front of it vis-a-vis or a request for a ruling because what parliament gets to decide. It's not a perfect system is perfect but we have to. We have to live our principles. Do and right now. All of the rule of law parliament has no capacity to get access to classified material. We did set up. A committee told two years of negotiations because the principal compete year. Rogers took two years of pain holiday to get a committee of parliamentary. No it's not a parliament. Sorry let's be clear on that point. This is not a body of parliament. It reports the prime minister. It exists on the government of canada. Website is an institution of government canada not of parliament. That's right because they could not come to consensus. When undertook. two years of discussion abo- how classified information would be handled by a committee of parliament. That's the question we're debating. Let's talk solutions. Because we're we're running up on time in the we go from here and i think one of the easy things to do which could bridge what the speaker has suggested as a solution the law clerk which is the documents be provided and redacted by the law clerk that the law clerk than have a consultation with the members of the china china candidate committee to review the pieces that were redacted. Why don't we swear in. The members of the china committee can't china candidate committee to national. Security's act give them all security clearance impossible security clearance in the past..
Verdict with Ted Cruz
"law clerk" Discussed on Verdict with Ted Cruz
"Justice even the most liberal justices agreed with that result but this potential divide among the more conservative justices could be powerful foreshadowing for what may play out next year. When there's several big cases coming down including a major abortion case including a major second amendment case if there is really a divide. If we see cavenaugh siding with roberts more and even potentially barrett siding with roberts more than suddenly on an abortion case. It's not clear where there are five votes on the court and so it puts real uncertainty to wear. The court's majority is going to go next year and in the years to come. I just have to know before we get to the obamacare case. I just have to get this off my chest. Senator are we ever going to have a reliably conservative court because i know republicans have put their blood sweat and tears into electing people to the presidency into getting through the judges on the nomination and yet to invoke the title of your book. We always seem to be one. Vote away on really crucial cases. Well and and you're right and there's a reason for that. I mentioned the last chapter my book where i go through the history of supreme court. Nominations and there is a pattern. If you look at the justices who have been principled. Constitutionalists people like scalia. People like thomas people like my former boss. William rehnquist people like alito. They all had a pattern. They have all had significant records in government typically the executive branch they of all defended the constitution defended conservative positions. And they've been excoriated. They faced withering criticism and abuse and they have it wavered. And that's the pattern that has produced justices who have the the spinal fortitude to withstand the pressure on the court on the other hand. When you have justices that that don't have a paper record that that have been Very careful very guarded avoided saying anything almost without fail. They turn out to be disastrous so focused on a couple of key decisions george herbert walker bush when he was president he in one room david suitor hitter in another room. A judge named edith jones. Edith jones was the strongest conservative her generation. She was on the fifth circuit. She was rock ribbed suitor with someone who had never expressed an opinion on any contested constitutionally. His whole life he had no paper trail. Bush forty one picks suitor instead of jones. That was a catastrophic mistake fast. Forward bush forty three bush forty three had in one room. John roberts and in another room my old boss on the court of appeals. Mike ludwig mike ludik was at that time. The same thing. Edith jones had been unquestionably the strongest conservative appellate judge in the country rock ribbed. He'd been scalia's very first law clerk has been an incredible friend and mentor to be bush. Forty three like his father went with the easier choice. Roberts had been very careful about what he said. He didn't have that many controversial positions. It was an easier confirmation that proved a major decision. Had they not made those decisions obamacare would have been struck down. Had they not made those decisions we would have seen some major major victories. And had i been in the white house. I would have picked edith jones and not david suitor pick. Mike ludik and not john roberts and then when it came to president trump's nominations look..
860AM The Answer
"law clerk" Discussed on 860AM The Answer
"Business. Let's get on with it and meet Dr Johnson's Johnny's been. Hello, John. Hello, records. So nice to be on your program. Well, thank you for being on. It's a great honor. I need to tell the I don't know how long we've known each other, but it's got to be at least 30 or 40 years, isn't it? Doctor? It's me, e. I think we were both five years old. When we first met, Then I think we were five. I think exactly correct. Um, we both go back to if I recall your dad or your uncle or somebody was one of my campaign committee. When I first ran for Congress many many years ago. That was my dad. That's correct, He woz, and that's how I got introduced You and then for years that we belong to the same organizations and And in fact, you instructed one of my kids in school. As I recall, I did. And if I recall, he did well and I went on and is becoming a very successful attorney himself. He would like to feel that I'm sure but anyway, uh, John and will may in a way of introduction. I know that you were struggling, putting the midnight Oh, filing a brief before the Supreme Court earlier in the week. And I'm assuming you've got that done, right? Well, we wait. We got that one was in in another case, but our most recent briefing the Supreme Court, we also burn the midnight oil but very important brief and the Hawaii versus Trump case dealing with executive orders on immigration. Well, I think that would be a great place for us to start. I'm sure a lot of our listeners don't have the understanding of exactly what happens and how the court works. And why. Professor Ph. D. J. D professor in Orange, California is doing things that Supreme Court with respect to something that's happening in Hawaii. So I thought, maybe if you could give us a little bit of background, maybe even talk a little bit about your Early years when you were clerking for Justin's Thomas, that might be a good introduction, and then we can lead into what these challenges are that you're experiencing sure and and I'll do it by way of a since we're in the week after Mother's Day of telling a story from my mother, who passed away a few years ago now When I when I graduate from college and then went