david, i just spoke with the family attorney who says that boy s mother could be days away from crossing into the u.s. to have her asylum claim heard and that boy could be released into the custody of his uncle as early as tomorrow. david? matt gutman continues to follow the situation on the southern border for us. matt, thank you. in the meantime, next tonight to efforts to expand the supreme court by some democrats. but tonight, house speaker nancy pelosi saying she won t support it, saying she won t bring that bill to expand the court to the floor, saying the president s infrastructure bill is her priority. earlier today, some congressional democrats introduced a bill to add four more justices to the high court, accusing republicans of stealing seats to build a conservative majority. to the economy, new numbers that show america on the mend. just 576,000 people filed for unemployment benefits last week. that s a new low. in this pandemic. 16.9 million are still collecting bene
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on many issues, the supreme court is composed of nine unelected men and women. the american senate is the most unrepresentative upper house in the democratic universe, with the exception of britain s house of lords, which is utterly powerless. california s 38 million people have the same representation in the senate, as do wyoming s 576,000. state and local governments battle federal power. private businesses and other nongovernmental groups are part of this mix. there are aspects of this system that many americans don t like. i think the senate in general is a broken institution, from its representation to its silly rules about filibusters. but the system of checks and balances has in general worked well. the form of government that came out of the french revolution by contrast, is one of absolute sovereignty. centralizing all powers at the top. since that revolution, france
have the same representation in the senate as do by only s 576,000. state and local governments battle federal power. private businesses and other nongovernmental groups are also part of this mix. now, there are aspects of this system that many americans don t like. i think the senate in general is a broken institution from its representation to its absurd rules about filibusters. but the system of checks and balances as the famous phrase goes has in general worked well. the form of government that came out of the french revolution, by contrast, is one of absolute sovereignty. centralizing all powers at the top. since that revolution, france has had many upheavals and changes in regime, going through two monarchies, two empires, one cryptofascist dictatorship and five rep ix. the united states has had a continuous constitutional existence.