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The majority of the supreme courts conservatives seem to be concerned about sort of three things. number one, the fact that this is such a broad mandate, its not targeted to any individual industries, it doesnt make a differentiation between someplace that has workers all spread out and some places where it has assembly line workers standing shoulder to shoulder. secondly, that covid is not strictly a workplace hazard, that seemed to bother some of the conservatives. osha certainly can control w...

Here which im going to read to you is this idea that its not specifically a workplace hazard. and ergo cant fall under observera purview although covid-19 is a hazard. it does spread at home during schools and supporting events and everywhere people gather. that universal risk is no different from the day to a day dangerous that all face from crime, air pollution or any number of communicable diseases. i mean, the thing striking to me here is, a, you are not required to go to supporting events o...

Three-pointer with no one covering is the question of requiring businesses. osha can regulate just about anything. construction worker on a ladder is regulated by the government. its the same legal sphere that would cover that. its hard to attack that if its about making people safer in the workplace. the argument that the president will make is that covid is a workplace hazard, and protecting people against it is -- >> a lot of people go to court knowing theyre probably going to lose. >> yes. >...

Change. thats because i think for so many years men like harvey weinstein or men like some of the accused in the story i wrote yesterday with katie rogers, that they were able to operate in the shadows. now what were seeing is a public naming of people. were seeing victims come out and stand up and testify and talk about it and talk to reporters like me and go to reporters like debbie and reach out to congress "people" like senator boxer and say were not going to be silent anymore. there is stre...