David begnaud has this. This law does not keep our community safe. In fact, it goes against public safety. Reporter sally her nan denas been in a standoff with Texas Governor abbott over the legality of sanctuary cities. But now honoring those requests will be mandated by a new state law in texas. She and other Law Enforcement officials must carry them out after Governor Abbott signed the law on Facebook Live where he didnt have to answer questions. This law cracks down on policies like the Travis County sheriff, who declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of Violent Crime. Reporter if the law goes into effect, what are you going to do in. I will have to change my policy, because i will not violate the law. Reporter the law forces sheriffs to honor requests made by the federal government to hold people already in jail who may be here illegally. Failure to do so could result in a fine, jail time or removal of the sheriff in office. It also allows Police Officers to as
Anna werner has been looking into Jared Kushners business interests, and heres what she found. Reporter looming above the hudson river across from lower manhattan, this 52storey building developed in part by Jared Kushner markets rentals for 3500 a month. Donald trump licensed his name for the project, and his soninlaw kushner spoke at the groundbreaking in 2014. Our architects are here, our lenders are here. All of our partners are here. Reporter now donald trump is president and kushner a Top White House aide, which means he has to disclose his assets. But what does that interest amount to . And who are his partners . This presentation was put out forei that helps Foreign Investment through eb5. It shows he generated 50 million, which allows foreigners to Exchange Investment cash for green cards. Almost will are chinese nationals but the government keeps their names confidential, and the man who monitors the program says problems with some eb5 investors have led to criminal investiga
Families who do not have their loved ones with them. The reason we must Work Together is that a leading killer of americans today is drug overdose, started first by prescription use in many instances. Between 2014 in 2014 almost half a Million People died of drug overdoses. In 2014 alone, more than 27,000 people died of drug overdoses. The largest percentage of Overdose Deaths in 2014 was attributed to opioids like prescription painkillers, methadone,more phone and heroin. Specifically morphine and heroin. Specifically, 26,000 died because of opioid in 2014. This is an emergency and it is a combination of prescription painkillers and heroin. Prescription painkiller abuse is the strongest risk for future levels of use of heroin. Thats athletes or those who have had surgery, Everyday Americans who find themselves caught in the trap of addiction. Approximately three out of four new heroin users report their use began with abuse of prescription drugs. Heroin use becomes appealing to those
Michael obviously there is a lot of political intrigue in the Supreme Court. A lot of powerful people are interested in the decisions that you come to any effects that they have on Public Policy and commerce. My question is, what if any effect is that political interests have on the court decisionmaking process, and what steps do you take to maybe isolate yourself from that political interest . Is it just something that you and the other justices get used to overtime . Justice sotomayor you do not get on the court unless you are a concerned citizen. Every single justice has had a career in which they have devoted their lives, in some form or a the other or the other to the public view. Even any private practice they have been involved in activities that do public service. We are, by nature, citizen lawyers. You do not work as hard as we work, reach where we have reached, unless we have shown that to the powers that be. We get selected because we are the very best at some aspect of the
That do public service. We are, by nature, citizen lawyers. You do not work as hard as we work, reach where we have reached, unless we have shown that to the powers that be. We get selected because we are the very best at some aspect of the work that we have done. That work often includes public service. It means that there is not one of us who was unaware is unaware of political rights. We are aware. We read the newspapers. We listen to the news. Some of us are political junkies. Others are not. Being an informed citizen does not get translated into, now i am going to vote the way the public wants me to. The gift the Founding Fathers gave us is they gave us a lifetime job so that we would not feel pressure to do a decision based on Public Opinion from fear that somehow we would be driven from our work. So were not thinking about Public Opinion in terms of reaching the answer that we believe the law compels. Every year if you read the most sensitive decisions, you will see us recognizi