Im i did a book on a liberal president and a conservative court. Have you ever heard of any of those . Well, of course you have. But its not the present liberal president and a conservative court. It is the president Franklin Roosevelt and the hughes court of the 1930s. Indeed, it was 75 years ago this month that Franklin Roosevelt announced his Court Packing plan which is the subject of much of my book. Ill talk to in a moment. The clash between roosevelt and hughes at a critical time in American History is a great story and an important one. Also it raises questions that were important 75 years ago and are important today. One being whether life tenured justices, conservative justices of the Supreme Court can thwart the popular will. Alternatively, whether a popularly elected president can try to bend the court to his political policies. And those are questions and issues that are with us today as they were 75 years ago. First let me tell you a little bit about roosevelt and hughes w
Church where a father of five usborn children who has lived in the country for more than 15 years has sought sanctuary to avoid deportation back to mexico. Maybe it would be a psychological, for my children and my wife to visit me very often. It would be very difficult if ice came for me, difficult for them. But we hope this doesnt happen. Amy and we remember the late rebel reporter john ross who died five years ago. I could have not been close to the 1970s movement if i had not spent so many years living in an Indigenous Community and understanding dynamic of the indigenous life in rural mexico. Amy we will speak to norm stockwell, editor of a new rosssion of john lectures. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. French president holland and greek officials have said the egypt air passenger jet the disappeared this morning en route from paris to cairo has crashed. Egyptian and greek authorities are searching
And yesterdays meetining betwen top conservative media figures and facebook over allegations of political bias of t the company. Then we go inside a Chicago Church where a father of five usborn children who has lived in the country for more than 15 years has sought sanctuary to avoid deportation baback to mexico. Maybe it would be a psychological, for my children and my wife to visit me very often. It would be very difficult if ice came for me, difficult for them. But we hope this doesnt happen. Amy and we remember the late rebel reporter john ross who died five years ago. I could have not been close to the 1970s movement if i had not spent so many years living in an Indigenous Community and understanding dynamic of the indigenous life in rural mexico. Amy we will speak to norm stockwell, editor of a new rosssion of john lectures. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. French president hollandnd and greek off
And yesterdays meetining betwen top conservative media figures and facebook over allegations of political bias of t the company. Then we go inside a Chicago Church where a father of five usborn children who has lived in the country for more than 15 years has sought sanctuary to avoid deportation baback to mexico. Maybe it would be a psychological, for my children and my wife to visit me very often. It would be very difficult if ice came for me, difficult for them. But we hope this doesnt happen. Amy and we remember the late rebel reporter john ross who died five years ago. I could have not been close to the 1970s movement if i had not spent so many years living in an Indigenous Community and understanding dynamic of the indigenous life in rural mexico. Amy we will speak to norm stockwell, editor of a new rosssion of john lectures. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. French president hollandnd and greek off
Clean up efforts continue in western wisconsin today after heavy rain left much of the area under water. Take a look at this. Buffalo and trempealeau counties were hit with nearly 6 inches of rain. Causing terrible road conidtions for drivers. There are reports that some roads were covered by four or fivefeet of water. Just over the border in central minnesota. Residents are pumping water out of their homes after storms dropped more than 8 inches of rain in wilmer. Every home in a three block of standing water in the basement. State fair goers saw some rain off and on today. But its still a hot one outside. Meteorologist jesse ritka is live at State Fair Park with the todays tmj4 storm chaser. We have more coverage coming up from the wisconsin state fair. You can also log onto our website at tmj4 dot com for a full list of things to do at the fair. Right now. Police are going door to door. Warning neighbors of a couple recent burglaries. Theyre targeting areas near the marquette campus