Host we get to talk about the Supreme Court history for an hour. I want to start by understanding the court today. The way our court is structured and how it has evolved, how does the chief justice in this era wield authority . What tools do they have . Elizabeth the answer to that question is, in this era, as always, the chief justice, first and foremost, is the head and steward of one of our three ranches of government. I think there are some unique spects about that job in the sense that the court is not a political branch. It was deliberately designed not to be. The chief has a difficult job, because, im sure you heard this expression. The chief is chief among equals. They cannot control the other justices. They have the power to cajole, but not control. And there are some Great Stories throughout history that illustrate that very well. Host specifically, does the chief have a role in what cases are heard, and who writes the opinions . Elizabeth those are probably two of the princi
Host we get to talk about the Supreme Court history for an hour. I want to start by understanding the court today. The way our court is structured evolved, how does the chief justice in this era wield authority . What tools do they have . Elizabeth the answer to that question is in this era, as , always, the chief justice, first and foremost, is the head and steward of one of our three branches of government. I think there are some unique aspects about that job in the sense that the court is not a political branch. It was deliberately designed not to be. The chief has a difficult job, because, im sure you heard this expression. The chief is chief among equals. They cannot control the other justices. They have the power to cajole, but not control. And there are some Great Stories throughout history that illustrate that very well. Host specifically, does the chief have a role in what cases are heard, and who writes the opinions . Elizabeth those are probably two of the principal distinct
Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Us your firstext name, city, and state at 2027488003 or join the conversation on twitter cspanwj and facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your comments right after we hear a little bit more from Mitch Mcconnell on the floor yesterday outlining what we will see today in the senate. [video clip] a few minutes ago the senate was notified the house of a senates is finally ready to proceed with articles of impeachment. By unanimous consent, we have laid some of the groundwork that will structure the next several days. We have invited the house managers to come to the senate tomorrow at noon to exhibit their articles of impeachment and later tomorrow afternoon at 2 00 p. M. , the chief justice of the United States will arrive in the senate. He will be sworn in by the tem, chiefro grassley. We will pledge to rise above petty factionalism and do justice for our states and the nation and we will formally notify the president and some in the pres
Global tugofwar. Critical tests. A spacecraft explodes minutes after launch. Why Todays Mission was a success. And a world war ii veteran finally gets the recognition he earned at 103 years old. Gods been good. Announcer this is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im omar villafranca. The countdown has begun to the Historic Senate trial of President Trump. It begins tomorrow morning. House managers who will prosecute the case against the president met on capitol hill sunday to work on strategy. Senators are getting ready for what could be a grueling few weeks listening to hours of testimony with no questions allowed. Ben tracy starts us off from the white house. Well be sitting there in our chairs probably on the order of six hours a day. Reporter senators are now preparing to be jurors, deciding in just weeks whether or not President Trump remains in office. Republicans dont have enough votes for a quick dismissal, but they are confident the president will be acquit
Musical masterminds. The duo behind the neptunes. Pharrell williams and chad hugo talk with us about reaching to the songwriters hall of fame. Producing some of the biggest hits of the past 25 years. Its friday, january 17h, 2020. Todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. I should be their best witness. Their number one witness. The impeachment trial gets under way as the president denies new accusations. I dont know him at all. Dont know where he comes from. Know nothing about him. This thing is a big hoax. Powerful winter storm is expected to bury parts of the midwest and east in snow. Peak snow looks to be in the midwest along with strongest winds close to blizzard conditions. Fbi arrested three White Supremacists who were headed to a gun rally in relationship, richmond, virginia. This kind of situation hundreds of people could go down in seconds. U. S. Officials say 11 Service Members were injured when iran attacked a base last week. Beltran out. Astros, red sox, they got world