we just have one seat on the first circuit court of appeals, united states court of appeals for the first circuit, more properly, that is denominated as the rhode island seat. it's now occupied by a terrific judge, the honorable rosiery thompson, who senator reed and i had a very significant role in getting appointed to that position. should she step down, that vacancy would ordinarily be seen as the rhode island seat on the united states court of appeals for the first circuit, and we would expect that we would be consulted and that our blue slips would be honored with respect to a nominee that the president, whichever president, wished to push through. without divulging too many confidences, i will say that there was some considerable back and forth with the obama administration in order to have senator reed and i get the assurances we needed that judges that we approved of were appointed. what i can't figure out is how the tradition of circuit court of appeals seats having an affiliation with a particular state survived this decision to stop honoring blue slips for circuit courts of app

of the harvard law review then serving as a law clerk to judge ginsburg of the united states court of appeals to the district of columbia. after joining the united states apartment of justice in the honors program in 1990 mr. rosenstein prosecuted public corruption with a public integrity section of the criminal division. he then served as counsel to the deputy attorney general and special assistant to the attorney general 94 and 95 and associate independent counsel 9597 and in 1997 mr. rosenstein became assistant u.s. attorney and prosecuted cases in the united states district court u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit and coordinated the credit card fraud and assistance programs. 2001 through 2005 served as principal deputy assistant attorney general for the tax division of united states department of justice. supervising the criminal section and the coordinated attacks and enforcement activities to united states attorney's office so with the acting head of the division on the assistant attorney general is unavailable personally briefed and argued through civil appeals history rosen

he prosecuted cases in the united states district court and briefed and argued appeals in a u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit. he also coordinated the credit card fraud and international assistance programs. from 2001 to 2005, mr. rosenstein served as principal deputy assistant attorney general for the tax division of the united states department of justice. he supervised the division's criminal sections and coordinated the tax enforcement activities of the tax division and the internal revenue service. he also oversaw civil litigation and served as the acting head of the tax division when the assistant attorney general was unavailable. he personally briefed and argued federal civil appeals. mr. rosenstein served as the united states attorney for the district of maryland from 2005 to 2017. he oversaw federal criminal and civil litigation and developed and implemented federal law enforcement strategies in maryland. during his tenure as u.s. attorney, mr. rosenstein served as the washington-baltimore high-intensity drug trafficking area task force. and on the attorney general's a

upon graduation, he served as a law clerk to judge douglas ginsburg the court of appeals for the district of columbia. after joining the united states department of justice through the attorney general's honors program in 1990, mr. rosenstein first prosecuted public corruption cases as a trial or -- trial lawyer with the public integrity section of the criminal division. he then served as counsel to the deputy attorney general from 1993 and 1994, special assistant to the criminal division's assistant attorney general, 1994 and 1995. and associate independent counsel 1995 to 1997. in 1997, mr. rosenstein became an assistant u.s. attorney in maryland. he prosecuted cases in the united states district court and briefed and argued appeals in a u.s. court of appeals for the fourth circuit. he also coordinated the credit card fraud and international assistance programs. from 2001 to 2005, mr. rosenstein served as possible -- principal deputy assistant attorney general for the tax division of the united states department of justice. he supervised the division's criminal sections and coordinated

appeal may continue beyond his death. those on both sides of the debate believe they are fighting for basic human rights. and fergus walsh is outside the courts a key issue for society and it follows in a long line of campaigners who have taken similar arguments to courts, debbie purdy, diane pretty, totally nicklinson. they have all wanted the suicide at declared incompatible with human rights. those legal cases have failed and the difficulty the mr conway, whose case was rejected by the high court last year, is that parliament sets the law and in 2015 parliament sets the law and in 2015 parliament decided that assisted dying, even with the safeguards his legal team are proposing, should not be introduced. the high court said that as the conscience of the nation, as thejudges put it, parliament had the right to do it. but the court of appeal says there is so much law here, it is such a difficult area that really we need to examine the law more clearly. i expect thisjudgment to examine the law more clearly. i expect this judgment to be reserved at the end of the week and it is likely it will go all the way to the supreme court as other cases

