All persons having business before the honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are admonished to draw near and give their attention. Landmark cases, cspans special history series, produced in partnership with the National Constitution center, exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic Supreme Court decisions. Mr. Chief justice and may it please the court quite often, in many of our most famous decisions, are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. Count the vote, count the vote. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people. Who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening, and welcome to cspans landmark cases, tonight were going to learn about a case that you may not have heard about. Its the civil rights cases of 1883, consolidation of five cases brought to the Supreme Court to help define the 14th amendment. Tonight were
Commute, a 3,000foot death defying dive with views that are hard to beat. Ready . Connected. Reporter cole is part of an elite group of firefighters thats been operating in places where roads dont exist. Roads are cut away, reserve. Reporter called Smoke Jumpers, they parachute directly into the flames. When the sirens sound, Smoke Jumpers pack on their gear and load onto a short c23 sherpa plane. Once the horn blows we have about two minutes to get our jump gear on and were boarded onto the planes in less than ten minutes. Reporter becoming a smoke jumper isnt for the faint of heart. Rookie candidates are expected to be in top physical shape and have some firefighting experience. The groups missions are often miles away from civilization, which is why they bring everything they need with them. Their gear can weigh up to 120 pounds. Looks good. Reporter as we learned, wearing it all in the middle of summer isnt exactly a breeze. How hot does it get in one of these things . Incredibly h
Delays happening on 101. You may want to try to take el camino or 280 at this hour until they get that cleared. It was a semi involved in this accident headed towards 237 on highway 101. A light pole down northbound hesperian at 92. Theres a vehicle facing the wrong way. Avoid hesperian until the light pole is out of lanes. If you see a light pole down, dont go near it. Sex abuse allegations at a prestigious South Bay School entered a new phase. Now the San Jose Police are involved. Theyre looking to see if the school broke the law by mishandling the allegations. Matt keller is live for us at Presentation High School. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, natasha and reggie. Our media partner, the mercury news, is reporting that the San Jose Police department is investigating whether or not School Officials here at Presentation High School broke state law by not reporting some claims of abuse. This is just the latest twist in a scandal that became public in october. Since then a g
Well check back with this accident in sunnyvale, debris in lanes that its out of lanes. The accident itself. Debris is causing slow traffic northbound up towards highway 237. Sex abuse allegations at a South Bay School entered a new phase. San jose police are involved. Theyre looking to see if the scho lolaws by mishandling the accusations. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller is live for us at Presentation High School. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, natasha and reggie. Presentation High School Students are currently on their mid winter break. Thats not stopping the Police Department from conducting an investigation into whether or not officials did not report claims of abuse as required by law. The mercury news confirms the Police Investigation but the Police Spokesperson would not give any details on that. This just the latest twist in the scandal thats become public in october. Since then a group called make press safe alleged victims come forward to share claims of abuse by
13 in oakland. First reports of an accident westbound 24 on to southbound 13. Well come back in a couple of minutes and get details on that. Here at the live desk, i want to show you the new video we got. Its of a car chase overnight across bay area highways. Take a look here. The chp got reports of a possible dui driver on southbound 101 in the menlo park area. They tried to get that person to stop and instead, they ended up chasing the driver on 101, 85, 280 and then northbound 680. They used a spike strip to stop the car near hoss steter and san jose. They had to break the car windows and force the female driver out of her car. Fortunately, no one was hurt and the female driver is looking at several charges. Officers think alcohol and drugs were a fak tosh. Back to you. Happening today, family members and supporters of a man killed by a b. A. R. T. Police officer plan to demand justice from the board of directors of b. A. R. T. Sahleem tindle was shot. They released the full body ca