on to graduate school and got just not just a master's degree but a PhD and graduated from that she sent me a set of coffee mug that says, I have a B, A and an M. A. And a PhD Now All I need is a J. O B s. I went off the law school to get a lot of Greek is my wife and I both determined that the prospects of A long and solid career in the academy. For somebody of my political views was not very strong, and she also was a PhD and the chance that we would get it the same. University or not, even in the same city was you know to to remote So I went and got it. There's a law degree and shot right out of law school. I got a law clerkship, First of the Court of Appeals and then at the Supreme Court in United States, um There are only four law clerks per justice every year. That's 36 people out of all of the law students in the country that graduate every year. It's fairly prestigious and fairly select group of people. So I wrote my mom a note. I said, I got that job, and she said, Ah, Lot clerkship. Is that like an internship when you're going to get a real job, so mothers have a wonderful way of keeping you humble. But what the law clerk to do is help of the justice. Each justice's chambers in the Supreme Court. United States is like a many law firm. Um, the senior partner, the managing partner, and, uh, you know, the name partner all rolled up in one is the justice but the four associates That helped him do the work of the court or her do the work of the court. Those air the law clerks and Ondas Justice Thomas reminded me when I came in. It's an intense year for the law clerk because, as he said, you're the sprinter. I'm on the marathon runner. I'm gonna be here for 25 years. So you've got to give me every ounce of effort you have the year you're here and so that I can keep doing this year in and year out. And that's what we did. We helped we did the research we way helped the drug justice with drafting of opinions, Of course, the final work product and the ideas and the positions are always his. But the law clerks Have a tremendous opportunity to help in that process, which is very significant and also the one aspect of our government that most people don't see much about. It's not on These bandits not and press conferences like the executive or C Span with legislative hearings and what have you what the justices do is behind closed doors until they issue their opinions. Well, we have one justice issues their opinions on TV now. Well that together and some of them, you know, and sometimes they'll be cantankerous disputes and so justices will read their opinions from the bench. Um, particularly if it's a dissenting opinion, and they're really upset with the direction the majority went. Doesn't happen often, but it does on occasion, and it always gets the Supreme Court bar Watchers, you know, kind of gets their attention. Well, did you get paid for this? Yes, there was a full paid government attorney salaried position on dirt, and like I said, it's it's only for one year. Which is phenomenal year, But it's also such an intense years. Probably not something you could keep up at that pace for for much longer than that. So here's the key was mother happy? Mother was happy. That's right. Mother was happy, and she realized my brother actually came and visited one time and got some wonderful pictures with the justice. My wife and kids were came visited the justice chambers. We have a wonderful picture of My son sitting on the justices me reaching for the candy jar on the coffee table in front of that double. Definitely be an heirloom. Well, John, we're coming up with a break. I know you're very familiar with the radio world. Having spent many times in radio and in TV is a guest. And an expert witnesses, so to speak, But I'd like to pick up when we come back. Maybe you could talk about some of those cases and it always like if you can help us to figure out how are we? The listeners can.
WCBM 680 AM
"law clerk" Discussed on WCBM 680 AM
"Well, I'm a peer recovery coach and what I what I've seen in my early career. It's still Only a few years in but It. I've seen it both ways. Where either the wife of the husband of the sufferer, um He's either a helicopter helicopter. Um, partner they're called, you know, like you hear helicopter parenting, Right? Right. Well, there, there's ah, you know? I want to be involved. I want to go to family sessions. Please fix my husband or wife. Then I've seen the opposite where they're just like Uh, here. I'm not gonna partake and family support. Um, you know, it's kind of the stigma so strong that it's kind of like here. Just fix my husband or wife. And there is no involvement. You know, And I think You need to be in the middle of the spectrum. Um, you know a lot of times. It's the first time Uh, you will have to educate the love dorm about what their loved one's going through. So I typically for somebody who's new Typically explain it. Like, Look, your husband powerless over alcohol. You know this. He knows this. Your parents over his decision. Just like he's powerless over alcohol. He's a grown man or a grown woman. There's nothing You could say Like like you have to accept. You're powerless over him and work on yourself. Because of all those, um Because all the complications like Angela was describing which is absolutely correct. And what I've noticed is A lot of times when like Angela was describing when when somebody gets over there different person. Sometimes the woman or the man fell in love with The person in active addiction. Or, you know when they gets over it, though, Look around with their family, and they'll be like, Oh, my God, this is ah! You know? As as even seem like. Do I love my wife? Like, what am I doing? Everything's different When you Get sober. Wow. So getting better sometimes makes things Not so great. I mean, is that right? Well, getting better means like Who are you? Who is the real you underneath all the numbing but you've been doing over the years. What makes it not so great for a while, and then you figure out everything and then Things I would imagine will be 1000 times better than Having someone drinking to excess or using drugs sticks. Excess. Well, right and something just the layer of underlying everything you know, so people gets over and be like I hate my job. Like they'll be like, you know, I was Taken stimulants and drinking after and then I don't even want to do this. I don't even want to be a law clerk. Like, what the heck was I think, you know, just So a city counseling and services is like the skinning just one layer of the onion. You know, it's the first glimpse Into what's going on underneath. So that could that could I mean, what's going on in the marriage in the job with everything? It's such a thin layer. You know, you never know what you're uncovering right? Yes, I think that's true. I think that's true now, do you If you were going, we have to take a brief brief break. But if you know someone who is experiencing in this if you're experiencing this yourself if you're in a family where there is someone who is a substance abuser And things have changed because they have healed. We'd love to talk to you Give us a call. The number here is 1 809 226680..
