As comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Oconnor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Susan would you say a bit more about the chief Justice William rehnquist and his approach to leading the court . David well, he had, you know, he had been on the court for a lot of years before he became a chief justice.
David savage, it is the 20th andversary of bush v gore here we are in the midst of sorting through another close election. We asked you because youve been covering this Supreme Court since 1986 to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election. What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. The Rehnquist Court. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align ideologically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a prominent figure. It leans right. There were several moderate republicans. John stephens, david souter and Ruth Ginsburg and stephen breyer, four on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Oconnor were middle of the ro
American history. We will speak to the new the newagazines yorker magazines jane mayer about her new article why trump cant afford to lose. That would to florida. Thats the sound of supporters cheering on Desmond Meade as he came out of a polling place after voting for president for the first time in 30 years. Two years ago, meade led an effort to restore Voting Rights for floridians who were disenfranchised due to their criminal records. At the heart of amendment 4 is the fact we abolished 150yearold jim crow law. Prior to amendment 4 has income anyone convicted of a felony offense faced lifetime barred from voting. So effectively removed that. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States is once again shuttering its own world record for daily coronavirus infections, reporting a staggering 163,000 cases thursday. Nearly 1200 people died of covid19 in the last 24 hours. Public Health Officials a
Here we are in the midst of sorting through another close election. We asked you because youve been covering this Supreme Court since 1986 to come back and look back in time with us at that 2000 election. What we were going through then as comparison to whats happening now and also some of the lessons that were learned. Lets start with the court itself in 2000. Nine members of the court and seven of them have been appointed by republican president s. But how do they align id logically . David its sort of a 54 conservative court. Rehnquist was a leader. Justice scalia was a leader of that court. Ohn stephens, david sutter and Ruth Ginsburg and steven briar, on the left. So it leaned conservative. But it was also an interesting you know, the court the court is never 100 predictable. I found that Justice Kennedy and Justice Connor were middle of the road conservatives. And you could not predict them in all sorts of cases. Would you say a bit more about William Rehnquist and his approach t
American history. We will speak to the new the newagazines yorker magazines jane mayer about her new article why trump cant afford to lose. That would to florida. Thats the sound of supporters cheering on Desmond Meade as he came out of a polling place after voting for president for the first time in 30 years. Two years ago, meade led an effort to restore Voting Rights for floridians who were disenfranchised due to their criminal records. At the heart of amendment 4 is the fact we abolished 150yearold jim crow law. Prior to amendment 4 has income anyone convicted of a felony offense faced lifetime barred from voting. So effectively removed that. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States is once again shuttering its own world record for daily coronavirus infections, reporting a staggering 163,000 cases thursday. Nearly 1200 people died of covid19 in the last 24 hours. Public Health Officials a