For republicans. 2027488001 for democrats and independents, 2027488002. If you want to post on social media, you can do so at it or cspanwj and on our you can orso at twitter at cspanwj our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Some of the topics being discussed at those meetings. If you go to the website wglt. Com, a forum held by rodney davis. Infrastructure was one of the top issues. The representative from illinoiss 13th district is pushing for passage of the federal highway bill. About 80 of the construction project on the interstates that may back you up in traffic for a federal taxd for by dollars. We will reauthorize the highway bill, adding that he does not believe in a federal gas tax paying for infrastructure. The story says he was not not specific in proposing ways for. To pay for improvements going to new jersey, frank pallone, the democrat from that state addressing folks on an august 15 town hall meeting. Several discussions taking place during that forum adding it was in
Constitutional democracy. Studying it, thinking about it, writing about it, teaching about it. And actually directly involved in its workings. Thise introduce triumvirate. Roger gregory is the chief judge thehe court of appeals for Fourth Circuit. He has served on that court for almost 20 years. Has the distinguished distinction of having been nominated for the court by both president clinton and president george w. Bush. He was confirmed by the senate 931 judge gregory is the first africanamerican to serve on the Fourth Circuit. He founded a law firm with the first African American lawyer of virginia. Also have a chair of the professor of law at the university of virginia. He has served on the faculty any longer than any other. He is still going strong 55 years into the mission. He has devoted his professional life to combing the mysteries of the u. S. Supreme court and understanding constitutions. He was the principal trestman of the last revision of virginias constitution. He has he
Cspan 2. It was 50 years ago this weekend, an iconic weekend known as woodstock. Bethel, new e in york, for the next hour on washington journal and life on cspan three ssive crt shutdown at town not far from new york city. First heres how abc news covered the impact of the literally wd that shut down a town not too far from new york city. The townspeople were terrified at the prospect of the hippie arrival. Something happened, the festival site is nestled in the catskills resort area. Is,and est down nearby the towns people quite frankly prospect fied at the of the hippie arrival but before it was over something happened. Residents and resorts freely emptied their cub boards for the kids. Their ts were stunned by politeness. Polite. Thats about what i can say. Kids. E but you didnt sell too many shoes . No, not too many but they were happy here. They are really a Wonderful Group of kids. I never met so many kids in such numbers that were so polite and so patient, so understanding under
[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Isit ncicap. Org] good morning, everyone. Shh. Good morning. Welcome to a. C. S. s annual Supreme Court preview. Im cara stein, Vice President of policy and program at a. C. S. Which most of you likely know is a National Network of lawyers, law students, judges and policymakers who believe that a law should be a force to improve peoples lives. So here we are again. After a Supreme Court term that many felt was lackluster, despite the muchdelayed addition to the ninth justice to the bench, we are looking at an upcoming term that promises the high stakes we had grown accustomed to in recent years. You need only look at the first two weeks of oral arguments to see what i mean. During just those five days, the court will continue the constitutionality of the president s travel ban, legitimacy of wisconsins redistrict
Shh. Good morning. Welcome to a. C. S. s annual Supreme Court preview. Im kara stein, Vice President of policy and program at a. C. S. Which most of you likely know is a National Network of lawyers, law students, judges and policymakers who believe that a law should be a force to improve peoples lives. So here we are again. After a Supreme Court term that many felt was lackluster, despite the muchdelayed addition to the ninth justice to the bench, we are looking at an upcoming term that promises the high stakes we had grown accustomed to in recent years. You need only look at the first two weeks of oral arguments to see what i mean. During just those five days, the court will continue the constitutionality of the president s travel ban, legitimacy of wisconsins redistricting scheme and whether American Workers can be forced to arbitrate their disputes with their employers as opposed to have a day in court. Some might say the stakes are perhaps too high. To lead us through the discussio