I want to take the opportunity to acknowledge the passing of Justice Ginsberg. She was a trailblazing civil rights lawyer, a giant of a jurist and a largerthanlife human being. But what i will remember most about her is her indomitable spirit. That and the devastating series of questions she hurled my way at oral argument in the Lilly Ledbetter case. In the kindest way possible, of course. Invite time, i want to any Panel Members who wish to do so to say anything they would like about Justice Ginsburg, but first, let me introduce our panel. [reads names] anybody who wants to come up be on video and take the floor. To, be on video and take the floor. Anyone want to start . Don . To get myill trying head around the idea that Justice Ginsburg wont be on the bench any longer. , maybe for most of us all of us on this panel who have argued in front of the court, she has in there for every argument we have paid have made. As you said in your introduction , even when you ultimately got her vot
Speech. The other point i would add is that even the clearly identified , i think theerseas government would concede they have First Amendment rights when they act here in the United States as they often do when they come here for meetings or to publish papers or participate in conferences and of the problem with the pledge requirement is that it binds these organizations forever and for all purposes. Justice breyer . It seems to me the government is prepared to concede that you, care usa, does not have to oppose prostitution. But they say the First Amendment does not prevent them from telling care india that it has to oppose. So why dont you simply write a grants to get all the money yourself and give it to care india . That, yourlem with honor, is that according to the government the policy requirement still binds the u. S. Organization in the following way. If care u. S. Gets the money and some grants to care india, it must carry the burden of the government in imposing the policy r
Korea, but now we had subsaharan africa. Anotherhad nigeria, and area of great concern is iran. These are countries that do not have the same kind of Public Health infrastructure, the some kind of control over their border. If you start to see transmission and those areas, those will be the ones that cause spread to other countries and a greater rate than we are already seeing q8 david you are seeing already. Fed going tos the do about the coronavirus . Michael fear is in the saddle. We have gone from maybe the fed might have to cut because of this to three full rate cuts and a better than 50 chance of a forth over the next year. The only trouble with this theory and the idea they be they do an emergency rate cut is correlating with central bankers around the world is that central bankers do not seem to agree. The head of the Buddhist Bank has been the head of bundesbank whose country has been affected by this says we have enough accommodation and at this point there is nothing Central
Evening. Inave taught religion america for more than 35 years. And i believe that the First Amendment has played a vital role in the vitality of this nation. And i shall read it for you. Congress shall make no laws respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a. D dress of grievances the to come first, which is where religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. Often people dont understand what establishment is. 1833, massachusetts this established. Established. What that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. If you want to know why establishment when a way, imagine how popular it was to pay taxes for somebody elses preacher. That is one of the reasons it went away. In also, tha
Congress shall make no laws no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of the people to peacefully assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Two come first, which is where religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Why religious freedom is often called americas first freedom. Establishment actually comes even before religious freedom. Often, people dont understand what establishment is. Now, in 1833, massachusetts disestablished. And what that means is people no longer had to pay taxes to support my own religious ancestors, the congregationalists. Now, if you want to know why establishment went away, imagine how popular it was to pay taxes for somebody elses preacher. Right . That is one of the reasons it went away. But also, that is a period in American History of revivalism. People started going to camp meetings, they started lifting i