Unconstitutional dramas behind 12 Historic Supreme Court discussions. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions, the court made a unpopular decision. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate dramatically and visually what it means to live and a society with different people who stick together because they believe in the rule of law good evening and welcome to landmark cases tonight were going to look at 1886 case in which the Supreme Court ruled the equal protection guarantees apply not just to citizens but noncitizen s in the next 90 minutes will learn about what led to the case and the effect of its decision on American Society our two guests will help us understand all of this a professor of american. ,. , she will help us to understand the issues around chinese immigration and the chinese exclusion act in the. The president and founder of the organization that creates historical material for has. Give us the most basic facts about this case. So the decision came 18 years
The conditions for bringing a lawsuit against a foreign state. The Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing is chaired by senator Lindsey Graham of south carolina. Generally speaking, we have a foreign sovereign immunities act , basically shutting off lawsuits against other nations because whatever we do to them, they can do to us. We made exceptions to it. We have amended the act regarding terrorist activities. This is not an issue i take lightly. Ive thought ang lot about. My colleagues have worked to put together legislation, they have reconciled the legislation. Want to have a hearing about what it would mean if we amended the act to allow suits against china. And why would we take this unprecedented step . This is the third pandemic to come out of china. The coronavirus came from hunan province, but it was a mistake in a lab or spread at a wet market, i dont know, but we do know where it came from. We know china failed to inform the world about the nature of the virus that did restrict
What we have just heard. The National Constitution center is a private nonprofit with an Inspiring Mission from congress, to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people. That is just what we are trying to do as we Learn Together during these important arguments. Joining us to learn and to help understand the arguments we have just heard are two of americas leading advocates and scholars of the constitution, both of whom have filed briefs, called amicus briefs, on different sides of the case. Walter weber filed a brief in support of the petitioners, who are known as u. S. A id, and the case is usaid versus the alliance for open society international. He is senior counsel for the American Center for law and justice in washington, d. C. , which is the organization on whose behalf he filed a brief. He has written many briefs in landmark cases of the supreme aclj an
193 Member States all represented in one of its 6 main old ins the United Nations General Assembly. Its 1st session with representatives from 51 nations was in london on january the 10th 1906. The next few annual sessions were held in different cities then moved to the uns permanent headquarters in new york in 1000 pretty too. Since then the General Assembly has made history from the cold war but can you expound a film about it to the palestinian israeli conflict with controversial statements we will never ratified the u. N. Arms trade treaty to some undiplomatic moments to get it to one of the iraqi. Oil but if. The annual General Assembly in september is chaired by a president voted for by Member States. But does the assembly have to force its resolutions or to compel countries to act. Well find out as the president of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly nigerias ambassador to the u. N. Johnny Mohammed Bundy talks to aljazeera. Ambassador to Johnnie Mohammed bandy
Manufacturing in china plunges to the lowest level of records putting more pressure on already battered stocks it is. Good and theres uproar at the french oscars and raven polanskis best director award. After a week of what was called a reduction in violence in afghanistan the u. S. And the taliban are expected to sign a preliminary peace deal that could put an end to americas longest running war president transcending is top diplomat to catarrh for the historic signing and says the Afghan People should embrace the chance of a new future but this is a long way to go the deal is seen as a possible 1st phase. The next step would be for the taliban to actually talk with the government in kabul in order to decide the future of the country there is a summer binge of aid has been speaking exclusively to the taliban spokesman shaheen and he says he hopes the deal will bring stability to afghanistan. It is significant for a our people for our country in the whole region because for 4 of one pe