Harland in march of 2016. The leader of the Senate Republicans majority leader mcconnell announced for the first time, for the first timey in the 200 30year history of the senate he would refuse thete president nominate judge garland a hearing and a vote. Senator mcconnell would further say he would refuse to even meet with judge garland. It was a transparent political b decision made by the republican leader in the hopes that a republican would be elected president of vacancy and part of a broader republican politicalre strategy to influence if not captured the Judicial Branch of court system. Not only did the Senate Republicans keep the Supreme Court seat vacant for over a year, they turned the executive calendar into a nomination obituary column for judicial nominees who had been reported out of the Judiciary Committee with bipartisan support. They were hoping a republican president would fill all of those seats and they were prepared to leave it vacant for a year or more to achieve
George Washington University recently held a form on fighting online radicalization and extremism with tech experts and government officials. This portion included a keynote address. Introductions were made by the Extremism Program director. Want to extend a welcome to our guests from the International Diplomatic corporate officials of the no Space Government including representatives from the department of state, justice and Homeland Security and the federal bureau of investigation. Also officials from allied governments and guests from technology, internet, and media sectors. This conference was two years in the planning and i originally discussed the idea with our alumni, surely after she was appointed minister of internet safety and security for the United Kingdom and may 2015. Youll have the privilege of hearing from her in a few moments. The idea we discussed was convene a global conference to bring together governments with conversations with experts in the field about the chall