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Leader. I ask unanimous consent that with. Uorum be dispensed without objection. Well, mr. President , i just turned the republican leader say there is no inconsistency between what republicans are amy coney ith confirmation and garlands. Who would believe that . The contradiction is glaring and sustained on the leaders forehead and on the entire Republican Caucus if it continues. Weve heard, we just heard another warped, distorted and History Lesson from leader mcconnell. Defensive he is bout the blatant 180 degree hypocritical turn hes made on Supreme Court nominations. Distorted warped not remove theon will notHistory Lesson remove the stain. Plain and simple. A rare meet here on saturday session because there is nothing, nothing remotely the republican drive to confirm judge barrett Supreme Court only days before president ial election. Four years ago, four years ago, Republican Senate said it was a principle, that word, principle, that Supreme Court justices should not be confirme
Isabel wilkerson entered. Washington journal continues. Host we are back with richard , who is here to discuss with us the history of president s Court Roosevelt packing attempt. Good morning. Lets start with information for our cspan viewers. What does the constitution say about the size of the Supreme Court . Guest nothing, really, except that there shall be a Supreme Court and achieve justice. The number of justices is left of congress to prescribe. Host the only people who can decide on how many justices sit on the Supreme Court is the congress of the United States . Guest thats right. By ordinary legislation subject of course to the president s veto. Host what size did the Supreme Court start at . The constitution requires a chief justice. How many were there . Guest six at the beginning. It was an even number. In those days the nation was divided into judicial circuits. In those days the Supreme Court justices had real duties in each circuit. With respect to any given circuit. Co
Consent that the quorum be dispensed inconsistency between what republicans are doing now with Amy Coney Barretts nomination and what they did with Merrick Garland in 2016. Who would believe that . The contradiction is glaring. The contradiction will be a stain on the leaders forehead and on the entire Republican Caucus if it continues. Weve heard we just heard another warped, distorted, and convoluted History Lesson from leader mcconnell. We know how defensive he is about the blatant 180degree hypocritical turn he has made on Supreme Court nominations. But a distorted, warped History Lesson will not remove the stain. Only one thing will, leader mcconnell. Withdraw the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett until after the election. Plain and simple. Now, we meet here on a rare saturday session because there is nothing, nothing remotely normal about the republican drive to confirm judge barrett to the Supreme Court only days before a president ial election. Four years ago, four years ago, the
A new record coronavirus cases more than 7000 in a day and the Prime Minister is due to address the nation and an indian Jewelry Company pulls an ad that caused outrage because it shows interfaith marriage. So we begin with that undercover aljazeera investigation which now has led to cyprus suspending its controversial citizenship for Investment Program the attorney general has also announced a probe into possible criminal offenses following the revelations it goes back to august when aljazeera is Investigative Unit released the cyprus papers that revealed serious flaws in the citizen by Investment Program exposing high ranking officials who were willing to help convicted criminals obtain e. U. Citizenship more now from our Investigative Reporter David Harrison who is in nicosia. Weve had 3 announcements one the abolition of the Investment Program under which people could buy passports if they paid a certain amount of money in which our investigation revealed evidence of that was big b