You should have copies of the constitution at each of your seats. So if theres anything that comes up during the course of the conversation where you need to refer to that legal document, feel free to do so. [laughter] think aboutp us these issues we have for distinguished experts. Senior fellows a at brookings, writes a column for the wall street journal and is the author of antipluralism, the populist threat to liberal democracy. Molly reynolds is a senior fellow at brookings and is the author of exceptions to the role, the politics of filibuster limitations in the u. S. Senate. Elaine kamarck is a senior author of a book about a Senior Process on nominating and the United States. Is a seniortes fellow at brookings and is a coauthor of a forthcoming book entitled on making the presidency, Donald Trumps war on the most powerful office. Host i want to start with bill. He has paid a lot of attention to the Public Opinion aspects of impeachment. There were three recent National Surveys t
Would begin the first in a series of hearings on the state of the federal judiciary in the 21st century. In this hearing we will investigate ideas for promoting ethics, accountability, and transparency in the federal courts. We focus on these ideas in our first hearing on the judiciary because they flow from two foundational principles of due process. First that no one can be a judge in his own case. Second, to form a Supreme Court Justice Felix frankfurter , justice must satisfy the appearance of justice. Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice. Both rules embody the understanding that the constitutions implicit promise of equal justice under law depends on at least two things that our court must be fair, independent and impartial and that we must also believe that our courts are fair, independent, and impartial. Justice must satisfy the appearance of justice it might take a second but we intuitively understand that. It means that as the Supreme Court recently explained both th
Generation. Is black robes, gray hair, its tonight tonights inside story. Welcome to inside story, im ray suarez. Four Supreme Court justices are north of 75 years old. When the next president takes the oath of office theyll all be well, older. Not wishing anyone ill health or impairment, it is reasonable to assume the next president who will serve from 2017 to 2021 will be able to put his or her stamp on the nations court. Look. Of the nine justices on the Supreme Court, four of them are over 74 years old. Antonin scalia is 78, stephen bryer, a steadfast linl is liberal is 76 and be ruth bade rfertion bader gindburg iser ginsburg is is 82. If ginsburg has to retire shifting the court to the right, as it stands with ginsburg the court has four reliable votes, to the right with chief justice roberts, there are four conservatives, and Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote over four of the five biggest decisions in the past ten years. Ending affirmative action, and giving the president ial nomi
Generation. Is black robes, gray hair, its tonight tonights inside story. Welcome to inside story, im ray suarez. Four Supreme Court justices are north of 75 years old. When the next president takes the oath of office theyll all be well, older. Not wishing anyone ill health or impairment, it is reasonable to assume the next president who will serve from 2017 to 2021 will be able to put his or her stamp on the nations court. Look. Of the nine justices on the Supreme Court, four of them are over 74 years old. Antonin scalia is 78, stephen bryer, a steadfast linl is liberal is 76 and be ruth bade rfertion bader gindburg iser ginsburg is is 82. If ginsburg has to retire shifting the court to the right, as it stands with ginsburg the court has four reliable votes, to the right with chief justice roberts, there are four conservatives, and Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote over four of the five biggest decisions in the past ten years. Ending affirmative action, and giving the president ial nomi
Generation. Is black robes, gray hair, its tonight tonights inside story. Welcome to inside story, im ray suarez. Four Supreme Court justices are north of 75 years old. When the next president takes the oath of office theyll all be well, older. Not wishing anyone ill health or impairment, it is reasonable to assume the next president who will serve from 2017 to 2021 will be able to put his or her stamp on the nations court. Look. Of the nine justices on the Supreme Court, four of them are over 74 years old. Antonin scalia is 78, stephen bryer, a steadfast linl is liberal is 76 and be ruth bade rfertion bader gindburg iser ginsburg is is 82. If ginsburg has to retire shifting the court to the right, as it stands with ginsburg the court has four reliable votes, to the right with chief justice roberts, there are four conservatives, and Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote over four of the five biggest decisions in the past ten years. Ending affirmative action, and giving the president ial nomi