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on the green agenda. can the congress rein in energy costs. in a moment, we will speak about all of this. >> sandra: big show coming up. first, "america reports" with the safety of the supreme court in focus at this hour following a threat on the life of justice brett kavanaugh. hello, welcome everyone. sandra smith on this thursday afternoon in new york. hi, john. >> john: good to see you, glad you got the pink memo today. john roberts in washington. activists assembling outside of ka...

"the washington post" just issued a major retraction from a fixed news story surrounding president trump but they have yet to apologize for the three years of trump-russia collusion lies or their horrific early coverage of coronavirus. joe biden as president. oh, we are not to believe journalistic integrity has all of a sudden returned to "the washington post." we have that story for you tonight and later, sara carter will join us from a family farm that was not eligible for the democr...

president trump but they have yet to apologize for the three years of trump-russia collusion lies or their horrific early coverage of coronavirus. joe biden as president. oh, we are not to believe journalistic integrity has all of a sudden returned to "the washington post." we have that story for you tonight and later, sara carter will join us from a family farm that was not eligible for the democrats us to trillion dollar covid-19 emergency stimulus and they say because they did not m...

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Kill kavanaugh when he was arrested early wednesday morning. >> sandra: republicans point the fingers at democrats rhetoric on abortion leading to the threat on kavanaughs life. and judge esther salas who lost her only son in a racially motivated attack, she joined us yesterday. she is calling on congress to take action and protect all judges in this country. >> the american people are wanting our government to work and i think they want all the blame game to stop. we cant agree on everything, b...

There are different kinds of precedent. by that i mean theres vertical precedent, which is what people are most familiar with. there are cases that are handed down by higher courts, the appellate court, the supreme court. those bind the lower court. even if you disagree with them, you have to follow them, because theyre binding precedent. but theres also horizontal precedent. its about maintaining consistency and predictability in the rule of law. what that means is, when you are in a district, ...

4-4 decision in a case due to the justices death. the minute justice gorsuch was confirmed, the court had a conservative 5-4 majority to overturn the case. i follow these cases closely, they waited for justice gorsuch, and, boom, 5-4 against unions. in another example, the courts acknowledged four most conservative justices dissented, voting to overturn a precedent banning burdensome and unnecessary restrictions placed on abortion providers. this was only four years old. now the court is poised ...

That is subject to reconsideration. but in order to actually make the determination about overturning it, in addition to it being wrong, the court considers whether or not theres been reliance on that precedent. if so, how much? the court considers whether or not the precedent is workable. sometimes the court will issue a ruling in a case, and it turns out that its not actually functioning in the way that the court intended. that might be a reason to revisit it. the court considers whether or no...

Its not a personal attack. its a legitimate question regarding the most heinous crimes imaginable. these are legitimate questions mr. chairman. dont call them attacks. >> i can tell you, i characterize them as attacks and other things, as well. i think its pretty clear what is going on here and now you have all the information we have. >> so mr. chairman, for example, in the questioning about the hawkins case, judge jackson said she relied on the factors, relied on probations recommendation, we ...

>> and you asked to be on the program tonight, and were going to put you on. >> i appreciate that. thank you. >> okay. good. senator cotton? >> mr. chairman, before we start this questioning, right before the break, i asked the chairman about senator hirono had referenced five probation reports that were not in the record. i asked whether democrats had access to information that republicans did not. you did not answer, but when we returned and walked in, each of the republicans was handed this p...