>> the way i like to put it is our -- >> answer my question. >> the court of appeals to the extent that the test is relevant we think the court of appeals put it in the wrong box. there is no dispute that once you have an order that is insufficient and you're trying to decide whether to suppressed tainted evidence on the grounds of the order is insufficient on its face that they do not come into play at that point. >> your point is that this is not insufficient. >> right. our primary arguments are that this order was non- insufficient and even if you think it was the era is severable. >> mr. tripp, i'm sorry, finish her sentence. >> i want to be clear about. >> when you say insufficient the chief justice raises a good point that insufficient does not usually mean invalid but usually means lacking something. then the question is was this order lacking something and you say no it was not because it did not have to have anything about the jurisdictional reach of the interception. i guess i'm concerned listening to you and if we accepted that how would these orders supposed to read that we

tomorrow the senate votes to move forward with the president's nominee to join the seventh circuit court of appeals. it's a new low that sets a

noel conway's challenge to the law is being heard at the court of appeal tomorrow.isease and he's been speaking to our medical correspondent fergus walsh. yep. 0k. there's an underlying feeling of profound anxiety that i live with, and that is, i don't know how i'm going to die. little by little, noel conway's strength is fading. motor neurone disease means his muscles are wasting away, including those that allow him to breathe, so he needs a ventilator, and he's totally reliant on his wife, carol. i want to end my life with dignity, cleanly, and in full consciousness. i don't want to linger on for weeks. what is it that you fear will happen to you at the end of your life? i will be completely immobile. it's the still being alive and yet not being able to use one's body that is the greatest fear i have. the central argument before the courts is whether the suicide act, which prohibits assisted dying, is an unjustifiable breach of mr conway's human rights. judges here interpret the law. they can't change it. that's down to parliament. three years ago, mps overwhelmin

then the senate is back to debate judicial nominations, including those for the 10th circuit court of appeals. then, the head of the national securitytelligence and center testifies. in the afternoon, the ninth circuit court of appeals hears a case regarding president trump's decision to end the daca program. here is more coverage of the u.s. embassy opening in jerusalem, plus a look at the protests in gaza. him him him him and clashes erected between palestinian professors. -- elected between palestinian professors. --ump's december recognition of the city of comeslem, the move also on the day when palestinians were forced to leave their homes in 1948, resulting in the displacement of tens of thousands of palestinians. guests for this afternoon's show our going to allow us more insights on the topic. have a professor and a member of the palestinian struggle community. let's start with you. every united states president since israel's founding in 1948 has located the u.s. embassy in tel aviv. why has donald trump insisted on moving the embassy to jerusalem? why create the establishment of the

the conversation between supreme court justice clarence thomas of thege gregory max u.s. court of appeals for the armed forces. justice thomas spoke about his toringing and decision pursue law school. he spoke about how the process changed over the year. the event was hosted by the law library of congress and the supreme court fellows program. it is just under one hour. good afternoon, justice thomas, who is in the room downstairs. distinguished guests, and colleagues. thank you for joining they love library of congress in supreme court today for the 2018 supreme court fellows program annual lecture. my name is jane sanchez. serving ashonor of the 25th law librarian of congress. a little bit about the library. the law library serves as the legal custodian. it provides analysis on over 270 jurisdictions in the world. our skilled law library staff, both american trained attorneys and law librarians, also provide research assistance and reference services on u.s. federal and state legal issues. while our collections and our expertise reach across all points of the globe, for today's event, w

