In response to the committee asking Telecom Companies to preserve the Phone Records of at least 11pro trump lawmakers like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kevin Mccarthy released a Statement Warning the companies if they comply, quote, they are in violation of federal Law And Subject to losing their ability to operate in the United States if companies choose to violate federal law a republican majority will not forget and will stand with americans to hold them fully accountable under the law. Dadada. A fact check here, companies are not breaking the law by complying with a congressional request for records. The January 6 committee responded to Mccarthys Attempt to bully private companies by saying this. Quote, the select committee is investigating the violent attack on the capitol and attempts to overturn the results of last years election. We have asked companies not to destroy records that may help answer questions for the american people. The committees efforts wont be deterred by those who
Vaccines can outpace the spread of the highly contagious Delta Variant. Right now it is not looking good. More than half of u. S. States, mostly republican led, have a Vaccination Rate below the national average. The new surge beginning to imperil returntowork plans. Last night republican governor of alabama, Kay Ivy, said bluntly in an interview most of her colleagues will not say, that the blame for much of the continued suffering in her state rests squarely on the shoulders of those refuse to go get vac nated. What is it going to take to get people to get shots in arms . I dont know. You tell me. Folks are supposed to have common sense. But its time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. Its the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down. Wow. One might think governor iveys frustrations could represent a crack in the republican firewall against covid protections. And even in washington there are signs republicans are beginning to acknowledge that their vote
Describing what within the for the people act he can support, its a sign of progress, but it doesnt go far enough. It gives me further hope and optimism well succeed in passing the for the people act, but we need to go further. With republicans including Mitch Mcconnell Signaling they wont support any bill that puts elections in the hands of the federal government, it could be a long road ahead. Then theres infrastructure, with a group of bipartisan senators still working out the kinks, progressives are beginning to weigh in on what they like and dont like about the bill. One of the concerns that i do have about the bipartisan bill is how they are going to pay for their proposals. And theyre not clear yet. I dont know that they even know yet, but some of the speculation is raising a Gas Tax, which i dont support. A fee on electric vehicles, privatization of infrastructure. Those are proposals that i would not support. Well dive into the details of both of those bills in this hour. We b
criticism and as i am barked on my own legal career i resolved to maintain that same perspective there s a tendency in our profession to treat the practice of law as all consuming while losing sight of everything else but that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life i worked hard as a lawyer and as a professor i owed that to my clients to my students and to myself but i never let the law define my identity or crowd out the rest of my life a similar principle applies to the role of court courts have a vital responsibility to the rule of law which is critical to a free society but courts are not designed to solve every problem or right every wrong in our public life the policy decisions and value judgments of government must be made. the people the public should not expect courts to do so and courts should not try that is the approach that i have strived to follow as a judge on the 7th circuit and every case i have carefully considered the arguments presented by the parties d
and all the diplomatic side, moscow s formal demand for nato to pull back in eastern europe received this response from the us. the? pull back in eastern europe received this response from the us.- this response from the us. they are to ass this response from the us. they are to pass and this response from the us. they are to pass and also this response from the us. they are to pass and also a this response from the us. they are to pass and also a path this response from the us. they are to pass and also a path of to pass and also a path of defence and deterrence and if russia chooses aggression the path will lead to massive consequences. and aggression the path will lead to massive consequences. and the oldest member of the massive consequences. and the oldest member of the supreme massive consequences. and the oldest member of the supreme court - massive consequences. and the oldest member of the supreme court has - member of the supreme court has stood down f