WDUN AM550
"law clerk" Discussed on WDUN AM550
"American women the right to vote was ratified by Congress 100 years ago on August 18th 1920. Over the next hour. We'll look back at the key events that took place during America's second revolution. Talk to descendants is some of the central figures in the women's suffrage movement. Then fast forward 100 years to today to see how the 19th amendment continues to impact the lives of all Americans. We'll also hear from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Thinks the 19th amendment didn't go far enough. It's a remarkable story of determination and resilience. I'm your host, Therese Crowley. Stay with us for 100 years, several movement. Let's start by setting the scene. It's July of 18 48 in the small, picturesque town of Seneca Falls in upstate New York. It was a time when the right to vote was limited to white men. Several 100 women and even some men are gathered in a local chapel for a two day women's rights convention among the organizer's 32 year old Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Colin Jenkins is Stanton's great great granddaughter. She was working like 72 years before the Constitution was amended. That's pretty amazing. Pretty amazing to figure out what direction should America go. Stanton, along with her friend and fellow suffragist Lucretia Mott, organized the convention to present the declaration of sentiments. Document written by Stanton calling for social and legal changes to put women on an equal footing with men. The document lists 18 grievances, everything farm women's inability to control their wages and property to the lack of the right to vote. Stanton's declaration of sentiments reads like the Declaration of Independence. Except in her document. All men and women are created equal. What followed was decades of speeches, marches, lobbying, and even some acts of civil disobedience. But all that hard work paid off in 1920. Congress ratified the 19th amendment to the U. S constitution. Unfortunately, many of the movement's early supporters, including Stanton, didn't live to see it. Your great great grandmother, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, came from a conservative background. Her father was a lawyer, judge, politician and upstate New York. What role do you think growing up in that environment played in her activism. She was a thinking person first is one of the law clerk said. You see that necklace you have, and she just gotten it for is a child for Christmas. And he said, Who owns it? And she said, it's mine. I just got it is a present. And then he said, When you get married, your husband will own it and he will be able to swap it for cigars and your necklace will go up in smoke. And you know, it's really interesting is I think most people think maybe that's not fair that you've been given a present and somehow somebody else all the sun owns it and couldn't do anything they want with it. So this is basically called women's property rights, and she was learning them as a child. So she was familiar with basic human rights at a very young age every year, they read the declaration of the independence in their hometown. And it was a very big deal. There's a big celebration. What she heard that every year, and that's Jefferson writing. All men are created equal. They're endowed with certain inalienable rights among them life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, And obviously there's a great ideas. That are the foundation of our nation. And she said When she became 32 went to Seneca Falls for the first women's rights convention. She took that one sentence and rewrote it, She said. All men and women are created equal. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was way ahead of her time. Kind of a trail blazer, you know, based on the time period. How difficult was that? Do you think that's part of her legacy? When she was 32 at that convention, they say you are going to make us look ridiculous. Can you imagine? And that's what they felt that you're too much of a radical. You're asking for the vote. And you're going to make all of our other requests Look ridiculous. Ridiculous You're going to undermine us. On D I think that that's another legacy not only collecting women in law, but really understanding the fundamentals of what is America. What? What do we stand on? And She applied it to women. And what about the legacy over the 19th amendment itself? Voting gives a public voice and it's not based on men and woman. It's a fundamental right of citizenship. In the United States, and I think that's really important so everybody can celebrate the 19th amendment, and also, everybody should remember that it exists. And it says your right to vote shall not be denied. Or a abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex. So that means if you feel like somebody standing between you and your vote, you've got a problem. America has a problem, and if we want to do the right thing, we're going to fix that problem. What do you think your great great grandmother's advice would be to today's activists pushing for change? I think that she would say Never give up. Just keep going. And she would enjoy the process very different from what we're seeing today where some protesters is saying Here are my demands. Meet them now around us. They use their words. They use petitions. They used media. They did marches. They kept going their whole lifetime. It's impossible to talk about the women's suffrage movement without mentioning one of its earliest and most visible later, Susan B. Anthony Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton met in 18 51. Several years after the Seneca Falls, Women's Rights Convention and right away became fast friends. Together, they traveled the country for more than 50 years, giving speeches and fighting for women's right to vote. They also form the National Woman Suffrage Association in the push for a constitutional amendment. The text of what would become the 19th amendment was originally drafted by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and introduced to Congress in 18 78. Then rejected in 18 87. Constitutional amendment was proposed again in 1914. 1915 1918 and in February of 1919 It didn't get enough votes to path. Until May of 1919. Just so happens it was during the Spanish influenza pandemic. Both Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton died several years before the amendment giving women the right to vote was ratified. 1920. But as author and historian Jane Hampton Cook points out, they did see some of their efforts pay off. They were successful and getting laws passed in New York that allowed women to own land, for example, so a lot of the state laws that Rode them to call for women's right to vote. A lot of those laws changed and got better for women during their lifetime, so their legacy definitely is larger than The the amendment to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote because they did have some successes in other ways, according to Anthony's obituary in The New York Times shortly before her death at the age of 86, Anthony said to a friend. You think I've had more than 60 years of hard struggle for a little liberty? And then to die without it. Seems so cruel. The U. S. Treasury recognized Susan B. Anthony's work by putting her portrait on dollar coins in 1979, making her the first woman to receive that honor. Coming up. They battled sexism and racism. At the same time,.