. >> as we wait for the top of the hour, and that live coverage of the ninth circuit court of appeals live argument, we'll bring you a portion of this morning's live journal. >> served under the obama administration from 2014 to 2017 and joins us live. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> what brings you to washington d.c.? >> today i'm here to deliver remarks at the cap ideas conference, talking about exclusive politics going forward. looks like a great program. so i'm excited to do it. >> you delivered several remarks over the last few months. and one of the headlines from "washington post" was talk about a presidential run or at least a possible presidential run. is that in your future? >> you know, i've been fairly straightforward about t i said i'm going to work on helping other candidates who are running in 2018. obviously we have an election in november that is the most important thing. to that end, i launched an effort called opportunity first to help young progressive democrats get elected in the 24 congressional districts that we need to win back the house and build a be

you‘re a very high profile former court of appealjudge and here you are saying that the test that is currently being applied at the court of appealring his pregnant wife, paula in 1993, but he always protested his innocence. i haven‘t done it. i never killed my wife and baby. i never did it. the ccrc said both eddie gilfoyle and kevin lane were welcome to make new submissions. almost 11.30. now the weather. the weather is not that bad everywhere, across the country northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland beautiful, another very warm day with temperatures in the mid—20s but overall across the country in a thunderstorm risk continues over the next few days. some downpours crossing the country at the moment through the midlands and two northern parts of england or later, someone could still produce lightning and thunder, and the sun comes out but belfast and glasgow by far the best of the weather today. yesterday in scotland and was in the high 20s, mid 20s today so still warm. cloudy and maggi two mates in the south, temperatures are around 15 degrees, 1a in the north and in tomorrow for the dow

that push is in front of an appeals court this morning. he appeal driven by a group of environmentalists who have been fighting for years to drain the reservoir which is located in yosemite national park. it is 117 billion gallons in the reservoir now. it's been there for almost 100 years since 1920s and a group wants it to be turned back in a valley but this is the main water some for millions of bay area residents. in san francisco, san mateo, santa clara, and alameda county residents. coming with an alternative water supply is not going to be cheap. quotes are around $10 billion for a new source of water and storage for that. so the city of san francisco, which owns the hetch hetchy reservoir, is fighting against this. it's already gone through several lawsuits and an appeal to voters. a ballot measure in 2012, voters voted it down. so we'll see what the court of appeals says. they are hearing it this morning in fresno. anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> the mandatory evacuations under way right now after a landslide threatens to break open a maj

the challenge to the law is being heard at the court of appeal. he has motor neurone disease. he has been speaking to our medical correspondent, fergus walsh. there is an underlying feeling of profound anxiety that i live with. and that is i don't know how i am going to die. little by little, knou going to die. little by little, knoll conway's strength is fading. motor neurone disease means his muscles are wasting away. including those that allow him to breathe, so he needs a ventilator and is totally reliant on his wife, carol. he needs a ventilator and is totally reliant on his wife, carollj he needs a ventilator and is totally reliant on his wife, carol. i want to end my life with dignity, clearly and infull to end my life with dignity, clearly and in full consciousness. i don't wa nt to and in full consciousness. i don't want to linger on for weeks. what is it that you fear it will happen to you at the end of your life?|j it that you fear it will happen to you at the end of your life? i will be completely immobile. it is the still being alive and yet not being able to use

station in los angeles has the stories. >> reporter: they stood on the steps of the ninth circuit courts of appeal and made as much noise as they could. the rally small, but the issue huge. daca in the hands of the federal appeals court. making the case that the white house should be able to end the daca program. >> we are being forced to maintain a policy that gives affirmative sanction to 700,000 illegal aliens in the policy that we think is illegal. that is an extraordinary intrusion on the executive branch. >> reporter: daca shielded those hundreds of thousands of people. the trump administration tried to shut down daca only to have a federal judge in san francisco block that decision in january. attorneys argue to keep the injunction in place. >> you can't take a welcome mat and use it as the rug to pull out from under individuals. you have to have strong basis to do it. the government did not present any such basis. >> reporter: those documents recipients rallying out front are quick to give their stance on the issue. >> we are tired of being treated in this manner. we know these actions are

the ninth circuit court of appeals, which is based in san francisco, heard the case yesterday. a justice department attorney explained why the trump administration wants to end that deferred action tell for arrivals program. it helps children who were brought to the u.s. illegally as children. a federal judge in january blocked the administration's decision to phase out daca. >> we are being forced to maintain a policy that gives sanctuary to 700 illegal aliens in a policy we think is a legal. that is an increase extraordinary intrusion. >> these individuals from these countries are being treated as bargaining chips for other policies. that will not happen. >> the 9th circuit court of appeals will issue a written decision at a legal -- at a later date. legal analysts expect that daca will eventually be decided by the supreme court which told the appellate coat -- the appellate court to proceed expeditiously with the case. >>> changes to net neutrality rules. those rules prevent internet providers from slowing or blocking traffic or charging for faster delivery of some content.

