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Isabel wilkerson entered. Washington journal continues. Host we are back with richard , who is here to discuss with us the history of president s Court Roosevelt packing attempt. Good morning. Lets start with information for our cspan viewers. What does the constitution say about the size of the Supreme Court . Guest nothing, really, except that there shall be a Supreme Court and achieve justice. The number of justices is left of congress to prescribe. Host the only people who can decide on how many justices sit on the Supreme Court is the congress of the United States . Guest thats right. By ordinary legislation subject of course to the president s veto. Host what size did the Supreme Court start at . The constitution requires a chief justice. How many were there . Guest six at the beginning. It was an even number. In those days the nation was divided into judicial circuits. In those days the Supreme Court justices had real duties in each circuit. With respect to any given circuit. Co
Lets take a look at other Asset Classes as well. The big news as we talked about, ftse russell adding chinese bonds to the global bond indices so we are watching chinese assets very closely and we are looking at, when it comes to evergrande, that is a stock that has been seeing a quick turnaround after the stock fell 5 . A looming cash crunch. Bond yields slightly higher here aday, and we are looking for dollar that is looking slightly weaker but steady. We are set to end the week stronger by the most since april for the greenback. The aussie seen quite a slide for the currency this week. We are seeing a bit of a lift in the renminbi on the ftse russell decision and the lira here. Turkey surprising with the rate hike yesterday, but the dollar weakening, a big story here today. First word news. Karina mitchell in new york. Karina good friday morning to you. The Trump Administration has been ordered to delay its ban on tiktok. The judge gave the administration until 2 32 agree. O a delay
Until 8 00 tomorrow morning. Mark is track those winds. Yeah, still a bit breezy in this pressure setup, the pressure difference between these two systems, that the hills. Generates the northerly wind. Tomorrow morning, areas of fog here is a satellite that tells the story throughout the day. Near the coast and bay. This is producing all of this could be locally dense. It will be smoky once again to smoke, and just the direction of the wind is transporting start out the day. That smoke, that blanket, over tomorrow no triple digits. The hot spots still approaching a good portion of the bay area the lowtomid 90s for your wednesday, and the spare the air alert continues in your all day long. Wednesday forecast. But i guess well take it, this cooloff. By the upcoming weekend, this here is our live camera with is great to see. Just some 80s across portions the smoke and haze settling in. Of the bay area, but hopefully we can get rid of that smock we have a lid over our ski. Between now and
It is even what it said in richard. You can ask for the reasons,. What if theth court is concerned about favoritism being displayed to a politically powerful defendant . Is that a proper reason to have a hearing . Mr. Wall no. That is a concern that is not the domain of rule 48. Judge griffith what is your authority for that . Mr. Wall in the United States, i would say richards or falkirk. It does not matter. The District Court might believe the government has a bad motive to do all sorts of things, favoritism or something else. But everybody agreeing that the United States cannot be made to bring a prosecution even if it even ifeven if it is its motive is not regular or impermissible, the same is exactly true of a prosecution. There are checks on that. Judge griffith what would be an appropriate hearing for judge sullivan to call on these facts in this case . What are the outer limits of what he could do or what the government would think is appropriate . Mr. Wall i dont think there i