And the United States senate and perhaps the most acute is the role of policy preferences. It is the job of the senate to pursue her policy preferences. In fact it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals aside. By contrast it is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. It would be a dereliction of duty for her to give into them. Federal judges dont stand for election, but have no basis for claiming that their preferences reflect those of the people. This separation of duty from political preference is what makes the judiciary distinct among the 3 branches of government. A judge declares independence not only from congress and the president but also from the private beliefs that might otherwise move her, it captures the essence of the judicial duty, rule of law must always control. My fellow americans, we still work for you. It is your constitution that establishes the rule of law. The oath that i have solemnly taken tonight means at its core that i will d
Here we are in the midst of sorting through another close election. We asked you because youve been covering this Supreme Court since 1986 to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election. What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align id logically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a leader of that court. Ohn stephens, david sutter and Ruth Ginsburg and steven briar, on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Connor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Would you say a bit more about William Rehnquist and his approach t
Cleanup begins in the philippines after one of the most powerful storms this year at least 16 people dad. And a journalist is killed every 4 days well find out why most perpetrators are held to account. Of all your sports news as sports highest court begins hearing russias appeal against a 4 year bear for violations. But we begin this news out and afghanistan where gun battles have been taking place inside Kabul University after multiple attackers entered that campus. Some students are understood to still be inside police have cordoned off the area and also close to the main road leading to that campus the taliban says its fighters are not responsible for that range well lets now go live to. The afghan. Capital kabul for us tell us a little bit about this developing situation i know its really fast moving what do we know at this stage. Indeed so its a developing situation here in afghanistan in kabul a group of gunmen entered the Kabul University compound this morning and they started
People in your own family . They have to draw straws on who eats outside. The cdc guidelines are very tough on that. They dont want you to travel, but millions are. Lets get the lay of the land with Charles Watson at Atlanta International airport. Atlanta, the focus of a lot of things but right now, travel blitz under way. Hey, charles. Reporter good afternoon, neil. Youre right, a travel blitz is under way. We have seen a steady flow of people going in and out of Hartsfieldjackson International Airport all morning long and whats clear that is people are determined to stick with their thanksgiving holiday plans. Airports are seeing some of the largest crowds that they have seen since before the pandemic began, with more than four Million People screened since friday. Regardless, Public Health experts say millions of people traveling right now is just a recipe for disaster. Dr. Fauci has said that what we are seeing now, the levels of travel that we are seeing right now, will reflect in
President trump leading 51 to 47 and here are some numbers that miami dade already reporting 97 percent broward at 100 percent and Palm Beach County 95 percent and that especially broward is where youre looking at that democratic stronghold and you were hoping to get that turnout and that could actually if you were on the left thats where youre hoping to see that number pulled up lets go to michigan and see where theyre reporting now were not seeing huge numbers yet 35 percent reporting and its give you this 55 percent to President Trump 42 percent to Vice President biden and remember when we talk about michigan they had they were going to be a little bit slower they were seeing day of voting reporting now and its about mail in voting is going to come a little bit later and wayne county and Oakland County in the detroit area were not seeing big numbers reported yet so this could be very wide open 43 percent in wayne 28 percent in Oakland County as of now and then lets move to ohio wher