Justice holmes said the constitution is made for people with fundamentally different points of view. The constitution is a debate all citizens can participate in and cspan believes that with its great nonpartisan motto. My justice was the greatest justice of the 20th century. He reminds us public discussion is a political duty. Its not just a right we have of free speech. We have an obligation to educate ourselves about the best arguments on all sides of the constitutions. Thanks so much to susan for her vision in creating this series and to her phenomenal team. Tune in on october 5th. Thanks so much. [ applause ] number 759. Petitioner versus council. C. Madison is probably the most famous piece in court. It existed as laypeople here. Dead and harriet as laypeople here on land for slavery wasnt legally recognized. Odinga brown dissented to affect would take president ial orders. And the presence of federal troops and marshals and the courage of children. We wanted to pick cases that c
What im curious about is that if ths is an independent review and we are assuming that thats the way youve set it up to be most certainly there would have been a contract or documentation as to what the expectations were. Is there a memorandum of agreement or documentation concerning what the dui would review and if not why would we receive copies as requested by the committee as requested by the documents including the charge questions or the scope. They havent received the recommendation last evening. How are you send these the views of these following the conclusion of the hearing will. One was to make sure that the eta doesnt actually ourselves controlled by scope of the investigation. They scope themselves so that they wouldnt be accused of narrowing that inappropriately. So im happy to follow up to see if i can be helpful getting information about how they have defined it. But they havent seen the documentation either. Hispanic you are anticipating an independent review, but you
Construction and removal projects. One priority is to keep the public informed of the impacts from the release the epa closely coordinated with our federal partners with officials in colorado, Navajo Nation and the ute tribes to keep them apprised of results which are routinely posted on our website. These do indicate that they have returned to preevent conditions and the Decision Makers about lifting water restrictions along the animas river and San Juan Rivers. Finally i want to clarify the epa was working with the state of colorado to take action to a the Gold King Mine for a potential of a catastrophic release in the ongoing Water Quality impact caused by the discharges into the upper animas river watershed. Approximately 330 million gallons of contaminated water was discharged in the water shed each year that is 100 times more than the estimated release from the mine on august 5th. It continues to work with the state of the colorado to address the significant discharges better imp
Mind and into the river. Beyond the immediate cleanup of the spell it is time we overhaul our abandoned mine cleanup policies. We need to make future disasters like this less likel ar while resources like oil, natural gas, and coal all pay royalties to return of fate value to taxpayers, hard rxak Mining Companies can still mind valuable roles for free. A comprehensive approach to refouan should include the establishment of a hard rock reclamation fund. Funded by a fair royalty. In a comprehensive survey of abandoned mines and a plan to clean them up. I appreciate the value of hard rock mining and what it means for families. My father and my mothers father father both made a living in this industr ar the industry continues to prfouide good paying jobs throughout the west. Passing long, overdue reform to our federal mining law, which has nyou been updated since 182 is critical if we want to address the root cause of this disaster. Thank you senator heidrick and for all have come to expre
In mexico through our consulates and the role they play. Now the United States, i think, mr. Starr has widely tried to involve itself in reform of the criminal Justice System in mexico itself. In order to truly get at drug trafficking, gun trafficking, organized crime which, of course, is always at the top of our agenda. And id like to ask you in that regard about the socalled midira initiative. Which is charged with disrupting criminal organizations, strengthening institutions in mexico, improving stability in the surrounding communities. Does that sound like what the madeira finiifinisinitiative is . Weve been work iing with mexico extensively since 2008. Weve invest ed about 1. 4 billion in trying to secure the situation in mexico by working with the Mexican Government and we have seen areas where we have made progress. Our Law Enforcement officials, military officials can work with mexican counterparts to give them advice, to lend assistance when they need it to provide training wh