Criticism and as i am barked on my own legal career i resolved to maintain that same perspective theres a tendency in our profession to treat the practice of law as all consuming while losing sight of Everything Else but that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life i worked hard as a lawyer and as a professor i owed that to my clients to my students and to myself but i never let the law define my identity or crowd out the rest of my life a similar principle applies to the role of court courts have a vital responsibility to the rule of law which is critical to a free society but courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made. The people the public should not expect courts to do so and courts should not try that is the approach that i have strived to follow as a judge on the 7th circuit and every case i have carefully considered the arguments presented by the parties discussed th
House, where President Trump added fresh fuel to the fire in the controversy over whether and when to send kids back to school. Earlier i spoke with dr. Yvonne maldonado. Thank you for joining us this morning. At his briefing last night, President Trump said hed feel comfortable sending his son and grandkids back to school because he said kids dont transmit the coronavirus very easily. He also said they dont catch it easily. That seems to conflict with some of the research that weve seen just this week. I want to get your thoughts on that. Well, i dont think we really understand exactly whats going to happen with children. It does look like they are less likely to get sick, and maybe to transmit, than older children, and certainly adults. But we do need to have them go back to school very carefully and make sure that theyre socially distanced, that the older kids wear masks, and especially the teachers take all the precautions not to get infected. And the other big headline this mornin
You have radical left democrats running cities like chicago and so many others that we just had a news conference. Unfortunately, that is the way it is. Thats the facts. When you look at chicago and you look at the job mayor lightfoot sent me a letter yesterday. I think in their own way, they want us to go in. There will be a time when they want us to go in. Right now, we are sending extra people to help. We are arresting a lot of people who have been very bad as far as the coronavirus, as you say, i think we have done some amazing things. I think you will probably see that if you compare our statistics to other countries. And if you look at death rates, etc. , you will see, and especially into the future with whats happening, you will see some very, very impressive numbers for the United States. President , do you plan to do a National Strategy to help schools reopen and reopen safely . Regarding the children in your family, your son and grandchildren, are you comfortable do you plan
Most of europe to the United States, and also said he will expand sick leave. This comes as Senate Republicans block paid sick leave legislation. We will talk about sick leave and medicare for all with two leading economists. After a disappointing showing in tuesday nights democratic president ial primaries, senator Bernie Sanders says he will stay in the race and debate joe biden. What are you going to do do in the absurdity of the United States not having health care is human right . Are you really going to veto medicare for all bill if it is passed in congress . Amy and all of italy is lockdown. Among the recent dead is the head of the medical association in the Northern Province of italy. We will go to italy for the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus a Global Pandemic as the number of cases continues to multiply worldwide, with tens o
Most of europe to the United States, and also said he will expand sick leave. This comes as Senate Republicans block paid sick leave legislation. We will talk about sick leave and medicare for all with two leading economists. After a disappointing showing in tuesday nights democratic president ial primaries, senator Bernie Sanders says he will stay in the race and debate joe biden. What are you going to do do in the absurdity of the United States not having health care is human right . Are you really going to veto medicare for a all bill if it is passed n congress . Amy and all of italy is lockdown. Among the recent dead is the head of the medical association in the Northern Province of italy. We will go to italy for the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The World Health Organization has declared the coronavirus a Global Pandemic as the number of cases continues to multiply worldwide, with tens