Doctrine or keep it. Chief Justice Roberts we hear argument first this morning ase 221219, relentless versus the department of commerce. Mr. Martinez. Oral argument of roman marti on behalf of the petitioners martinez mr. Chief e, and may it please the court for too long, chevron has distorted the judicial process and undermined statutory interpretation it should be overruled for three ass. First, chevron violates the constitution article iii empowers judges to what the law is. It requires them to interpret federal ates using their best and independent judgment. Chevron undermines that duty. It reallocates interpretive auory from courts to to adopt inferior agencycourts constructions that are issued fotical or policy reasons. In doing so, chevron blocks judges from serving as faithful agents of cong it mandates judicial bias and encourages agency overreach. And by removing key checks on executive power, it threatens individual liberty. Chevron allates the apa. The most straightforward
We wl hear an argument this morning in case 22 138, counterman vsus colorado. Mr. Wyden. Mr. Chief justice and may please the court. The court has long held that because of the importance of free speech in our country, categorical exception to the content regulation must be well defined narrowly limited. Speech cannot be exempted wiout proof of a long set of tradition without subjecting thatpeech to regulation. The state has not come close to meeting its burden without burden of punishing without proothe speaker knew the statement would cause fear. Where this Court Reversed convictions for cross burning. And series of opinions emphasizing the central importance intent plays in making threats actually subscribe. Where the state predicts harm it has shown no difference in criminal enforceme or the availability of civil protective orders and many jurisdiction that is already requires subjective intent. There, prosecutors prove mens rea the same way they always have und criminal statutes t
Neutral act we believe this now to a supreme courtra arguments on whether the Consumer Financial protection bureaus funding structure is unconstitutional. Live coverage on cspan2. Decision in this case is the first time in a court in our nations history has held that congress violated the appropriations clause by enacting a statute providing funding. This court should uphold the cfpbs fding statute because it is firmly groundedn constitutional text and in historical practice dating bac to the founding. The text of the constitution shows that when the framers one to limit Congress Appropriations authority they did so expressly. While the framers restricted appropriations for the army to two years, they applied no similar limits on appropriations for any other agency. History confirms that. Since the foundingongress has consistently funded agencies through standg appropriations that are not timelimited and that provide significant discretion over how much to spend. Their congress did exa
Can i alert my colleagues that are here to introduce individuals normally we would turn to you and let you do that. But this meeting is has some more controversy than most hearings have so this is the way were going to handle it. Im going to make an Opening Statement, a little longer than usual. Senator feinstein will make a statement thats longer than usual. Then because of the two states that are involved, and for different reasons, but coming to the same conclusion, normally we dont have members speak, but i felt i ought to give the courtesy to both senator kennedy and senator said he wanted to speak about the controversy and his nominee. Then im going to turn to senator franken and senator franken will have up to five minutes s that okay . Youre going to introduce people, but i would like to get the controversial statements out of the way first. That makes sense. Okay. Congratulations to all the nominees and to your families and everybodys welcome at the committee. Two weeks ago, i
Bench . No. Will he still get the job . Mysterious deaths. Police in toronto, canada, is investigating this morning after a billionaire and his wife are found dead in their home. Neighbors in disbelief over the deaths, as police call the deaths suspicious. All that plus anita hill heads to hollywood to help the Entertainment Industry take control of rampant Sexual Misconduct allegations. Thousands of people fall ill on a cruise ship in the middle of the ocean. And a Close Encounter of a different kind, as an asteroid gets dangerously close to earth today, saturday, december 16th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Sheinelle Jones a jones, craig melvin and dylan dreyer, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Thanks for joining us. Imsh im craig melvin. Dylan dreyer standing by, as well. This Close Encounter, are we going to it is not going to hit the earth but itll come the closest its been since 1974. It wont be this clear until 2093. F