Cacophony in washington and the point scoring. Our allies, recently, the impasse and governments and the difficulty we have passing a budget. It does cause some concern. President obama himself is pretty popular in asia. He is considered a president who gets the region. There are, however, concerns frankly, his toughness. What was devastating was the serious crisis. When the white house put down a redline. The philippines looking at a theing chinese navy, american president drawing a redline and walking away from it is a very unnerving thing. It is something president obama is going to have to compensate for. His popularity will help him, but likely, some of the dysfunction raises questions abroad about our competence. Republicansing the and democrats have to work on. On his way heading to asia shortly, a number of republican lawmakers already there. The special delegation is visiting the Prime Minister there. A quote from paul ryan in the wall street journal, he writes, howant to unde
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Good morning, everyone. The House Committee on the Judiciary Committee will come to order without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing. Whats next threatening individual freedoms in a postroe v wade world. To remind members we have established an email list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions or other materials members might want to offer as a part of todays hearing. We would like to submit materials, please send them to the email address that has been previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate the materials to members and staff as quickly as we can. Before we start, i would like to warn that members that because we have votes at 12 30, im going to have a very tight gavel. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. What is the meaning of freedom in america in 2022 . This is the question as a society we must confront today in the appalling decision in Dobbs V Jackson
Special thanks to alan and stephen for your generous today. This has already become a signature event. We thank you. Ourchertoff has expanded programs and brought it wonderful new directions. Today we have two luminaries of american law here. The fact that we have Justice Marshall here is an important reminder of something many of us forget, even those of us who are lawyers, and that is we have something unique in this country in our constitutional system. We have state Constitutional Courts, and the work the judges on the highest court that the states play in interpreting state constitutions, and in many state state caution constitutional justices have taken individual rights further than the federal Supreme Court has. It is a unique aspect. Some people call it dual federalism. We will talk about the interplay of state and federal constitutions. I would like to mention one thing because Justice Marshall is here, and it is to point out that Justice Marshall really was part of a team of
The rigging of this ringing of this well. It just seemed such a shame when we came here. Then we went to columbia, the president ial palace, every piece of furniture has some link with the past. I thought the white house should be like that. Ladies, we are committed, and as citizens of the world, we promised to do all possible. Starting next monday with in a lady edith roosevelt. Few moments, a conversation with dick cheney and his daughter. That, a forum on the digital revolution. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee tomorrow will consider authorization for military force. That will be live starting at 2 30 eastern. Join the conversation on facebook. The statehouse dome is one of , but it iconic symbols not the first dome to cover the building. Completed, it had a small kubla. Couple up. Pola. P afterhan two Years Congress was in annapolis, construction begins on a new dome. It takes about 12 years to it is the largest all wooden dome. It is truly an architectural masterpiece. 1912