today on the program, germany will give leopards as america offers the abrams. they re the most capable tanks in the world. what will the tank deliveries to ukraine mean for the future of its fight? how will russia retaliate for what it sees as a major escalation? we ll talk about all of that and more with the new panel. israel s new government led by netanyahu is the most far right ever. its first month in office has been marked by provocations and protests and problems. a fight has begun over the power of parliament to overturn the rulings of the nation s highest court. would it be a major step back for the middle east s only liberal democracy? i ll talk to a close observer. and we ll bring you an important update on iran. on the anti-regime protests, and the status of the islamic republic s nuclear program. but first, here is my take. what should we think of the fact that donald trump, joe biden and now mike pence have all turned out to have classified material sitti
Was possible to move society to the place where it should be for the better of all of us. Everyone is the beneficiary of ending gender discrimination, women, men, and children. Thats how the old chief was persuaded when he was justice ringquist. This was a story of a man whose wife died in childbirth. He was left as sole caretaker of the child. Wanted Social Security benefits that would help him be able to work only part time while his child was young. Both benefits for mothers, not fathers. So the court decided that case, i think it was in 1975, it was a unanimous judgment. Three sets of opinions. One well of course was the discrimination against the woman as wage earner, her Social Security taxes dont get for her family the same protection, and then a few of them thought it was really discrimination against the male as parent. He would not have the opportunity to render personal care to his child. And ringquist all along said totally arbitrary from the point of view of the baby. Why
Here. Who are your most important mentors in your life. If youre going to ask me what women are my role models. One was real, one was fictional. The real one was amelia earhart, the fictional one was nancy drew. But i never had in many my college years, certainly law school, never had a woman teacher. People asked me, did you always want to be a Supreme Court justice i wanted to get age out of the law. That was my goal. Women werent on the bench in numbers. On the federal bench until jim with my carter became president. He was only in office four years. He took a look at the federal judiciary. He was determined to appoint members of minority groups and women in numbers, not as one at a time curiosities. He pointed at least 25 women to Federal District courts and i was one of the lucky 11 appointed to a court of appeals. During his time. He said in october of 1980, when he had a reception for the women, he had appointed to the federal bench, even though he had no Supreme Court vacancy t
Intelligence Committee Thursday as part of the committees investigation into allegations of election tampering in the president ial election. In march, thendirector comey testified before the House Intelligence Committee about his goals for the investigation. Heres what he had to say. I have been authorized by the department of justice to confirm the fbi as part of our counterintelligence investigation is investigating the russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 president ial election, and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and the russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and russias efforts. As with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed. Because it is an open, Ongoing Investigation and is classified, i cannot say more about what we are doing and whose conduct we are examining. At the request of congres
Liberty and National Security program at the Brennan Center for justice. Prior to that she served as counsel to u. S. Senator Russ Feingold who at the time was the chairman of the senates sm subcommittee on the constitution. On the judiciary committee. She handled liberty and National Security matters. Focus on government secrecy and privacy rights, hence our joy at getting her here today to complete our program. Also worked as a Trial Attorney in the federal Programs Branch of the Civil Division of the department of justice, and her area of expertise is what she is about to speak on, liberty National Security, the tension between privacy and National Security profiling, transparency, accountability, checks and balances, and detainee policy. One quick note. When liza finishes this session were going to offer you a chance to go upstairs to our rooftop. Its a nice day and we have a little reception up there in the sunshine and spring weather. So, please join me in welcoming liza to the p