We will speak to ravi ragbir and look at how federal judges across the country are resisting the Trump Administrations deportation orders. Then we remember asma jahangir, pakistans leading human rights attorney. She died this weekend at the age of 66. Youheres something inside telling you to do it. And it comes because you have heart. Up. The courage to stand amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Tensions across Northern Syria have escalated sharply, amid a series of clashes between external powers, including israel, iran, turkey, and the Syrian Government. On saturday, israel shot down what it claims was an iranian drone that had entered israels airspace after being launched in syria. Israel mounted an attack on iranian command center in syria from where the drone was launched. One of the israeli f16 military jets was then downed by a Syrian Government antiaircraft missile. Israel then carried out a se
Your cell phones are totally off because it will interfere with the sound system in the courtroom. We are here tonight with a program we are cosponsoring with the Supreme Court Alumni Association. We are delighted to be a cosponsor with them. The program was brought to us by several people from that organization. Let me make sure i get them right. Stephanie, matthew, elizabeth. Who really came up with the idea for the program and we are very happy to be heard to present it to you. We are also particularly happy to have as our host Justice Breyer who will speak to you in a minute. I will tell you briefly what you dont know already about Justice Breyer. He is a californian. Study that stanford, oxford, then Harvard Law School. Became a law clerk europe the Supreme Court in 1964 which happens to be one year after gideon v. Wainwright, so he missed that activity. Then he was a counsel to the Senate Judiciary committee, also very active in the academic world. President carter appointed him
Your cell phones are totally off because it will interfere with the sound system in the courtroom. We are here tonight with a program we are cosponsoring with the Supreme Court Alumni Association. We are delighted to be a cosponsor with them. The program was brought to us by several people from that organization. Let me make sure i get them right. Stephanie, matthew, elizabeth. Who really came up with the idea for the program and we are very happy to be heard to present it to you. We are also particularly happy to have as our host Justice Breyer who will speak to you in a minute. I will tell you briefly what you dont know already about Justice Breyer. He is a californian. Study that stanford, oxford, then Harvard Law School. Became a law clerk europe the Supreme Court in 1964 which happens to be one year after gideon v. Wainwright, so he missed that activity. Then he was a counsel to the Senate Judiciary committee, also very active in the academic world. President carter appointed him
And what would be the advantage . One question i get a lot is why dont they leave, that is kind of at the heart of the question naturally we grow up in a place that is home and that they be more the case on the reservations because theres an extreme case of isolation. You fly to rapid city and drive 100 miles and theres nothing around. There is nothing around. Your gps for your cell phone might not work. This is one of the things i was noticing because ive done a lot of research on the families that live in inner cities. In an urban setting in the box per instance chances are if you are a child, you see people in the middle class that gets on the subway every day and go to jobs. If you are living on the pine ridgereservation he may not have anyone with any kind of employment. You may not have anyone in your immediate family who is not that has a problem with drug or alcohol abuse or that has a high school education. There are all of these aspects that seem normal to most middle class a
Senior hamas figures in its strike, but amidst todays bloodshed were for palestinian boys aged between nine and 11, who were killed whilst playing on a beach to the west of gaza city. Activists say the strike came from an Israeli Naval vessel, which was operating offshore. The Israeli Military says it is looking into the deaths of the Young Children. Is on the ground with the latest. Remains of what seemed to be targets of the israeli army. The body of the first victim is pulled out of the wreckage. Some 30 meters away from the point of impact with the corpses of three more children were found. It begs the question, given that israel has been communicating at ariel surveillance capacities, which allowed civilians to avoid casualties, why does the first strike not refrain from conducting the second strike, which killed these children, which were clearly visible from a distance and can be clearly seen running away from the point of impact. For more, we speak now to an Israeli Foreign Aff