Good morning, everyone. It is saturday, september 16th. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Youre in the cnn newsroom. We begin this morning with dangerous Weather Conditions brought by now post Tropical Cyclone lee. As necklace starts to feel the impact as new england starts to feel the impact of the storm, Boston International airport is experiencing a spike in flight cancellations. So far, 25 of flights leaving boston have been canceled. That is according to flight aware. While the storm is not expected to make landfall in the u. S. , the outer bands of the powerful storm are expected to pack strong 50 to 60 mileanhour winds and bring storm surges that can cause flooding throughout the new england post. Authorities are telling people to prepare to go home and stay there, as the storm pushes north through the day. Lee is also expected to cause dangerous rip currents along the atlantic coast, with many states warning people to stay out of the ocean this weekend, because of the dange
The issue is, how do you interpret a statute if you are a judge . Do you look only at the words of the statute . At the bodylso look of materials that congress produces in the lawmaking process that accompany the statute . Like the Conference Committee report or the Committee Reports. The Conference Committee report is often the final document where both chambers come to an agreement about what it is that they are doing. And often there is a vote on the conference report. Ofthe Committee Reports out committee, which often give background about what the words of the statute mean. Can i interrupt just a second . Could you define what a statute is . A statute is a law congress. It could be the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It could be the hobby protection act of whatever year that deals fromprotecting memorabilia being copied or coins from being copied. It could be the clean air act. When Congress Passes a law, that is a statute. So, where Justice Scalia and i, i think, would agree is that wh
Is a law that makes it unlawful to distribute in a 30day period three grams of pseudoephedrine, a drug, and you not you personally, because you never would be involved in any of this but lets say a person had been convicted of 30 grams. Well, its very clear. The statute says three grams. The interpretation is very, very clear. But what if i were to say to you that there is a statute that says that it will be unlawful for anyone who has been convicted, in any court, of a crime punishable by more than one year to possess a gun . What does convicted in any court mean . Does it mean any court in the United States . Does that mean any court in the world . You could see why congress could go either way. You have a case you talk about in the book. Yes, i do. I have the case in the book. There were three judges that sit on these cases. Yes. You were there . I was there and i wrote the opinion. Just looking at the words of the statute, you say, convict did in any court, does that mean in the wo
Agree. The issue is, how do you interpret a statute if you are a judge . Do you look only at the words of the statute . Or can you also look at the body of materials that congress produces in the lawmaking process that accompany the statute . Like the Conference Committee report or the Committee Reports. The Conference Committee report is often the final document where both chambers come to an agreement about what it is that they are doing. And often there is a vote on the conference report. Or the Committee Reports out of committee, which often give background about what the words of the statute mean. Can i interrupt just a second . Could you define what a statute is . A statute is a law congress. It could be the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It could be the hobby protection act of whatever year that deals with protecting memorabilia from being copied or coins from being copied. It could be the clean air act. When Congress Passes a law, that is a statute. So, where Justice Scalia and i, i
Majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes each. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 1 50 p. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from alabama, mr. Brooks, for five minutes. Mr. Speaker, the band of brothers episode, why we fight, reminds me of an experience my father, jack brooks, shared with me. At age 23 dad was a combat engineer in general pattons army. Near wars end, dad was ordered to help at a german concentration camp. Dad and his fellow soldiers saw human boddings decomposing and stacked bike cord wood five and six feet height with lime sprinkled on them to retard spread of disease. Those camps helped my dad and america understand why we fought in europe. Today washington is in an epic political battle that will affect americas future for decades and centuries to