But she is our youngest justice. And do any of you think that these kinds of things could have gotten into a Supreme Court opinion 30 years ago, 50 years ago at all . Did they have similar . Rehnquist quotes gill better and sullivan. Not totally different. I guess thats his version of an pop bapped. For 50 years ago touf ask tony or david. Thanks, bob. We cant remember. Weve talked about what good questions Justice Kagen asked and Justice Ginsberg asked. We passed yet another term with no questions from Justice Thomas. But he did Say Something one morning and it created quite a irestorm in the press. Are you up to date on that . I remember, we all kind of and the press gallery looked at each other and, did he really Say Something . It was hard to tell. T was sort of a quip made in passing. But he was he leaned toward the microphones, which certainly seemed like he intended it for it to be heard. And this was a case that actually ended up getting dismissed, boyer versus louisiana, about
Morning. Are you in favor of extending benefits, where you come down in the debate that the benefits discourage the jobless from finding work . Republicans can call at 202 5853881. Democrats can call at 202 585 3880. Independents can call at 202 5853882. We have a special line if you are unemployed and have thoughts on this matter. 202 5855883. With us onch up social media, twitter and facebook, or email us at journal cspan. Org. Good tuesday morning. This headline from time, do not look now, the donothing congress is about to get stuff done. One of the pieces of legislation that story talks about is what is being called a modest budget deal. In that deal, as the Washington Times points out, jobless checks hang in the balance. Congressional democrats and republicans are fighting over whether to extend benefits set to expire at the end of the month, a top priority for president obama. At how tor at odds ay for the 26 billion that oneyear extension would cost. A democrat said sunday that
Suspicions, some very justified, and in which the alternative of course in the absence of the would have been some sort of a military collision, a military collision which in a short sort of sense, we would probably initially when but would probably plunge us into a much more prolonged, much wider regional conflict. So, yes, i think this is a good beginning. As we were just told, it has a long way to go and the difficult parts are just ahead. I think the thing to keep in mind is i think the sanctions regime we have probably enlisted as many people as we are going to enlist in the age of ahmadinejad. Led in theehran was last decade by a president who was so obnoxious, so file so , a holocaustdenying really bad guy. Easy or relatively easy to maintain, the International Sanctions regime with iran headed by this type of person. He is gone. He is replaced by someone much more sophisticated, and foreign minister much more adept at dealing with the west and the world. Have thenk also we last
You can also find us on line. Send us tweet or join the conversation on facebook. You can also email us. Journal cspan. Org. Well, the front page of the Washington Post today, driving away hunger. Eli reports and photographs by Michael Williamson reports from tennessee and look at a hokal program funded by the government helping to feed kids. They point out that during the summer when children leave school theres a gap in the nutrition thats available to them because they dont have the access to some of those school food programs. Lets dig into the story here. You saw that front page picture. It says that this is about a bust a bus, the lunch express and the drivers name is going around to feed kids directly instead of having the children have to come to them, the drivers name was rick bible nd his 66mile trek marked the governments latest attempt to solve a rise in childhood hunger thats been worsenen for 77 years. For seven consecutive years. 10th Washington Post story talks about so
Thats a challenge for newsrooms like this one and many others. Right now we near cleareyed no nonsense News Coverage during this crisis. Consider where we are versus a week ago. This time last sunday, there were 89 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States, half of those from the cruise ship. Now theres at least 450, according to cnns count. The truth is no up with knows the exact or full number because of testing failures. Thats why these kinds of headlines are important to make clear about whats going on. Health officials are sounding alarms because they dont have enough test kits. This story said the flawed rollout of test kits snowballed into an embarrassing fiasee yaf. The Washington Post says the Trump Administration has squandered time and lost control. Lets just pause on this. Weve seen this before. The other day, the New York Times said trump has dealt with the coronavirus the first external crisis of his administration by repeating a string of falsehoods. Falsehoods