If jon stewart were here this wouldnt be happening. Committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and liberties will come to order. Thank the officers for get itin the doors shut and folks in. Thank you so much. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I welcome everyone todays hearing on the path to Restorative Justice. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today is june, a day that commemorates the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news with the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for two years so all enslaved people knew they were free despite lincolns emancipation. Slavery was a crime against humanity, one whose impacts we as a society continue to grapple with today. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first african slaves being brought to america. Slaveries of our nations first original sin. Our constitution protected it and various compromise
To justify enslaving black people. Amy the family of Henrietta Lacks, a black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has settled with Pharmaceutical Company Thermo Fisher scientific. We will speak to university of pennsylvania professor Dorothy Roberts about Henrietta Lacks and other issues including the criminalization of pregnancy following the overturning of roe v. Wade. Then to the pioneering legal school Kimberle Crenshaw about attacks on the teaching of history by Florida Governor and president ial candidate ron desantis and others. Nobody can be surprised when suddenly this effort to snuff out Critical Race Theory turns out to be an effort to make antiracism unspeakable, to make where studies undoable, to make intersectionality, one of the most widespread concepts across the discipline, something that collegedirected students can only take if the states allow them to. Amy we will also talk to Kimberle Crenshaw abou
To justify enslaving black people. Amy the family of Henrietta Lacks, a black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has settled with Pharmaceutical Company Thermo Fisher scientific. We will speak to university of pennsylvania professor Dorothy Roberts about Henrietta Lacks and other issues including the criminalization of pregnancy following the overturning of roe v. Wade. Then to the pioneering legal school Kimberle Crenshaw about attacks on the teaching of history by Florida Governor and president ial candidate ron desantis and others. Nobody can be surprised when suddenly this effort to snuff out Critical Race Theory turns out to be an effort to make antiracism unspeakable, to make where studies undoable, to make intersectionality, one of the most widespread concepts across the discipline, something that collegedirected students can only take if the states allow them to. Amy we will also talk to Kimberle Crenshaw abou
Off the post. Sweden can win on this kick. Plus, oneonone with Donald Trumps lawyer who claims trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election were aspirational, not criminal. And lost at sea for two days in a boat only 12 feet long. Well show you the incredible rescue and youre live in the cnn newsroom. Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining me this sunday. Im fredricka whitfield. Former president Donald Trumps lawyer speaking out this morning doubling down on his argument that trump was within his First Amendment rights when he asked former Vice President mike pence to overturn the election results. And that it all boils down to the way he asked. And all of this played out in the open. Its all free speech. There was a Supreme Court decision, which is right on point, that says when youre exercising free speech, youre not engaging in a fraud on the government. And thats what unfortunately, most people dont understand in this context. Thats just one example of the actions. Thats just one e
The Special Counsel. This is the first signal that Delay Tactics will not stand in her honors courtroom. Plus, Congressman Colin is on the ballot in texas. Hes vying for senator ted cruzs seat. How he plans to impact his democratic rivals. I am symone sanderstownsend and i have something to say. By this time tomorrow, Donald Trumps attorneys will be up against a five pm deadline. The judge in this case could be setting the tone for what is ahead. This election interference trial. The first major decision of the case, judge Tanya Chutkan denied the trump legal teams request for an extension of the deadline to respond to the governments proposal for a protective order. Appointed by former president barack obama in 2014, judge chutkan has handed down at least 38 sentences stemming from the january 6th insurrection. 19 of those sentences were harsher than penalties requested by the Justice Department. The Protective Order Proposal Shelby considering would limit the Trial Information that d