And hope that as that is happening, other americans are getting more informed about what their money is doing and what their government is doing. I dont think it is solely up to arabamericans by any means at all. I guess that is it. Thank you very much. [applause] today we have live coverage of this years final day of the conservative Political Action conf conference scheduled speakers include former House Speaker newt gingrich, conservative columnist and coulter and former Alaska Governor sarah palin among others. Watch them all live at 12 40 p. M. On eastern and let us know what you think that facebook. Com cspan or tweet us withtag cspan chat. This week the Supreme Court heard oral argument in hall v. Florida, a case testing the limits on the court at the ban against executing the intellectually disabled. The issue rests on how states define intellectual disability when using iq tests. Florida has an iq cut off of 74 determining intellectual disability. The court will decide if this
Determined ability. The court will decide if the cutoff is so rigid its unconstitutional vote. In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled that executing those who are quote mentally is quote cruel and unusual punishment. The court decided at that time to leave it to the states to determine the criteria for meeting the standard. This is an hour. We will have argument this morning in case 12, paul versus florida. Mr. Waxman. Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court. In atkins versus virginia this court held that the constitution bars executing persons with mental retardation. That is persons with significantly sub average intellectual function concurrent with deficits in Adaptive Behavior with an onset before the age of 18. Because of the standard error of measurement that is inherent in the iq test it is universally accepted that worsens with obtained scores of 71 to 75 can and often do have mental retardation when those three prongs are met. The statistical error of measurement or saddam is.
To leave it to the states to determine the criteria for meeting the standard. This is an hour. We will have argument this morning in case 12, paul versus florida. Mr. Waxman. Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court. In atkins versus virginia this court held that the constitution bars executing persons with mental retardation. That is persons with significantly sub average intellectual function concurrent with deficits in Adaptive Behavior with an onset before the age of 18. Because of the standard error of measurement that is inherent in the iq test it is universally accepted that worsens with obtained scores of 71 to 75 can and often do have mental retardation when those three prongs are met. The statistical error of measurement or saddam is. A line has to be drawn somewhere. And we did say in atkins that we would leave it up to the states to determine the standards for this issue. So what is the rule being announced today . Are we saying that 70 is not okay and that 75 wood the
Significant testing. You want governors to not go all out. They think they can do it better in a different manner. If you dont have the swabs and the reagents, you cant do a test. This is new day. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is new day. It is wednesday, april 22nd. 6 00 here in new york. We begin this morning with new reporting that shows coronavirus is spreading in the United States weeks earlier than previously known. Officials in california say that autopsies now reveal that two residents who died in early and midfebruary actually died from coronavirus. They become the earliest known casualties of the pandemic here. What does that mean fort rest of us. Theres also a dire warning that a second wave of the pandemic coming this winter could be worse than what were battling now. Well look into why it could be worse. Also this morning, more Southern States looking to reopen despite pushback from their own mayors and Business Leaders and resident
Pediatricians are increasingly involved with the diagnosis of autism with the aide of a litany of tools, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies.