During the. During the Great Depression which im old enough to remember there was and most of my family were unemployed depression which im old enough to remember there was and most of my family were unemployed working class there wasnt it was bed you know much worse subjectively than today wood working class there wasnt it was bed you know much worse objectively than today but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. But there was an expectation that things were going to get better. There was a real sense of hopefulness there isnt today. There was a real sense of hopefulness there isnt today. Inequality is. Inequality is really unprecedented im sure that total inequality thats like the worst really unprecedented im sure that total inequality its like the worst periods of American History. Periods of American History. But if youre a find it more closely. But if youre a find it more closely the inequality comes from the extreme wealth in a tiny sector the puppy qua
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Decisions that we should be aware of . Like everybody else i want to say it like nikki rooney, im happy to be in the show. [laughter] right that the term is characterized in part by the cases that court took and partly by the cases the court postponed or did not take. To hide too cases tdap the beginning of the term and one set of them were on the summer conference list for last year where the cases about the scope of title vii, whether covers discrimination based on Sexual Orientation or on gender identity. The court could have taken those cases last september and did not, it held off until april. It once again dodged a question in had in front of it in Masterpiece Cake shop by sending me arlenes flowers case back far in light of Masterpiece Cake shop, which i find interesting. Because Masterpiece Cake shop shed no light on the question. So you wonder what theyre expecting the lower court to do there. The daca case was hanging up there for quite a long. Of time. I think they thought m
Upcoming cases and the impact the president has had on the Supreme Court and lower courts. Due to technical difficulties, we are joining the discussion in progress. This is an hour and 20 minutes. This is one hour and 20 minutes. Two questions, one is my observation and he echoed it that this was a federal right in terms of the court split in ways that conservative justices were joining the liberal justices in the majority of the cases. You agree that this term was a quiet interlude for my comp . And then maybe talk about what might come. And please talk about your area of expertise to the gerrymandering case. And does it portend other future decisions that we should be aware of . Like everybody else i want to say it like nikki rooney, im happy to be in the show. [laughter] right that the term is characterized in part by the cases that court took and partly by the cases the court postponed or did not take. To hide too cases tdap the beginning of the term and one set of them were on the
There were periods like the gilded age in the twentys and the early ninetys and so on when a situation developed by the similar to this. Now this period 6 trillion because if you look at their Wealth Distribution the inequality mostly comes from super wealth. Literally the cup 110th of a percent are just super wealthy. Not only is it extremely unjust in itself. Inequality has highly negative consequences on the so is all. Because the very fact of inequality has a corrosive harmful effect markers. You opened by talking about the American Dream part of the American Dream is questioning dillard it will infuriate you or kurt. A ridge it was possible for a worker to get a decent job. In a corps of children to school. To a collapse. Imagine yourself in an outside position looking for mars. What do you see. In the United States where there are professed to like democracy. In a democracy Public Opinion is going to have some influence on policy. And then the government carries out actions deter