Impact the president s diagnosis and two members of the Senate Judiciary committees diagnosis will have on her Supreme Court nomination. Guest so far, according to the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, senator Lindsey Graham, no effect at all. Full steam ahead. Hearings will Begin Next Week as he has announced. The committee put out a fact howt last night, explaining many hearings they have had so far. Some members have participated remotely. The anticipation from Republican Leadership is to move as quickly as possible to attempt to confirm judge merrick judge barrett before the election. We will find out if perhaps something comes up. Democrats on the committee have been demanding that the hearings take place in person, they say. They are also saying that it is too dangerous to have but they do not have the votes to enforce that if the republicans stick together. Host you talk about having the votes. If multiple republican senators cannot be in the room for a Committee Confirmation
These past few days have been painful and hard, and i, like you, have been heartbroken. Justice ginsburg was a giant in the law, a champion of justice ad equality, and she was also treasured member of the Georgetown Law Community for many years, beginning with her husband martys joining the faculty. She was remarkably generous with her time. I will never forget walking into on so many occasions. Every year she spoke to our first year class. Walking with her out onto the stage, looking out at hundreds of students, many of them wearing notorious rbg tshirts and seeing their faces light up and uploading ecstatically as , eventered the room though her Security Team always told us that she would leave right after her talk, she always stayed to talk to students and since friday, i have received so many photos from our students of the selfies they took with her. Notes about what a wonderful memory it was. It has been so lovely to see them. It is so hard to believe that she is gone. Askednight
Affiliation. We will unmute you in turn and i will introduce each questioner. We are going to do our best to give you send you a chat message saying your question will be able to be asked shortly. Id also like to remind everyone that this event is being recorded for future posting on the website and it will be live streamed on georgetown laws Facebook Page and cspan. Debby, can i say one thing, you dont have to tell us what your question is. Oh, yes, just your name and afi afillation so we can let you know who is speaking and that its time to speak. With that id like to turn things over to the director and folks, we may begin streaming and recording. Welcome everyone to our annual Supreme Court term preview. Im the director of the Supreme Court institute at georgetown law. Before we get started with todays scheduled program, i want to take the opportunity to acknowledge the passing of Justice Ginsburg. She was a trailblazing civil rights lawyer, a giant of a jurist and a larger than li
Duplicitous and on august date this is designed to hurt this president for the reasons which i am not interested in. Same email the cdc director homicide read and agree how they wrote it and to ensure it is fair and balanced and complete. These emails show clear political interference with the cdc efforts to carry out the science based mission. Mr. Secretary will you renounce this political interference and commit this will not happen again . As i said i support the base and challenging each other i do not support the statements doctor alexander is no longer employed at this department. I would like to get into Personnel Matters that is appropriate to let me be clear about that second quotation i do not know of any circumstance of anyone that would have authority and then to that knowledge she never had that authority i would not have supported that. When the statements came out i wrote you a letter asking these people appear before the select subcommittee. Not a single one was made av
Sunday, october 4th, a at noon eastern on book tv on cspan2. And now, Georgetown University law center previews the Upcoming Supreme Court term including one case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care act. They also talk about the potential for lawsuits concerning the 2020 elections that may reach the Supreme Court for consideration and reflects on the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her legacy in the court and the legal profession. This is about two hours. Welcome, everyone, to our annual Supreme Court term preview. Im executive director of the Supreme Court institute at georgetown law. Before we get started with todays scheduled program, i want to take the opportunity to acknowledge the passing of Justice Ginsburg. She was a trail blazing civil rights lawyer, a giant of a juress and a larger than life human being. But what i will remember most about her is her indom spirit. That and the devastate iing ser of questions she hurled my way at oral argument in the wi