victories. alongside the most diverse cabinet in history, we got a new generation of republican lawmakers who wear their bigotry on their sleeves. we saw convictions in the murders of george floyd and ahmaud arbery, but we also witnessed the acquittal of kyle rittenhouse. and as the year draws to a close, while we can cheer historic legislative achievements on covid relief and physical infrastructure, we re also left wondering why the fate of our social infrastructure plan remains uncertain and why proposals to protect our right to vote and reform policing have gone nowhere at all. we still have a lot of work to do. joining me now, democratic congressman from maryland and former president of the naacp, kweisi emfumi. first of all, thank you for joining us tonight, congressman. let me start with that unfinished business i just mentioned. west virginia senator joe manchin says he might wait until next year to consider supporting the build back better act. what are you hearing o
several stories today about the toxic waste spill flowing down the colorado river. some epa workers were trying to fix abandoned mine pollution problems in the mountains when something went wrong. they originally were ordered one million gallons were accidentally released. they now say that it s more like 3 million gallons containing heavy metals. isnwhile, gina mccarthy speaking in washington this afternoon about carbon emissions . live coverage at 12:15. she is going to address the new regulations for reducing carbon emissions from existing power plants. that is at 12:15 eastern. c-span2 will bring you live coverage from capitol hill at noon for a discussion on the cards ready. the forum will look at the differences between chip and pin technologies and go through what the government and retailers can do to better protect against fraud and identity theft. later today we look back at a recent senate hearing about unwanted phone calls and telephone scams aimed at seniors. t
low-hanging fruit and that face the movement became a victim of its own success because nationally people thought that s got everything they want. racism still exists in american society. shelby county notwithstanding and you know if you got the civil rights act and people don t want to see the nuances of racism even in the 1980s when people were talking about south africa. people were like you should be focused on problems domestically so i think we can do many things and also people are naturally inclined to have certain causes that they care about. people are naturally going to focus more attention on some things than others and what you care about the most might not be what i care about the most but what i care about the most may not be what you care about the most and i think we should encourage people to take up their passion and cause not turn their noses up when somebody is doing something else because basically we can cover everything through a specialization. so man
the national review previewed high cases the court will consider this year. ramesh ponnuru moderates this hour and 15 minute discussion. from the washington, d.c. center. the national review and the pacific legal foundation is honored to welcome you here today with the hurricane coverage and the to hundreds of thousands of people across the country who are tuning in by c-span. we would also like to thank jones day for this nice roof and staff assistance to for putting this together. as for plf, our interest in the supreme court mirrors brief attention. we will have as many as eight petitions pending before the justice involving cases that we have filled and i think that is probably the most of any public interest legal organization. we have seven straight wins in the supreme court. so we hope to extend that string of victories this term. and finally, scoutus blog has noted we are the most famous brief filers for the court. our guest will talk about the most important sup
blocks we need. here is what the challengers are saying. they are saying the voting rights justification says section five is no longer in effect and you should not be able to defend the deviations that have a pattern of difference between the majority districts based on the statues that are no longer enforceable. if that argument is accepted there is a lot more maps around the country subject to challenge. the other argument is that is a sham, it was done for partisan reasons, contrary to the finding and fact of the district court, and that is an interesting argument in addition to the fact it defies the ruling of the district court in terms of the facts. the amount of partisanship is so small it is tiny compared to maps that have been upheld by the supreme court in previous cases. what you have here is an effort to use these minor deviations in populations to ratchet up the level of scrutiny in the drawing of district maps to the point where you would have a double standard