A controversial social Media Building closed in turkey smocks concerns about freedom of expression. Thank you very much for joining us we begin in india where Health Experts say theres been a shop increase in the number of corona virus infections largely due to poor infrastructure nearly 48000 cases where reported on to say bringing the total number to more than 1500000. 00 the regions of delhi my russia and tamil nadu account for more than half the new cases and as a 3rd worst affected nation after the u. S. And brazil with more than 34000 deaths and a medical survey is revealing alarming sistas 6 about the spread of the virus in mumbai more than 4000000 People Living in the city slums have had the virus that tests on nearly 7000. Randomly selected people there found 57 percent of them had bodies for the virus about 40 percent of mumbais population lives in shanties and its home to asias largest slum with an estimated 1000000 people the survey suggests a high rate of infections withou
Landmark cases, cspans special series produced with the constitution center, explore and the human story and constitutional dramas behind 12 Supreme Court decisions. Number 759, Petitioner Versus arizona. Number 18, roe against wade. Quite often in many of our famous decisions were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate are very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. Welcome to landmark cases. Our series of looking at the 12 most important cases in Supreme Courts history. We will learn more about the people in the issues behind them. Tonight, lochner v. New york, 1905. It is one of the controversial cases of the Supreme Court, and in fact the story of a baker from new york whose case gave rise to an era that defined Supreme Court cases for the next 30 years. Let me introduce you to our two guests who would tell us more about this important case
Abandoning demands for self rule. Land and mr bashir when the only remembers during this time are be cleared and it was done and you said get it done girl why politicians the u. S. Attorney general defends the white houses heavy handed response to months of and t. V. Racism protests. Welcome to the program the battle to contain the coronavirus pandemic is putting pressure on nations as they seek to find a balance between Public Health and saving economies after months of lockdown and chilling the country has begun lifting restrictions in parts of the capital but some medical experts say the government is not following recommendations from the World Health Organization in america to Lucien Newman has more. Free at last from monday to friday residents of 7 affluent neighborhoods are finally free to leave their homes to take their children out and to get exercise and nobody is happier than the elderly after 4 months they are now allowed out for an hour 3 times a week i mean for me this is
A looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Under pressure to step down malise president is accused of failing to improve the economy and deal with threats from groups hes dissolved the Constitutional Court but controversially overturned Election Results in march but is that enough of what if turmoil spirals out of control this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program im Adrian Finnegan its been described as the worst civil unrest in mali has seen in decades violent antigovernment protests this week left several people dead president abraham. Has promised to form a National Unity government the country has been without one since elections earlier this year hes dissolved the constitutional course thats faced controversy since it overturned provisional results from parliamentary elections in march but will not be enough to restore peace protesters say that the government
Historical society this is almost an hour. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the trustees of the historical society, welcome to our 42nd annual lecture. Before we do anything else, i will ask everyone to take out their phones and turn them off. Even on silent mode, they will interfere with the sound system here in the court. I am greg joseph, president of the society. Welcome. We are delighted to have you here today. We are honored to have resident emeritus of nyu john sexton, whose topic tonight is Warren Burger, the founder of our society and of immense importance to us. There is no one more qualified than president sexton to deliver this lecture. He was a Warren Burger clerk, but he had a long history before that. President sexton earned his ba in history and in a and phd and religion, and taught religion in brooklyn before he went to harvard law school. He went to harvard law school, graduating 1979 magna cum laude, and was the Supreme Court editor of the harvard la