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
Georgia certified Biden victory as Pence visits the state
"Today on the day. That president elect joe biden was certified as the winner of georgia's sixteen electoral votes. Mike pence campaigned in georgia for republican. Senator david perdue. Who is now facing new questions about his financial transactions the daily beast reports right before he was put in charge of a powerful senate subcommittee with jurisdiction over the us navy. Senator david perdue began buying up stock in a company that made submarine parts and once he began work on a bill that ultimately directed additional navy funding for one of the firms specialized products purdue sold off the stock. Earning him tens of thousands of dollars in profits. There seems to be something of a pattern. Here with georgia's republican senators after closed senate briefing in january about the potential impacts of covid nineteen senator. Kelly law clerk sold off as much as three point one million dollars in stock while purchasing stock in a telework software company whose products would become all the more important for people forced to work from home during a pandemic at the same time. Senator purdue purchased one point eight billion dollars in stock including in a company that produced personal protective equipment here democratic candidate for senate john also during his last debate with senator perdue. Perhaps senator perdue would have been able to respond properly to the covid nineteen pandemic if you hadn't been fending off multiple federal investigations for insider trading. It's not just that you're a crook senator. It's that you're attacking the health of the people that you represent. Senator perdue is now refusing to debate. Jon ossoff again before the january fifth senate election in georgia
The Young Turks
Amy Coney Barrett's alarming non-answers
"Ab Coney Barrett is still undergoing her Senate confirmation and she refuses to answer any questions which is definitely problematic when she gets asked questions that should be considered lay ups for instance, when it comes to electoral issues or the possibility of Donald Trump. You know really flexing his muscle and attempting to turn this country into full a full-blown dictatorship she seems to be open to some of the maneuvers that he has floated. So for instance, when it comes to the possibility of Donald trump delaying an election, something that trump again has considered in the past coney gave a concerning answer. President trump made claims of voter fraud and suggested he wanted to delay the upcoming election does the constitution gives the president of the United States cs thority to unilaterally delay general election under any circumstances does federal law Well senator if that question ever came before me, I would need to hear arguments from the litigants and read briefs and consult with my law clerks and talk to my colleagues and go through the opinion writing process. So you know if if I give off the cuff answers than I would be basically illegal pundit. And I don't think we went judges to be legal pundits I. Think we went judges to approach cases thoughtfully and with an open mind. Yeah except I mean people like Amy Coney Barrett consider themselves constitutionalists who take the constitution and interpreted verbatim literally So let's take a look at what article two section one of the United States constitution says about the possibility of delaying a presidential election. The Congress the Congress not the executive branch the Congress may determine the time of. Choosing, the electors and the day on which they shall give their votes, which day shall be the same throughout the United States. So long story, Short Congress gets to make that decision not the incumbent president. John. It's clear and the only thing clearer than that is that she will answer questions very forthrightly and very quickly and perfectly happily about things that don't reveal that she is nothing but a right wing ideologue because being put into the Supreme Court to take away your healthcare and take away your right to practice reproductive freedoms and if necessary give the election of Donald trump that's. That's they're for. Those are the things that she sort of cloak and there's a side of not accepting the science on climate change of course as well. But mostly, it's that she doesn't want to reveal that all the things that the left and even the center fear she'll do on the Supreme Court. She totally being chosen for that. The right doesn't need to ask detailed questions because they already know that that's why she was chosen on the election related stuff trump wouldn't have. Nominated her if he asked her, hey, if I bring a case to you asking you to shut down the mail in ballots you. GonNa. Are you GonNa do that and she'd say we'll know that would be unethical. I'm certainly not GonNa shut that down. Yeah. He's still would've nominated her totally he has no interest of his own heart. All of that is is so clear I don't know maybe that's why in your intro you said this is so boring but yeah, kind of because. She is it's the same it's the same you know. Situation with Supreme Court nominee evading the questions you know answering. Specific questions regarding constitutionality by just discussing what she would do procedurally. Yeah. Yeah. We know we know how the Supreme Court Works, okay we're asking you for you to weigh in on what the constitution says about the president unilaterally delaying the election. This is not difficult but of course, going to the question as she does in the next video, we show you when it comes to Donald Trump and his. The possibility of refusing a peaceful transition of power. Should a president commit themselves? Like our founding fathers I think had a clear intention. Like the grace of George Washington showed. To the peaceful transfer of power, is that something that president should be able to do? One of the beauties of America from the beginning of the Republicans that we have had peaceful transfers of power and that disappointed voters have accepted the new leaders that come into office. And that's not true in every country and I think it is part of the genius of our Constitution and the good faith and goodwill of the American people that we haven't had the situations that have arisen in. So many other countries where there have been those issues have the president. Oh good. Congratulations. President Hinting that he will not have a peaceful transition of power is unprecedented congratulations. You realise that now, why don't you answer the question? What was that? Like. I don't need a history lesson I don't need a comparative analysis between the United States and some other country I need to know what your thoughts are on an incumbent president losing the general election and refusing a peaceful transition of power. What are your thoughts on that? I can get I mean the whole thing it just feels so pointless at this point apparently, it can't be stopped. We knew we knew before the first hearing why she'd been chosen and more importantly we knew everything we need to know about ethics the fact that she was willing to be a party to this process three and a half weeks before the election after so many people