Below and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle efforts to impeach and remove donald j. Trump from the presidency have clearly divided the country this should not surprise anyone trump is probably the most divisive public figure of our time however all this division over a Single Person is changing in even damaging institutions is impeachment being normalized. Across talking impeachment im joined by my guest r. C. Maxwell in phoenix hes a republican strategist and the state director of the black conservative better race. And in washington we have Christopher Barron he is a conservative strategist as well as the president of right turn strategies and in st paul we cross to David Schultz he is a Hamelin University professor of Political Science sorry gentlemen crosslike rules in effect that means he can jump in and out in time any time you want by christopher let me go to you 1st in washington d. C. I watched some of the hearings theyre very boring frankly i
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
Then, Todays Campaign rally in New Hampshire where joe biden was joined by john kerry. Then Bernie Sanders holds a town hall in iowa. Susan you have a new book called american radicals. What years does your book cover . Prof. Jackson the earliest event in the book is 1817. To 1870s. 823 this is described as the second American Revolution. Why is that . Prof. Jackson the radicals in my book were calling for a second American Revolution based on what the revolution we know , fought by their fathers generation many had grandfathers who fought in the revolution. They described that revolution as merely political. They felt it had accomplished a separation from england. It had accomplished the foundation of a new political system. Revolution they had in mind would have to follow that merely Political Revolution in order to really bring into American Life the ideals of the founding that had to do with equality, with justice, that of livedingly not part american experience, even in this new l
Held in this case the plaintiff makes a claim merely by showing that race was a factor considered in the defendants decisionmaking even though the decision would have made and was made for the tightly appropriate business reason having nothing to do with race perk on this basis the ninth circuit for dismissal we submit this is wrong for the reasons that first it is contrary to the courts decision that but for causation is the rule that congress would have to have adopted and then adopted in 1866 are amended in 1991. Second in 1991 and then for the motivating factor and then in other respects at the same time so this shows as this was concluded with respect to the ada and third if he vastly easier to put that and or damages to apply cause of action because it actually enacted by congress and then to mean that in 1981 word completely display the carefully tailored White Congress has devised to influence the discrimination case. Nobody would ever assume title vii. Council, what if your di
On American History tv on cspan three. Collect snacks, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee considers the nomination of John Sullivan to the u. S. Ambassador to russia. Who currently serves as deputy secretary of state was asked several questions about trumps communication with the president of ukraine in july and alleged efforts to have ukraine investigate former Vice President joe biden in exchange for military aid. [background sounds] the meeting will come to order. Thank you all for attending today. Today were going to hold the nomination hearing on a very important position. Our nominee today is the honorable john j sullivan, to be the u. S. Investor to the Russian Federation. First we have two distinguished very distinguished, i might add colleagues of ours, was to introduce our nominees and were going to allow them to proceed with introductions. If im going to post on my opening statement. Lets hold that until the nominees had been introduced. Were glad to be joined today by s