Two journalists who cover the court. And chief Justice John Roberts presides over the Senate Impeachment trial of donald trump. And were going to look ahead, probably ahead. And for National Public radio, you dont know who these people are in detail, look it up. We have 25 minutes and going to talk. You were the acting solicitor general but he acted for a long time, of the United States. And chief Legal Correspondent for cbs news. And paul clement who was solicitor general of the United States. And before that the deputy. Both of these guys are there often, they are both very good advocates. Im going to start by talking about news. There are two cases before the Supreme Court pending, waiting for the justices to say what, if anything they are going to do with them. One is on the dc circuit and the dc circuit ruled when Congress Asked for information from, in this case, Donald Trumps Accounting Firm related to whether they will pass ethics legislation that would require the disclosure o
General. He was there for a long time. Both of these guys are there often. They win a lot. They lose occasionally. They are very good advocates. I am going to start by talking about news. Before thewo cases Supreme Court pending, waiting for the justices to say what if anything they want to do with them. One is from the d. C. Circuit. The d. C. Circuit ruled that when Congress Asks for information from President Trumps Accounting Firm related to whether or not they want to pass ethics legislation that would require the disclosure of axes, thents t d. C. Circuit said you have the right to do that because it is in the course of legislation. The second case from new york, the state case actually it is a city case. The District Attorney from manhattan has issued a grand jury subpoena. This time it is related to hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and one other person, im really not sure. The Second Circuit upheld that a criminalr investigation. They are both sitting at the Supreme Court.
And senator al franken. Companysurd to say this is in its rights to fire him because he made the choice of possibly dying from freezing to death or causing other people to die possibly by driving an unsafe vehicle. That is absurd. Amy we will also look at Neil Gorsuchs views on Citizens United and the 10 million spent in dark money to push his confirmation. Then we speak to two victims of racial profiling in the nations airports. When is a former North Carolina police chief, the other is a lawyer suing the Trump Administration over its targeting of sanctuary cities. Both men were recently detained and questioned. We will find out what happened. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Supreme Court Nominee neil gorsuch is heading to capitol hill today for his third day of confirmation hearings. On tuesday, he was questioned for over 10 hours by members of the Senate Judiciary committee. Gorsuch faced intense s
States, keeping the soviet union out. This is just under an hour. This is a political protest. Theelcome to the stage, president of prochoice america. [applause] good morning washington. [applause] we are joined by cities saynd the country today to one message of, we object. We object. [applause] to trumps agenda. We object to the people he is putting in place to do nothing but a search his agenda. We certainly object to a lifetime of appointments of put into place by a president under investigation cruising with russia. We object. We object. We object. [applause] story. Tell you about a i was sitting in the hearing of neil gorsuch a couple weeks ago when my phone started going off. It was my staff telling me that jim comey had just confirmed , who issident trump currently under investigation with russia, and i could not believe that to the same senate who said, our president obama as not legitimate to nominate Supreme Court justice, was moving forward with hearings for someone who was
Friendly arab regimes that were at least keeping the soviet union out. Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cue and day. Today, a rally was held on the National Mall in washington dc to protest the Supreme Court nomination of judge neil gorsuch. The event was part of a National Campaign called the peoples defense. Senator a mazie hirono is among the speakers. Senate is expected to vote by the end of next week. This rally is 50 minutes. Please welcome the had a prochoice america. Good morning washington. We are joined by cities all over the country today getting together to say one loud message of the object. We object to trumps agenda. People he isthe putting in place to do nothing but assert his agenda, and we certainly object to a lifetime appointment of a justice put in place by a president under investigation for collusion with russia. We object. [applause] let me tell you a story. I was sitting in the hearing a couple weeks ago when my phone started going off and it was my staff