Additional resources, and Additional Information to supplement what is in the learning continuity plan. The next slide is one other point that i wanted to make sure to address. There was a question about this at the public hearing and in the and in the previous draft of the learning continuity plan and we had highlighted that we were pending clarification from the c. D. E. About the actions and expenditures. So i just wanted to take a moment to clarify, to explain that clarification, and the response that we have received. So we wanted to confirm that the actions and the expenditures that are at the bottom of each major section of the plan, we wanted to make sure that we were approaching that process correctly. And so the clarification that we received is that we should be considering both learning loss mitigation funds and lcff funds in our plan. But we do not need to include all of both of those sources. It is up to our discretion, the extent to which we include those funds. But thos
And questions, i think there was at least an implication from what was just said that you would not be sensitive to their need for equal justice for all under the law. , for all peoples in america. Would you like to respond to that at all before i go ahead . Judge barrett i am fully committed to equal justice under the law for all persons. I am fully committed to enforcing all laws to limit Racial Discrimination. In my private life, i bore Racial Discrimination and for both personal reasons and professional reasons want to ensure that there is equal justice for all. And all of my children i think have made an escape but if they washed this one day i would want all of them to know and especially and john peter, i condemn racism and want to do everything that i can in my own capacity personally and as a judge to end it. Sen. Crapo thank you. I appreciate you making that point. Afind it just incredible that mother of children of different races could be accused of not being sensitive, nor
Each of the panelists a few questions. We are going to start today with of a guide to the electoral college. His volume is all you need to understand the complexities of the electoral college. He is also an expert in absentee voting. What percent of the population do you think will vote early or absentee and can you tell us what we are learning from states such as texas . The technical answer is a lot. Many people are going to vote. Many more than ever. A huge increase in voting by mail and early voting in person. We have been seeing a lot more voting in this realm before. We saw 41 of the American People vote i mail or early in person in 2016. The early results are stunning. As states start to open up, you see enthusiasm go toward early methods of voting. I give credit to a university of florida professor who spent time counting these things. As of today, over 31 million votes have been cast that we know of. There were roughly 56 million of them in 2016. See certainly over 50 of the v
Roberts court more than any other Supreme Court justice in the recent history john roberts has played a defining role to change our free speech law writing twice as many majority opinions in anyny colleagues b a once philosophicl and tactical 95 percent of those cases decided it is 15 years roberts has been in theaj majority so there is Something Special about this area of cases that speaks to how john roberts sees the court in the First Comprehensive report ron and david each of published looking at those 56 cases handed down by the Roberts Court the authors eyeopening study provides a l detailed look at of the justices differing approaches in here to tell us are the authors and david henson who serves as a legal fellow with individual rights and education with the freedom form is to. Larissa is dean and leading professor of lot university of Missouri School of law where the focus of the research and teaching is tort law and First Amendment with emphasis on freespeech issues and socia
Jon ferro has been calling it. Guy we are monitoring the stimulus story beat by beat. Nancy pelosi will be talking around 14 minutes. We are going to get a sense at that point whether or not we are making progress. That could certainly be market moving. We will bring you those headlines as soon as we get them. Lisa the white house has been pushing for a largescale deal again, off again, on again. Wants alosi says she more comprehensive fiscal bailout as a result of the pandemic. Emily wilkins joins us now with the latest. Emily if anyone is confused about where things are with the stimulus deal, you are not alone area Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said yesterday he was feeling some with lash some whiplash with all of the backandforth we have seen this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is Still Holding out after months for a larger stimulus package. She and the white house negotiator, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin, spoke by phone yesterday. It seems like there still could be