court of appeals about the history and evolution of the u.s. supreme court. >> listen up! listen up! we've got a decision. we've got a decision. >> here we go. >> supreme court. the decision's in. ♪ >> the vote is 6-3. >> 6-3, we win! we win! >> all persons having business before the honorable, the supreme court of the united states remonthish to draw near and give their attention. >> landmark cases, c-span's special history series, produced in partnership with the national constitution center. exploring the human stories and constitutional dramas behind 12 historic supreme court decisions. >> mr. chief justice, may it please the court. >> good evening, and welcome to c-span's series "landmark cases." tonight's case is "the new york times" company versus the united states in this 1971 case. the supreme court ruled 6-3 against the nixon administration in a big win for "the new york times" and the "washington post," which you just saw depicted in this recent movie, right to publish information on the vietnam war over significant objections from the pentagon and white house.

if you look at the court of appeals judges, i think it is a little bit glib, i am not going to say disrespectful, for us to, when there are differences of opinions in the courts of appeals and district courts, for us not to explain why we hold a different opinion from them or not to fully explore the disagreebelow and just . i think we owe them that respect. everything and i probably put a lot of pressure on my clerks. i would not clerk for me. that is way too much work. i tell them that before they get started. you sure about this? why are you doing this? you know there is a 13th amendment. [laughter] judge maggs: what has changed in your judging over the last 27 years? justice thomas: that's a really good question. it is sort of like if you climb a mountain, when you are 1000 feet, you are still looking at the same scenery but you have a different view from when you were at 10,000 feet or 5000 feet. i have been doing this for so long that you see more, you understand more. the reason i was reading this book was because of english common law which started out, people do a lot of talking about -

station in los angeles has the stories. >> reporter: they stood on the steps of the ninth circuit courts of appeal and made as much noise as they could. the rally small, but the issue huge. daca in the hands of the federal appeals court. making the case that the white house should be able to end the daca program. >> we are being forced to maintain a policy that gives affirmative sanction to 700,000 illegal aliens in the policy that we think is illegal. that is an extraordinary intrusion on the executive branch. >> reporter: daca shielded those hundreds of thousands of people. the trump administration tried to shut down daca only to have a federal judge in san francisco block that decision in january. attorneys argue to keep the injunction in place. >> you can't take a welcome mat and use it as the rug to pull out from under individuals. you have to have strong basis to do it. the government did not present any such basis. >> reporter: those documents recipients rallying out front are quick to give their stance on the issue. >> we are tired of being treated in this manner. we know these actions are

conservatives to our courts at every level and last year president trump set a record for the most court of appealudges in a single year and he put justice neil gorsuch on the supreme court of the united states. it's been promises made and promises cap. this president has also been keeping his promise to get this economy moving again. he promised to roll back the heavy hand of government. he has cut more red tape than any president in history. he promised to unleash american energy. we rolled back the clean power plants and president trump put america first when he withdrew america from the paris climate accord. and he promised to crack down on unfair trade practices. i continue that he's been fighting every day for trade deals that are free, fair, and reciprocal and put american jobs and american workers first. and our president has promised to come taxes across the board and the sport of every republican in congress and indiana president trump site the -- trump signed the largest tax cut and tax reform in american history. promises made and promises kept. [applause] we cut taxes for working fami

