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Flew last night right through the storm so we are grateful he made it here safely and that we are able to have this event today. A judge of us court of appeals and with the circuit where he served since 2003 and nominated by george w. Bush and is a former solicitor general of ohio include for several judges including Justice Scalia the subject of his new book. The location for todays event is the essential scully the new book that jeffrey sets in edited so we all about scalia on this chapter rec...

Keynote speaker at the Democratic National convention joins us to talk about campaign 2020. Join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, Text Messages and tweets. Host good morning, its monday, september 14, 2020, meaning there are just now if the days until election date. This morning we begin by hearing from just those voters who will be casting ballots for the first time this election cycle. Whether you are newly eligible or just newly engaged after never voting in the past, ...

About Justice Scalia. Here to talk about the success that the Trump Administration has had in nominating and appointing personnel to the federal bench. Whats the tally, whats your tally so far, how the president s doing . Guest its been a very impressive record so far. I think folks on both sides of the aisle can agree on that. Some of us celebrate it. Others lament it. But you have, in addition to two Supreme Court justices, you have some 43 appellate judges. Judges appointed to the courts of a...

Announcer 1 president come from earlier this afternoon at the white house discussing judicial nominations. In 10 minutes will be taking you live to louisiana where the president is holding a Campaign Rally in monro. Until it starts we will take a look at our discussion about the influence of President Trump on the federal judiciary from todays washington journal. Abouthor and coeditor Justice Scalia, here to talk about the success the trump has had in nominating and appointing personnel to the f...

Impeachment process with Molly Reynolds. And a discussion on president it on the federal judiciary. Host as President Trump and many of his supporters call for the public naming of the whistleblower in the impeachment inquiry, there is bipartisan opposition on capitol hill and reluctance by News Organizations. Visit important to know the identity of the whistleblower . Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. And for independents and others, 2027488003. 2. You can send us a text. That...

Him but this is not a book about Court Opinions but about speeches. Why speeches . To as you said his Court Opinions are memorable and im often told by law students and reporters that they went to the prince first for that reason and they were so fully written and evocative and powerful in his speeches have some of the same qualities, really the great qualities that his opinions do you think the advantage of the speeches is that he could let more of his personality shine through one thing. Is a ...

Cool august day, what a fantastic turnout on capitol hill on an august day. And thats really due to the extraordinary lineup of people presenting and talking to you today, im sure, that brings you here. Five years ago, maybe even before, the United Nations with the cooperation, certainly, of the United States and with many countries around the world began to plan for the future of world Global Development that would apply not only to the least developed countries, but just as well equally and un...

What you think. Our phone lines are open. Host you can catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages. Host a very good Tuesday Morning to you. That hobby lobby case is the subject of many articles and editorials and Opinion Pieces in todays papers. Go through a few of them for you this morning. Here is the wall street journal. Contraceptive case skews ideological lines. The lead editorial in the dont openn, pandoras box. Discrimination is likely to extend far beyond simple access to c...

International lawyers that know it does have the force of law, but it was a declaration like your declaration of independence. Universal declaration of human rights couldnt be agreed to anymore globally. But at least in america we i think overwhelmingly would say we agree. I agree. With the sentiments of the universal. Do you agree with that . I agree with that. The universal declaration grew out of the second world war, largely out of the holocaust written by a jewish frenchman and it was an am...

I was the one who recommended to the president that we face the shuttle out. I would have recommended we phase it out quickly. We were spending 12 billion over the same time that we have spent 12. 5 billion. Let me interject again. You said you were not going to go over history. You were able to divert from my question to history. If russia cuts us off today because of of vents, what is nasas plan . We engage in Contingency Planning every single day. Refusing at the International Space station i...