Blocks we need. Here is what the challengers are saying. They are saying the Voting Rights justification says section five is no longer in effect and you should not be able to defend the deviations that have a pattern of difference between the majority districts based on the statues that are no longer enforceable. If that argument is accepted there is a lot more maps around the country subject to challenge. The other argument is that is a sham, it was done for partisan reasons, contrary to the finding and fact of the District Court, and that is an interesting argument in addition to the fact it defies the ruling of the District Court in terms of the facts. The amount of partisanship is so small it is tiny compared to maps that have been upheld by the Supreme Court in previous cases. What you have here is an effort to use these minor deviations in populations to ratchet up the level of scrutiny in the drawing of district maps to the point where you would have a double standard. Some map
Think the poll really shows that the Supreme Court is relevant. It is encouraging for us in the landmark cases and it takes a look at 12 decisions over time that have currency today and eight of those decisions are listed in that poll, so i think doesows that the court play an Important Role in society. The genesis of this was Ruth Bender Ginsburg was talking to the National Constitution Center Dinner and the Constitutional Center to be taken look at is not only the decisions that people involved in the cases. We wanted to take a look at not only historic Supreme Court decisions that really the people involved, the personal stories, the people i cared enough to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court. Host one of the series air . And more background about how these cases were chosen. Series is a 12 part series that begins monday, october 5, this coming monday as the court comes in on the first monday in october for the new session. Each monday night of 9 00 until 10 30 on cspan
Numbers because i was told that the intel that the government has on the syrians is not as good as the one it had on the iraqis, et cetera. So there are genuine difficulties that will have to be overcome, but our experience over the past 40 years in dealing with resettlement is that this country has the expee willingness to do it when the conditions require it. Let me just some discussions right now about us working with russia as it relates to syria. And i just want to understand from your perspective, dealing with refugees, are they fleeing assads barrel bombs or are they fleeing isis . I know theyre fleeing both. Generally speaking can you get at for this discussion the greater roots or roots, if you will, of why theyre fleeing the countries briefly . Then i want to follow with questions. Go ahead. Last week in greece over the course of two or three days, i must have spoken with 200 or 300 refugees, the majority of them syria. The answer to your question, it depends where in syria t
At is not only the decisions that people involved in the cases. We wanted to take a look at not only Historic Supreme Court decisions that really the people involved, the personal stories, the people i cared enough to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court. Host one of the series air . And more background about how these cases were chosen. Series is a 12 part series that begins monday, october 5, this coming monday as the court comes in on the first monday in october for the new session. Each monday night of 9 00 until 10 30 on cspan and cspan3, we will do 90 minute programs and they take a look at all the 12 cases. Host in the background on how these cases were chosen . There are a lot more time, proby over 20000 and we had to know it down to 12. You could do a parlor game because we came up with 12 along with our partners at the constitution center. We talked to constitutional scholars, legal scholars on the left and the right to come up with this list. It was tough because t
Think the poll really shows that the Supreme Court is relevant. It is encouraging for us in the landmark cases and it takes a look at 12 decisions over time that have currency today and eight of those decisions are listed in that poll, so i think doesows that the court play an Important Role in society. The genesis of this was Ruth Bender Ginsburg was talking to the National Constitution Center Dinner and the Constitutional Center to be taken look at is not only the decisions that people involved in the cases. We wanted to take a look at not only historic Supreme Court decisions that really the people involved, the personal stories, the people i cared enough to take the case all the way to the Supreme Court. Host one of the series air . And more background about how these cases were chosen. Series is a 12 part series that begins monday, october 5, this coming monday as the court comes in on the first monday in october for the new session. Each monday night of 9 00 until 10 30 on cspan