of individual rights. court, weapon from minnesota, -- who had been from minnesota, and served in the court of appeals in theistrict of columbia was interested in the orderly processing of thecial decisions, structure of the court, how decisions are made and how state courts work. he was more businesslike than his predecessor. a casewould not be without daniel ellsberg, who is he? floyd: he had been a rain during the war in vietnam, he was an intellectual, and yet favored a days, and hadly come to believe that it was a war crime. he had come to believe we are doing things in vietnam, which violate international law and principles of morality. he was one of the authors of the pentagon papers. he was a scholar, and he was one of the authors commissioned to of the pentagon papers. onlyme to the view that if see the degree to which it had been like to through the years -- lied to years, they would demand the war end. he felt, notwithstanding our victory, and notwithstanding everything else that happened, that he feels today that he failed. his motive for releasing this information and risking jail to was to for

then the senate is back to debate judicial nominations, including those for the 10th circuit court of appealse head of the national securitytelligence and center testifies. in the afternoon, the ninth circuit court of appeals hears a case regarding president trump's decision to end the daca program. here is more coverage of the u.s. embassy opening in jerusalem, plus a look at the protests in gaza.

brennan to serve as judge on the united states court of appeals. mr. president, that concludes my prepared remarks about what a quality judge and skwraourlt -- jurist judge brennan will be. i have to say i'm very disappointed at the partisan nature of the cloture vote. it is unfortunate it was completely party line for somebody i have described that has bipartisan support within the wisconsin legal community. so, mr. president, i would ask unanimous consent the judiciary committee majority issued an excellent memorandum dated november 2, 2007. i'd like to discuss and address the primary objection which led to that unfortunate party-line vote on cloture. i'm really hoping our colleagues on the other side of the aisle will take this to heart and take the background, the bipartisan work from the wisconsin legal community when they cast their final vote on confirmation. but rather than -- again, i'd ask that this be entered into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johnson: thank you, mr. president. rather than read this excellent memor

if you go back and look at the court of appeals' judges, i think it is a little bit glib -- i'm not going to say disrespectful for us, when there are differences of opinions in the courts of appeal and the district courts, for us not to explain why we hold a different opinion from them or not to fully explore the opinions below and just glibly disagree, i think we owe them that respect. so i work through everything. and i probably put a lot of pressure on my law clerks. i wouldn't clerk for me. that is way too much work. and i tell them -- you sure you want to do this? why are you doing this? oh, boy, you know there is the 13th amendment. [laughter] judge maggs: what has changed in your judging over the 27 years? justice thomas: that is really a good question, judge. it's sort of like if you climb a mountain when you are at 1,000 feet, you still look at the same scene erie but have a different view when you are at 10,000 feet or 5,000 feet. you see more. i have been doing this so long that you see more. you understand more. the reason i was reading this book was because of english common

the chief justice who had been for minnesota, and -- from minnesota, and had served on the court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. he was very interested in the orderly processing of judicial decisions, the structure of the court, how decisions got me, how -- got made, how state courts work. he was a much more businesslike jurist than his predecessor. susan: it would not be a pentagon papers case without daniel ellsberg. who was he? floyd: he had been a marine in the war in vietnam. he was an intellectual, he had favored the war in its early days and had come to believe that it was a war crime. he had come to believe that we were doing things in vietnam that violated international laws and principles of morality. he was one of the authors of the pentagon papers. he was a scholar. he was one of the authors commissioned to write chapter of the pentagon papers. he came to the view that if only the public could see the degree to which it had been lied to through the years, which perpetuated american presence in vietnam, that they would demand that the war and. -- end. he felt not

but 21 court of appeals judges, approved, confirmed under the trump presidency. 17 u.s. udges confirmed during the trump presidency. this is the court of appeals. the president running ahead of the five presidents who served before him. he likes to say look at me, i'm 21, obama, bush, clinton, h.w. bush, reagan, donald trump leading the pack there. not so much when you get to the district court judges, the lower level of the federal courts, where you can see yes, he's running ahead of where president obama was at this point. this is a reflection of the polarization in washington over the judge issue. but w. bush, clinton, reagan, well out here. part of the president's message is, give me more, get it done before the election just in case the democrats win the senate. that's sparking debate between the top republican and the top democrat. >> that means that 1/8th of the circuit judges in america have been appointed by donald trump and confirmed by this republican senate. so we think we're making dramatic progress on that front. >> they can't have it both ways. they can't b

