the supreme court ruling really didn t take a decision as the actual argument that we re presenting. what they basically said is that the election is too close. what we re going to do is allow the 8th circuit s decision to go forward and stay the judge s stay, but this is far from over. we are going to be, you know, challenging this before the supreme court. there s other challenges that we ve seen that we ll also be filing on. so this is far from over. they may have thought they won but they haven t. all right. we appreciate you making time for us today from south dakota there. thank you, sir. thank you and i send you greetings from the reservations in north dakota. thank you. coming up, democrats are scrambling to win over millennial voters but it may not be that easy to get them to the voting booth. they baptized me d
we have an agenda on with ten judges who are ready to be voted on. brent kavanaugh nominee to the supreme court, jonathan clobus, nominated to the 8th circuit and eight district court judges. we also have two bills on the agenda. we will hold over s-3178. the justice for victims of lynching act. we will vote on s-2785, the act sponsored by senators durbin and graham. this bill combats offensive election interference by foreign adversaries by denying entry to any foreign national deemed to have engaged in election interference. the amendment i ll be introducing makes clear that the secretary of homeland security will make this decision on who has engaged in election interference in a consultation with the attorney general. the director of national
june, the supreme court today making headlines for something that the court has decided not to do. the court saying today that it will not hear arguments on this controversial arkansas law that restricts abortions. so this law was passed in 2015 and arkansas said if you re getting an anti-abortion drug that the physician who prescribed it to you had to have contact or contract with a physician with admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. so as a result of that law, planned parenthood sued, saying this was unconstitutional, it placed an undue burden on women who were seeking abortions, saying that some of the nearest clinics if this law were to take effect, would be too far away for the women who needed it. this all involves an anti-abortion drug that is only prescribed early in a woman s pregnancy. so the supreme court today, this has gone through the lower courts here, the district court, the 8th circuit. the district court actually
campaign. he s a co-sponsor of senator bernie sanders s medicare for all bill introduced today in the senate making him one of several possible future candidates for president who have signed on to the bill and now the conservative wall street journal editorial board is attacking senator franken. you know, they re really mad at al franken when they call him a comedian. today s wall street journal editorial says the senate comedian is aiming to establish a new standard for what counts for disqualifying for the judiciary because he s blocking the confirmation to the 8th circuit u.s. court of appeals of minnesota s supreme court justice david strauss. senator franken is using a power granted to members of the judiciary committee to block the nomination of federal judges from their home states. tonight, former vice president walter mondale who is also a former democratic senator of
for disqualifying for the judiciary because he s blocking the confirmation to the 8th circuit u.s. court of appeals of minnesota s supreme court justice david strauss. senator franken is using a power granted to members of the judiciary committee to block the nomination of federal judges from their home states. tonight, former vice president walter mondale who is also a former democratic senator of minnesota defended al franken in a piece in the minnesota star try bun. the former vice president wrote, the best interests of this state are not served when its senators are rubber stamps for judicial nominations. senator al franken, democrat from minnesota, a member of the senate judiciary committee, joins us now. thank you for joining us tonight. first of all, your response to