Welcome, welcome. As we just noted, we are here to talk about constitutions and the rule of law. With a particular focus on a few got a rule of law, how do you keep it . How do you nurture it . How do you make it stick . And we got three extraordinarily distinguished panelists to lead these conversations. Each of them is directly involved in the workings of constitutional democracy studying it, thinking about it, writing about it, teaching about it, and in judge gregorys case, actually directly involved in its workings. Let me introduce this triumvirate. Roger gregory is the chief judge of the court of appeals for the Fourth Circuit. And judge gregory has served on that court for 20 years, almost 20 years, and is now the chief judge. He has the distinction of having been nominated for the court by both president clinton and president george w. Bush, and he was confirmed by the senate 931. [laughter] judge gregory is the first africanamerican to serve on the Fourth Circuit. Before going
Panel, which is going to focus on the implementation of the refugee act of 1980. And moderating that potential is eric schwartz, former assistant secretary of state for population refugees and migration under the obama administration. He was Senior Adviser for humanitarian affairs during the Clinton Administration on the National Security council and most importantly on the highest board. He also happens to be the president of Refugees International and hes seated next to the expresident of Refugees International. Eric . Thanks. Thank you, mark. It is a distinct pleasure to be here today and i want to thank hias, and the Carter Center for bringing us all together for this very important event. This is a critical time for us to be considering not only the refugee act of 1980, but also the very future of refugee protection in the United States and around the world. At a time when the number of people displaced by conflict, human rights violations, persecution is at the highest number in
Also coming up on the day britains new Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it is antidemocratic and on viable and the European Unions backstop plan for ireland has to go but the e. U. Isnt budging are we back to break that deadlock so they have seen that the u. K. Parliament is 3 times rejected the withdraw to remove the backstop just doesnt work its not democratic i hope that they will see fit to compromise. A warm welcome to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world we start tonight with italys government crisis the Prime Minister has resigned and will head a caretaker government while negotiations start on forming an alternative coalition earlier on tuesday Prime Minister just said he conti told parliament that he is stepping down and he said the interior minister Matteo Salvini is to blame so that he has pulled his far right league party out of the government and is demanding new elections because he wants to become Prime Minister himself country accuse sa
And well be talking to the man who wrote the eulogy for an icelandic glacier which has disappeared because of Climate Change. We will be live in westminster to look at that letter from Boris Johnson to donald tusk suggesting the irish border backstop has to be replaced with an alternative if the uk and the eu can find a deal that the uk will accept. Before that before that. What a striking image this is. Sudans former president , Omar Al Bashir was driven from power earlier this year. This is him today in court, inside a cage. Hes facing corruption charges. We already know that millions of dollars in cash was seized at his house. And investigators are alleging that mr bashir has admitted receiving 90 million from saudi arabia. Though his lawyers say all allegations against him are baseless. Omar al bashir is also accused of being involved in the killing of people who protested against his rule. And inevitably, this trial is seen as a test of whether the Ruling Military Council can deal
One of the most important criminal cases on donald trump has been on life support for weeks now, but it appears the case will live. And the former president will likely have to face trial. For the past two months, we have watched as the Georgia Election interference case against donald trump and 14 codefendants devolved into a high stakes side show. Several of the defendants in this case accused fani willis of having a relationship with the Special Prosecutor on her team. Nathan wade. A relationship that created a coofinterest. They argued that because of that relationship, willis needed to be thrown off the case, a move that would have effectively killed any chance of this case ever getting to trial. Last month, da willis admitted that she and mr. Wade did engage in a romantic relationship for a period of time, but maintained it had no bearing on this case. The judge overseeing the Case Heard Hows and hours of testimony to determine when the relationship began and what, if any financi