court of appeals of the fourth circuit recently so-calleda maryland assault weapon ban same there's no real difference between semiautomatic, which requires a separate trigger pull for every shot, and full automatic machine guns which you hold the trigger down and it keeps firing. it's only a slight difference, the court said, to uphold the maryland band. onthere's a lot of switch --tual and legal statements there's always been quite a legal distinction between a full automatic and a gun that requires a separate pool to pull the trigger. it means the difference between the penitentiary and nothing, if you have an unregistered machine gun, that gets you 10 years. if her requires a separate pull of the trigger, in most states, it doesn't get you anything. judges can say anything they want. and they say the most crazy things sometimes, factually and legally, to uphold these kinds of laws. >> i'm a libertarian candidate for attorney general. are you aware that there is still a federal statute defining the unorganized militia as all able-bodied males between 15 and 45 were are not in the or

station in los angeles has the story. >> reporter: they stood on the steps of the ninth circuit court of appeals and made as much noise as they could. the rally was small, but the issue was huge. the fate of deferred action of childhood arrivals, daca in the hands of federal appeals court. making the case the white house should be able to end the daca program. >> we're being forced to maintain a pall aets that gives afirmative sanction to 700 that you know illegal aliens. >> reporter: daca has shielded those from being deported. the trump administration tried to shutdown daca only to have a federal judge in san francisco block that decision in january. today attorneys for the state of california and the university of california argue to keep the injunction in place. >> you can't take a welcome mat and then use it as a rug to pull out from under individuals. you have to have some very strong basis to do it. the government did not present any such basis. >> a decision by the court not issued today, but those daca recipients rallying out front are gquick to give their sthans on the issue. >>> autho

but the final decision at least in this round will be issued from the 9th circuit court of appeals. e judges here at the 9th circuit headquarters in san francisco. most legal analysts expect that ultimately it will be the supreme court that has the final say on the future of the daca program. back to you guys. >> all right. allie rasmus in san francisco. thank you. >>> the time is now 7:34. the stanford college republicans in their latest attempt to highlight conservative ideas on campus invited two conservative activities to speak at stanford. charlie kirk, the founder of turning point usa and its communications director, candice owens, are expected to speak at make stanford great again. owens recently gained national attention. he appeared on tmz with kanye west and praised president trump and free thinking. this is the first time that the stanford college republicans have invited speakers when there were protests when robert spoke at an event. >>> a number of sexual misconduct complaints against dominique caserta have more than doubled since last week. nine women have filed police

. >> we think the court of appeals, to the extent that chavez and giordano test is relevant, we think the court of play put it in the wrong box. there is no dispute that once you have an order that is insufficient and you're destroying to decide whether to suppress tainted evidence on the grounds that the order is insufficient on its face, the chavez and giordano do not come into play at that point. >> your point is that this is not insufficient. >> right. our arguments here are that it was not insufficient, even if you think it is, it is severable. >> i'm sorry. finish your sentence of the. >> i want to be clear about -- >> well, go ahead. >> when you say insufficient, you know, the chief justice raise as very good point that insufficient doesn't usually mean invalid. it usually means lacking something. the question was, was this order lacking something and you say no, wasn't. because it didn't have to have to have anything about the jurisdictional reach. i'm concerned listening to you. if we accepted that, how are these orders supposed to read? we're going to go tell every court, yo

court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit is talking about the history of the supreme court, including his time as a clerk. this was hosted by the society of the four arts in palm beach florida. it runs 40 minutes.>>> i know you all agree that this series has had incredible speakers. [ applause ] this morning's speaker, is another brilliant communicator, gifted american, who has led an extraordinary life. you may already know that the united states is divided into federal, judicial regions. there are 12 regional circuit courts. we in florida are in number 11. that court has jurisdiction over florida, georgia, and alabama. judge ginsburg is a senior circuit judge of the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit. the seat of our government! the dc circuit is often referred to as the seventh most powerful court. is second only to united states supreme court. it is the point of the court of 1986 by president ronald reagan. it is interesting, in the recent decades, more supreme court justices have been nominated from the dc circuit than any other single

