To it all, well bring you the thoughts from pennsylvania, ohio, back here to colorado. Im wondering if the people are angry enough to make their voice heard. Neither side has me convinced that im voting for something that i like right now. Ill vote for you but just do the right thing. This morning, we talk two leaders in battleground states. Florida representative val demings and Ohio Governor mike dewine. Plus, insight and analysis from our powerhouse roundtable. Announcer from abc news, this is a special edition of this week from boulder, colorado. Here now, coanchor martha raddatz. Good morning, and welcome to this week. We join you this morning from boulder, colorado, after spending the week on a crosscountry road trip. Speaking with voters across the nation. The background to this election is a global pandemic, a struggling economy and massive unrest amidst calls for change. Overnight, in portland, dramatic images of fire bombs thrown at officers. In rochester, continuing demonstr
Organization, what is it and how are you funded and supported . A demanded justice is Progressive Organization that return in 2018 to try to symmetry between those on the left and the right when it comes to tuning into the importance of the federal judiciary. Havelicans for decades successfully messaged to their voters the importance of the judiciary and how it really is the ultimate arbiter of all the issues that we care about. On the left, weve been less successful and that was very pointed in 2016 when Hillary Clinton was campaigning as there was a Supreme Court vacancy hanging in the balance after the death of anson scalia and even the progressive had opportunity by winning the election in the ideological balance of the court, you really didnt see that issue register at a Grassroots Level among democratic voters. 2016,t, at exit polls in you saw that voters said the Supreme Court was a top issue with them by about 15 points supported donald trump. Becoming president , donald trump
Changes to the Supreme Court and federal judiciary. Later, Jessica Anderson from here to Jackson Anderson from Heritage Action for america talks about top issues in campaign 2020. Is the washington journal for september 9. Joe biden is expected to be in warren, michigan today to talk about jobs and the economy a day before President Trump is expected to visit the same state. The trend campaign announcing stops in reno and las vegas, nevada. Senateant the expected to take a test vote tomorrow on something that would authorize five hundred billion dollars of Coronavirus Relief, far smaller than democrats would like to see. When it comes to congressional spending, is that something you would like to see . Let us know. If you are unemployed, call 202 7488000. If you are a Small Business owner or employee, 202 7488001. All others, call us at 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003 and post on twitter and facebook. Set up theto conversation is zach cohen with National Journal and it cove
At 7 00 p. M. Eastern on book v. George Washington University law school hosted a conversation with u. S. Supreme Court Justice steven breyer. They discussed the role of the constitution in todays world as well as criminal Justice Reform. Hello and welcome. We launched this series to provide more ways for you to hear from renowned leaders. The individuals who bring illuminating dialogue, insight and inspiration to our g. W. Community. This year, in our virtual environment, weve been able to extend the reach of these events even more. And we hope to host these opportunities often over the coming months. For many in our community, this will be the first of countless only at g. W. Experiences to come. Our g. W. Community is fortunate to hear directly from the leaders, doers and thinkers who make many of the decisions that affect us each day. But our students, faculty, staff and alumni arent just passive listeners in these events. Youre leading the discussions and actively creating solutio
Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe