Welcome to hungry minds speak of series with Steve Simpson speaking on cronyism and corruption in government power. Steve sampson is director of legal studies at Ayn Rand Institute in irvine california. A former constitutional litigator for the institute for Justice Steve has litigated cases in the u. S. Supreme court and lower federal and state courts throughout the nation. Steve was the lead lawyer in speech now versus sec, the case that created super pacs and he has litigated many many other campaignfinance and constitutional cases over the years. Steve has written and spoken on a wide variety of legal and constitutional issues. His writings have appeared in the wall street journal, the washington post, the Washington Times and many print and on line publications over the years. So lets will come Steve Simpson speaking on cronyism, corruption and government power. [applause] okay. First of all thanks very much hannah and doug and hungry minds for having me here. I have to say its a
And actions, enabling them to follow your leading. Lord use them to transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Give them peace during turbulent moments and a faith that will not shrink under pressure. Make their words fountains of life. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the clerk will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington d. C, march 9 2015. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1 paragraph 3 of the standing rules of the senate i hereby appoint the honorable tom cotton to perform the duties of the chair. Signed orrin g. Hatch, president pro tempore. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President i ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion on the motion to proceed be withdrawn. The presiding of
Worry that the virus can spread so easily. The latest numbers show nearly 12 million americans have been infected with coronavirus so far. This led to more than 255,000 deaths. However, there could be some hope on the horizon. Drug maker pfizer yesterday asking u. S. Health regulators for emergency use approval for the new covid19 vaccine. We have coverage on all of this. Alex hogan with whats upcoming, the thanksgiving holiday will look like a across the country. Christina coleman has the latest on the vaccine and where were seeing the worst outbreaks right now. Hi, christina. Reporter hi, eric. Well, cases are surging all over the country right now, but the upper midwest is getting hit particularly hard. States like north dakota, south dakota and wisconsin are seeing massive increases in infections right now. Covid daily deaths nationwide are lower than they were during springs peak. On thursday, there were more than 2,000 covid fatalities in the u. S. , making it one of the deadlies
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