For roll call talks about campaign 2020. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. Welcome to washington journal. Likely coincidental, the first democratic debate occurred as the Supreme Court was winding down with notable decisions. They became part of the discussion at the debates. We will spend the first hour asking you, how important is the Supreme Court in your 2020 both . 202 7488000 for democrats, 202 7488001 for republicans, 202 7488002 for independents. We will look for your tweets cspanwj also on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Bloomberg focuses the Supreme Court as a Campaign Issue for democrats. Democrats are attempting to turn the Supreme Court into a Campaign Issue in front of donald trump success, reshaping the federal judiciary with young, conservative justice, with abortionrights close to being a laminated. It is a shift eliminated. It is a shift. The dynamic laste
Chair federal Court University of texas school of law. As work has been published in the new york times, the los angeless times. Has argued before the Supreme Court of feat in and of itself is Supreme Court analyst of 2013 and he lives in austin, texas from going to hand it over to them. [applause] okay, good evening, can you hear me okay . Great. Its great to be with you. Here in his own hometown. Its great to be here. I hit introduction of you but among many other things i did not know that was going to go that way either. The first thing i want to ask you is you sure you do not want to move this conversation to twitter spaces . [laughter] there isth still time. 20 minutes of silence as about right. I wouldy say this is already gone better than last night actually. The night is young. Are you sure you do not want to talk about ken paxton . Yes. S. [laughter] all right. If you have not already seen or read the book let me tell you it is terrific it lives up seat is extraordinary in th
Announcer coming up on washington journal, the state of the progressive legal movement. The cofounder and executive director demand for justice will join us. Also the president of the national right to work Legal Defense foundation, mark mix, on workforce issues and recent labor unrest. Washington journal starts now. This is a very sad day for america and was also very sad driving through washington, d. C. And seeing the filth and decay and all of the broken buildings and walls with the graffiti. This is not the place i left, it is a sad thing to see it. When you look at what is happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to happen in america. This is the persecution of the person that is leading by very very substantial numbers in the republican primary and leading bided biden by a lot. If you cannot beat him, you persecute him or prosecute him. We cannot let this happen in america. Host good morning. It is friday, august 4. Former President Trump
Forbeing with us today. Lets get right at it. Earlier this week as tom said the knesset passed a bill that will return the reasonableness standard. This is a question, four r our first question for you amir and michael. What is this standard . And what is the Practical Implications of its repeal . Additionally, what are the larger implications in terms of the future of israel as a democracy . Amir, start with you. Amir ok. Thank you halie. Thank you, tom, for the introduction. Michael, great to see you, my friend. And thanks to everyone who joined in order to understand whats happening here. There is a lot of drama. Well do our best. As for the law that was passed this week, the reasonableness standard is a tool that the israeli legal system, it started with the Supreme Court, but also used sometimes by lower courts, has used over the years as a way to conduct judicial review over governmental decisions. This does not have to do with legislation, but executive of the government. It was
Spdi bills funding the government through next year to prevt shutdown. Current government funding expires september 30 lawmakers are also facing end of the month deadlines to reauthorize the faa and pandemic priorities. Tch live coverage of the house cspan, the senate on cspan 2, and you can watch all of our congressional coveragwi the free video app, cspan now, or online at cspan. Org. Continues. Host welcome back, my guest is brian fallon, the cofounder and outgoing executive director of demand justice, talking about Supreme Court reform. Welcome to the program. Guest thanks for having me back. Host yes i should say welcome back but before we get to our topic in my wanted to get your reaction to the third indictment of former President Trump. Guest i think the special prosecutor thats been handling this case, jack smith, former head of the Public Integrity section at the Public Integrity section at the Justice Department is very well respected, nonpartisan prosecutor and i think he h