have already voted the. Fact that she was willing to stand for a spot on the Scotus under that told us what we need to know about our ethics. She will do whatever she needs to do to get that position. She's obviously made promises and she's ready to make good on them and you know just going back to the constitution which she claims to value What does the constitution say about the transition of power? Well? The terms of the president and the Vice President shall end at noon on the twentieth day of January and the terms of their successors shall then begin. That is what the US. Constitution says the Twentieth Amendment when it comes to title three section one chapter one of the US code here's what it says about a peaceful transition of power the electors of president and vice president shelby appointed in each state on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in every fourth year succeeding. Every election of a president and vice president. So it's a very wordy way of saying, Hey, Joe the person who loses needs to do this, and the person who wins needs to do that and Let's go ahead and follow through on what our so-called democracy Requires us to do when someone lose those loses an election, but she evades that question and she evades it by either talking about procedural things. She did in the previous video, we showed you or giving us a history lesson. Mentioning, unprecedented. This is in her own cute little way. It's just it's pathetic. One more video for you. This was the exchange that she had with Amy Klobuchar on. Voter intimidation. Judge Baron under federal law, is that illegal to intimidate voters at the polls? Senator Klobuchar I can't characterize the Fox in a hypothetical situation. I can't apply the law to a hypothetical set of facts. A can only decide cases as they come to me litigated by parties on a full record after fully engaging precedent talking to colleagues writing an opinion. And so I can't answer questions like. I'll make it easier eighteen USC, five, nine, four outlaws, anyone who intimidates threatens courses or attempts to intimidate threaten our curse. Any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote. This is a law that has been on the books for decades. Following that Senator Club Hr's threw a stapler. I'm just kidding. No. But. She did a great job with that line of questioning she provided evidence for why it's considered illegal and all conybeare it had to do. There was say voter intimidation at the polls is. That's it. That's it. That's all she had to say but she wouldn't say
People of the Pod
Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"Epic luck is a professor of law and the Founding Faculty Director of the Solomon Center for Health, Law and policy at Yale Law school she is an expert on Congress and the political process federalism civil procedure and health law among her most recent work is the most extensive empirical study ever conducted about the realities of the congressional lawmaking process published as two articles. In the Stanford Law review she has worked for. A Mayor Governor and senator, but she's here today because she also worked for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg she and fellow former clerk Jillian. Metzger wrote a piece in the new. York. Times just days after Justice GINSBURG staff recalling her impact on them and on equality for men and women in America professor. Thank you for joining us and before we begin our deepest condolences to the loss of your mentor and friend. Thank you so much. It's really a loss for all of us. Yes. Well, I believe you were at the all night vigil last night for Justice Ginsburg I'm hoping you can kind of take us there and describe that experience. Sure. So many people saw on television yesterday the law clerk stood outside to receive the justices casket, which is a typical tradition, but was very striking. I think yesterday because we covered the plaza, an perse because there are so many of us. But second because you were social distancing for covid. So created quite a striking visual I'd ask her ceremony. There is a tradition that other justices have observed where there's an honor guard that guards the casket for the entire time at lays in the court and law clerks at the sign of honor to their boss. Often stand is shifts next to the casket what we did yesterday and are still doing until tomorrow morning actually for the full forty, eight hours, the casket is. The court is that we have two law clerks that are standing by her side every single minute from the time she got to the court through the night. So I was there last night at midnight that another shift at one forty in the morning it's not unique as you know in the Jewish tradition, there is that tradition of standing by the side of the body for burial and several people have asked me wells is happening because she's a Jewish justice. This part of the Jewish tradition at it's a happy coincidence. It's not just for her as happened before, but I was very meaningful I think and really special way to honor her well. Let's talk about just the Ginsberg's impact on you. What did you learn as her clerk started in July two thousand three, right? Yes. Can you talk about your time as for Clark but also impact on you going forward from that time I mean I think her impact on anyone Shane. Countered is really immeasurable as a law clerk for her her work ethic is renowned. She worked harder than anyone I just did another interview with someone else who's I? Well, very supreme court advocate who mentioned that you know nobody prepared more than Justice Ginsburg even the lawyers who are preparing their cases or less prepared than she was on as her law clerk, you could not out prepare her so was she taught us aw was this work ethic and the idea of Being incredibly careful. So you can stand behind your work, one, hundred percent she instilled that in us an enormous way, the other things that she instilled with us during the clerkship or some of her signature qualities. So she was remarkably collegial in the sense that she could disagree and dissent without throwing sharp elbows or causing fights and remaining friendly and close with her colleague. She's obviously the independent thinker. She also had just an amazing life outside the court she basically filled her. Entire. Day She would work until eight pm she would go to the opera than she will come back and work more and she sort of showed you how to have this incredibly full life where you could work hard and you know she wouldn't use your play hard but you know fill your life with all the things you love and every aspect and the last thing say about my time there that her relationship with her husband was as I said before one. For the ages and you could not work for her without seeing that relationship would have birthday parties for every law clerk in her office at her husband. Marty would big cake they were such equal partners. He was her biggest booster her stories through the ages were all about how they supported one another different times in their career. It was really an amazing experience for young person. I was newly married at the time to see that kind of marriage and learn from it. So did she maintain a relationship with her clerks after their terms the court we're up? Oh, absolutely. It was sort of remarkable and a Guy John Stronger and deeper and deeper. Every year I would say that with every passing year I felt closer and closer and closer to her, which is just