court one of the leader legal scholars in the country. appointed to the supreme court in 1994 by president clinton, justice breyer previously served as judge and later chief judge of the united states court of appeals for the first circuit. he was also a member of the judicial conference of the united states, and of the united states sentencing commission. over the course of his career, justice breyer also worked as a supreme court law clerk for arthur goldberg, a justice department lawyer in the anitrust division, and assistant watergate special prosecutor, and as chief counsel of the senate judiciary committee. he is the author of several books, including "active liberty and making our democracy work," as -- exposing considering the purpose of the law and the consequences of rulings. he published a third book, "the court and the world." a graduate of stanford university, oxford university, and harvard law school, justice breyer top law for many years as a professor at harvard law school, and at the kennedy school of government. he was also a visiting professor at the college of law in sydney, australia, and at the university of rome. moderating tonight's conversation with justice breyer will be a

the senate will vote to proceed to the nomination of michael brennan to the seventh circuit court of appeals. mr. brennan has not received a blue slip. that's a notice of approval that's been a tradition here in the senate from one of his hometown senators, senator baldwin. so the vote today will be a slap in the face of the custom of senatorial courtesy. it will be a slap in the face to the bipartisanship that we hear so many on the other side of the aisle and so many more americans talk about. it is blatant disrespect to every senator who wants to withhold his or her judgment on a judge, a tradition that's been respected by democrats and republicans until leader mcconnell abruptly changed this earlier this year for circuit court judges. what makes this even more gallingalling is the history ofs vacancy on the seventh circuit. mr. brennan will fill a seat that's been held open by wisconsin's other senator for six years during the obama administration. how did johnson -- how was senator johnson able to withhold? he didn't return his blue slip. and senator leahy, the democratic chair, respect

we hear their cases have been wrongly handled and they have gone to the court of appeal and many of themmpted to be deported and this has proved to be, the guardian is calling it a new deportation scandal. these are skilled people who were supposedly, who were supposedly want to have in this country to fulfil certain jobs. it is another day, another scandal for the home office. one of the things i have comes out of brexit is we have a new department of citizenship and immigration and that no one from the home office is allowed across the door. as we have seen allowed across the door. as we have seen with windrush and this, a target driven culture within the home office means the only thing they're home office means the only thing they‘ re interested home office means the only thing they're interested in is how many people they can deport. if that means using antiterrorism legislation to try to get teachers, doctors, lawyers, and engineers out of the uk, the home office doesn't care, they will do whatever they can to meet the targets set for them by theresa may when she was home secretary

sexual assault and murder of eight-year-old mattie militant three years ago -- mattie militant is 10 --, assaulted and stabbed her. gonzalez was 15 at the time. an appeals court is still considering whether to appeal the court ruling that he be tried as an adult. three tone -- three young men are facing charges of shoplifting in sand karlos. >> deputies say a 20-year-old and a 23-year-old and a 24-year- old were caught sunday night. two with the suspects were allegedly in possession of more than $1000 worst -- worth of stolen merchandise. the third suspect was booked for conspiracy and marijuana possession while driving. san francisco city officials are doing something different for this year's "bay to breakers" race. >>> they are asking runners to sign up for emergency text alerts to receive information about the event. participants can text be 2 be. the race is set for next sunday at 8 am. >>> how does the commute look? >> it doesn't look bad. the first hour has been pretty good. we will start off in the east bay. everywhere this morning it looks pretty good. westbound 580, if you are driving up to the altamont pass, there is a little bit of slow traffic. t

