Lot below and the others versus the state of washington,. Mr. Chief justice and appease this court, the question in these cases is straightforward to the states have the power to control through law how an elector may vote, they do not, then ordinary expected meaning of the words of the constitution against the backlog of the framers deliberation make it clear that the state has no such power in what is also clear, washington is not like the constitution design, ask this court to read the words elector as agents or maybe better minion and it is clear that the board vote elector is not the constant meaning there vote, the electors vote from article two in washington has effectively give the states of power to cast votes for president in such manner as the legislature. But the actual does not get the states of power to cast both, it gets under gives the states the power to appoint electors. The actual electors of the constitution creates having legal discretion as evie elector does, let
Heard, and to Learn Together the cases we have heard. We have developed a nice ritual together of beginning our by reciting the Inspiring Mission of the National Constitution center, which comes from the u. S. Bicentennial, which is when the National Constitution center was founded. Along with me. The National Constitutional center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis in order to andease awareness understanding of the constitution among the American People. Time ihe chills every recited. That is what we are doing together, in the spirit of learning. Thanks for engaging us in this experiment. Tom excited to welcome you talk about the remarkable arguments we just heard about whether or not the states of washington and colorado can pass to voteuiring electors for the president ial candidates whom they have been pledged to elect. Joining us to discuss this crucially important and deeply inter
Announcer news to build a better bay area. This is abc7 mornings. We are going to the super bowl. Were going to take it this time. Ahhh that is the spirit. Less than seven hours to kickoff after all the hype, the 49ers will battle the Green Bay Packers in the championship game. The winner heading to miami for super bowl 54. It is sunday, january 19th. Such an exciting day ahead of us. Lets start with a quick look at the weather for game day. Good morning, lisa. We have a lot of high clouds streaming in and looking at those clouds throughout the day today. Heres live doppler 7 where were looking at the high clouds that will keep us dry today but also filter that sunshine. 47 degrees in San Francisco, 50 in oakland. It is 41 in this reading in san jose. From santa cruz, were in the 40s. A lot of clouds all the way down through the Central Coast. Low 40s in napa and still a few upper 30s in santa rosa. Noontime, it is partly sunny, mostly cloudy, and as we get closer to game time, its pre
About a partisan impeachment in which politics of the majority who have their strength can do what they want to do it regardless of any facts. We are told donald trump is busy at his desk, but he is of course tweeting. Tweeting in caps. This is the scene live in the house of representatives, the debate is ongoing, we will be dipping into it throughout the programme. Hello and welcome, im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. It is impeachment day in america. Donald trump, judging by the long seething letter he sent to nancy pelosi, is well aware that his place in history is about to change forever. And not in a good way. From now on his bio will read, donald trump, the 3rd american president to be impeached. Top democrats say they are approaching this day in a somber mood. And well they might. Its not clear that impeaching the president will do them any political favours. But the charges are serious, putting personal gain above Americas National security interests
The nation was turned on its head for three years. I think based on a completely bogus narrative. Trish a bogus narrative that threatened the foundation of our civil libber difficulties. The greatest danger to our thesis tell is the incumbent government used the apparatus of the state, principally the Law Enforcement agencies and the intelligence agencies to spy on political opponents, but also to use them in a way that could affect the outcome of the election. As far as im aware this is the first time in history this has been done to a president ial campaign. Trish the attorney generals job, bill barrs job is to protect against the abuse of Law Enforcement and the Intelligence Agency to insure none of them played an improper role in our political lives. That is exactly what hes doing. So isnt it good . Isnt it good to finally have an adult in the room. Bill barr elaborated on his views in a wall street journal conference explaining john durhams criminal investigation will go much furt