New threats and a warning for wildlife a new report says nature is being destroyed at an extraordinary rate us. The air. Thank you very much for joining us we begin with breaking news out of lebanon scabbard old beirut and a massive fire has broken out at the site of last months deadly port explosion these are live pictures firefighters are battling the blaze at a destroyed a warehouse thats goes straight to our harder in beirut for us these images are quite impressive zain whats happened and whats caused this fire. Well massive fire like you mentioned raging at the of course destroyed a beirut poort just 5 weeks ago a massive explosion destroyed that port you can see right behind me the Lebanese Army issuing a statement just a short while ago saying that a warehouse where oil and tires were stored caught fire now what we also understand from the Lebanese Red Cross is that the this was not a deliberate fire because a few days ago there was a smaller fire at beirut port and that fire wa
This hearing from the Senate Judiciary committee runs one hour and 40 minutes. This hearing, small print, big impact of forced arbitration will come to order. The seventh amendment to the constitution guarantees the right to a jury trial, however, for tens of millions of americans this constitutional right is an empty promise. Instead of having their day in court, people are forced into arbitration by the fine print buried deep in Employment Contracts, manuals and terms of service. I would like to turn to a brief video featuring three individuals who were denied their day in court as a resort of forced arbitration clauses that they did not know anything about. What is forced arbitration . Basically you are giving up your right to take a dispute to court. This is a constitutional right you have in your giving it up even before you know there is a dispute. Arbitration clauses are typically buried in a fine print of a product manual or website. Most people do not even realize they agree t
Massachusetts house of representatives. And he was also even while he was on the Supreme Court a professor at the harvard law school. Interestingly enough, he was also noted as one of the most successful authors of the first half of the 19th century. Matter of fact, when he was 65 years old, that particular year his book royalties gave him twice as much money as his salary as a justice of the Supreme Court. As many of you know, he became when he was appointed at that time, the youngest justice to serve on the Supreme Court. And one of the youngest ever to serve. He was appointed by president madison in 1811. And was actually took office the following year in february of 1812. As most of you you know, im sure, he made a significant mark on american law in his 33 years on the bench. But his greatest contribution to jurisprudence is his commentaries on the constitution in which he set forth a philosophy of judicial restraint. He was quite enamored by the philosophical approach to the law
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation center for legal and judicial studies and to our 10th lecturer. Tinguished the name sake is joseph story. He was a remarkable patriot who carried out the founders vision of a constitutional before joining the Supreme Court, he had quite a career of his own. He was a congressman. He was a state legislature. He was a speaker of the massachusetts house of representatives. He was also while he was on the Supreme Court, a professor law chool. When he was 65 years old, that particular year, his book royalties gave him twice much money as his salary as a justice of the Supreme Court. As many of you know, he became, when he was appointed, at that time, the youngest justice to serve on the Supreme Court and one of the youngest ever to serve, he was appointed by president madison in 1811 and was actually took office in following year in february of 1812. As most of you know, im sure, he made a significant mark on american l
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