Last year and things were going very well indeed until a group of master vandals we dont know who they were began attacking 1st of all police and burnt down a Police Church this is a church that is used mainly by police force and another chapel which is a national anational heritage site in chile very nearby they also looted shops all through one of the main avenues about 700 meters from where i am right now close enough to the main protest area where we could see the smoke and smell it and hear of course the ambulances and the fire trucks that were trying to get to this area so they are clearly been marring what was supposed to be and many had hoped would be a peaceful protest just one week before chileans are supposed to go to the polls for this all important referendum and there are people who are afraid especially political leaders in the opposition that this sort of thing could keep people from going out to vote next sunday. Vote counting is underway in bolivia in an election many
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Are from turkey as tensions rise between the 2 nations over religious rights. And the government protests so resuming across iraq after a long suspension gitta the coronavirus restrictions. The protests against corruption and unemployments began a year ago in the months since hundreds of people have been killed and injured someone a full team is there in baghdad she tells us whats bringing protesters to the streets this time. Their demands have life the more over the past year when they 1st went out a year ago they were asking for a homeland which means to live in dignity to have access to good service to have access to jobs and to be governed by. A Good Government that is not corrupt now of course they have achieved that to some extent they are demanding the resignation of former Prime Minister which was the 1st time that a Prime Minister was forced to resign since 2003 but the Political Parties that brought him to power that are blamed for much of the corruption and mismanagement of
Isabel wilkerson entered. Washington journal continues. Host we are back with richard , who is here to discuss with us the history of president s Court Roosevelt packing attempt. Good morning. Lets start with information for our cspan viewers. What does the constitution say about the size of the Supreme Court . Guest nothing, really, except that there shall be a Supreme Court and achieve justice. The number of justices is left of congress to prescribe. Host the only people who can decide on how many justices sit on the Supreme Court is the congress of the United States . Guest thats right. By ordinary legislation subject of course to the president s veto. Host what size did the Supreme Court start at . The constitution requires a chief justice. How many were there . Guest six at the beginning. It was an even number. In those days the nation was divided into judicial circuits. In those days the Supreme Court justices had real duties in each circuit. With respect to any given circuit. Co
Threetoone. This talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the emerging civil war blog. Welcome back to the emerging civil war symposium. Callext speaker i fondly professor henry hill, because by day he is a music teacher. Henry hill no relation to ambrose powell. Nevertheless a delight. Dan welch is the secretary of organization. Hes the author of the book the last roads north and he works as a historian at the gettysburg park. He is here to talk about one of the lesserknown, but vital actions of the battle on coal s hill. Culp ladies and gentlemen, dan welch. I want to begin by thanking all of my friends and colleagues at emerging civil war, chris, chris weitz at the American Battlefield trust for having me to present this often forgotten story of the battle of gettysburg. Over the last 157 years, so many of us are familiar with the stories of joshua chamberlain, Little Round Top, Seminary Ridge, but what will often get lost of the stories on the union right and l