Society on highprofile cases. The death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg and Amy Coney Barrett replacement. Robert barnes of the Washington Post moderated the event. Good afternoon, everybody. Ederalist society and director of our Faculty Division. On behalf of the federalist of the Federalist Society, the society of Faculty Division and practice groups, which are cosponsoring the ,iew e court term. Whether you are watching over zoom, youtube, facebook, twitter, or our webpage, we are delighted to hav before we turn to our discussion of cases and other momentous aspects of the up say a fewm, i want to words about Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg who died two weeks ago. Ginsburg 37justice years ago when i was a law clerk on the d c circuit and she was a judge there. Judges are randomly assigned a panel on the courts of appeal and my boss, then judge scalia, was always delighted when they had a panel together. Justice ginsburg was an extraordinary woman, extraordinary justice, extraordinary law
Hearing. The legislation will be held over. Johnson, taylor mcneil, catherine mosel, thompson diaz, United States court of federal claims. Policycontent modernization act. All those will be held over. Mr. Chairman . Under the rules of this committee can i proceed with the business of the Committee Even with a quorum present, there unless there are two members of the minority present as well. I and the only member of the minority that is here. We cannot conduct business until the second member of the minority arrives. Yes, sir. Thank you for the way you have conducted yourself yesterday. It is clear from reading in the paper what is going to happen is we will be denied the ability to operate as normal. That senator schumer said everything is on the table. We have given this nominee a chance to be questioned. Fairly, firmly. I want to congratulate my democratic colleagues for setting a disposition i think will help us all. I know what awaits us. I will now make a motion to report the nom
Mcneil, Catherine Mosel, thompson diaz, United States court of federal claims. Policycontent modernization act. All those will be held over. Mr. Chairman . Under the rules of this committee can i proceed with the business of the Committee Even with a quorum present, there unless there are two members of the minority present as well. I and the only member of the minority that is here. We cannot conduct business until the second member of the minority arrives. Yes, sir. Thank you for the way you have conducted yourself yesterday. It is clear from reading in the paper what is going to happen is we will be denied the ability to operate as normal. That senator schumer said everything is on the table. We have given this nominee a chance to be questioned. Fairly, firmly. I want to congratulate my democratic colleagues for setting a disposition i think will help us all. I know what awaits us. I will now make a motion to report the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. A motion to vote on the motion
On your to join us to honor Sandra Day Oconnor. It turns out that Justice Ginsburg and Justice Oconnor sharon distinction that is interesting nicknames. When Justice Oconnor was confirmed she owned the moniker f w. Oh tsv for first women on the Supreme Court. Justice ginsburg meanwhile has been crowned the notorious rbg. Ill leave it to you to decide which one is catcher. The justices also share a lifelong commitment to expanding opportunities for women. So it makes sense that when Justice Ginsburg joins us Justice Oconnor on the bench in 1993 the two bonded over their historic role and current in transforming the Supreme Court. Both justices had to overcome discrimination and professional rejection but Justice Oconnor once put a helpful spin on it. If they had come of age when women could easily be lawyers she told Justice Ginsburg. They would probably have ended up has retired partners of some law firm. But because that round was not open to us Justice Oconnor explained, we had to fi
Diablo. That is a change from yesterday , the fog is very shallow but it is working its way up the coast, so cooler for many in the 70s and 80s but still almost 90 degrees today. Happening today, in the bay area county had the hardest and this pandemic moves into the next phase of its reopening plan for the updated phase two for Alameda County means retail sales can resume now. Fitness classes as the religious services can resume. Alameda county has more than 600 cases reported in more than any area county. 170 people have died from the virus in the county but for now, haas was nations have stabilized. Starting today, personal care business is like nail salons and tattoo parlors can reopen in both sonoma and solano counties. Massage therapists in that county can repent for the First Time Since march. Both employees and customers have to follow very strict guidelines for cleaning, disinfecting and social distancing. Also in sonoma county, bars, movies, theaters and gyms can reopen today