All persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are admonished to draw near and give their attention. Landmark cases, cspans special history series, produced in partnership with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court quite often, in many of our most famous decisions, are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. Count the vote, count the vote. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people. Who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening, and welcome to cspans landmark cases, tonight were going to learn about a case that you may not have heard about. Its the civil rights cases of 1883, consolidation of five cases brought to the Supreme Court to help define the 14th amendment. Tonight were
System. Good morning, everyone. My name is winnie stack lburg, and im the executive Vice President of external affairs at the center for American Progress, and i want to thank each and every one of you for joining this very important event. Were here to discuss a fundamental issue, which strikes at the heart of our democratic values. If we truly believe that all americans deserve equal treatment in the eyes of the law, then we must ensure that our legal decisions are made by judges with backgrounds and perspectives that represent the experiences of all americans. Study after study has shown that Diverse Groups solve problems in a more thoughtful and innovative way and arrive at more efficient and effective decisions and solutions. So it comes as no surprise that diversity among our federal judges in terms of their race and ethnicity, their gender, their Sexual Orientation, their gender identity, their religious affiliation and their professional background helps produce a stronger just
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In the republican field. But only one is giving me joy right now. This guy. laughter wass the latest in the saga of the hugest most classiest, most elegant most luxurious kind of day ever. On monday nbc announced it will no longer air the miss usa or Miss Universe pageant partly owned by trump, following a similar step by univision which also dumped the event. Larry oh. Univision. Trump no es elegante. And to the surprise of move one trump reacted by suing univision for 500 million dollars. And apparently he had to this. People say wow he is really running. And i give up a the lo. You know when i do this i give up a lot. As an example univisioning im going to have to sue univision now. laughter larry okay, first of all its univision. And second of all why are you just suing them. Didnt nbc dump you too . Maybe i will be suing nbc too. Larry oh. Pardon me. Man, im really lacking forward to the trump presidency. To combat Global Warming i will be suing icebergs and polar bears. Yeah. Im
Know who that is she is the coolest winner of capture the flag ever. cheers and applause larry yes, this is the nightly show, lets do this captioning sponsored by Comedy Central cheers and applause larry thursday night i like it. I like it i like it i like it. Man. Very excited. Thank you very much. Larry, Larry Larry Larry thank you so much. Thank you. I appreciate it. Youre too kind. Please we got a lot of show to get to. Welcome to the show im Larry Wilmore man its such an exciting show. Bree newsome the woman who snatched that flag off that flag pole in South Carolina here tonight. cheers and applause so ex sighted to have her. Oh but right now this is very exciting too right now its time to check in on the unblackening. laughter man, there are 14 candidates in the republican field. But only one is giving me joy right now. This guy. laughter wass the latest in the saga of the hugest most classiest, most elegant most luxurious kind of day ever. On monday nbc announced it will no lon