u.s. circuit of appeals at the request of the monolithic record label industries represented by the our. earlier spoke with the man in the center of this classic david versus goliath struggle joel tenenbaum himself i asked him why he thought he was targeted take a response take a listen to this response well it was me in addition to a tens of thousands of other people out of the millions that were doing it and so it was basically just a bad chance. why do you think that you were i mean how does it feel to be a scapegoat for the record industry. it doesn't feel good. i mean they're spending tens of millions of dollars to rain down on my life make it as difficult as possible i'm not happy about that but the fight goes on and the case continues it's nice to have the support that i have from friends family. and joe why do you think that they target and vigils when everyone does this. you know is it just to cause a chilling effect to send a message as the site is saying this could happen to you well you know that's basically the idea there are there are some interesting news articles out and

ten contesting the constitutionally constitutionality of this law but a lower appeals court deferred on making a decision so now the seventh u.s. circuit court of appeals has weighed in and the justices think of the law likely violates the first amendment and they were officially called on the lower courts to make a declaration as to whether or not the dropping law is unconstitutional but in the meantime they're barring anybody from being arrested under the law and federal judge diane sykes sent the lower courts in the following direction she said defending the broad sweep of the statute the state attorneys rely on the government's interest in protecting conversational privacy but that interest is not implicated when police officers are performing their duties in public places and engaging in public communications audible to persons who witness the events so while we wait for an official decision several signs are pointing towards a reversal of eavesdropping of this eavesdropping law in illinois and despite the outcry from cops who say they need this for their own protection seems like judges lawmakers they do want to protect the publi

. >>> an appeals court in boston has luoled that a law that denies a host of federal benefits to same sex married couples is unconstitutional. first u.s. circuit court of appeals says the defense of marriage act, which defines union as between a men man and woman discriminates. since then many states have instituted their own bans on gay marriage while eight states have approved it led by massachusetts in 2004. a quick look at today's live coverage on the c-span networks. the u.s. house is in session live right now on v pan. members are debating u.s. intelligence policies, and veterans programs along with votes on gender selection bill. a hearing on transportation security. security inspections of freight. our live coverage here on c-span3 will continue at 1:30 eastern. show you a hearing on the obama administration's energy policy. the house subcommittee is looking into regulation of hydraulic tracking to pull more oil or gas from rock. all this week at 8:00 p.m. eastern, we're bringing you american history tv primetime. programs normally seen weekends here on c-span3. tonight one of the earliest settlements jamestown, virginia, a tour of ori

u.s. circuit court of appeals said the 16-year-old defense of marriage act interferes with the rights of states to define marriage themselves. >> it's absolutely wonderful. we are so happy. >> reporter: betty joe green and jo ann whitehead of boston, were two of 17 who sued the government to overturn the law. the couple met in college and have been together since 1981. they were legally wed in massachusetts, but the defense of marriage act prevents them from getting the federal tax benefits or social security benefits that come from being married. >> both of us are cancer survivors, so we know that it's a possibility that one of us will probably die before the other. she will not be able to get survivors benefits from me through social security. it makes an enormous difference in our planning. >> reporter: since the law passed in 1996, eight states and the district of columbia have approved same-sex marriage. 31 states have banned it. last year, president obama instructed the justice department to stop defending the defense of marriage act in court. >> it violates the constitution. it's time fo

u.s. circuit court of appeals the request of the monolithic record label industries represented by the r i a to talk more about this classic david versus goliath struggle as joel tenenbaum himself. joel i'm sure that when you downloaded google dolls iris you know you'd be paying over twenty two grand for it so was the guy who were the group of dollars worth of well i won't be i haven't paid anything i don't know that wanted to spend anywhere else and the case isn't over yet it's still pending in the first circuit. you know everyone and their mother has downloaded songs illegally off the internet why do you think that you were targeted joel well it was me in addition to a tens of thousands of other people out of the millions that were doing it and so it was basically just bad chance. why do you think that you were i mean how does it feel to be a scapegoat for the record industry. it doesn't feel good. i mean they're spending tens of millions of dollars to rain down on my life make it as difficult as possible i'm not happy about that but the fight goes on in the case continues it's nice to h

are seeking to overturn his conviction and oral arguments started this morning of the tenth circuit u.s. court of appeals in denver at the heart of the appeals the fact of the judge who sentenced to christopher to prison wouldn't allow him to bring up his intent the key aspect of how the criminal justice system is supposed to deal with people accused of crimes so joining me to discuss this entire case is actually anderson co-founder of peaceful uprising and jeff goodell contributing editor at rolling stone and author of the book big coal the dirty secret behind america's energy future john i want to thank you both for joining me tonight and jeff can you start by just telling us what happened today. they at this appeal hearing if there is anything anything new any updates why it is that they would like to christopher testify. right and have the latest news and i think that that might be a better question for your other guests that was the key was there at the scene there was a very. hi there no i actually wasn't there but i've been in contact with people who were all day long running social media support

u.s. ninth circuit court of appeals this guy this guy that guy very jay bybee who just like his buddy john you worked for the bush administration and also wrote and signed the torture memos giving bush legal cover to commit war crimes. so john yoo gets cleared of war crimes by the ninth circuit court on which jay bybee who also committed war crimes serves so much for an impartial judiciary and once again the gaping moral wound left by the torturous bush administration goes on the heels . is thursday still have defied according to a new study. eight zero eight. according to a new study published in science express certain neurons in the brains of pigeons directly detected detect the direction and intensity of the earth's magnetic field meaning the pigeons have a built in g.p.s. system in their brains study coauthored by david dickman his colleague found cells in the pigeon brain the signal the direction intensity and polarity of an applied magnetic field then i'd say these three qualities could be used by the brain to compute any information like a compass and latitude on the earth's surfac

u.s. court of appeals for the seventh circuit issued an injunction against the illinois law stating it's a violation of the first amendment yet for freedom well unfortunately some of the judges serving on the seventh circuit disagree with the injunction and it stated they find no violations whatsoever so who is going to win this this free press debate and as they're going to be a growing trend of this nationwide jacob sullum is the sex senior editor for reason dot com he joined me earlier and shared more about this take a listen. well you know i was actually probably do the worst in the country when it comes to restricting people's ability to record public officials in public places is really unique in terms of both the restrictions and the severity of the potential punishment and it's been under challenge in state court and in federal court a couple of state court judges recently found that it was unconstitutional and now you see that the seventh circuit is inclined to agree they haven't actually made a final ruling but they issued a preliminary injunction which means they think that the

u.s. district court judge that is saying that it was unconstitutional. the ninth circuit court of appeals held it up and they asked and 11th circuit judge to read your id and still no decision. as a result same-sex marriage is on hold. >>pam: is there any deadline on the ninth circuit will decide weather or not to hear the case? >>dan: the original deadline. all judges are given a brief and one of them has to say that perhaps we could reach. it. then a full boat is taken on to the ninth circuit judges. if the majority agrees there will be here if it but at this point we do not know if there is one judge that says it has merit. we to know that so far, there is no decision. so the same-sex marriage has been on hold. >>pam: the ninth circuit has been considered too liberal any way but if they're not going to decide to not hear it and what happens? >>dan: either way, it could go to the supreme court. it could have gone to the u.s. supreme court but backers decided wanted to have it goes to the 11 panel first. >> am still waiting. thank you, dan. many people believed former san francisco mayor

circuit last year. in fact, when confirmed, she'll be the first asian-pacific american woman to serve in a u.s. court of appealsanywhere in our country. she's the kind of nominee who should have been confirmed in five days, not fist amongsts. -- not five months. we still are waiting for republican agreement to vote on the other nominees. the nominees would never be considered controversial during any administration, republican or democratic. paul wat watford was rated unanimously well-qualified. that's the highest rating possible. he clarkedty united states supreme court for ruth ginsburg. he was a federal prosecutor in los angeles. i do have a special place in my heart for prosecutors. he has the support of his home state senators, bipartisan support from noted conservativ conservatives. justice hurwitz is a respected jurist on the arizona supreme court. he also had the highest rating possible and unanimously. i should also note, this is not a partisan thing. his nomination has the strong support of both republican home state senators, senator john mccain and senator jon kyl. now, when the republican leader ca