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Organizers of an amendment to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution said they collected a record number of voter signatures.

That are available to congress, to the president, for checking the power of the supreme court? >> well, to the president, not very much except the nominations. the congress has them, in theory, alicia. they can actually expand the size of the court, but we would need a constitutional amendment for term limits. there are extreme measures that are out there because the court has become so extreme. but there are very difficult and i think all of them are long shots. the number one thing would be to...

In some African countries such as Mali and Guinea, where elected leaders were toppled by the military, to the cheering public, experts think civilian politicians abused popularity

It does not have to be this weight. last month, the center for justice look at possible reform for the supreme court, this includes expanding the court, adding term limits, consequences for judicial misconduct, and the most important one is strengthening ethics requirements by creating a new code of judicial conduct. that sets out specific circumstances for when justices must recuse themselves. i am guessing that plenty of americans, including me, they would love a chance to have a one-on-one co...

Picture, what are the options that are available front to congress, to the president, for checking the power of the supreme court? >> well, to the president, not very much except the nominations. the congress has them, in theory, alicia. they can actually expand the size of the court, but we would need a constitutional amendment for term limits. there are extreme measures that are out there because the court has become so extreme. but there are very difficult and i think all of them are long sho...

Botswana’s stability is down to traditional cultural set up among the Batswana people, president says.

For nearly sixty years since it opened in 1959, the Great Hall of the People has been the public focus of Chinese politics, a monumental granite block that extends 1,200 feet along the west side of Tiananmen Square. It is where the country’s leaders appear in public to display their power: a platform for state banquets, receptions of foreign dignitaries, and symbolic political

Happens? it all begins with getting rid of the filibuster. once you get rid of the filibuster, if you have the house and you had a white house, then you can look at many kinds of reform. i dont think we should expand the court, because you can get one-upmanship, but they should have term limits. if they will act like politicians, why should they have lifetime equipments? politicians in our country did not serve for life. i also think that we can adjust, as it explicitly says so in the constituti...

He made some progress on the filibuster. have a listen. >> i believe we have two -- and the way to do that, its to make sure that congress votes to do that. and if the filibuster gets in the way, its like voting rest, we should provide an exception to this. -- requiring exception of the filibuster. >> he made news saying he would support changing the filibuster rules to codify abortion rights, broadly across the country. >> right to privacy, not just abortion rights, but yes abortion rights. >> ...

This would be a good time for the biden to not comment on its judicial picks. >> danielle, a recent study estimates of the supreme court is now more conservative than 75% of americans at large. you mentioned a few minutes ago the expansion of the court. do you think theres any proposal that can garner the support of enough democrats to target this imbalance. maybe term limits, because the expansion of the court, i hear it, pack the court, the people need to understand that it is not that easy to...