CNN Political Briefing
An army of RBG's clerks gathered to meet her casket
"Baiter Ginsberg's flag draped casket was greeted on the steps of the Supreme Court by her fellow justices and former law clerks in a somber and moving seen as three days of official remembrance begins for the late justice in his remarks chief justice. John Roberts described her as the daughter of immigrants who face discrimination because she was a woman in eventually became a Rockstar on the nation's highest court win. She spoke people listened Roberts said RPG will lie in repose outside the Court. So the public. Can pay their respects over the next day and on Friday will lie in state at the Capitol. In that is an honor that no other woman has ever gotten rby breaking barriers to the very end. She'll be buried next week at Arlington National
The Takeaway
Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life and legacy as she lies in repose
"And tomorrow at the U. S. Supreme Court building. On Friday she will lie in state at the U. S. Capitol. She's the first woman ever to be given this honor all this week. We've been looking back at the life and legacy of Justice Ginsburg and we'll continue that today in 1993. When President Bill Clinton nominated Justice Ginsburg to the Supreme Court, he referred to her as quote the Thurgood Marshall of Gender Equality Law. Begins work herself sometimes pushed back on the comparison to Marshall and his trail blazing civil rights work. I'll take this opportunity to say I don't like the comparison of me. Deserving Marshall because my life was never in danger. His wass he went to his southern town in the morning. I couldn't be sure he'd be alive at the end of the day. I never had that. Kind of threat. That was Justice Ginsburg, speaking in 2018. While much of Ginsberg's legal work indicated clear understandings of racial discrimination, some critics have called out some of her more personal shortcomings when it came to race, for example, Like most of her male colleagues on the bench, she hired few law clerks who were black or people of color. Joining me now is Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women's Law, Center. Fatima, Thanks for being with me. Glad to be with you. So how did racial equality factor into some of justice Ginsburg's early legal work? One of the things that I think few people know is when she was at the two women's rights project. She out actually filed a really important Grief in the court in a case involving whether or not there should be the death penalty for rape. And she really used that case and that breathe Toa High light. Both the race tropes around sexual violence for black men. And also the way in which notions of purity that have been attached to white women that they actually are harmful to white women into everyone. And so you know, one of the things that I think may seem more quiet and subtle about her work is that she got really clearly the idea that we were all harmed by discrimination. We were all harm by Whatever form it took, whether is racism, sexism, disability discrimination that that is a through line throughout her work. In yesterday on this show. We've been
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Thousands expected to pay respects as judge lies in repose in Washington DC
"To pay their respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg over the next two days as she lies in honor atop the Supreme Court Steps. Chief Justice John Roberts let a private ceremony with family and more than 100 of Ginsberg's former law clerks this morning before 183 majority concurring and descending opinions will steer the court for decades. They are written with the unaffected grace of precision. Ginsberg's absence on the high court could shift its ideological center from Chief Justice Roberts to President Trump's Last nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. More from Bloomberg's Kathleen Hunter could be particularly important when it comes to issues like abortion. That could go before the court and Cavanaugh in particular his propensity to sort of narrowly craft agreement that we've seen our opinions that we've seen so far from him. That could be something that you know becomes very, very decisive. Sources tell Bloomberg Senate Republicans there formulating plans to hold the hearings for President Trump's nominee around October 12th and that could set up a full vote in the Senate. A week of October. 26th President Trump plans to announce his choice to succeed Ginsberg on Saturday. The White House says he will pay his respects to her tomorrow. The government
Morning Edition
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's army of clerks to stand guard at the Supreme Court
"To the United States Supreme Court. Her body is arriving now in a black hearse in front of the Supreme Court building here in Washington, D. C. It will be brought inside for a memorial service in a building where she took part in historic rulings over more than a quarter of a century. We want to tell you that her former law clerks and dark suits and dark masks have lined the marble steps in front of the court. Supreme Court police officers are about to carry the casket into the building. Her foiled fellow justices, of course, were there along with court colleagues and family and friends for what is the first of several services. To honor her life and her legacy. Ginsberg lived 87 years was born in the Depression and lived well into the 21st century and her influence on American history spread over decades. Well before her appointment to the Supreme Court. As a lawyer in the 19 seventies, she argued a string of cases before the court, pressing it to recognize the equality of the sexes. As a justice, she authored landmark rulings herself and we're going to bring that service live. NPR's Daniel Kurtz Leben is outside the court. Now as Supreme Court police officers have taken the casket to carry it inside. Daniel, What are you able to see in here? Well from a distance. I can see those. There's just started to carry the casket. And right now, now where I am I'm on the south side of the port, where people are lined up socially distance to to pay their respects to her later this morning, and it's it's really hard for me to convey to you how much she personally met so many people here. I want to play a piece of tape for you. I spoke to a woman named Shaft Collins. She flew here from Colorado. People came from far and wide to come to this today on she told me just how much theater Ginsberg meant to her. Here she is. I have struggled in my own life and her achievements. Let me know that I actually might be able to achieve something in life. I was a homeless veteran for years. And although I'm now late to school, I hope to go to law school one day, so I'm now pursuing my bachelor's, and that's all from having been on the streets after serving in the Army. Yeah, There are so many people who I talked to who who start crying when they talked about received organs, especially women. She she meant so much to a lot of these people.
