My name is robert barnes. I cover the Supreme Court for the washington post. Thanks for coming on this crisp, fall day to hear about the Supreme Court. Id like to thank the federalist society, particularly the Facility Division and practice groups for putting together what we think will be an interesting panel on what looks to be a very interesting term at the Supreme Court. After the trauma of last years confirmation hearings, theres been a thought from those who watched the court that it went out of its way not to look partisan last term, to look for ways to bust up the ideological divide on the court in some cases and to slow walk some controversies to keep them off that years docket. Its been welldocumented that each of the conservative justices at least once joined the four liberals to make up a majority in a case. And it went the other way, too. Each of the liberals at least once abandoned his or her usual voting partners and joined the conservatives in a case. Harmony could be h
Host this weekend on newsmakers, carrie severino, who is the chief counsel and policy director for the Judicial Crisis Network. Thank you for being here. Carrie great to be here. Host alex swoyer, the legal reporter with the Washington Times and simone pathe with rollcall. Thank you both. Let me begin with the final two decisions by the Supreme Court. The New York Times Court Reporter called them stunning and proof that the chief Justice John Roberts is making this court his own. What is your view of the rulings and imprint he is having on this court . Talking about the gerrymandering case and the census case, what we are seeing is the gerrymandering case was a wonderful opportunity for the justices to step back and say we are being asked to do something that judges arent entitled to do in the constitution which is secondguessed the redistricting going on. There is not a Legal Standard for that. It is political and judges shouldnt get into that. That was a great conclusion. Majority, t
Thank you both. Let me begin with the final two decisions by the Supreme Court. They called them stunning and proof that chief Justice John Roberts is making this court his own. What is your view of the rulings and imprint he is having on this court . Talking about the gerrymandering case and the census case, what we are seeing is the gerrymandering case was a wonderful opportunity for the justices to step back and say we are being asked to do something that judges arent entitled to do in the constitution which is secondguessed the redistricting going on. There is not a Legal Standard for that. It is political and judges shouldnt get into that. That was a great conclusion. Majority, the chief justice and the other conservatives. We saw the court going the other way in the consensus case and the chief justice leading that. He seems to want to be chief Justice Marshall and give a little to each person and the less out. Unfortunately, that is not the role of the judge and it worries me be
Two russian interference in the 2016 election. Watch live coverage on cspan3. Or listen on the free cspan radio app. Host this weekend on newsmakers, carrie severino, who is the chief counsel and policy director for the Judicial Crisis Network. Thank you for being here. Carrie great to be here. Host alex swoyer, the legal reporter with the Washington Times and simone pathe with rollcall. Thank you both. Chief Justice John Roberts is making this court his own. What is your view of the rulings and imprint he is having on this court . Talking about the gerrymandering case and the census case, what we are seeing is the gerrymandering case was a wonderful opportunity for the justices to step back and say we are being asked to do something that judges arent entitled to do in the constitution which is secondguessed the redistricting going on. There is not a Legal Standard for that. It is political and judges shouldnt get into that. That was a great conclusion. Majority, the chief justice and
Casualties as they arrived at dover harbour. Home casualties as they arrived at dover harbour. Home office casualties as they arrived at dover harbour. Home office has been chairing an emergency meeting of the small boats Operator National gold command, this morning. Home Operator National gold command, this morning. Home secretary this morning. Home secretary Suella Braverman saying , my Suella Braverman saying, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragic loss of life in the channel. Charlie rowley is a former special adviser to michael gove. He told us this is a europe wide problem, a dangerous route into the uk. Its not something that people do lightly and it follows the incident that we had just last week in italy where an ambulance lost their lives because of the crossings that are taking place, not just across calais and dover , but across calais and dover, but across calais and dover, but across europe. It is a European Crisis that were seeing. But as crisis th