181171, comcast versus the africanamerican owned media. Mr. Estrada . Mr. Chief justice and may it please the cure the, the main circle held in this case that a plaintiff may succeed in a 1981 claim merely by showing that race was a factor in the defendants Decision Making even if the decision would have made and was made for entirely appropriate business reasons having nothing to do with race. Solely on this basis, the 9th circuit saved the plaintiffs third complaint from dismissal. We submit that this decision is wrong and should be reversed for at least three reasons. The first is that it is to this courts decision, holding that but for the background rule that Congress Must presume to have been adopt individual federal staff toots unless the statute provides otherwise which we submit section 1981 does not and originally adopted in 1866 or amended in 1991. Second, in 1991 congress amended title 7 to provide for a motivating factor standard, but did not amend 1991 the same even thoug
Now,s we have a rather large crowd this morning for this particular session. And thats why im very thrilled to introduce the next program. For the past year at the library of congress you may sit down because i have a few more things im going to say. The past years the library of congress, we have been celebrating changemakers, and i can think of few people who fit the description in the United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. [applause] at 4 a. M. This morning, students from American University camp out in front of this facility and they are here. To talk about the graduation from Columbia Law School and spent most of your career advocatingfo all of these things and youve been called recently the beyonce of jurisprudence. She said i would rather you say jlo. [laughter] without further ado shes joined by the coauthors of her bestselling memoir, coauthors mary come adjunct professor at georgetown law Professor Emeritus at georgetown law and her interviewer today and the
And a legal battle with the mail on sunday. The Royal Shakepeare Company and bp the curtain comes down on their sponshorship deal after threats of a student boycott. Is this time going to be different for Katarina Johnson thompson . She makes a drean start in the heptathlon at the world championships. And coming up on bbc news, how troubled are tottenham . Four months on from the Champions League final, they are hammered at home 7 2 by bayern munich. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Borisjohnson has made his First Party Conference speech as leader and hes used it to spell out his new offer to break the brexit deadlock. The most significant change to the deal theresa may tried to negotiate is over what happens in Northern Ireland. The Prime Minister said the uk had compromised and called on brussels to do the same. So lets look at this new brexit offer. Northern ireland will stay in the eu Single Market for all goods. That means accepting its rules and standards. But it
End their tour of Southern Africa as the couple sue a sunday newspaper for publishing a private letter. We will firmly stand up for what we believe and we will do everything that we can to play our part in building a better world. Tributes are paid to the former itn and bbc news presenter Peter Sissons who has died at the age of 77. And, Dina Asher Smith aims to make history in the final of the womens two hundred metres at the world athletics championship in doha. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson has laid out his new proposals for a brexit withdrawal deal and used his First Party Conference speech as leader to urge compromise from the eu. The response from brussels tonight has been cautious chief negotiator Michel Barnier said there was progress, but a great deal of work had to be done. The most significant change to the deal which theresa may negotiated is over what happens in Northern Ireland. So lets look at this new brexit offer. Northern ireland would stay in th
The duke and duchess of sussex end their tour of Southern Africa as the couple sue a sunday newspaper for publishing a private letter. Tributes are paid to the former itn and bbc news presenter Peter Sissons who has died at the age of 77. In a moment, the National Bulletin with a full round up, but first, borisjohnson has laid out his new proposals for a brexit withdrawal deal and used his First Party Conference speech as leader to urge compromise from the eu. The Prime Minister has suggested an alternative to the controversial irish backstop, that would mean Northern Ireland staying in the Single Market but leaving the Customs Union with the rest of the uk. It gives the Northern Ireland assembly a say, and proposes no hard border checks on the movement of goods. This is what mrjohnson told Party Members today. Yes, this is a compromise by the uk and help very much that our friends understand that and compromise in their tone. Because of the field to getan their tone. Because of the fi