Landmark cases. Cspans special history series produced in cooperation with the National Constitution center. Exploring the human stories and constitutional dram as behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. As behind 12 Historic Supreme Court decisions. Number 759, earnest miranda Petitioner Versus arizona. We hear arguments from number 18, roe against wade. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 Million People who helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans history series landmark cases. Tonight is number 10 in our 12part series and you will hear about the 1962 tennessee reapportionment case and it was one that earl warren called the most important of his tenure and remember this is the court that wrote brown versus the board of education and well learn
Charles allen wri Stephen Vladek holds the charles rent university of texas published in the New York Times Los Angeles Times he has argued before the Circuit Court that speaks in and of itself and the Supreme Court analystt in 2013 and steven livs in austin texas. I will hand it over to them. [applause] good evening. Stephen vladek a hero in his own town and its great to be here. The first thing i want to ask is will move this conversation. There is still time. I think 20 minutes of silence is about right for a book about the supremed court decisions. It has gone better than last night actually. Are you sure you dont want to just talk about ken paxton . [applause] for an hour. I [applause] yeah. If you have not seen her for the book its terrific and thats up to it andth the book itself is e right book for this moment when its so much in the news and on our minds and well talk a lot about the Supreme Court today in the context of this book lets begin by talking about the book in defini
You just want our politicians to take control . You be happy take control . Would you be happy for us to be out of the echr gb views gbnews. Com. But right now its your headlines. Its your headlines. Good afternoon. Its just after 3 00. Im lisa hartle in the newsroom. The family of a 15 Year Old Girl stabbed in croydon have paid tribute to her as the investigation continues. Ltn investigation continues. Ltn arade dam was attacked while she was on her way to school in a statement, her family says, our hearts are broken by the senseless death of our daughter, iuana senseless death of our daughter, iliana was the light of our lives. A 17 year old boy who lives. A 17 year old boy who knew the victim remains in custody after being arrested in croydon yesterday morning. Roads and local transport minister Richard Holden told gb news whats being done to tackle knife crime. New legislation has been brought in. Sentences are being strengthened, which is vitally important as well. But overall i i
And you with all of this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the u. N. Security council fails to reach an agreement on the use of chemical weapons in syria the u. S. Then structure. Theyre going to go into a rival protests in johannesburg over south africas president jacob zuma calls are growing for him to quit. U. S. Stocks fall sharply the dow jones has its biggest one day point drop in history. First to developments in the maldives where the president declared a fifteen day state of emergency shortly after the announcement was made Security Forces stormed the Supreme Court where the chief justice and others are believed to be sheltering a former president has also been arrested accused of plotting to overthrow the government shot at ls reports. Opposition politicians film outside mollies criminal court waiting to hear the facts of the colleagues ill have made and have to listen and they were arrested and charged with bribery upon arriving in the country on sunday a judge d
Told them to limit all this is a lie for money also coming up the u. N. Security council fails to reach an agreement on the use of chemical weapons in syria the u. S. Aims russia. Going to. Rival protests in johannesburg over south africas president jacob zuma calls are growing for him to quit. They dont even meet i dont know why they given the rejection and leave or face time in jail israel hands out deportation no sister thousands of african refugees. A very warm welcome to the program we begin in the maldives where a standoff between the president and the Supreme Court appears to be deepening Security Forces have reportedly broken into the countrys Supreme Court building well. This happened hours after president abdoulaye i mean declared a fifteen day state of emergency political crisis was sparked by a Supreme Court order to release nine imprisoned Opposition Leader charlotte bellus reports. Opposition politicians film outside criminal court waiting to hear the fate of their collea