News, Traffic and Weather
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, aka 'Notorious RBG,' was an unparalleled cultural icon
"Ruth Bader Ginsburg, dubbed in later years, the notorious RBG was the second woman ever to serve on the Supreme Court began her tenure in 1993 President Bill Clinton. Appointed her before that she had a celebrated career as an attorney fighting for equal rights for women. She eventually became a cultural icon for women and Americans of all generations. Lots of local reaction to the death of Ginsberg as of yesterday, one of our former law clerks now sharing a profound impact. Civil rights champion had on her own life and career. For this we go to Komal is Joel Marino small and simple gesture for an icon of the legal community. As people gathered the Seattle center toe honor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, she really wanted to ensure that every American heavy equal rights viewed by many as the legal architect of the civil rights movement. In 2002. Ginsburg took on a young and aspiring law clerk who is now a professor at the University of Washington. I feel like I couldn't really hoped for much better of a life in the life that she designed and lived. Elizabeth Porter was there is landmark opinions were forged on same sex rites and affirmative action cases. The experience would shape our own understanding of life. The law in the fight for equality that continues to this day. This is a political tragedy for the country, In my view, were deeply polarized place and we're losing an important steadying voice. Ginsberg herself faced discrimination coming out of law school and turned that into a lifelong quest for equality for all Americans. I think she wass absolutely the best sort of patriot. Aside from a storied career, Porter says Ginsberg loved art and music and was surrounded by people She loved. I can celebrate a beautiful Joyous life well lived. Whatever happens next, Professor Porter says she hopes the legitimacy of the Supreme Court doesn't get dragged down by political scheming in the upcoming appointment process. Now Coleman's Molly Shen reading Governor, Jay Anjali statement on Ginsberg's death, saying, We lost one of the greatest American Patriots to ever serve on the U. S. Supreme Court. Until he went on to say Justice. Ginsburg was a public servant who kept America true to its purpose. She never shied away from vigorously dissenting when the court set back the course of justice. Anjali is among the dozens of politicians and celebrities taking to social media to mourn Justice Ginsburg. They also include former President Bill Clinton, who appointed her. Clinton called Ginsberg a magnificent judge on a wonderful person come on
The Strategerist
Justice Neil Gorsuch Tells Us What Life Is Like on the Supreme Court
"That'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous right now because there have been one hundred hundred fourteen Supreme Court justices in the history of the United States and we are joined by one of them today. Our guest is just as Neil Gorsuch also author of public if you can keep a bit which is now a New York Times bestselling Book Justice Gorsuch. Thank you so much for joining us today. It's a delight to be here. The last time I was at the Bush library was during the ground breaking ceremony good morning moving some dirt. You've made some progress. We've got we are really proud of that progress to and we have a special co host today. Toby young was with the Bush Center from the start until she left recently spent a year as a clerk at the Supreme Court for Justice Gorsuch. Her title here was legal counsel but really she was a lead voice of Wisdom. Toby really glad you're back today. Thank you Andrew. It's wonderful to be back and see so many great friends and to get to bring justice gorsuch to see the library. Toby just finished her year with me and you realize according to our librarians. She's apparently the first enrolled tribal member to ever serve. There's a law clerk at the Supreme Court reading that it's which which is it chickasaw chickasaw which what side of your family's not from it's my father's side. That is amazing that we've had that as many people that have come through working there. You're the first and it also goes to show that the that you bring in multiple voices and I think that's a huge part of being a part of our government a few western Voice Colorado as like yourself and in Oklahoma Toby's very proud western voices so justice. This is gorsuch. I've started reading your book a republic if you can keep it and there's some great civics lessons in there but before we really get to civics and history. I wanted to talk a little bit about what it's like like being on the Supreme Court. I think there's a bit of a mystery there for a lot of us and the way you described it. Almost sounds like just any other office in the United States in any other workplace. What what is fly fly on the Supreme Court It's both very different than any of the workplace and very much the same. It's obviously an honor and humbling privileged. Come come to work in a place where only one hundred fourteen men and women have ever served in the work we do important. There's no question about it at the same time. It's nine people to small office. Only a couple of hundred people in the whole building people get to know one another care for one another. I clerked. They're twenty five three years ago and there are even employees. They're remember me or claim to from my days a law clerk about that and we do have fun together. I mean I think that's one thing we don't hear enough about in our fractious click. Ah World is that people are still people. An even justices are people we shake hands every time and we get together no matter how difficult to moment or