This philosophy that some historians have called right related liberalism. The idea that liberalism was primarily devoted to the protection of individual rights. As a result, the Supreme Court became an important mechanism for this. One problem, which is that if you are going to govern, you have to be able to appoint Supreme Court justices. This becomes an increasingly fraught prospect for liberals. So the backdrop. Lbj. After 1964 with the Civil Rights Act, 1965 with the Voting Rights act, he has a sense that the Supreme Court will be significant. Unlike with kennedy, there are no openings on the court. Johnson essentially creates one. The first one comes in 1965. It is a custom which dates back to the wilson administration. There was one jewish member on the court. The jewish member on the court in the early 1960s was arthur goldberg. He had been appointed by jfk. Johnson however wants to appoint this man, his longtime lawyer and fairly close personal friend and advisor, abe fortas.
The idea that it was a particular job of the Supreme Court to stand up on behalf of people who may not have majority support. Whether it was atheists or Civil Rights Activist or criminal defendants throughout the 1960s. Second was the emergence of this philosophy that some historians have called right related liberalism. The idea that liberalism was protected individual rights. As a result, the Supreme Court became an important mechanism for this. One problem, which is that if you are going to govern, you have to be able to appoint Supreme Court justices. This becomes an increasingly fraught prospect for liberals. Lyndon b. Johnson, after 1964 with the Civil Rights Act, 1965 with the Voting Rights act, he has a sense that the Supreme Court will be significant. Unlike with kennedy, there are no openings on the court. Johnson essentially creates one. He first comes in 1965. It is a custom which dates back to the wilson administration. There was one jewish member on the court. The jewish
Two shots and then a flurry of shots. At least five, six, seven shots. We all ran out. The attackers tried to escape, but were killed in a shootout with police. Take a look. Israeli police are calling this a terrorist attack saying it was carried out by these two men, two cousins from east jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister. Netanyahu promised israeli would respond with a heavy hand. Secretary of state kerry condemned the attack. This violence has no place anywhere. This is the middle l east correspondent for buzzfeed. Shes on the phone from jerusalem. What is the latest . What are they saying in the city about this incident . Well, at the moment the families of those injured are standing outside the hospital waiting to hear about the conditionover their loved ones. We do know four people were killed. The police have now shut those neighborhoods down. Theres a lot of tension here in jerusalem. People are worried that these states of attacks are only going to continue. And at the local s
there you have a reporter from all right a conservative organization, fox. punched in the mouth by a union supporter. you don t think that s going to be used for months and years ahead? yeah. why would it be used? it s iconic and you say it shouldn t upset people. don t you think it will? i m just saying violence in the capitol in general yesterday under those circumstances i think could have been expected and it could have been a lot worse. i agree with you. there will be things extracted from confrontations whether they were in the legislature, outside the legislature, between demonstrators and the press that can be used by one side or the other as political ammunition. and it probably will be. is it fair? no, it isn t. but this is american politics as you know. happens all the time. well, let me go to a politician. representative geiss. thank you for joining us. you had a statement out there. here you are on the floor of the
stroke. of course people will try to do it. but there are those hard working union members that will fight for what s right in a non-violent manner. and that s what i believe you will see as the continuing face. okay. i m going to invite that guy who threw the punch to come on this show and tell us why he did it. if he singles himself out, he won t be the face. i think he should step forward and say if there s no charges made here, i ll tell you who i am. bill, just thoughts here. these industrial states which we root for. industrial unions that really build things. manufacturing states. is this a long trend line we re looking at or a cycle of right wing movement here? i m afraid it s probably a long trend line. our percentage of union membership in the state is