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Will make a stellar addition to the Supreme Court. Hardly anyone in the Legal Community seems to argue otherwise and yet our democratip colleagues are poised to block this incredible moment a with the First Successful partisan filibuster in American History. It would be a radical moved in e something completely unprecedented in the history of our senate and out of all proportion to the eminently qualified judge who is actually good for us. But then again, then again this isnt really about the no...

Welcome to San Francisco board of supervisors meeting foritudes day april 4, 2017. Madam clerk pluz call the roll. Thank you. Breed rkts here. Cohen, present. Farrell, present. Fewer, yes. Kim, here. Peskin, present. Ronen, present. Safai, present. Sheehy, present. Tang, aye. Present. Yee, present. All members are present cht thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, please join for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic, for which it...

Had almost a full six years because she had part of an earlier term and she was a stalwart member of the commission. For the record im told charliei think i second that. I think any commissioner that served at this time is responsible for helping to bring the commission light years ahead and its good to see commission growing up and i think commissioner hayon certainly participated in that process and encouraged others to follow such as commissioner kopp. Also, help us secure the appointment of ...

More than two months after being nominated, judge neil gorsuch was approved friday to become the associate justice on the u. S. Supreme court. They justice incident Antonin Scalia a died last year. The socalled Nuclear Option lowered the voting threshold for Supreme Court nominees during a key procedural vote here we will show you some of the debates on neil gorsuch and the proposed change. This is about one hour. We have seen impressive credentials, we have reviewed his incredible record, we ha...

That accounts by wells fargo employees. This is just over three and half hours. The committee will come to order. We have a quorum here. I will begin with five minutes of opening statements. Mr. Quarter it, i know you are here at our committees invitation for statutory appearance, but i am otherwise surprised to see you here. Or have been many press reports saying that you would otherwise have returned to ohio to pursue a gubernatorial bid. Perhaps the rumors of your political aspirations are gr...

Homes to get in let us know your thoughts on that. And were talking about how things should be divided up in a divorce as celebrities find new ways to hang onto their fortunes. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story the Education Secretary, Justine Greening, will say today that new Grammar Schools in england would be truly open to all, including children from ...

International Affairs Committee and the Bard International Affairs Program will commute to this session. We have had an incredibly interesting conversation about the state of the nation and we are moving into challenging territory which our chair cedric more will take you through. But let me mention something about the choice of today. Today being april first. There were a few chuckles, april fools day, why would you do it . But in fact april fools day is the perfect day for a conversation of th...

Now moving to some challenge territory when theyll be taking you through. Before that, let me mention something i start with about the choice of the day. And there were a few chuckles. April fools day, why would she do it . And we see throughout medieval history. Its not just between powerful, but conventional ideas and assumptions on which we want to challenge today in an open and respectful way. You notice here there are two empty chairs. These chairs along to you and the audience says at leas...

We had a woman at the top of the democratic ticket for the first time. We had a billionaire at the top of the republican ticket who had a discourse of strong populism. Also in this campaign we saw differences from campaigns in the near past in that sex and race entered into the discourse in new and different ways. Sexism and racism in particular were overtly discussed by candidates in ways that were perpetrated by candidates in ways we had not seen in previous campaigns. Thats not to say previou...

Here in the United States or abroad. 2016, we hadll of a campaign that was permeated by issues of gender and race and the class. We had a woman at the top of the democratic ticket for the first time. We had a billionaire at the top of the republican ticket who had a discourse of some population populism. Also in the campaign, we saw differences of campaigns in the past in that sex and race enters in new andscourse different ways. Sexism and racism in particular were overtly discussed by candidat...