Isabel wilkerson entered. Washington journal continues. Host we are back with richard , who is here to discuss with us the history of president s Court Roosevelt packing attempt. Good morning. Lets start with information for our cspan viewers. What does the constitution say about the size of the Supreme Court . Guest nothing, really, except that there shall be a Supreme Court and achieve justice. The number of justices is left of congress to prescribe. Host the only people who can decide on how many justices sit on the Supreme Court is the congress of the United States . Guest thats right. By ordinary legislation subject of course to the president s veto. Host what size did the Supreme Court start at . The constitution requires a chief justice. How many were there . Guest six at the beginning. It was an even number. In those days the nation was divided into judicial circuits. In those days the Supreme Court justices had real duties in each circuit. With respect to any given circuit. Co
Supreme court. The justices remanded the case back to the lower courts for additional consideration, including separation of powers concerns. Oyea oyea oyea, all person having business before the United States court of a good morning. Good morning, your honor. May it please the court. In april of 2019 when the Oversight Committee issued this subpoena to mazars it had an extraordinarily broad view of its own investigative authority. According to the committee, the power to subpoena the president s personal papers was could he extensive with the power to legislate and did not have to give any reasons or explanation with what legislative goals its pursuing and had no duty to meaningful narrow or tailor its request. That view of its own authority is reflected in the subpoena which is drafted in incredibly broad terms and substantiated with little more than a sentence, a vague sentence in a memo about legislation. But the committees view of its own authority was rejected by the Supreme Cour
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Television company as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett was back on capitol hill free third day in a row to answer another round of questions at her confirmation hearing. This time, Committee Members had up to 20 minutes each to question judge barrett on her legal philosophy and other issues including abortion, Voting Rights and the Affordable Care act. Good morning, welcome, judge. Welcome to all my colleagues. It is a long day but i thought a productive day. We have 20 minute rounds and hopefully we can be done in time before dinner tonight and we will plow ahead and have a few breaks along the way. So, a couple observations from yesterday. Theres an opportunity here to thinkinghe nominees to the extent she can share her thoughts without deciding a particular case that comes before her. Senator harris who are respect suggested you were not candid and judge barrett, i could not disagree more. I have been here
Out of 5 segs laeout of 5 segs s out of 5 segs laessions last we. A lot of that potentially around the possibility of vaccines. Well talk to dr. Scott gottlieb about that pfizer already saying that its made several hundred thousand doses of its vaccine they could have 100 million ready by the end of the year if they receive approval. Lets look at whats been happening in the treasury market this morning as well last week you did see those treasury yields under some pressure this morning back a little higher yielding 0. 774 . Thanks, becky busy day ahead lets look at the squawk planner. A group of Oil Ministers are meeting today. Theyll be talking about the weakening demand and increased output by some members immediate action is expected on the economic front, fed chairman jay powell will be speaking at the International Monetary fund meeting at 8 00 eastern time then we have some earnings news. Ibm, the big name to watch its going to be reporting Quarterly Results after the bell of cou