for an extension because this was a regulation issued by the cdc itself with no congressional action. that s the legal problem here. now, it got challenged in court. the extension that happened just got challenged in court. this week a district court judge said i m going to leave it in place. the higher courts have said it s legal so i ll leave it to the higher courts, the court of appeals and the supreme court. the question is if this gets back to the supreme court, will they uphold the extension? it looks like they will not. if i had to guess, i would guess they will not uphold the extension. that said, it s going to take a couple more months to get up to the supreme court so the moratorium will live on at least for some time. it s an important topic. thanks so much for that, we appreciate it. move over, tom cruise. apparently jay leno is the one hanging out of planes these days. his epic midair stunt, next. r like we would treat our own moms, with care and respect.
couple of weeks have upheld a vaccination requirement by indiana university, including a three-judge court of appeals panel. all three republican appointed. just a few days ago justice amy coney barrett said we re going to leave indiana university s vaccination requirement in place. it clearly is constitutional and schools can require vaccinations. elie, this week a federal judge allowed the white house s new eviction moratorium to stay in place, a very important issue, but the ruling could be challenged in an appellate court. one viewer wants to know does the cdc have the legal power to extend the eviction moratorium based on the ongoing covid pandemic. a lot of discussion about this. this regulation by the cdc is very questionable legally yet it continues to defy the odds and survive in court. the supreme court left the original moratorium by a very narrow 5-4 margin but they made clear don t come back and ask us
blow to the president and his first month in office. you usually don t see this kind of check on presidential power this early in a presidency, although certainly this case will go on through the legal system. chris: what did they expect? there have been comments and you could tell it in president trump s remarks after the hearing, after he had listened in, he was pretty contemptuous of the lawyers, the three judges in the court of appeals panel. did they think this was going to go against him? they were trying to make predictions but they listened to the audio that we all heard. being pretty tough on the government lawyer. i think the argument you re going to see from the argument going forward, we are hearing this broadly is that the president has a lot of sway over national security decisions. if this goes forward, you re going to hear them trying to back up this argument. this is the president of the
court about the ban on same-sex marriage in oklahoma. it was argued a week after the utah case was argued. it was a 2-1 decision by this court of appeals panel. the state has the option of asking the entire tenth circuit to hear the case or coming here to the u.s. supreme court. the tenth circuit today put a hold on the effect of its own ruling to give the state time to appeal the ruling. for now, same-sex marriage cannot resume in yau tao, depending on what the state does. it s certain to appeal. so presumably the ban will stay until the supreme court disposes of this case. if it takes this case it s not a slam dunk certainty that the supreme court will take these cases if all of the appeals court cases go in the direction. normally one of the big reasons the court would take a case is if there s a split among the circuits. if there isn t, it might not take the case. it might consider it important enough to weigh in. i d be a little surprise fd the
orleans refuses now to reverse his order blocking a moratorium on deepwater drilling. he issued that on tuesday. court of appeals panel expected to review the case within two weeks. louisiana governor bobby jindal called the judge s ruling a rare instance of common sense at the federal judge. by the way, that judge has received death threats. it took minutes for trees, power lines and even buildings to be ripped down by a severe storm. the national weather service will be in bridgeport, connecticut today to survey the damage from that violent weather. the mayor declaring a state of emergency after reports of tornado touched down. this is the video shot by one resident from his home. the reason it s so hard to see, the wind and rain whipping all over the place. boom, it kind of bounced and crashed down on me and he s like days for a couple of seconds and then i saw the wires and i m thinking i better get out of here. i was screaming, screaming. i ve seen trees falling all over.