Front of us. At mutual of america, we believe taking care of tomorrow can help you make the most of today. Mutual of america financial group, Retirement Services and investments. Additional support has been provided by consumer cellular. And by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the american people. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Sreenivasan good evening, and thank you for joining us. Ruth bader ginsburg, the second woman to serve as a u. S. Supreme court justice, who became the leader of the courts liberal wing, died yesterd at the age of 87. Ginsburg was at home with her family. Her death was due to complications from metastatic pareatic cancer. Outside the Supreme Court, where she served for 27 years, mourners continued to add to an informal memorial that began last night with candles, flowers and notes to the justice. President trump heard the news of ginsburgs death fr reporters as he left a C
My name is robert barnes. I cover the Supreme Court for the washington post. Thanks for coming on this crisp, fall day to hear about the Supreme Court. Id like to thank the federalist society, particularly the Facility Division and practice groups for putting together what we think will be an interesting panel on what looks to be a very interesting term at the Supreme Court. After the trauma of last years confirmation hearings, theres been a thought from those who watched the court that it went out of its way not to look partisan last term, to look for ways to bust up the ideological divide on the court in some cases and to slow walk some controversies to keep them off that years docket. Its been welldocumented that each of the conservative justices at least once joined the four liberals to make up a majority in a case. And it went the other way, too. Each of the liberals at least once abandoned his or her usual voting partners and joined the conservatives in a case. Harmony could be h
Hello. My name is robert barnes. I cover the Supreme Court for the washington post. Thanks for coming on this crisp, fall day to hear about the Supreme Court. Id like to thank the federalist society, particularly the Facility Division and practice groups for putting together what we think will be an interesting panel on what looks to be a very interesting term at the Supreme Court. After the trauma of last years confirmation hearings, theres been a thought from those who watched the court that it went out of its way not to look partisan last term, to look for ways to bust up the ideological divide on the court in some cases and to slow walk some controversies to keep them off that years docket. Its been welldocumented that each of the conservative justices at least once joined the four liberals to make up a majority in a case. And it went the other way, too. Each of the liberals at least once abandoned his or her usual voting partners and joined the conservatives in a case. Harmony cou
Of election infrastructure used in federal elections. Aging equipment, underresourced jurisdictions, and the interference by foreign entities or nonstate actors leaves the system vulnerable to exploitation that can undermine confidence in Election Outcomes and ineffective and vulnerable equipment can also discourage participation in federal elections. It comes to the floor after the committee on House Administration held three hearings in the First Six Months of this year that addressed the integrity of our elections. In february, the Committee Held the for the people, our american democracy hearing, where the integrity of our democracy, including critical steps to improve the security and reliability of our election infrastructure was addressed. On may 8, the Committee Held an Election Security hearing where we heard testimony about the urgent need to upgrade election infrastructure and the lack of ongoing investment in the wake of new threats. On may 21, the Committee Held an oversig
Essenceroberts said in that normally, courts will defer to a decision by an administrative agency, as long as it is reasonable. There is a wide latitude we will give you, but in this case, it really seems like the decision to include a question about ofizenship, the explanation the department of commerce gave was a pretext. They said they wanted the data of citizenship to better enforce federal Voting Rights laws and that the department of justice had requested it, but when you look at the evidence in the case, it looks like the department of commerce started talking about including the question on the census pretty much immediately after the inauguration and effectively went out shopping for someone who would ask it for the data, so that they would have a reason to use the question. That is a complex opinion. Other justices also wrote, concurring in part. Amy some of the justices would have deferred altogether to the agencys decision, just as Stephen Breyer would have not deferred to