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Isabel wilkerson entered. Washington journal continues. Host we are back with richard , who is here to discuss with us the history of president s Court Roosevelt packing attempt. Good morning. Lets start with information for our cspan viewers. What does the constitution say about the size of the Supreme Court . Guest nothing, really, except that there shall be a Supreme Court and achieve justice. The number of justices is left of congress to prescribe. Host the only people who can decide on how many justices sit on the Supreme Court is the congress of the United States . Guest thats right. By ordinary legislation subject of course to the president s veto. Host what size did the Supreme Court start at . The constitution requires a chief justice. How many were there . Guest six at the beginning. It was an even number. In those days the nation was divided into judicial circuits. In those days the Supreme Court justices had real duties in each circuit. With respect to any given circuit. Co
Interact directly with them and be informed at the same time, energized by scientific ideas and at bell house in brooklyn. Back here tonight, the kickoff of the fifth many season of secret science club north and we are happy to kick off symphony spaces this season behind the new republic. And joanna thompson, rebecca wise and mary mead, the most helpful. A very special thanks, they created the libation of the night. The quantum cocktail, exhibit a. And a smoky ginger ale topped with lemon. We get it at the bar. If you are bored by me. A heads up part of the many season, by december 3rd with astronaut kathy sullivan, former nasa astronaut, the First American woman to walk in space and a former director of noaa. You might have read some of her thoughts yesterday in the paper. You can visit our website at we are so high tech we have a blog spot. You can sign up for our mailing list. Our wonderful secret tonight, sean carroll has a new book out. It came out today. And it is a book party. T
Said trump, oh, is that who kept yelling, shut up, shut up, shut up . [ laughter ] President Trump today continued to defend his controversial phone call with the president of ukraine, tweeting that it, quote, could not have been nicer, warmer, or better. Hey, man, youre not getting impeached over bad phone manners. [ laughter ] you solicited a bribe. If a bank robber says, put the money in the bag, please and thank you [ laughter ] he still goes to jail. [ light laughter ] according to press reports, a mouse fell out of the ceiling in the White House Briefing room today and hit a journalist hey, thats my lunch, said one employee [ laughter and applause you tried you tried to get away oh oh, the press is here, i see [ light laughter ] oh, oh, oh, you get away today, my friend. [ laughter ] and in an interview released today, mayor Pete Buttigieg said the superhero he most identifies with is spiderman, because he is, quote, kind of a nerdy guy who finds himself in a position of power. A
hiroshi sasaki, suggested comedian naomi wattanabi, who is a plus size model, should wear pig ears, at the opening ceremony. he later apologised, admitting it was a huge insult . rule that the doctor richard friedman fitness to practice is impaired by reason of its misconduct. it would not consider what sanction if any to impose. the ioc has ruled that the doctor. next to the all england championships in badminton where all of indonesia s players and a turkish competitor have been withdrawn, following a positive covid case involving a passenger on their inbound flight to the uk. the sport s international federation and badminton england say they made impassioned attempts to gain exemptions, but they found the uk government s legislation was non negotiable . paul frostick reports. then a further example showing the difficulties of hosting a multi nation sporting event in the pandemic, all 12 players from indonesia will not be taking any further part in the all england c