tends to the issue and that traditions gone on for fifty years or so we eat lunch together the most days that we have argument or conference which is most dates and of course the government so it's bring your own lunch. we sing happy birthday to one another. We have holiday parties where we also sing very very badly but enthusiastically toby brought her daughter in participated in one of our annual events. Won't you tell them about that toby. Well a little known secret is the justices offices put on a trick or treat party for the children of the employees at the Supreme Court but even better my justice justice gorsuch escorted the kids to every every office and I can tell you who maybe had a little more fun than anyone and it was just a wonderful event to have pictures with Romley meeting justices pisses and other children and just you know she was because Justice gorsuch loves families and has two girls of his own. He really allowed her to be sort of the mascot of chambers this year she wrote her tricycle down the hall and got to know everybody and little things you would never guess happen behind the doors of the Supreme
The Ray Lucia Show
Trump apologizes 'on behalf of the nation' to Kavanaugh during swearing-in
"Just as bread Kavanagh. Again, took the oath for a seat on the supreme court in the ceremony in the White House eastern. I. Administer justice. Without this person's. I always lose. President Trump apologized to the cabinet family for the bruising confirmation battle that focused on charges of sexual misconduct. When we half of our nation. I want to apologize to bread and the entire cavenaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering. You have been forced to endure. Kevin. I said he has promoted women throughout his career on proud that all four of my newly hired law clerks at the supreme court are women. If I in the history of the supreme court.
Mac and Gaydos
Stolen "Wizard of Oz" ruby slippers found after 13 years
"Gordon is that it's moving relatively fast. But here in Biloxi, the next twenty four hours will carry threat of heavy rain storm surge flooding and tornadoes today was the first day of judge Brett Kavanagh's, President Trump supreme court Justice nominee confirmation hearing after hours of hearing from senators on the Senate Judiciary committee cavenaugh Gaby's opening statement, judge Brett Kavanagh's opening statement touched on a variety of topics. He thanked the president for the nomination his family for their support. And also described effort he's made to help women and minorities majority of my forty eight law clerks have been women more than a quarter of my law clerks have been minorities. Cavanaugh also thanked his mother who is also a judge. But in her twenties taught in. In predominantly black public schools
The Larry Elder Show
Coats calls Russian efforts to intervene in U.S. elections 'pervasive and ongoing'
"From townhall. Dot com on Peter's, security officials say Russia poses a continuing threat to American election. Amid complaints the White House has gone easy on Russian efforts to disrupt. American elections a platoon of security and intelligence officials, told reporters we're aware of the threat and we're. Pushing back we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by Russia to try to weaken and divide United States director of. National intelligence Dan, Coats says the effort isn't as robust as it was two, years ago but cautioned you just click away from becoming so national. Security adviser John Bolton claimed Trump warned Vladimir Putin about interference at their meeting in Helsinki the one in which Trump appeared to accept. Putin's denials I'm Warren Levinson four law clerks to retiring supreme. Court Justice Anthony Kennedy are praising high, court candidate Brad Kavanagh as a fair minded and conscientious successor the former clerics and a letter Thursday to Senator Chuck Grassley the Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee and Senator, Dianne Feinstein, the ranking democratic member they described. Cavenaugh as supremely qualified, Grassley says the amount of documents already amassed on cavenaugh the. Most ever one of my researchers said that maybe compared to the last. Five supreme court nominees it would be more than, all of them added together Kevin is facing fierce. Opposition by Democrats because of the possibility of Roe versus Wade being overturned White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is refusing. To distance yourself, from President Trump's assertions that the news media is the enemy, of the American people Sanders was pressed on the question Thursday by. C. n. n.'s Jim Acosta I've addressed this question I've address my personal feelings I'm here to speak on behalf of the president he's. Made his comments clear the car fire near Redding California has. Now claimed six lives and destroyed some, one thousand sixty homes and is the sixth most destructive wildfire in California history more on these stories Is at townhall dot com This report. Is, sponsored by Ramco mortgage now here's the answer is real estate. And mortgage analyst as expected the fed less short-term, interest rates unchanged on Wednesday following their two day monetary, policy meeting the fed statement use the word strong several times to describe the economy's performance business investments household. Spending and the labour market meanwhile mortgage. Rates were. Unchanged with conforming no point thirty are fixed rates averaging four and a half percent and fifty as closer to four percent. Now for something completely different did you know that many skyscrapers in Hong Kong are built with a gaping hole in the middle of the holes are to allow the dragons from the mountains to pass through them to reach waters as dragons are believed to.