Court seat. We will look at what his death means for the future of the court and this is president ial race as well as scalias judicial record from backing the Citizens United Campaign Finance decision to striking down parts of the Voting Rights act at which he called perpetuation of racial entitlement. I think it is a true bit of, very likely to be double, the phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. It has been written about, whenever society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them to the normal political process. Amy plus, we will discuss the latest Republican Debate, where donald trump accused george bush of lying to invade iraq. All of that and more coming up. , welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79. For nearly 30 years, scalia was the leading conservative force on the bench, known among other things, for his opposition t
Amy was saturdays death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the most important conservative voice on the court in decades, the nation may be heading into a constitutional crisis. Senate republicans are vowing to block president obama from filling scalia Class Supreme Court seat. We will look at what his death means for the future of the court and this is president ial race as well as scalias judicial record from backing the Citizens United Campaign Finance decision to striking down parts of the Voting Rights act at which he called perpetuation of racial entitlement. I think it is a true bit of, very likely to be double, the phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. It has been written about, whenever society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them to the normal political process. Amy plus, we will discuss the latest Republican Debate, where donald trump accused george bush of lying to invade iraq. All of that and more coming up. , welcome to democ
And a timely vote. Amy was saturdays death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the most important conservative voice on the court in decades, the nation may be heading into a constitutional crisis. Senate republicans are vowing to block president obama from filling scalia Class Supreme Court seat. We will look at what his death means for the future of the court and this is president ial race as well as scalias judicial record from backing the Citizens United Campaign Finance decision to striking down parts of the Voting Rights act at which he called perpetuation of racial entitlement. I think it is a true bit of, very likely to be double, the phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. It has been written about, whenever society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them to the normal political process. Amy plus, we will discuss the latest Republican Debate, where donald trump accused george bush of lying to invade iraq. All of that and more coming up.
Prosecutors from seeking the Death Penalty involve as case with carlos rivas. He killed a homeless man after stealing his money. With a trial set to start in april and a death sentence looming over him, he was no doubt relieved to hear the judge say this. Based on the first decision which conclude the hearst decision that it is unconstitutional, i find there exist nos stat Statutory Authority that the state is seek the Death Penalty or authority that the court can impose the Death Penalty and i grant the addition of death as a sentence. The coward did not strike down the Death Penalty. They said the decision only applies to the sentencing process in which the jury recommends life or death but the judge makes the final call. It is like being on the titantic and saying, you know there is an iceberg, we dont have a statute and that well continue to seek it against someone without a statute and hope that beforehand it is fixed. Thats crazy to me. It has not stopped prosecutors from seeking
Have received approval from the department under what was previously known at preclearance because they sought to simply regulate and protect the ballot as opposed to act in a different way but where there is an indication that the vote will somehow be harmed, i believe the department of justice certainly has the obligation to review that matter to look carefully at all the facts in evidence and then proceed accordingly. I couldnt agree with you more. I find it ironic and painful that at this moment in our history, as we celebrate with the movie selma and talk about 50 Year Anniversary of the Voting Rights act that states, many states on a systemic basis are making it more difficult more americans to vote without any evidence of voter fraud to back that up. In one state, 600,000 voters were precluded from voting because of new voter i. D. Requirements. In that same state a 93yearold veteran was turned away a 70yearold doctor turned away, people who were proud the vote, wanted to vote,