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Prift with an Inspiring Mission from congress. To december sim nate information about the constitution on a nonpartisan basis to increase awarrens and understanding of the constitution among the american people. Justice holmes once said of the constitution, it is an experiment as all of life is an experiment. The arguments that youve just heard are technical. The kind that law proimples and journalists and citizens often dont listen to closely but we just had the privilege of hearing them live is so our job in the next hour is to unpack them and understand as thoughtfully and as nonpartisan a spirit as possible what the competing arguments are so that ultimately you, cspan watchers and friends from across the country can evaluate the arguments for yourself. I do want you to do some homework after this show, which is to read the briefs in the case. Go to the Supreme Court remember site. Supreme court. Gov. Youll find the briefs on the home page under the name of the case and after our d
On the nations food supply and Meat Processing industry. On why, dr. James hamlin some people who contract coronavirus get sicker than others. Oft this, the last day april, jay powell says he expects an unprecedented drop in Economic Activity over the next few months after it was reported yesterday that the u. S. Economy shrank at a 4. 8 pace in the First Quarter and economists are decked in additional 3. 5 Million People filed for Unemployment Insurance last week. The Labor Department will release those numbers officially later on this morning, which brings us to the question in the first hour, how has your financial situation been since the pandemic . Perhaps you have saved money or asked for financial help. We want to get a take on how you have been doing financially over the last few weeks. 202 7488000 if you are better off. 202 7488001 if you are worse off. If it stayed the same, 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003. You can also post to our twitter feed and Facebook Page.
Not alone. Cox supportsspan as a public service, along with these other television providers. Elena kagan talks about a senate bill created to establish a code of ethics. It comes in response to reports of ethic violations. She spoke at the ninth circuit judicial conference in portland oregon. Welcome, thank you for being here, Justice Kagan. Its an honor to have you here. Were really excited and we appreciate you taking the time to have this conversation with us. Its great to be here this whole conference and thank you to everybody and especially to the chief judge for making me feel so at home and forgiving me so much work to do during this. The lineup in that case were somewhat unusual given the recent divide on the court. Im wondering from your perception what lessons can we learn from that case and from the lineup . Well, truth be told, i do think that the lineups were less unusual than they just were lop sided. You know, the unusual lineup is usually like the 54, but everybodys a
See our complete National Book festival schedule online at booktv. Org. The library of congress National Book festival live saturday, august 12 beginning at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan2. Coming up, Supreme Court associate Justice Elena kagan talks about a senate bill created to establish a code of ethics for the high court. The democratic measure comes response to recent reports of potential ethics violations involving justices and samuel alito and sonia sotomayor. She spoke at a conference in portland, oregon. [applause] thank you, judge simon. Thank you, everyone. Welcome, thank you for being here, Justice Kagan. Its an honor to have you here. Were really excited and we appreciate you taking the time to have this conversation with us. Its great to be here this whole conference and thank you to everybody and especially to the chief judge for making me feel so at home and forgiving me so much work to do during this. The lineup in that case were somewhat unusual given the recent divide