amy: we will discuss merrick garland s record with terry o neill, president of the national organization for women and ian millhiser, author of, , injustices: the supreme court s history of comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. then to one of the worst supreme court rulings in history. we will speak to adam cohen, author of, imbeciles: the supreme court, american eugenics, and the sterilization of carrie buck. this was a case about a poor woman, nothing was wrong with her but being feebleminded. as a result with the endorsement of the supreme court, they sterilized her against her will and during that time, about 70,000 americans were sterilized. amy: judge oliver wendell holmes with the majority opinion to bring three generations of imbeciles are enough. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. after weeks of speculation president obama has announced , his nominee to replace
caceres daughter as well as lilian esperanza lopez with copinh. then as the u.s. congress holds more hearings on lead poisoning of the water supply of flint, michigan, governor rick snyder testifies for the first time. tomay ask you repeatedly come to flint, you admit you did not show up for more than seven after he asked you. i m not familiar. i would have to check my schedule. that is what he said, you did not put october until 2015, is that right? i don t know if that is right or not. amy: we ll get reaction from two flint residents. nayyirah shariff, coordinator with flint democracy defense league and melissa maze, of water you fighting for, a flint, michigan-based research and advocacy organization founded around the city s water crisis. she and her three children suffer from long-term exposure to heavy metals. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. in the 2016 race for the white house,
nomination not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed, but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election. amy: we will discuss rrick garland s record with terry o neill, president of the national organization for women and ian millhiser, author of, , injustices: the supreme court s history of comforting the comfortable and afflicting the afflicted. then to one of the worst supreme court rulings in history. we will speak to adam cohen, author of, imbeciles: the supreme court, american eugenics, and the sterilization of carrie buck. this was a case about a poor woman, nothing was wrong with her but being feebleminded. as a result with the endorsement of the supreme court, they sterilized her against her will and during that time, about 70,000 americans were sterilized. amy: judge oliver wendell holmes with the majority opinion to bring three generations of imbeciles are enough. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, th
berta caceres in honduras, another indigenous environmentalist has been murdered. we will speak with caceres daughter as well as lilian esperanza lopez with copinh. then as the u.s. congress holds more hearings on lead poisoning of the water supply of flint, michigan, governor rick snyder teifies fothe firstime. toask y repeatedly co to flin you adm youid not ow up fomorehan seve after asked y. m no famiar. i uld have to check my schedu. tt is what he said, you did not put october until 2015, is that right? i don t know if that is right or not. amy: we ll get reaction from two flint residents. nayyirah shariff, coordinator with flint democracy defense league and melissa maze, of water you fighting for, a flint, michigan-based research and advocacy organization founded around the city s water crisis. she and her three children suffer from long-term exposure to heavy metals. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace repo
berta caceres in honduras, another indigenous environmentalist has been murdered. we will speak with caceres daughter as well as lilian esperanza lopez with copinh. then as the u.s. congress holds more hearings on lead poisoning of the water supply of flint, michigan, governor rick snyder teifies fothe firstime. toask y repeatedly co to flin you adm youid not ow up fomorehan seve after asked y. m no famiar. i uld have to check my schedu. tt is what he said, you did not put october until 2015, is that right? i don t know if that is right or not. amy: we ll get reaction from two flint residents. nayyirah shariff, coordinator with flint democracy defense league and melissa maze, of water you fighting for, a flint, michigan-based research and advocacy organization founded around the city s water crisis. she and her three children suffer from long-term exposure to heavy metals. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace repo