The latest from prosecutors in court and why the defense says the governments got the case all wrong. Melanias message. The first lady firing back at the former friend who shared secret recordings of their conversations. They are not with the parents. Its sad. But when they come here alone or with coyotes or illegally, you you know, you need to do something. How shes hand lynx the fallout and the way she chose to get her message across. Nfl setback. The patriots canceling practice after a new positive covid19 test. How more cases could affect the nfl schedule. Will they now be blitzing in the bubble . Hey, good morning, everybody. Great to be with you for another weekend. Lets get straight to our top story. With tminus 17 days until the election, President Trump and former Vice President joe biden are hitting the campaign trail hard focusing on key battlegrounds. President Trump Holding rallies overnight in florida and georgia while biden was mobilizing voters in michigan. The candidat
Mexicos missing students the arrest warrants are issued for members of the military. And sudans new government looks for ways out of an economic crisis made worse by the coronavirus pandemic and devastating floods. 8 days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg u. S. President donald trump has officially nominated Amy Connie Barretts to replace her if confirmed speratus appointment would adds another conservative voice to the bench further shifting the court sponsor pirates of the rights for decades to come our White House Correspondent kimberly hellcats reports. Theres a highly anticipated nomination made official when u. S. President donald trump an announced her name judge amy coney barrett. Judge barrett currently serves as a federal judge in chicago and is president trumps 3rd pick for the u. S. Supreme court she is a woman of unparalleled achievement towering intellect sterling credentials and unyielding loyalty to the constitution if confirmed judge barrett
Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe
Quite often and many of our most greatest decisions are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go to a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually, what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who help stick together because they believed in a rule of law. Cspan and the National Constitution center. Welcome you to the land more cases. Our 12 part history series. Exploring the people and the stories behind some of the Supreme Courts most famous dissidents. Tonight, we will be learning more about the dred scott case of 1857. Let me introduce you to our two guests to tell us about the history and impact of this case. Chris bracey is at George Washington University Law school professor. He is also the coeditor of a book called the dreads caught case and contemporary perspectives. Welcome. Martha jones is at the university of michigan. She is a history professor there and also the chair of afro american and codirector of the race line his
Street, and the same experience that i just read supervisor preston had with regard to a potential Navigation Center in the Fifth District in the heart of our city. So i wanted to ring that note of optimism as we are all rolling in the same direction in different ways, but the people of the city and county of San Francisco should be commended. And with that, supervisor safai has made a motion to continue this to the call of the chair. And we are adjourned. Great. Is our United States constitution requires every ten years that america counts every human being in the United States, which is incredibly important for many reasons. Its important for preliminary representation because if Political Representation because if we under count california, we get less representatives in congress. Its important for San Francisco because if we dont have all of the people in our city, if we dont have all of the folks in california, california and San Francisco stand to lose billions of dollars in fund