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
War in yemen is taking on children u. N. Says tens of thousands are suffering acute malnutrition and the risk of death is high. Im going to ask over the sport as paralympics printhead breaking his appeal to use prosthetic legs to try to qualify for the pics but he plans to fight the decision which he believes is based on the basis well. So then with exactly a week to go now before the u. S. Election theres been a surge in early voting in part due to and in spite of the coronavirus pandemic more than 63000000 americans had voted by monday night already 4000000 more than all the early votes cast in 2016 and National Polls are giving democratic contender joe biden a solid lead although its a lot tighter in some battleground states with a coronavirus pandemic continues to cast a shadow over proceedings infections surging with some states concerned about the lack of hospital beds and nearly half a 1000000 cases have been confirmed in the past week alone with more than 225000 deaths since th
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Court after the Republicanled Senate approved her confirmation following a rushed process to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We will get the latest. Plus, we will speak to alicia garza, cofounder of black lives matter and supermajority. I think black voters in particular, especially as we turned out and shaped the contest across this country, we really do deserve to hear more about what youre going to do to advance the issues that i think all of us care about, the issues of health care, the issues of Community Safety and security, the issues of Climate Change and what is happening in our environment all around us. The issues of low wages that are keeping families from being able to support themselves. Amy we will speak with alicia garza about the election, new bookg, and her the purpose of power and how she was the target of a white supremacist plot that was foiled last week by the fbi. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im a
A trump warns could lead to military conflict. In the south where and any kind of barracks is controversially sworn in as the newest u. S. To primm Court Justice shifting the court further to the right. Now a bomb blast in a Religious School in northwest pakistan has now killed at least 8 people more than 100 others were also injured and fishel as a device was detonated a students gathered for lessons the target the reports. Up to 500 students were packed into this room when the bomb exploded as. They were listening to a lecture by a prominent scholar at the jimmy is a very a Religious School in push our could even start a budget it was 8 oclock in the morning the teacher was giving a lesson we just heard a big bang and all the students are running here and their. Police say the bomb was hidden in an abandoned bag in the main hall. Pakistani and afghan students teachers and other members of staff are among the dead and injured several are in a Critical Condition Police Expect more fate