Now,s we have a rather large crowd this morning for this particular session. And thats why im very thrilled to introduce the next program. For the past year at the library of congress you may sit down because i have a few more things im going to say. The past years the library of congress, we have been celebrating changemakers, and i can think of few people who fit the description in the United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. [applause] at 4 a. M. This morning, students from American University camp out in front of this facility and they are here. To talk about the graduation from Columbia Law School and spent most of your career advocatingfo all of these things and youve been called recently the beyonce of jurisprudence. She said i would rather you say jlo. [laughter] without further ado shes joined by the coauthors of her bestselling memoir, coauthors mary come adjunct professor at georgetown law Professor Emeritus at georgetown law and her interviewer today and the
State legislative boundaries. After the 2010 census the Arizona Redistricting Commission through mounds the republicans allege were stacked against them. The them. The independent number, the tiebreaker an average citizen cited with democrats to pass a map that maximize the number of competitive seats. If you were to draw a map that simply incorporated a regular shape at random you probably end up with a republican leaning map in arizona but a top democrat that had had he have the advantage. Republicans who up to occupy the state legislature they took it all the way to the Supreme Court because they argue that independent redistricting commissions are not constitutional. After all, the election clause of the constitutions is the constitution says the manner and place of elections shall be determined by each state and the legislature thereof. The Supreme Court had to wrestle with whether to interpret this on a a strict basis or lose basis. What the majority decided Justice Ginsburg wrot
Unconstitutional. Current and former lawmakers including former california governor Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke before the Supreme Court and also the plaintiff in the case spoke at the rally. When do we want it . No. Good morning and thank you for coming out to our rally. My name is joanne antoine, and i am the manager of outreach for common cause maryland. We are a nonpartisan Grassroots Organization dedicated to upholding the core values of our american democracy. We have over 30 state chapters and over a million members throughout the country. Common cause is just one of three groups that is hosting todays event, so please join me in giving a round of applause to represent us and center for American Progress. [applause] i also want to give a special thank you to all the groups who took different actions like filing amicus briefs and supporting the movement in a number of different ways. And also a special thank you to all of the volunteers who came out early and are helping out toda
We proudly give 72 the next president of the united states. Coming up on cspan 3, the Supreme Court oral argument in harris versus arizona independent redistricting commission, a case about voting districts. Then the Highway Safety administration on new road laws followed by a hearing on new technology to improve water supplies. Later, securities and exchange commission. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that arizonas legislative districts created by an independent commission are valid and comply with the Voting Rights act and the constitutions one person, one vote principle. Next, the hour long december 2015 oral argument in the case. Its an hour. Argument first this morning, in case 14232, harris versus the arizona independent redistricting commission. Thank you, may it please the court, the one person, one vote principle of the equal protection clause requires an apportionment authority to make a good faith effort to equally apportion the population as practically as possible. Whi
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