19th. 19th news. Org is the upside. A first time guest, welcome to washington journal. Guest thank you so much for having me. I am so happy to be here. Host thank you for watching. We look forward to hearing about your new organization. Tell us about the 19th. How did it get started . What is the mission . Just the 19th began before the iowa caucuses. The idea was born about four years ago right after the 2016 elections. Had anraham shaw election where we saw in juice issues of gender on full display. Nomination and yet the narrative around gender was with that election were the same as they have been for so many cycles. Questions around electability, likability. Four years later, we started to see, even with six women and a certain number of women running for president , the same narratives and tropes again. Factoring their way into the election cycle. Emily felt an urgent need to create a newsroom where women were discussed, not just as a special Interest Group but as the majority of
The court. His class is about 75 minutes. All right, today we are going to be looking at is the development of Controversial Supreme Court nominations in the late sixties and early seventies. We are looking at the war in court, this increasing surge of controversial decisions from the court. Theres basically two basic principles. This idea that it was a particular job of the Supreme Court to stand up on behalf of people who may not have majority support, whether it was atheist, Civil Rights Activists, or criminal defendants throughout the 1960s. Second, the emergence of this philosophy that some historians have called rightsrelated liberalism. The idea that liberalism was primarily for the protection of individual rights. As a result, the Supreme Court became an important mechanism for this. One problem, that is if youre going to be governing, you have to be able to appoint Supreme Court justices and as we will see this becomes a froth prospect for liberals. The backdrop, london be joh
Told the chinese to shut their consulate in houston plus u. S. President donald trump cancels the Republican Party conventions main event in florida the president made the surprise announcement as florida struggles to contain a spike in corona virus infections and the number of cases in the u. S. Passes for millions and after nearly 19 years as a museum is stumbles highest o. P. O. Open today for muslim prayers we have the latest on president arafat wants a controversial decision to change the status of the worlds famous monument. Im sorry kelly welcome to the program the spokesperson for the Iraqi Armed Forces said on twitter that the military has freed german art curator helen mavis who was kidnapped. By militants earlier this week the official said that mavis was rescued on the outskirts of baghdad this morning 5 days after she was abducted by gunmen outside of her office in the capital the German National is a well known figure in baghdad where she runs an arts program for young ir
Freed a. Kidnapped in iraq. And have been missing since monday. In the capital. Plus china does the closure of the u. S. Consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the move to the u. S. Told the chinese to shut down consulates in Houston Texas. And. The 1st stage of filling. Controversial new on the top of the project in stalking tensions with egypt and so. Welcome to the program. Open for muslim friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 80 years thousands of worshippers are gathering outside the Historic Building to take part in the prayers it follows a controversial degree from turkish president. To turn the former museum back into a mosque and one is should you want to attend along with several 100 invitees originally a cathedral the building has to be at the heart of istanbul of 1500 years. And for more im joined by the double correspondent julia hand in istanbul julia what is going on at the highest of fear where you are. Well attacks prison rage of type and on and members o
Forces free a german woman kidnapped by militants in iraq. Was taken. Out abduction in the capital. Welcome to the program istanbuls high as a fear has opened for muslims friday prayers for the 1st time in more than 2 yeahs thousands of worshippers gathered outside the Historic Building to take part in the prayer as it follows a controversial decree from turkish president. To turn the former museum back into a mosque one himself was in attendance along with several 100 invitees originally a cathedral in the building at the heart of istanbul. 1500. And. Describe. The 1st friday prayer is underway inside the ios of fear but also outside as you can see behind me there are thousands of people who are joining these prayers right behind me actually you can see many of my colleagues from takesh media who are out also praying now are joining the prayers according to the information we have about 500 people were allowed inside the i assume that there was a limitation due to coronavirus a measur