They left the filibuster in place for the Supreme Court nominees. Over the last couple months they have made very vocal suit of Hillary Clinton as soon as they act a filibuster. I think they will act in kind if and when. A fight between those i think the answer is yes. But for them talk about Lower Court Judges lets talk about that. There 102 pending vacancies in the lower courts today. Thirtyeight of those vacancies have been classified by the u. S. Courts not exactly a partisan entity is emergencies because of the pressure that they had placed on other dockets. This is not just about the Supreme Court the opportunity to fill these courts. I can say no its ideological opposition. And compare them to their eight years. The numbers are almost identical. You can say that at different times to no one in the hell ever takes a socalled emergencies. Im sure there were some. What happened in 20072008 when they manage to get this confirmed the white house caved. That histories of giving to can
They left the filibuster in place for the Supreme Court nominees. Over the last couple months they have made very vocal suit of Hillary Clinton as soon as they act a filibuster. I think they will act in kind if and when. A fight between those i think the answer is yes. But for them talk about Lower Court Judges lets talk about that. There 102 pending vacancies in the lower courts today. Thirtyeight of those vacancies have been classified by the u. S. Courts not exactly a partisan entity is emergencies because of the pressure that they had placed on other dockets. This is not just about the Supreme Court the opportunity to fill these courts. I can say no its ideological opposition. And compare them to their eight years. The numbers are almost identical. You can say that at different times to no one in the hell ever takes a socalled emergencies. Im sure there were some. What happened in 20072008 when they manage to get this confirmed the white house caved. That histories of giving to can
When i come to washington i have to explain a little bit about the states. What you have read in the books and what people think about the states in washington often is not exactly true. So first of all its true all states are sulfur and yet, all states are not alike. Since we are sovereign we have our own ability to create our sovereign government in the way that we choose. Indiana is one of six states that has chosen what is a little bit more conservative path from our history and weve created the office of the attorney general as a Statutory Office. The other states are all constitutional officeholders but i serve as the indiana Indiana Attorney general under the Statutory Authority and that the distinction is one that i think merits some attention because if you are a constitutional officer you have some of the patriarchs which would allow you to do things based on the need of the population you serve. If you are a Statutory Office are coming you represent the State Government. So
Alleged actions of certain lawyers as well as others in attempting to deny benefits to miners who are suffering from the debilitating effects of black lung disease. Black lung disease is caused through the inhalation of coal mine dust, and it tends to i should say it leads to severe breathing complications and is found mostly in central appalachia, in particular the states of pennsylvania, West Virginia, kentucky and virginia. According to the department of labor, black lung disease contributed to the death t deaths of over 75,000 minders from 1968 to 2007. That averages to over 1,900 miner death cans per year over deaths per year over a 39year period. Thats an extraordinary number. Im a not sure how widely reported that number is. And while overall rates have dropped since 1968, Research Conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and health shows that there has been a spike since the early 1990s particularly in the most severe, fastprogressing type of black lung disea
Thei own. What will the chairmano in response to that is that going to force him to move more quickly, or is it going to put him in a position where hel have to do some horse trading with Congressional Republicans. Thats not clear yet. Thats something well be watching early in the year. Host and youe written about this ho quickly do you expect a bill . Guest i think were looking at next month. Early in the year yes. Hos in january . Kate tam ril low, Net Neutrality. Guest were also talking about Net Neutrality against the backdrop of the Communications Update which is this big, multiyear that republicans in congss have undertaken. They kind of have that working as well. The rpublicans in the house have said they want to get pen to paper starting in january, so we could see some movement on that very soon, and thats a ol for the Congressional Republicans to kind of push back to thinkn any Net Neutrality rules they think are an overreach on wheelers part. Host how much groundwork has bee