Eastern on cspan and cspan. Org and if you are on the go, listen to our live coverage using the free cspan radio app. Attorneys and legal experts talk about the Supreme Courts recent term, preview upcoming cases and the impact the president had on the system. Due to a technical issue, we are joining the panel in progress. To questions. Observationhat my aat i think echoed it, was light term in terms of expectations and had the court split in ways that conservative justice were joining the liberal justices in cases. See you agree this was kind of a quiet for what might come. Case. Rrymandering future portend other decisions that we should be aware of . Like everybody else, i want to say like mickey rooney, im just happy to be in the show. I think canon is right. The term is characterized in part by the cases the court took in the cases they didnt take or postponed taking. Two very high ticket cases were teed up right at the beginning of the term and i think one set of them were actually
Here was, first, a white man, admitting that he was prejudice, which for people of color was, we kind of just say finally. We take you live to the washington counsel of lawyers. Well hear about some of the Big Decisions this last term. Introductions began just a moment ago. Paul has argued before the Supreme Court 21 times. I was lucky enough to be in the chamber of the Supreme Court when he argued on behalf of the plaintiffs in the landmark gay rights case. As a young man gay man considering whether to attend law school, i had slept on the sidewalk outside the Supreme Court for the chance to enter the chamber and observe a pursuit of justice. I would have been really bummed if i hadnt gotten in. It paid off and i was able to hear the oral arguments which were amazing. In addition, paul has argued a number of important voting ri t rights cases. One involving partisan jerry man gerrymandering. Paul has been honored nationally by a variety of publications and organizations in recognition
Information on a political opponent. I think i would listen. Theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent, i think i would want to hear it. You want that kind of interference in our l elections. Not interference. They have information. I think id take it. Paul the president told fox he would report it to Law Enforcement if he thought the information was, quote, incorrect, or badly stated. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist, Dan Henninger and ki kim strassel and bill mcgern. What do you make of the president s statements . It was something he should not have said. We dont like foreign governments meddling in our elections. What the russians did with the bots and websites and all of that was not a good thing. So that was a mistake. But i wouldnt build it into a mownen the, i think it mountain, i think it was more or less a double dribble. The president has to understand hes in reelection mode. Every time he
A Foreign Government offered him information on a political opponent. I think i would listen. Theres nothing wrong with listening. If somebody called from a country, norway, we have information on your opponent, i think i would want to hear it. You want that kind of interference in our l elections. Not interference. They have information. I think id take it. Paul the president told fox he would report it to Law Enforcement if he thought the information was, quote, incorrect, or badly stated. Lets bring in wall street journal columnist, Dan Henninger and ki kim strassel and bill mcgern. What do you make of the president s statements . It was something he should not have said. We dont like Foreign Governments meddling in our elections. What the russians did with the bots and websites and all of that was not a good thing. So that was a mistake. But i wouldnt build it into a mownen the, i think it mountain, i think it was more or less a double dribble. The president has to understand hes i
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