Class and we talked about what law and society is, we talked about how law and society is often the study of law and legal issues outside of the box of legal doctrine or sort of outside the box of legal logic, all right . Well be looking at environmental law and litigation, not simply through questions and american legal doctrine but more broadly as kind of social, philosophical issues to grapple with, all right . We also talked in the beginning of the semester how law and society deals, at times, in aggregates, right . Its sort of the big picture or sort of the effects of large numbers of kind of individual personal disputes on the big picture, all right . Well be dealing and thinking in aggregates a little bit today as well, all right . Its a class that will lead to a couple of big questions, all right . Big question number one, how much can we regulate private property in the interest of protecting the environment, all right . Big question number two, who actually gets to advocate o
Everything there is to say about the subject, which could obviously be an entire course in its own right, but rather today im going to focus on a few recurring big picture problems that Environmental Issues pose for the subject matter of this class, namely law and society. If you remember when we went back to day one, day two of this class and we talked about what law and society is, we talked about how law and society is often the study of law and legal issues outside of the box of legal doctrine or sort of outside the box of legal logic, all right . Well be looking at environmental law and litigation, not simply through questions and american legal doctrine but more broadly as kind of social, philosophical issues to grapple with, all right . We also talked in the beginning of the semester how law and society deals, at times, in aggregates, right . Its sort of the big picture or sort of the effects of large numbers of kind of individual personal disputes on the big picture, all right
Security, depleting over the next 35 years or so, so isnt this something weve got to do . Hate it. Kristina i knew it. Let me say this. They created this ponzi scheme many years ago where workers put money into something, where they said it was going to be in a lockbox and they ended up taking the money to where workers now that retired only get paid by the workers of today. They forgot to plan on demographics Going Forward so what do they do . Go after the citizenry and go after the dollars and go after the wealth and turn it into another big gigantic redistribution of wealth. One gentleman wants to tax everything above 400,000. That means you put money into Social Security, a ton, and get a lot less back. In other words, they are treating the wealthy and the successful like the youknowwhat on your shoe. It is a terrible idea for a government thats going to spend 4. 5 trillion this year. They think they need more. Well, the problem is that Social Security trust fund has no money in it
Was frankly learned. Reporter the video judge Christine Van ache is referring to shows James Austin Vincent attacking Paneez Kosarian in her condo complex sunday. She says the d. A. s office told her the judge had seen the video. We learned that was not the case friday morning. Because of what i saw in the video, i do have additional Public Safety concerns now. Incarceration is not the answer for folks with Mental Illness and Substance Abuse in all cases. Reporter today the judge ordered vincent be outfitted with an ankle monitor. But because of his Mental Illness remain free and under supervision at temporary housing for those in the criminal justice system. It doesnt make it better he went on without anything for like a day and a half. Like this decision should have been the decision she made and as a judge, you dont get a Second Chance. This was her Second Chance to make it better. Reporter Raymond Sullivan is another San Francisco resident who says he was attacked by a hopeless per
Valleys. So the cooling trend is spreading across the bay. Those winds kind of gusty through the delta right now. 20 Miles Per Hour at the coast. This is walnut creek where temperatures will warm today into the 70s and 80s. By noon time we are still in the mid 70s around the bay. It is a slower warmup, a slower burnoff and the 60s staying at the beaches. Kumasi. Thank you, lease all. Happening right now, a b. A. R. T track construction project is under way in contra costa county. The work between the orinda and walnut creek station could mean lengthy delays for b. A. R. T riders. No Train Service between orinda and walnut creek station but free shuttle buses will replace trains. For drivers two lanes of east bay highway 24 near the lafayette station are closed from now through monday morning for construction staging. B. A. R. T is replacing tracks, electrical equipment, switches and platforms. The stretch of track is decades old, dating back to the start of service in 1972. This will b