Work should be constant, in close cooperation between Security Forces and authorities, the president spoke about this at the annual meeting of the ministry of internal affairs on tuesday. Vladimir putin called on Police Officers to Work Together without laxity, no complacency, let alone laxity, and uh, to be successful, we need to be collected. And novorussia are supported by 14,000 employees. They have to fight not only crime, but saboteurs. The head of the Russian Ministry of internal affairs, vladimir kolokoltsev, reported to the president about the results of the departments work. He reported on last years performance. The internal Affairs Bodies have identified over 185 thousand drug crimes. The number of identified acts as part of organized crime increased by 40 . Groups and communities. Seized. Almost 22 tons of narcotic drugs, as well as almost 17 tons of precursors, their distribution on the internet was stopped. In general, an increase in the detection rate of crimes has been
Neil gorsuch was nominated to the Supreme Court, Senate Democrats have searched high anl they have searched low for a reason to oppose him. They looked at his background and they found a columbia alum, a harvard law graduate and an oxford scholar. They look at his reputation and found an impartial and fair judge, and incisive and eloquent writer, and a humble and in eventempered man. They looked into his records as judge and found someone who follows the facts regulate without favoring one party over another. Someone respected by democrats,n independents and republicans alike. And someone who understands his role is to interpret the law, not legislate from the bench work now, colleagues across the aisle also had the opportunity to spend hours with the judge gorsuch at his confirmation hearing. Hat once again they found little to hang their hat on when it comes to a reason to oppose him. A instead, these hearings may clear up point recently stabile board member of the liberalam american
Here on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Thank you so much for being here at the Georgetown Law School Supreme Court institute. My name is elizabeth, and im president of the constitutional accountability center, a nonprofit Public Interest law firm, think tank and Action Center dedicated to the progressive promise of the United States constitution. Cac is delighted to be hosting, cohosting this event tonight with the Supreme Court institute and major thanks to dory bernstein, the institutes director. We have a great event here tonight to talk about the important question of the future of access to courts. As many of you know, while this room is a mock courtroom of the Supreme Court, when you stand outside, you see inscribed over the arch of the door equal justice under law. But for many people, their search for that justice ends on the steps of the courthouse, becau
Announcer washington joirnl continues. Host we are joined by james zirin the author of supremely partisan, how raw politics tips the scales in the u. S. Supreme court. He is here to discuss his book which argues that the Supreme Court has become increasingly partisan in the cases he says were politicized and threatened to undermine Public Confidence in the court. Thanks for joining us this morning. Guest im delighted to be here. Host so what inspired you to write this book . Guest i was a practicing lawyer. I of course followed the Supreme Court for many years. And i became alarmed in recent years reading the cases at the 54 decisions and the 63 decisions, which seemed to be decided along partisan lines. So that you had the liberal wing of the court, all justices appointed by democratic president s, and the conservative wing all appointed by republican president s. And they were taking political positions, which could easily be identified with the ideas of the respective parties that a
Controlled by republicans. Recent polls show that americans are growing tired of divided government which brings us to todays question for our viewers. Do you believe divided government can work . Those who prefer one party rule over both the executive and congressional branches can call 2027488001. Those who prefer a divided government can call 2027488000. And those who are undecided can call 2027488002. You can also reach us on social media on twitter and on acebook. Host americans are growing increasingly dissatisfied with the diving board divided government. It says one in five americans believe its best for the president to be in one political party. The lowest level of public support in gallups 15year trend. Host it says its showing that one Party Control is falling out of favor. This is likely because Many Americans have witnessed the government increasingly in gridlock believing that legislation will get passed only if there is one party in scroll that party pushes it through.