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impose criminal penalties for sitting, sleeping or lying outside on public property for homeless individuals who cannot obtain shelter. it held at the ordinances were unconstitutional and constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the eighth amendment. the matter came before the powerful 9th circuit court, which has jurisdiction for the western united states and all of california. the ninth circuit has been regarded as a progressive bastion, but president trump was able to appoint ...

The current afirmtive action by the supreme court, looking a at whats best for me, i would the love to have the benefit. but looking at whats right for everyone, i dont see how i coulded a vo caught for legacied a madmissions when 70% are whit ask we have taken out of the equation race. >> you must not have found my commentary persuasive, which is fine. but what of the idea that legacy admissions benefit everybody now, particularly in a post affirmative action world? and the gentleman from nyu w...

On the parental rights bill in florida or public school education or all these other hot button cultural issues and realize the polling is against them. desantis parental rights bill over half of americans and people in florida support it in new polls that came out this past week. education, most people in the country think the public school system is headed in the wrong direction. most americans are against a firmtive action in colleges. you name crime as one of the biggest issues and democrats...

Considered briefly for the supreme court a few years ago says theres a notion of a super precedent. that even a conservative judge who disagreed with roe might decide to confirm it because its been reaffirmed. thats really the central question in these hearings. not only for roe but also for afirmtive action and the death penalty and all the cases where justice kennedy was with the liberals. its very hard to tease out what a nominee thinks about this issue. susan collins concern suggests there m...

Opportunity and firmtive action and make a living wage law for contractors and joshs head is about to explode. >> yes, it is. >> it would create jobs and put more in the hands of people that spend money in the economy. >> i think these ideas really undermine efforts to provide high-quality government services and serve the needs of taxpayers. were mostly talking about state and local governments here. the federal government is supporting these activities but many like home health aides through m...

Christina, thanks. president biden spending weekend at camp david insisting he and his party still support the jewish state. but he had krit sip of israel by progressives shows democrats are divided on his middle east policying. mark meredith live at the white house with the latest on that. mark. reporter: good evening president biden says u.s. remains firmtive support for israel and increase in calls by some progressives to country to rethink its support both militarily and financially for the ...