impose criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping or lying outside on public property for homeless individuals who cannot obtain shelter. it held at the ordinances were unconstitutional and constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. the matter came before the powerful 9th circuit court, which has jurisdiction for the western united states and all of california. the ninth circuit has been regarded as a progressive bastion, but president trump was able to appoint ten judges to the ninth circuit. it limited what idaho could do with regard to its homeless. this time a three-judge panel similarly ruled against a city s effort to regulate its homeless population. when grants pass then sought to have the matter considered by the entire circuit, it could not get the required vote from all a act tiff members of the bench. that s when all hell broke lose. the denial of a full review drew 16 dissents and many statements. as the oregonen reported, many who dissent
which is more cruel and unusual? one of the most influential appellate courts erupted in public disagreement over one of the most difficult issues of our time, homelessness. having recently decided matters of affirmative action, student loans and adoption, on top of last year s rulings concerning abortion, guns, religion and climate change, scotus might soon have the final word here, too. at issue, ordinances in grants pass, oregon, which would impose fines on homeless people for encampment on public property. a trial court was faced with this issue, whether cities can impose criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping or lying outside on public property for homeless individuals who cannot obtain shelter. it held the ordinances were unconstitutional and constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. the matter came before the powerful ninth circuit court, which has jurisdiction for much of the western united states and all of california. the ninth circuit
in service of ideas that were wrong. they were protecting its own misinformation, criticism of its misinformation by censorship activities. i guess what i m say ing if the government had limited itself to providing valid information without being coercive, and i think in this opinion when you look at the examples, what i just showed, this is coming from the highest level. i mean, the highest level of government, i think it turned coercive. but i don t think the government surrenders its own speech write. the press secretaries got the opportunity and right to speak on behalf of the administration on a day-to-day basis. what i m trying to say is there s a balance somewhere in there that s necessary. fair? yeah, i agree. don t think it s this decision doesn t say the government can t speak. i don t think anyone was looking
valid information without being coercive, and i think in this opinion when you look at the examples, what i just showed, this is coming from the highest level, and i mean the highest level of government. i think it turned coercive. but i don t think the government surrenders its own speech write. the white house press secretary has the opportunity and right to speak on behalf of the administration on a day-to-day basis. what i m trying to say is there s a balance somewhere in there that s necessary. fair? yeah, i agree. don t think it s this decision doesn t say the government can t speak. i don t think anyone was looking at it would think that. what it says is the government can t coerce social media companies to censor me, but just because they disagree with me. just because i m criticizing their ideas. and they got it deeply wrong. they were wrong about mask mandates, and yet they forced youtube to take down a video of
for the president and for the democrats is going to be, is to go into 22 with some really concrete wins. and, unfortunately, that s going to be difficult to do with this paper thin majority in the senate. but if democrats can go into 22 saying we passed a big investment on climate change, we made progress, some form of build back better, we got voting rights against all odds through the senate. then there is a lot of great stuff to talk about. i will tell you what you want is to write a speech about something exciting that your administration has done. and when you have those moments, they have a lot to talk about already. don t get me wrong. but the more they have, the easier the speech write something going to get. david litt, thank you so much. greatly appreciate your insights. thanks for having me on. next hour, actor and martial artist martin kove will join us live. he is back with the wildly popular netflix spinoff cobra