From the chief Legal Correspondent for cbs news covering the Supreme Court and the confirmation battle. I am delighted to be moderating this incredibly timely conversation about a terrific book written by teethree about our history going to the most recent with kavanaugh and then outlined the possible path forward and when i read the book for the first time so professor Randy Barnett scooped me on those words thats how he described it as the indispensable guide and then also waiting the judicial confirmation and network book about the recent fight of Justice Kavanaugh. So that conversation about the news of the day or the week or the month and Justice Ginsburg and on the upcoming part of the nomination with incredible experts so i will start with teethree who is head of the center for constitutional all studies because in june we stood in front of the Supreme Court waiting for the interns to the opinions in our hands and then we go for those before we break the news to be quick and a s
Are ones that the court made very unpopular decisions. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stuck together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases. Tonights case is gideon versus wayne. Wreck 55 years ago this month, the Supreme Court ruled that the right to counsel was so fundamental to our dove governmental system. That states must provide lawyers for defendants who cannot afford. One the hero of tonights story is a bit of an unlikely. One Clarence Gideon was adrift her from florida was accused of breaking a pool. As we begin tonight, were gonna go to some historic video. You see the real mr. Gideon and the florida judge who sentenced to jail. They reenacted the case for cbs news documentary in 1965. Lets watch the next case on the docket is the state of florida versus Clarence Earl gideon. What says the state are you ready for trial . The st
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Multimillion dollar homes but why are these celebrities writing their own checks dont go anywhere americas lawyer starts right now. Saudi arabia cant hide from a 911 victim lawsuit that a judge said last week is going to go forward by a fair and cousins with me editor of the trial lawyer magazine what a great ruling i mean this judge all the way along the way has been very methodical about this case and its going to take place give me your take well you know this is a case thats been fought for well over a decade at this point almost coming up on 2 decades now and it still having to work its way through there because again theres a lot of intricacies in this case theres a lot of things that have to be proven just for it to be able to move forward but whats so significant about this particular ruling is that the day before this. In the United States ruled this you had officials over in turkey that issued an indictment to 20 saudi nationals for the death or murder of Jamal Khashoggi so n
Saudi arabia cant hide from a 911 victim lawsuit that a judge said last week is going to go forward by a fair and cousins with me editor of the trial lawyer magazine what a great ruling i mean this judge all the way along the way has been very methodical about this case and its going to take place give me your take well you know this is a case thats been fought for well over a decade at this point almost coming up on 2 decades and its still having to work its way through there because again theres a lot of intricacies in this case theres a lot of things that have to be proven just for it to be able to move forward but whats so significant about this particular ruling is that the day before this judge in the United States ruled this you had officials over in turkey that issued an indictment to 20 saudi nationals for the death or murder of Jamal Khashoggi so now were. Finding out a little bit more about how could show him self was actually connected to this 911 victims case yeah well you