First ladies is an inspiring read, now available in hardcover and as an ebook. Here are a few of the book festivals we will be covering this spring on book tv. We will visit maryland for live coverage of the gaithersburg book festival with tom davis and mark frost. Along with david axelrod. We will close out may at books expo new york city, where the Publishing Industry showcases upcoming books. In june, we are live for printers row, including a threehour indepth program with lawrence wright. That is this spring on cspan2s book tv. The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a case involving samesex marriage. Coming up, we get a preview of the case with a group of attorneys. That is followed by conservative religious leaders talking about opposition to samesex marriage and how the Supreme Court decision could impact religious freedom. Later, a look at issues important to progressives in the 2016 president ial election. The American Constitution Society for law and policy recentl
I guess its just odd to me that state legislatures dont get a little bit of the benefit of the doubt in terms of when the pacing is right for them. Ms. Stanyar again, in michigan it doesnt matter what the legislators do anymore. Its a constitutional ban. Judge sutton four of the states did this through initiatives. In other words, four of the states ruled that it came out the right way in your clients perspective through initiatives. Initiatives are just as effective as legislation on this point. Ms. Stanyar ourselves would have to be repealed. We talked about that already. In addition, judge freedman found that the constitution is for the here and now. This court doesnt have the luxury of dodging a constitutional dodging a constitutional challenge. I understand that the court in perry didnt decide the ultimate question. The court looks to be telegraphing in windsor in terms of some doctrinal change, and if the court was intending on telegraphing, it worked. But 20 straight decisions w
People were on board at the time of the explosion. The coast guard says unlike the deepwater horizon blast in 2010. The black elk rig wasnt actively producing oil. So far there are no reports of oil leaking into the water. The fire has been put out. Former cia director David Petraeus faces lawmakers on capitol hill for the first time today since his stunning resignation. He testified about the deadly attack on a us consulate in benghazi, libya in september. He was the director of the spy agency at the time. Us ambassador Chris Stevens and three other americans were killed in the assault. Petraeus testifed the cia told the Obama Administration an alqaeda linked group was behind the attack. But, he claimed the white house changed this assessment. He added he knew an anti islamic video didnt spark the assault. Contradicting president obama and other white house officials. The ambassadors statement represented the best possible and for mission without jeopardize in classified information.
Charged with attempting to board an aircraft with a weapon. A board is found a 25 caliber beretta in his garment bag and a clip containing six live rounds in the pocket. The gun was not loaded. He tried to tell police that he worked less as a Security Guard and did not realize the gun was in his bag. He does have a valid firearm owners id. The budget negotiation among state democrats was not that the Senate Investigation yesterday. He is among several potential contenders to run for the democrat nomination for Jesse Jackson jr. Is vacated seat. We will keep you updated on what happens inside. A man whose trial was one of the first in illinois to allow cameras in the courtroom is being sentenced today in kankakee county. 20yearold demetrious jones was found guilty of the murder of 27yearold marcus sanders. He could face up to 50 years in prison. During the trial jurors watched a videotaped Police Interrogation in which jones admitted shooting sanders. But he told an investigator he only
Final playoff spot over the bears. Lets go live to halas hall where wgns rich king is. Hey rich. He is a out of there is a good coach. Confirmed about an hour ago after stories broke this morning. After nine years as coach of the bears. Missing the playoffs five out of the last six years did him in. A nine year career here in chicago. It began pretty well. He was coach of the year his second year. He is always in charge of the defense. The defense did well over the years. He had no offense. The offense struggled this year. It was hoped to be better. It did not work out that way. It eventually cost him his job. Not enough points, not enough victories. Changes and always a bad thing. Sometimes it can be good. Nobody wants to really change our attend about changing. Now it is upon us. That is what it is. But he got to keep moving forward and whoever we get as our next coach. Theres a lot of opportunity out there for him. We want him to be here but it is not the scenario. He is a great coa