text in a dramatic departure from previous amendments sought to bring justice to millions of formerly enslaved black americans and to insure that the formerly elected officials who waged war against the united states would not be allowed to serve in elected office again. that is the purpose of section 3. now, knowing all that, at issue today before the court were some key questions. one, do states have the right to enforce section 3 or can only congress do that? two, did the drafters intend to include presidents and vice presidents when they drafted this punishment? and three, is this section self-executing, which is technical jargon for this thing goes into effect without any other mechanisms such as anoct of congress. trump s lawyer jonathan mitchell who happens to be the guy who wrote the texas abortion bounty law, kept referring to something known as the griffin case. what is the griffin case, you ask. if you read any recent stories about the 14th amendment, it s possible
Pleasure to introduce a panel of three of americas most distinguished historians of the Early Supreme Court to teach us about significant justices that we may not have learned about before. Gerard mallioka is the Samuel R Rosen professor of law at the Indiana University Robert H Mckinney school of law. Hes the author of many books which weve had the pleasure of discussing at the ncc and the most recent which were here to talk about is washingtons air the life of justice, bushrod, washington. Maybe marcus is Research Professor of law and directer of the institute for constitutional studies at the George Washington University Law school where weve been colleagues for many years as editor of the documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States 1789 to 1800 professor marcus published eight volumes with many articles on legal history. She was appointed by the librarian of congress as the general editor of the Oliver Wendell holmes devised the history of the Supreme Court of the
Now, we have a political fight over how and when to fill Justice Ginsburgs feet and that will by most accounts dominate the political debate for the next 43 days until the november 3 general election. Barring other major events. Rebel begins argue they gained seats in the senate in 2018 and have both a political mandate from the electorate as well as a moral obligation to fill that seat with a conservative. Democrats argue they won back the house and the president ial candidate is leading in the polls and senate looks shaky this time around for the republicans so nothing should be done before november 3. The battle begins in earnest this week. Tonight we show you what is extinct with key senators and legal eagles who have been at the center recent sprinkler nomination battle. We began at the white house with correspondent Mark Meredith that we learn more about which woman may be the present will be nominated early as this week. Hello, mark. Present from he says he will nominate woman t
So now we have a political fight over how and when to fill Justice Ginsburgs seat and that will by all accounts dominate the debate until the next election. Election. Democrats say they gained seats in 2018 and they have a moral obligation to fill that seat. Senate is shaky this time for the republicans, so they say nothing should be done until november 3. Key senators, victor davis hanson. And we begin at the white house to learn which one maybe the president will nominate as early as this week. The president said he will nominate a woman to the Supreme Court as early as this week. He had plenty to say about this in lafayette, north carolina. He made his case directly to voters why now is the time to act. President trump article two of the constitution says the President Shall nominate justices of the Supreme Court. It will be a woman. A very talented, very brilliant woman. I havent chosen yet. Reporter the schedule for tomorrow just came out. There are no announcements on it. A but t
Studies at the George Washington University Law school where weve been colleagues for many years as editor of the documentary history of the Supreme Court of the United States 1789 to 1800 professor marcus published eight volumes with many articles on legal history. She was appointed by the librarian of congress as the general editor of the Oliver Wendell holmes devised the history of the Supreme Court of the United States in 20 15 and walter starr is a historian a New York Times best selling author a twotime winner of the seward award for excellence in civil war biography. Hes the author of several books including john jay founding father and most recently Salmon P Chase lincolns vital rival. Thank you so much for joining us gerard maybach and walter if i may gerard let us begin with you. Why did you choose to write about justice bushrod, washington . Why should our ncc friends be interested in him . Well, thanks jeff for inviting me and its wonderful to be here with such a great pane