In cooperation with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Number 759, earnest miranda, petitioner, versus arizona. Well hear arguments in number 18, roe against wade. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took the quite unpopular 54, 45, these decisions change our lives lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who had helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening, and welcome to cspans history series landmark cases. Tonight is number 10 in our 12part series, and youll hear about the 1962 tennessee reapportionment case. It was one that chief Justice Earl Warren called the most important of his tenure. And remember, this is the court that wrote brown versus board of education. Well learn why during the next 90 minutes. This case began
Hang on their choice. I ask consent to speak in morning business. Without objection. There is a poet, it went like this. When i was going up the stair i met a man who wasnt there. He wasnt there again today. I wish that man would go away. I thought about that poem when i listened to the majority leaders speech about how cooperative he has been when it comes to Supreme Court nominations. The name he forgot to mention was Merrick Garland. Merrick garland was nominated by president obama to fill the vacancy of justice antonin scalia. Merrick garland, the only president ial nominee to the Supreme Court in the history of the United States senate to be denied a hearing and a vote. Merrick garland, who senator mcconnell said i will not only refuse to give him a hearing at a vote, i refuse to even see him. Merrick garland, found unanimously wellqualified by the american bar association, Merrick Garland, a person who received bipartisan support for appointment to the Dc Circuit Court of appeals
He is a serial liar, no beliefs, he lives in his own reality. I am telling you, this is not a guy that you want. When i make the judgment on not voting for trump and i am not hillary either, i am homeless right now. Because in part because i worked in the white house and in part because i read history, the issues, thinking about a president , i dont think there is any individual issue that takes precedent in my mind over what i would refer to as the public character of the president or they are public or private aspects. On that a little more, you need a person who has prudence, judgment, some amount of wisdom, and what used to be understood as character, not just how they act, the whole of who they will are, and in my estimation what i have seen from donald trump, this is not a state secret, no erratic and unprincipled and narcissistic, the idea that that man, from the commanderinchief, to the head of department of justice to the irs, to the fbi, should be a frightening prospect. When
Sexes them or racism. I am curious when we find the situation is a people are restricted to free speech zones we dispelled as if we were targeted and told to be restricted to the free speech zone for the advertising for an event we had coming and others had not been for their evens. But we also find for putting up signs it and unfair manner because some of them and it turned out the Young Americans for liberty was an organization to be signed up for the weekend and we have to pay this time for leaving the signed up over the weekend we have to figure out another way. And luckily ive was there lehr being infringed upon and we ended up contacting fire to have this handled in a due process like manner before we had a fine imposed upon this. How do we turn this tide had be turned that tide moving forward . Mind standing is we have good success it has been successful and correct me if i am wrong but to my understanding that regard to public universities have found that restricting free speec
Pass. Thats a little unusual for this time of morning. A new crash just in before 101. Well get more details. Dont see any slowing there or on the approach to the bay bridge. Back to you z. At 5 01, we do have an update to breaking news for you this morning. Human rights activists say russian war planes have destroyed a Doctors Without Borders facility in northern syria. They say ten died, dozens others were hurt. One activist tells the Associated Press the entire building collapsed and all medical team members inside the facility were killed. Syrian troops have been on the offensive in northern syria. Under the cover of russian air strikes. Just on friday, the u. S. And russia brokered a truth for a ceasefire in syria. A popular bay area Tourist Destination has turned crime scene and police are trying to piece together clues into a double homicide at twin peaks over the weekend. Stephanie chuang is live there with the latest. Good morning, steph. Good morning, laura and sam. On a clea