A look at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Social Security. Witnesses before a house panel say recipient to rely on the income could be affected by a prolonged economic downturn. The subcommittee on Social Security will come to order. I want to welcome all of our witnesses and audience members, thank you for joining with us today as we bear up under covid19 and addressed technologically to coming together. We will begin with Opening Statements by myself and the Ranking Member. Testimony from our witnesses and the opportunity for each member to ask questions. We will dispense the practice of observing and instead go in order of seniority for questioning, alternating between minority and majority. Member will be responsible from youding and then muting themselves throughout the proceedings. Thank you all for your patience as we navigate this new technology in order to continue serving our country in this time of need. With that i would like to welcome everybody to the ways and m
And mission of a lutheran church. This was integrally related to the church itself. The question was, the scrap tire program that was used allegedly to replace dangerous pebbled Craig Lowndes playgrounds with rubberized tires, whether a religious group could be required to be admitted to a program to receive compensation for this redo of their playground. Although it was called the playground case, for many of us, it is a lot more significant than that because it raises the question, can the United States thatme court order states want to protect the conscience of its people and protected zone treasury against distributing funding to churches, can they be ordered to be included in a program that is available to other people . The Supreme Court majority said, yes, no problem with that. Justice sotomayor are wrote a thisclear dissent saying is way more significant than just about playgrounds, it is about whether churches, for the first time in American History, can actually get tax dolla
Second group will be led by elizabeth flanery, legal fellow and program manager. Johnme in welcoming malcolm. [applause] everyone to our annual scholars and scribes event. It was a good year to be a patent lawyer at the Supreme Court. It is not exactly the biggest blockbuster, but there were a few cases of interest and a few that are decided to hear the next term that are of interest. Im delighted we have a distinguished panel. A few preliminary thoughts for next year. It graduated the George Mason School of law. For Justice Thomas on the Supreme Court. He represents the constitutional issues. Law and astrative variety of other matters. A the fifthntily on circuit. Before starting his own firm, kyle was louisianas general counsel for religious liberty and nationally recognized Public Interest law firm. ,o the left is Joseph Palmore the cochair of the practice whop from Morrison Foerster got his undergraduate degree from harvard and masters degree from the university of virginia. He wor
Remind our viewers about the dispute over a playground that ended up in the Supreme Court. Guest it was a dispute over a playground that was owned and controlled and called a ministry and mission of a lutheran church. This was integrally related to the church itself. The question was, the scrap tire program that was used allegedly to replace dangerous pebbled Craig Lowndes playgrounds with rubberized tires, whether a religious group could be required to be admitted to a program to receive compensation for this redo of their playground. Although it was called the playground case, for many of us, it is a lot more significant than that because it raises the question, can the United States thatme court order states want to protect the conscience of its people and protected zone treasury against distributing funding to churches, can they be ordered to be included in a program that is available to other people . The Supreme Court majority said, yes, no problem with that. Justice sotomayor ar
We ask everyone in house to check that your various mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepare to begin, and of course those watching outside heritage are welcome to send questions or comments to us at speaker at heritage. Org throughout todays programming. Our initial panel will be led by john malcolm. Immediately following the first panel. [inaudible] please join me in welcoming john malcolm. Welcome everybody it was a good year to be a patent lawyer at the Supreme Court. This was not exactly the biggest blockbuster term but there was none the less a few cases of interest and a few cases that the lower courts decided to hear that are of interest. Im delighted that we have a panel here to discuss this and offer some thoughts on the case cases. Is a graduate of mammoth colleg college. Will clark for judge edith jones on the fifth Circuit Court of appeals and for Justice Clarence thomas on the Supreme Court. We represent clients in cases covering constitutional issues