we, therefore, the lord s spiritual and temporal of this realm and members of the house of commons together with other members of her late majesty s privy council, representative of the territories, the citizens of london and others, now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that prince charles philip arthur george is now, by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful leige lord charles iii, and his other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith, to whom we acknowledge all faith and obedience with humble affection. beseeching god, by who kings and queens do reign, bless his majesty with long and happy years to reign over us. at st. james s palace, the 10th day of september in the year of our lord 2022. god save the king! [cheers and applause] three cheers for his majesty the king! hip hip! hooray! hip hip! hooray! hip hip! hooray! reporter: goo
about the relationship with the royal family in the past and going forward? martha: back to winston churchill and fdr, you think about the influence of the queen for all those years, weighing in on her prime minister, in those confidential conversations, the advise and consent role, 14 of them would say that is very important to them. in terms of the us, an invitation for the queen is the one that was most anticipated and enjoyed by american presidents. the will: who did not meet with queen elizabeth was lyndon johnson. all the way through donald trump and president biden, it was an enormous moment.
very bloody history, where we are now and where we need to go as a country. yeah. so, you know, the history of america, very rarely have there ever been moments when people truly had the right to vote. it is basically between 1965 and the shelby county decision. we won t name the other party in the decision at the time, that decimated the voting rights act. ever since, we ve seen republicans across the country try to suppress the vote. we ve also seen them take advantage of institutions that are inherently undemocratic. i mean, you look at the roe v. wade draft decision from this week. there s a lot of different factors that went into it. but if you think about how that happens, it happens because america, in so many ways, is not a democracy. five of the nine supreme court justices were appointed by presidents who ascended to the office after losing the popular vote. advise and consent, which is the senate s responsibility. i mean, you look at the senate, there s 50 democrats, 50 rep
The first black woman nominated to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to be confirmed Friday by the U.S. Senate without the support of either senator representing the
kind of means we must be beyond 60, chuck, i m not sure what it is. a little older. 50 or 60. i started way back early on in the early 70s. at any rate, what we re going to do, as i ve said before, i went back and looked at some of the opening statements i ve made for justices over the years, the constitution says advise and consent, and i m serious when i say that i want the advice of the senate as well as the consent, we can arrive on who the nominee should be. there s always a renewed national debate every time we nominate, any president nominates a justice, because the constitution is always evolving slightly in terms of additional rights or curtailing rights, et cetera, and it s always an