Authority the da has under state law as to the president , the Second Circuit is wrong and should be reversed. If not reversed the decision weapon isis 2300 local das, overwhelming number of them elected to office and thereby accountable to local constituencies. The decision would allow any da to distract and interfere with a sitting president , subjects the president a local prejudice that can influence prosecutorial decisions and the grand jury can be utilized issue compulsory criminal process in the form of subpoenas targeting the president. This is not mere speculation. It is precisely what has taken place in this case with the subpoena we challenge. In the argument just concluded we asserted the subpoenas did not serve a legitimate legislative purpose and were burdensome. Yet the da copy almost verbatim the House Oversight Committee Subpoena with an additional 13 words which seek the president s tax returns without revealing the exact same language utilized by two congressional co
202 7488001. , 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from. We welcome your facebook posts as well. More decisions are expected today from the court. The decision coming down at 10 00 eastern, a 54 decision. Those five voting in the majority in the louisiana case. Breyer,stice roberts, kagan, ginsberg and sotomayor. Thomas,inority, alito, gorsuch and kavanaugh. The reporting this morning of richard wolf, usa today. The headline, High Court Rejects louisiana abortion restrictions. A narrowly divided Supreme Court struck down state restrictions monday for the second time in four years, signaling its conservative shift under President Trump has not eliminated a deep split over abortion rights. Ruled 54 that a louisiana law requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals would unduly burden women. John roberts cast the deciding vote, though he did not sign onto the lead opinion endorsed the courts four liberals justices. Reached th
The dow is down now 1040 points now live from ep rate locations, youre looking at the worst day for the s p since may 1st. For the dow, it is since april 1st, and you really have to go down about 1200 points to go further than that. Were watching a number of different dynamics at play one is just the reality check that we got from the fed and jay powell, it is the recovery, the covid spike that sarah was juk talking about, and the success in various pockets apple is down, but it is still up more than 7. 5 for the week microsoft is similarly down almost 2 today, but up 5 for the week sam z amazon, google is just up 1. 3 for the week and down today, but you cant just look at one day up or down so we have been up so much, morgan, one wonders how much of a reaction in the market this is going to be. We have been hearing for days and weeks now the idea that the rapid run, off of the lows, for major averages from that march 23rd low that were looking overboulgt or even like they were getting
We will hear the argument is next in case 19635 donald trump versus cyrus vance. Nno County District attorney and that history has issued criminal process against the sitting president of the United States and fortit good reason, e constitution doesnt allow it. Temporary president ial immunity is constitutionally required by article two and accordingly, the supremacy clause to face any authority they have under that state law as to the president. The Second Circuit is wrong and should be reversed. If not reversed the decision weaponizeon is 2300 local and or an overwhelming number of them are elected and thereby accountable to the local constituencies. The decision would allow any two giraffes, distract or interfere with the sitting president to the local prejudice that could influence prosecutorial decisions and those who can then utilize the criminal process in the form of subpoena targeting the president. This isnt speculation. It is what is taking place in the subpoena of the chall
7488003. Or you can join us on twitter, cspanwj, or facebook. Com cspan. We will get your thoughts here in just a minute, but first joining us on the phone here is lawrence hurley, a Supreme Court correspondent. What was the question put to the courts and what did they decide . Guest thanks. The question is whether sex discrimination within the title vii, which is the federal law that bars employment discrimination, whether sex discrimination applied to Sexual Orientation and gender identity. The court in the ruling ,esterday said that it does which was surprising to some because you had chief Justice Roberts and justice and neil gorsuch joining the four liberals, as you mentioned, in that ruling. The court basically said that any kind of discrimination on the basis of sex is kind of a broad concept and that can include elements of discrimination that concern Sexual Orientation or gender identity. It reads prohibits employment through discrimination based on color, sex, andigion, natio