Meet to calm election tensions which have now claimed that least 85. 00 lives, plus the armenian Prime Ministers future hangs in the balance after thousands them and his resignation, branding him a traitor over them, and corner cutting back ceasefire. Deal with your support with less than a day until the delayed masters Golf Tournament. Tiger woods is on the prowl as he looks to defend these green jackets well hear from the World Health Organization has described europe as a cautionary tale of the dangers of easing. Coronavirus restrictions the continent is experiencing in aggressive surgeon infections with daily fatalities steadily raw, ising towards the peak of the 1st wave back in spring or than 50000. 00. People have now died from covered 19 in the u. K. Alone. And initially, once the epicenter of europes outbreak, 623. 00 people have died in just the last day. Andrew symonds reports for the u. K. Its another landmark in the spread of covert, and its causing a lot more than 50000.
Quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer well, mr. President , for more than a year and a half, leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans have refused to take action on the housepassed for the people act. At a time when our democracy is under siege in so many ways, the for the people act is a bold proposal that will restore Peoples Trust in our democratic system, a trust that is fading. It is under it is for the people. In order to make a more perfect union. It would shore up our elections from threats from abroad. Thats something we have just recently read more and more about. Why arent we doing more on that . In fact, when senator van hollen a few days ago put on the floor the an act u. C. Of an act that would say russia should have sanctions imposed on it if they interfere with our elections, the other side blocked it. I hope theyre not following Donald Trumps obeisance to russia and his view that putins just okay. It would also dismantle systemat
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
God save the United States and this honorable court. This morning we will hear argument in case 19177 the United States agency for International Development versus the alliance for open society international. I note at the outset that Justice Kagen is recused in this case. Mr. Michelle . Justice, may it please20 years ago, the hiv aids the court. Pandemic was devastating the world. In response, president bush proposed since reauthorized three times, the act has committed nearly 80 billion to global aids relief. It has worked. The funding condition at issue here requires recipients to have a policy opposing prostitution and sex trafficking, which Congress Found are coercive practices that spread hivaids. This court held that a flight that condition to respondents, domestic entities violates the unconstitutional conditions doctrine but respondents sought more and the question is whether the condition can still be applied to foreign grant recipients operating abroad. It can, for two reaso
Speech. The other point i would add is that even the clearly identified , i think theerseas government would concede they have First Amendment rights when they act here in the United States as they often do when they come here for meetings or to publish papers or participate in conferences and of the problem with the pledge requirement is that it binds these organizations forever and for all purposes. Justice breyer . It seems to me the government is prepared to concede that you, care usa, does not have to oppose prostitution. But they say the First Amendment does not prevent them from telling care india that it has to oppose. So why dont you simply write a grants to get all the money yourself and give it to care india . That, yourlem with honor, is that according to the government the policy requirement still binds the u. S. Organization in the following way. If care u. S. Gets the money and some grants to care india, it must carry the burden of the government in imposing the policy r