The National Review previewed high cases the court will consider this year. Ramesh ponnuru moderates this hour and 15 minute discussion. From the washington, d. C. Center. The National Review and the Pacific Legal foundation is honored to welcome you here today with the hurricane coverage and the to hundreds of thousands of people across the country who are tuning in by cspan. We would also like to thank jones day for this nice roof and Staff Assistance to for putting this together. As for plf, our interest in the Supreme Court mirrors brief attention. We will have as many as eight petitions pending before the justice involving cases that we have filled and i think that is probably the most of any Public Interest legal organization. We have seven straight wins in the Supreme Court. So we hope to extend that string of victories this term. And finally, scoutus blog has noted we are the most famous brief filers for the court. Our guest will talk about the most important Supreme Court case
Blocks we need. Here is what the challengers are saying. They are saying the Voting Rights justification says section five is no longer in effect and you should not be able to defend the deviations that have a pattern of difference between the majority districts based on the statues that are no longer enforceable. If that argument is accepted there is a lot more maps around the country subject to challenge. The other argument is that is a sham, it was done for partisan reasons, contrary to the finding and fact of the District Court, and that is an interesting argument in addition to the fact it defies the ruling of the District Court in terms of the facts. The amount of partisanship is so small it is tiny compared to maps that have been upheld by the Supreme Court in previous cases. What you have here is an effort to use these minor deviations in populations to ratchet up the level of scrutiny in the drawing of district maps to the point where you would have a double standard. Some map
Nonattainment so the first incentive is to have dirty air before we can get clean air. Theres something wrong with the rules and regulations. We need to build common sense in this relationship and it really benefits the public if they can do that. Marriage has been a contentious issue and we recently saw the county clerk spent time in jail after she refused to issue a license to a couple and you say in utah you were able to bring religious groups in common ring groups in, reach some kind of accommodation understanding. Tell us about what happened in utah and exactly how thats working there. As everybody knows, it gets an emotional issue on all sides. Its probably not just both sides. There are different variations of both sides out there so how do you bring people together better in some ways diametrically opposing each other because of religious belief . Most people believe in equal opportunity and nondiscrimination but they want to be able to worship or express their religious belief
Hope, even in this the scene of tremendous obstacles, you are hearing our cries in the face of another gun tragedy as we are tired of witnessing it. As you comfort the community of roseburg, oregon, may we open ourselves to change. And we confess that what we are doing is not working and that we can do better. Inspire out of come place sensey , out of fear that we might work towards becoming a nation that so honors life will do everything in its power to protect it. Amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the jourm of the last days proceedings and announces to the house thinks approval thereof. According to rule one, clause one, the journal stands approved. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Chair lays before the house a communication. The clerk the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives of representatives, sir, pursuant to the
Throughout the world to have been able to get followers behind them and evil men who have led them in wrong courses. We usually think of leadership however and those who take, who lead the people in the right directions. I think one of the main essentials for leadership is communication. We find that if we look back on men, president s in the united overseas, men like winston churchill, we find so often we remember them years later and they are known better in history for things they said rather than for the actual deeds they might have performed. I think it is the case of being people communicate to a and persuade those people of the direction they want to go. Good leadership, of course, means having a belief in basic principles, moral principles, in things that are worthwhile. And for the good of the people youre trying to lead. Persuading those people of the course they must follow in order to achieve those. Help clarify your perspective and the one of. Who would you consider the th