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And the United States senate and perhaps the most acute is the role of policy preferences. It is the job of the senate to pursue her policy preferences. In fact it would be a dereliction of duty for her to put policy goals aside. By contrast it is the job of a judge to resist her policy preferences. It would be a dereliction of duty for her to give into them. Federal judges dont stand for election, but have no basis for claiming that their preferences reflect those of the people. This separation...

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Headlines. Later, we are joining joined by Terry Madonna of Franklin Marshall to talk about pennsylvanias role as a battleground state this election year. We have an obligation under the constitution, should we choose to take it vantage of it, with a president of the same party as the senate to advance a nomination. Republicans say we do not care about anything. Senate, thehe institution. Just move forward. Everything americans value hangs in the balance. The looming battle over President Trumps...

The market in one direction or the other. As of yesterdays close the s p 500 had rallied 865 point off of its lows on march 23. 251 of those have come from five names. That equates to 29 of the gains we have seen in the equity markets and it underscores the fact the market is held hostage by the performance of the make cap companies. It carries us along the upside but also carries a risk on the downside. Tech is nottoday down as much as some others are down. What is going on with bonds and gold ...

Treasuries. Over widening its lead china as being the top foreign holder of u. S. Treasuries. That is the main headline crossing the bloomberg terminal. We are talking about a total amount not quite sure what the total amount is. The headline is that japan continues to widen its lead as top foreign order of u. S. Treasuries. Scarlet chinas share dropped even more. Both of them decreased their stakes. Reporters toour check in with them to see what they are monitoring. Abigail i am watching the te...

President donald trump will begin shortly, 1 00 eastern just a minute or two away. We heard the opening comments from beginning the Senate Session from the Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell come from the democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Yesterday the majority leader released a resolution that will guide the impeachment trial that will consume all of the debate today and the majority leader saying senators should quote, we should remain in session today until we complete the resolution. Resolution....

Referred to as racist in reverse racists in reverse, just making sure you get, that racist in reverse presumably means racism white people. According to his prepared remarks, theres also some room in there for five remarks about the deep state, and crooked joe biden, and you get the picture. Now, because mr. Trump is currently running for president , Conventional Wisdom might suggest that he would make these remarks on the campaign trail, maybe in an early primary state, like iowa, or new hampsh...

Foreign ministers from several other nations. They intend to lay the foundation for mutual prosperity between africa and the United States. We are focused on building a more robust subsaharan trade relationship. The United States is working with our partners to deepen fre e, fair, and reciprocal trade. That is all that i have in togo. I will take your questions. Would you like to start . Understanding the importance of togo. Turnaround and say that to the folks in togo. They say it is important....

Foreign ministers from several other nations. They intend to lay the foundation for mutual prosperity between africa and the United States. We are focused on building a more robust subsaharan trade relationship. The United States is working with our partners to deepen fre e, fair, and reciprocal trade. That is all that i have in togo. I will take your questions. Would you like to start . Understanding the importance of togo. Turnaround and say that to the folks in togo. They say it is important....

[applause] good morning. Im from the school of law and pleased to welcome you to the seventh annual u. C. I. Law Supreme Court determined review event. Our first event was held in the closet. So were expanding. This event brings together the law school, the university, and the larger and broader Orange County community to talk about one of the most important but most publicly neglected institutions, the United States Supreme Court. We have a unusually bright group of scholars to talk about the c...