And the United States senate and perhaps the most acute is the role of policy preferences. It is the job of the senate to pursue her policy preferences. In fact it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals aside. By contrast it is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. It would be a dereliction of duty for her to give into them. Federal judges dont stand for election, but have no basis for claiming that their preferences reflect those of the people. This separation of duty from political preference is what makes the judiciary distinct among the 3 branches of government. A judge declares independence not only from congress and the president but also from the private beliefs that might otherwise move her, it captures the essence of the judicial duty, rule of law must always control. My fellow americans, we still work for you. It is your constitution that establishes the rule of law. The oath that i have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that i will d
Securing peace and delivering health and humanitarian relief with regional war is raging with refugees and migration at an all time high and a Global Pandemic on top what a mess my guest today is mark low cost the point man for humanitarian relief at the United Nations and u. N. Speak he is the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and head of the office for the coordination of humanitarian Affairs Emergency relief coordinator and the coordinator of its covert 1000 global humanitarian Response Plan marc those are a lot of titles im so glad to have you here today let me just ask you you know what is your dashboard look like at the moment when youre looking at the parts of the world that perhaps are are are not front page news but theyre suffering from all sorts of maladies and as i said theres covert 19 hitting them just as its hitting us what is your dashboard look like. While worse than ask her 25 years or even a crisis isnt just a globally the biggest crisis that will set f
Recovery and how to 0. Or 2 after time we cant be sure. But. Its just years its also the call to refer to transpire. Very touched by the terrorist what they. Call orbiter gives birth and youre watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories were covering this week. Unrest in thailand protesters take on the taboo that outlaws criticism of the political system and the monarchy at the heart of the turkish president s souse a greek newspaper for a front page featuring a 4 letter word the paper says bring it on sports stadiums are empty but broadcasters are bursting with ideas on how to make up for the missing fans and making a mockery online of britains Pandemic Response when youre trying to conceive i went through a metaphorical make up tutorial. As coronavirus lockdowns have gone into effect in country after country thailand has had a different experience shutting the borders and the early and Widespread Adoption of face masks have helped keep the numbers
Campaign to undermine the election rules should he lose. Today trump continued that campaign tweeting, quote, theres fraud being found all over the place with mailin ballots. Something his own fbi director directly contradicted yesterday under oath. Of course the tweet wasnt enough. Out comes trumps chief of staff to try and undermine the directors credibility. Your own fbi director says he has seen no evidence of widespread voter fraud by mail or otherwise. Well, with all due respect to director wray he has a hard time finding emails in his own fbi let alone figuring out whether theres any kind of voter fraud. A reminder that director wray who headed the fbis Criminal Division under president george w. Bush was confirmed by the senate as fbi director 925. Meadows meanwhile is most famous for displaying a black woman as a prop to try to prove donald trump isnt racist and for lying in his house bio about having a college bachelors degree. Its reached a point where senior military and De
Biden urges senators to postpone her confirmation. And a well below par, andy murray crashes out of the french open, beaten in straight sets. Good evening. The government has defended its decision to allow hundreds of thousands of students in england to return to university for the new term, despite several outbreaks of coronavirus on campuses. Thousands of students have had to be confined to their rooms, but the culture secretary, oliver dowden, says its important their studies arent sacrificed because of the virus. A member of the governments advisory body modelling the spread of the pandemic, says the consequences of allowing students back have been entirely predictable. Dan johnson reports now, from manchester. For the student in need, there is one Emergency Service that always delivers, parents have stepped in when supermarket slots ran out. Delivers, parents have stepped in when supermarket slots ran outm is really rough at the moment and we are is really rough at the moment and