Fulton versus city of philadelphia. The honorable chief justice and associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Oye, oye, oye. All persons having business honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to get their attention for the court is now sitting. God save the United States and this honorable court. Roberts we will hear argument this morning in case number 19120 three, fulton versus city of philadelphia. Ms. Windham . Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court. The courts below made a civil error. They fail to understand where smith controls and where does not. Smith does not control where a government uses individual exemptions or makes other exceptions that undermine rules or when it changes rules to prohibit a religious practice. Philadelphia made all three errors here. The city cannot identify a neutral, generally applicable law after six attempt. Attempts. It now acknowledges its decisions are subjective and individualized. Yet the cou
Served on the Supreme Court for 35 years, hear a panel of judges and attorneys, all former Supreme Court law clerks talk about his legacy. The Bar Association of San Francisco hosted the event. High everyone, good evening, thank you so much for coming to a nice program the impact of Justice John Paul stevens. I am an appellate lawyer here in thefrancisco, i am also chairman of the appellate section of the Bar Association of San Francisco which organized this event. I would like to extend a warm welcome to members of a few groups who are cosponsoring tonights program, the ninth judicial the federal Bar Association, Northern District of california chapter and the American Constitution Society bay area chapter. I would also like to welcome cspan which is broadcasting the discussion tonight. I find that exciting, because in 10 years or so but i have been putting on programs like this, this is the first time cspan has come, so i have made it. It is some of the most awful programming when co
French soil are likely. Protesterstaged a rallyn warsaw over the near total ban of abortions. The latest from the polish capital. Im phil gayle. Welcome to the program. A strong earthquake has struck in the aegean sea causing extensive damage in greece and turkey. Turkish Authorities Say at least 12 people are dead with more than a hundred injured. The epicenter just north of the greek island of szabos. Rescue efforts are ongoing. This woman was almost buried alive. Rescue workers are racing to free her from the rubble of a collapsed building, one of many that came crashing down in this turkish resort city on friday. I thought that the ground had shattered. You cannot think in that moment. All you can do is try to get out. Everything was collapsing around us. Luckily, our buildings stayed intact, but we were really panicked and managed to get out at the last minute. The earth shook for at least 25 seconds according to some witnesses. After the quake struck deep in the ground deep in th
Coney barrett and later a look at the how the Affordable Care act is an issue this Election Year with the good morning. Its the washington journal for friday, october 16. Both president and joe biden held separate town halls. A variety of topics were the stuff discussed. Show you short bits from both of those town halls. In our first hour, we will ask you to comment. Us a callt to give and you support President Trump and mike pence, 202 7488001 is the number to call. If you support joe biden, 202 7488000. Maybe watch the town halls, you are undecided at this point, give us a call at 202 7488002. If you want to text us this morning, you can do that. You can post on our twitter feed. Our Facebook Pages available as well. Usa today offering a breakdown of some of the topics at the town halls you saw last night. Here are some of the breakdowns from that. When it comes to President Trump with Savannah Guthrie, they became heated at one point. The president called the moderator so cute and c
You are watching the Atlanta Press club debate serious. To ensure safety the candidates and panelists are participating from their homes. They are in alphabetical order, republican who served as georgias secretary of state and previously held the Congressional District six seat. Democrats served as the representative of Congressional District six since 2018 and spent 30 years working for delta air lines. Now lets meet at the panelists. They are Stanley Dunlap reporter with the georgia reporter and anchor. Now lets get started. Candidates will have 60 seconds to answer questions and 30 seconds to respond. I will hold a piece of paper uploading the candidates know when they have ten seconds remaining. For the rules visit the Atlanta Press club website. The start of the debate will include each candidate asked two questions. George, you get the first question to lucy. Welcome, everyone. This is question number one. The Affordable Care act is set to go before the Supreme Court. There is a