Conservative majority. A democratic president ial contender joe biden says whoevers elected in november should be the one picking a nominee and another news protests against the president in peru but opposition lawmakers fail to win off votes to impeach him for moral incapacity. We begin with news out of the United States where Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg has died from complications with pancreatic cancer the 87 year old was a pioneer and a champion of womens rights and was the leader of the courts liberal wing she served there for 27 years and was only the 2nd woman appointed to americas highs the body people have gathered outside the Supreme Court to mark her passing but President Trump and democratic nominee joe biden have made statements as well expressing their sadness but her death does give president try. The chance to expand the Supreme Courts conservative majority even with the president ial vote just 6 weeks away it has been revealed that ginsburg herself dictat
Armageddon. The fact that some republican nominees in past years and as recently as this past june have sided with the liberal wing of the court more often than i would like is not in any way restoring democrats to hysteria. Each time a new republican nominee is introduced. I thought we had reached an alert point to years ago the nomination of Justice Kavanaugh who had months of character assassination at the hand of democrats. But it turns out that was not. We reached a new low as i said madam president s no surprise the democrats have reacted with hysteria at the prospect of President Trump nominating and other Supreme Court justice. It was disappointing, but hardly surprising yesterday the democrat leader blocked a key Intelligence Committee hearing on elections security, atopic he has repeatedly insisted is of overwhelming importance to protest the thought of the senate filling its consent role in confirming a principal conservative woman. Even speaker pelosis overwrought statement
Whether you are watching over zoom, youtube, facebook, twitter, or our webpage, we are delighted to have you with us. We are recording this, as is cspan, so you may find yourself on cspan at some point in the future. We dont know when. Before we turn to aspects of the upcoming term, i want to say a few words about Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, who died two weeks ago. I first met Justice Ginsburg 37 years ago, when i was a judge there. Judges are randomly assigned to the courts of appeals, and my boss, judge scalia, was on a panel. Justice ginsburg was an extra ordinary woman, and extra ordinary justice, an extraordinary lawyer, and an extra ordinary american. I would like to ask for a brief moment of silence in her honor. Let me introduce our moderator and turn it over to him to introduce our panel and get the discussion underway. Robert barnes got his bachelors degree in journalism from the university of florida. He has been a Washington Post reporter since 1987. He joined the paper to
Independent news site has been suspended for 3 months following its coverage of antigovernment protests other journalists in belarus have reported being threatened jailed or forced into exile tens of thousands of people have been rallying every week to demand that president Alexander Lukashenko resign. Amin in and as a vision he forces have engaged in a 4th day of heavy fighting over the separatist region of nagornokarabakh thats despite calls by the International Community to cease hostilities dozens of people have been killed in the worst clashes same in the disputed region in decades. This is day to many news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram and data with the news or visit our website dot com. It was a televised event that confirmed what many europeans have suspected since donald trump became u. S. President s europes best friend american democracy is at best consumed with itself at worst being consumed by itself for 90 minutes 2 men in their seventys were supposed to
Independent news site has been suspended for 3 months following its coverage of antigovernment protests other journalists in belarus have reported being threatened jailed or forced into exile tens of thousands of people have been rallying every week to demand that president Alexander Lukashenko resign. I mean ian and as a vision he forces have engaged in a 4th day of heavy fighting over the separatist region of nagornokarabakh thats despite calls by the International Community to cease hostilities dozens of people have been killed in the worst clashes sane in the disputed region in decades. This is day to many news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram a date over to news so visit our website dot com. It was a televised event that confirmed what many europeans have suspected since donald trump became u. S. President s europes best friend american democracy is at best consumed with itself at worst being consumed by itself for 90 minutes 2 men in their seventys were supposed to