Im melissa caen. Im political analyst, a lawyer and a cohost of the pod podcast. Get out the bet. Its my pleasure to introduce today Joan Biskupic shes the Cnn Supreme Court analyst and the author of this book nine black robes inside Supreme Courts drive to the right in its historic consequences. Now, before joining cnn, joan was the editor in charge for Legal Affairs at reuters and was a Supreme Court correspondent for Washington Post and usa today. She holds a degree from Georgetown University and, has written several books, including biographies of Supreme Court justices john roberts, Sandra Day Oconnor, Antonin Scalia, sonia sotomayor. And weve just talked about your illustrious history of writing autobiographies of Supreme Court justices. You just start by telling us why this one is a is more of a comprehensive Group Picture of the the Supreme Court. Thanks, melissa. Its great to be with you. And with everyone else from the commonwealth club, its such an exciting time for the Supr
Lectures about upholding our institutions and protecting democracy, but just as often, they find a way to undertake some new reckless attack against the courts and rule of law. Im proud of how our nations highest court has weathered these latest baseless attempts to attack its authority. I believe in the integrity and honesty of all nine justices all nine of them. They should pay the partisan grandstanding no mind at all. This meeting of the Senate Judiciary committee will come to order. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee Considers the topic of Supreme Court Ethics Reform. Being a federal judge is a position of great honor and power, but above all, it is Public Service. We entrust judges with administering equal justice under the law. It is critical to our democracy that the American People have confidence that judges cannot be bought or influenced and that they are serving the public interest, not their own personal interests. Over the course of several decades, congress and the Ju
Hello and to todays virtual Commonwealth Club program. Im melissa caen. Im political analyst, a lawyer and a cohost of the pod podcast. Get out the bet. Its my pleasure to introduce today Joan Biskupic shes the Cnn Supreme Court analyst and the author of this book nine black robes inside Supreme Courts drive to the right in its historic consequences. Now, before joining cnn, joan was the editor in charge for Legal Affairs at reuters and was a Supreme Court correspondent for Washington Post and usa today. She holds a degree from Georgetown University and, has written several books, including biographies of Supreme Court justices john roberts, Sandra Day Oconnor, Antonin Scalia, sonia sotomayor. And weve just talked about your illustrious history of writing autobiographies of Supreme Court justices. You just start by telling us why this one is a is more of a comprehensive Group Picture of the the Supreme Court. Thanks, melissa. Its great to be with you. And with everyone else from the Co
Hello and to todays virtual Commonwealth Club program. Im melissa caen. Im political analyst, a lawyer and a cohost of the pod podcast. Get out the bet. Its my pleasure to introduce today Joan Biskupic shes the Cnn Supreme Court analyst and the author of this book nine black robes inside Supreme Courts drive to the right in its historic consequences. Now, before joining cnn, joan was the editor in charge for Legal Affairs at reuters and was a Supreme Court correspondent for Washington Post and usa today. She holds a degree from Georgetown University and, has written several books, including biographies of Supreme Court justices john roberts, Sandra Day Oconnor, Antonin Scalia, sonia sotomayor. And weve just talked about your illustrious history of writing autobiographies of Supreme Court justices. You just start by telling us why this one is a is more of a comprehensive Group Picture of the the Supreme Court. Thanks, melissa. Its great to be with you. And with everyone else from the Co
Federal debt ceiling the federal debt limit. Our Republican House friends care about that sporadically with republican paired president s passing huge for the corporations adding trillions to the debt. More than 7 trillion of debt was added under President Trump and almost 3 trillion added under president george w. Bush. The last two republican president s. They seek to cause chaos. They seek to cause chaos. Not coincidentally, the eccentric and secretive billionaires and polluting industries who are the Republican Partys funders whose stated goal is to destroy the socalled administrative state, the agencies that protect regular people against powerful polluters and special interests. The parties funders, chief among them, the fossil fuel industry, demand rewards. 275 out of 315 pages of the dirty default on america bill are devoted to giveaways to the fossil fuel industry. 275 out of 315 pages. What is the history here . Since bill clinton took office 30 years ago, congress has raised