Landmark cases, cspans special series produced with the constitution center, explore and the human story and constitutional dramas behind 12 Supreme Court decisions. Number 759, Petitioner Versus arizona. Number 18, roe against wade. Quite often in many of our famous decisions were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate are very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who helped stick together because they believed in the rule of law. Welcome to landmark cases. Our series of looking at the 12 most important cases in Supreme Courts history. We will learn more about the people in the issues behind them. Tonight, lochner v. New york, 1905. It is one of the controversial cases of the Supreme Court, and in fact the story of a baker from new york whose case gave rise to an era that defined Supreme Court cases for the next 30 years. Let me introduce you to our two guests who would tell us more about this important case
Constitutional issues the Supreme Court faced during world war i. The first from Supreme Court justice and then a virginia Commonwealth History professor. Im Vice President of the historical society. I want to welcome everybody here to our first lecture of the leon silverman lecture series dealing with the Supreme Court and world war i. This being the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i. We have a very interesting series tonight. Before i go further, however, i am instructed to tell you to please turn off any cell phones, apple watches, whatever other gadgets you may have so they dont interfere with our system here. As you know, our host tonight is justice sonya sowed mior. I want to thank her on behalf of the society for giving her time when we call opinion her to participate in events like this. Because its quite important to us and quite important to you. And we very much appreciate it. Tell you briefly a little bit about the justice. Shes a native new yorker, born in the br
We are live here in west oakland. The folks behind me, dozens of them have been here all day, many of them standing on the steps in front of this home. Theyre keeping a constant vigil in support of the families occupying the house. As we speak, the moms have until wednesday early evening to leave. And while we understand the sheriffs could move in at any time, were told thats not likely before tomorrow. We will practice nonviolent civil disobedience. With a Court Ordered eviction looming, Dominique Walker said she and another mom and their children will leave peacefully when the time comes. We have stated numerous times that we will not resist. We are not violent. This is just one house. This is a movement. This is not the end. This is a start of a new movement for housing for all. Were looking to deescalate the situation. Ray cali with the Alameda County Sheriffs Department told abc7 news his deputies have until wednesday evening to execute the order delivered last friday by an Alamed
And address are among the thousands being shared between far right extremists online the German Government downplays the threat but experts say he has reason to be worried. Plus what lengths would you go to to make a point about Climate Change activist groups have torn back refuses to fly to a new york Climate Summit we look at why shes a ride on this special. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us stock markets around the globe are dropping amid signs of a looming recession the sharp selloff follows the release of poor Economic Data from germany and china a key u. S. Benchmark also signals more trouble ahead on way. State the Dow Jones Industrial average suffered its worst day of the year so far closing 3 percent down while european equities shed more than 2 percent national jitters are continuing thursday with asian and european markets all busy pointing south. Which for more were joined here in the studio by christophe cover from our business desk and in frankfurt our financ
East bay 80 offramp to richmond parkway. I found this on a caltrans still camera, working on getting an image of that for you. Definitely looks like a big mess and this is going to be there for a long time. Also looks like just lanes of the offramp are blocked. I dont think any of the main laynes from east bay interstate 80 are impacted. Still working on confirming that. Also, just getting word in about a drainage issue at the embarcadero b. A. R. T. Station. It sounds like at least right now trains are by passing embarcadero station due to that according to muni. Working on more information. Ill have updates coming up in just a few minutes. Thanks, alexis. Smart train officials are taking action after five recent deaths. Were told two were accidents and three were suicides. Now theres a plan to address both issues. Anser hassan live in san rafael. Reporter good morning, guys, one of the first steps is putting up safety fencing Railroad Crossings like this one in such a way that people