Census, no president has ever tried to manipulate the census count in this way. In fact, just two years ago, the Census Bureau reaffirmed its commitment to do the exact opposite of what the president is now trying to do. The bureau committed to counting every person, regardless of citizenship or legal status, under the rules of congress set in the census act of 1790. The president s decision to release this illegal memo, now appears designed to inflict maximum damage to the accuracy of the ongoing 2020 census. In just two weeks, the Census Bureau will start visiting the homes of millions of people who have not, yet, responded to the census. The president s latest attack on immigrants could sow fear and confusion in communities across the country. And could lead many people to decide not to participate. This will hurt communities that are already undercounted, underrepresented, and underfunded. Addressing the chaos caused by the president s memo will drain valuable resources from the Ce
Suits, suits brought by employees, families, and how they posed a challenge to the constitution and under the constitution, how they posed a challenge to american slavery. Most of us are familiar with dred scott, and you already chief Justice Roger tommys majority opinion in the dred scott case. You read that opinion and it is notorious in American History for the blatant racism in it, for the sanction to human property under the constitution, and for denying black citizenship. And denying blacks even as persons under the constitution. Dred scott was one type of freedom suit. It was based on his physical presence in a free state, illinois, and his physical presence in wisconsin, a free territory. It is often presented in American History textbooks as if it were the only freedom suit in American History to go to the Supreme Court, the only, uniformly presented as dred scott, one man bringing a freedom suit. But when we look into it closely, there were thousands of freedom suits in ameri
The lot and they can have property rights, contracts and thats why you file suit against walmart the legal entity that is the corporation. Corporate personhood is foundational to american law. Whats unusual is that the court has interpreted corporations to the people for purposes of the constitution and use that idea as a basis for extending fundamental individual rights to corporations as well. Host how is that done . How do they become people in that sense . Guest one of the most important ways the Supreme Court made corporations people if you will is simply to look beyond the corporation and throughout American History the Supreme Court has granted corporations expansive Constitutional Rights. Often ignoring the corporate form and thing we need to protect the rights of the people who come together to form the corporation. While that idea made a lot of sense in the early 1800s as corporations were very small its hard to know whether that same idea makes the same degree of sense in a
Well be back 7 25. Join us for today in the bay at 11 00. Good morning. Breaking oh overnight. A second deadly terror attack in sprain. A car ploying into a crowd. Five suspects shot and killed by police. Officials connecting it to the horrific van attack in barcelona. At least 13 people killed. More than 100 others injured. This morning, new arrests but the driver and a third rental van still unaccounted for. Republican rebuke. Gop senator bob corker voicing concerns about the president s ability to lead the nation. Calling into question his stability and competence. Another republican senator claiming trump lacks moral authority. How will the president get things done in washington with members of his own party turning their backs . Shortage. Eclipse glasses becoming harder and harder to find ahead of the big event. Prices through the roof. This morning what you can do so you arpts left in the dark. Those stories plus the 72 million stadium for a high school. The controversial dating
Lacks moral authority. How will the president get things done in washington with members of his own party turning their backs . Shortage. Eclipse glasses becoming harder and harder to find, ahead of the big event. Prices through the roof. What you can do so you arent left in the dark. Those stories plus the 72 million stadium for a high school. The controversial dating app for teens. And here comes da bride. The Wedding Dress that had this dad cheering, today, friday, august 18th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. We appreciate you joining us. We want to get right to the breaking news in spain. Major developments overnight to tell you about, including a new attack, in the seaside resort town. Five men hit pedestrians with a car before they themselves were fatally shot by police. Investigators believe those suspects are somehow linked to the