Previewed the Upcoming Supreme Court term including cases on gun rights, Consumer Protections and free speech. The foundation is the host of this hour long conversation. Okay. We are going to go ahead and get started. Perfect timing. Afternoon. On behalf of Pacific Legal foundation and the foundation for individual rights and expression id like to welcome you to the Supreme Court previewed discussion and welcome to the viewers on cspan. The courts term begins on monday of next week although this morning we got the surprise of several grants and new cases they are going to hear and its shaping up to be an exciting term. Theres a little bit of something for everyone. Free speech, taxes and of course overreach by administrative agencies. We have a lot of ground to cover and an hour to do so so im going to jump right into brief introductions of the distinguished panel. John elwood is a partner where he heads up the appellate and Supreme Court practice before the Supreme Court and also ever
Shortly that showed that mr. Scy the Police Officer was attempting to flee, and frankly, flee and not quick manner that was shot in the back and shot multiple times. It was a tragedy. It was a horrific incident in our state. Before that happened, we would often here that that is not what happened in South Carolina. And maybe i think that many people said to themselves, maybe that happened not to people like us. The ones that video came out there were many new people sitting at the table to discuss the need for body cameras. He spoke about thomas and jesus and thomaston believe until he put his finger in the wound i would encourage you to look at that speech if you want to you to bid on look at it sometime. He did not speak very often from the floor. Butfloor. But the bill passed. Real change occurred in South Carolina command we now have funded body cameras. I want you to flash back with me to 2014. I was the democratic candidate for governor in a different difficult year. In the fall
The National Review previewed high cases the court will consider this year. Ramesh ponnuru moderates this hour and 15 minute discussion. From the washington, d. C. Center. The National Review and the Pacific Legal foundation is honored to welcome you here today with the hurricane coverage and the to hundreds of thousands of people across the country who are tuning in by cspan. We would also like to thank jones day for this nice roof and Staff Assistance to for putting this together. As for plf, our interest in the Supreme Court mirrors brief attention. We will have as many as eight petitions pending before the justice involving cases that we have filled and i think that is probably the most of any Public Interest legal organization. We have seven straight wins in the Supreme Court. So we hope to extend that string of victories this term. And finally, scoutus blog has noted we are the most famous brief filers for the court. Our guest will talk about the most important Supreme Court case
In this part of the state innovation conference Democratic State legislators from oregon, South Carolina, north dakota, and connecticut talk about the recent legislative accomplishments. This hour and 15 minute discussion is moderated by congressman Keith Ellison. We will have an incredible panel next and then get you to the most important break, which is lunch. My name is roger coyle. There we go. I am actually here into roles, 1st and foremost year as the board chair of six. So i would like to thank you very much. And i would like to, at this moment, recognize our board. Many board. Many of you are involved in nonprofit organizations, many in there own campaigns. Obviously this organization obviously this organization would not have been able to be created and thriving without its board. We have can sunshine who is not here, andrea you met earlier this morning, naomi, from the nea commanders and , afl richard trumka, and if i could have a special note for our founder who is here at t
Of money. Do you think pension advances should be regulated like those products for people who really need the money . Some sort of Interest Rate cap . I mean, are we making a mistake by outlawing these as opposed to just making them behave like moral human beings . That would be a good start. I think that the, first of all, you have to distinguish between the payday lenders and the other products, prid tory products out there. What is unique about these pension advance companies, and it was a great surprise to us was that they are much smaller in size. Many of the other predatory lenders are now, you know, publiclyheld companies, and it these were pretty much dimly capitalized corporations that had no skin in the game. What we found out with each of these entities was that they only loaned out what they were able to get in from investors. So the individuals who were running the show. It was like a bookie, just take being the big. Just taking the big. I dont know how i knew that word.