Controlled by the Republican Party of donald trump and the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell has proposed some rules that would trigger a quick a trial lets look at what those are initially he gave them we were discussing this a moment ago he gave each side 24 hours which would be split over 2 days for their opening arguments thats now been pushed out to 3 days as i guess was saying presumably 8 hours a day witnesses cannot be called until the opening arguments and even then it will be left to a vote and whats important to remember there is that the republicans as we say are in control so they would have significant powers to block any witnesses called by the democrats this is what they wanted to do and another change to the initial rules Mitch Mcconnell will now allow transcripts from the house judiciary impeachment hearing the house hearing to be submitted mcconnell has promised that this will be a fair even handed process 1st. The senate will hear an opening presentation from t
America. I yield and tribulation, may god bless america. Iyield back. And tribulation, may god bless america. I yield back. That was the Republican House minority leader Kevin Mccarthy giving his speech about ten minutes long, so weve heard from the majority and minority leaders and now we expect to hear from the chairman of the Intelligence Committee under schiff, walking up to the podium and he will wrap up this debate on impeachment and we will get into the voting process. Madam speaker, my colleagues, after eight hours, let us colleagues, after eight hours, let us return to where we began with the articles themselves. Article one charges the president of the United States with abusing the power of his office by coercing an ally into cheating in a us election on his behalf. It charges the president of the United States, it charges. The house will be in order. The gentleman has a right to be heard. The gentleman shall suspend. The gentleman may resume. It charges the president of the
Traverse city and a few other things. The city is gonna red tag this thing until such time that they can get this tree off of your which hopefully will be sometime today and then type the roof so that there will be no leaking. And the damage is not so great and the person wont be able to live back here. He was happy to talk but didnt just to be on camera. He would that is really what happened here about 7 00 this morning. I want to show you something, youll see theres a lot of mud there which was there before. And you can see that theres not a lot of roots structures there in the recent theres not a lot of structure there because there wasnt much holding this tree a. Thats gonna make this model around a little bit. If you take a look at this, you can see how soft this really is. Thats part of the problem here. You have a very weak wood with a very heavy tree a lot of rain, which also puts a weight on the tree itself. And it came down. This is going to be a big risk for a lot of folks t
Expansion. Among the the luminous records of the federal courts europe the National Archives, are hundreds of freedom suits. Cases brought by slaves seeking to obtain their freedom. One such case initiated by dred scott in 1846 made it all the way to the Supreme Court where the final decision became one of the most infamous decisions of thethe history of the court. Our guest today looks at three notable precivil war Supreme Court justices and how the uphill the institution of after rolling. Ng the first, chief justice of the states, John Marshall. Joseph story and chief Justice Roger came. Paul finkelman is the president of grants college in greater philadelphia. Before taking this position he held the fulbright chair in human rights and social justice at the university of ottawas school of law. He has held a number of endowed chairs and was a tenured professor including the chair in american legal history at the duke law school. He authored more than 200 scholarly authors including th
Mr. Ferriero for most people long out of school thinking back on u. S. History dredges up memories of lessons on the revolutionary war, the establishment of the constitution, and the war of 1812, and then jumps to the beginnings of the civil war. The in between times may be indistinct but they saw the emergence of an increasingly divided nation. Throughout this time, the federal government, time and time again, had to deal with the questions of slavery and its expansion. Among the the voluminous records of the federal courts in the National Archives, are hundreds of freedom suits, cases brought by slaves seeking to obtain their freedom. One such case initiated by dred scott in 1846 made it all the way to the Supreme Court where the final decision became one of the most infamous decisions of the history of the court. Our guest today looks at three notable precivil war Supreme Court justices and how they uphold the institution of slavery in ruling after ruling. The first, chief justice o