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We at least know that. >> so there is this concern, congressman, that by moving forward with these impeachment proceedings, you are ignoring some of the kitchen table issues that matter to voters right now, gun reform and health care being top of mind, especially in the lead-up to 2020. can congress walk and chew gum at the same time? >> yes. my life would be a lot easier if we were ignoring those other responsibilities, and i can tell you tomorrow we're going have hearings on the judiciary committee on getting rid of forced arbitration clauses. we're going to have legislation on gun violence,...

People between the united states will recognize the cost of a wax legal system that allows corporate polluters to. literally get away with murder. at some point we've got to recognize the fact that while investors have rights. no one has the right to take away the intelligence of any child and no one has the right to contribute towards children in any given. the outcry in belgium's wallonia region served as a wake up call for europe and the blocs institutions to action and march 2018 the european court of justice revoked a 22000000 euro fine imposed by an arbitration court against slovakia the...

>> martha: brett kavanaugh should his first opinion. unlike his nomination, this decision was seen as straightforward and unanimous. coming days before the court is expected to weigh a much more divisive topic. abortion rights. perhaps signaling where kavanaugh stands on this issue. jonathan turley joins me tonight. when there is a new justice on the court, they are assigned to write the opinion for one of the early decisions that is innocuous. here you go. write your opinion. to get your feet wet in this arena. then they will move on to something more significant. >> you don't find arbitratio...

Defensible? >> i don't know. i mean, these have not been tested. but i'll tell you one thing that's significant in a broader way is not only do these nondisclosure agreements restrict freedom of speech, they have arbitration clauses which means that the disputes that come out go to secret arbitration. they don't go to courts. and this is happening more and more in corporate america that individuals give up their right to sue and have to agree to go arbitrate where the first amendment doesn't apply in the same way and where it's not a public proceeding and corporations and defendants do awfully...

Tell ourselves a comforting tale using traditional classic economics. tells us that if companies get money, they're going to spend it on investments. the problem is, those models ignore. they make a lot of assumptions. one of the assumptions is workers have enough bargaining power. and that's not true. it has to do with fewer unions. it has to do with, you know, arbitration clauses. we haven't addressed those. congress needs to take that up. i haven't seen any spark of congress even thinking about these issues. either party really to be honest. to buybacks, you know, we are on record pace. it'...