. >> particularly for the courts of appeal. 95% of all cases in the federal courts get solved at the courts of appeal. the avenuag averageage of a tru is 46 years old. they are really picking far right judges who will be there for decades to come. >> does this issue, ron, stay beneath the radar screen if, in fact, there should be a supreme court vacancy between now and the midterm? >> i think a supreme court vacancy will escalate this issue. that's something people identify with. in the last time we had, if justice kennedy would retire and the balance of the supreme court on issues like abortion and marriage equality and obama care was really back in play, i think we would have major national issue around that and a lot of discussion, a lot of politics around that. if you noted, it's these lower court nominations that don't get much attention that really have tremendous long term implicati n implicatio implications. >> thank you so much for being here. >> thanks for having me. nc >>> let's see what you're saying on my twitter an

the court of appeals nominations throughout the week. you can watch the house live on c-span and the senate on c-span two. for more information on the week ahead, we spoke with a capitol hill reporter. >> we are joined by jeremy dillon, who is energy and environmental reporter with cq roll call. the house set to take up legislation on the yucca mountain nuclear waste storage site in the coming week. give us a short and condensed version of this issue that goes back many, many years, if not decades. what is the situation in the yucca mountains? jeremy: this is a big bill's tackling nuclear waste. in the 1980's, it was established that yucca mountain would be the place with the nation's commercial nuclear waste would be. that was going along behind schedule for the next couple of years. when the obama administration came into power, they decided to cancel the project because of harsh, local opposition to it. that has kind of stalled it since about 2010. with the new trump administration and the republicans in power in the house and senate,

host: the ninth circuit court of appeals takes a look at a case involving the daca program and the trump administration. what will happen? guest: this allows young undocumented immigrants to apply for work permits and have some deportation relief. not renew the program. a federal judge in san francisco in january blocked trump's decision to and the program meaning that the administration had to keep accepting renewals through daca. appealed, and now we are at the ninth circuit where therguments, administration hopes to convince the appeals court to overturn the block on the decision. host: you can see the hearing live at 4:00 this afternoon. if you miss it, it will re-air on c-span 2 at 8:00 this afternoon. we will get you to respond. [video clip] >> more than two months have passed since the administration the daca program. during our meeting last week, when the senator: i was encouraged want to work on this. daca include huf th sands of individuals and servingcolleges in the military. every day since that announcement was made and before terrified.p every night they are afraid there wi

reservoir, rather, and it is going to the court of appeals this morning. the appeal driven by a group of environmentalists who have been fighting for years to drain the reservoir, which is is in the yosemite national for park. it is a 117-billion gallon reservoir that they want to restore to a valley. >> it was designed in the 19th century that's damaging to the environment. >> reporter: it is the main water source for some 2.5 million bay area residents in san francisco, san mateo, santa clara and alameda counties. coming up with an alternative to that water source wouldn't be cheap. estimates have it costing about $10 billion when it comes to a new water source and storage. >> this has been a long- standing rift. >> reporter: it has. it's been a subject of several court battles and a ballot measure in 2012 which voters overwhelmingly rejected. the city of san francisco owns this system and they are going to continue to vehemently fight this battle in court. back to you. >> thank you. >>> california is poised to legalize pot prescriptions for pets. a bill

noel conway's challenge to the law on assisted dying is being heard at the court of appeal.close 162 branches in england and wales, resulting in 800 job losses. the bank cited changing consumer behaviour including the rise of online and mobile banking, but it says compulsory redundancies will be kept to a minimum. the taxi app, uber, has failed in its bid to renew its operating licence in brighton and hove. the counci's licensing panel said it had "significa nt concerns" about data security following the news last year that uber had concealed a hack that affected 57 million customers and drivers in 2016. uber said it intended to launch an appeal. british overseas territories being used as tax havens will be forced to publish the names of investors owning companies in theirjurisdiction. ministers agreed the move faced with a potential commons rebellion on the sanctions and anti—money laundering bill. scotland has become the first country in the world to introduce a minimum unit price for alcohol. the scottish government says it will lead to lower consumption and will save liv

representative spear mentioned the case from the court of appeals fort armed forces. i happened to clerk for the chief judge of that court many, many years ago. and this is what they were wrestling with in that case. the court martial was originally ten members, seven of whom were women, this was disproportionate of women. of those initial ten members, voir dire revealed that five had served as sexual assault victim advocates and two more had training or experience assisting victims of a sexual assault. the defense challenged three member and they granted two of those challenges and defensed use one per em try challenge on the third. the prosecution made no challenges. seven members remained after challenges. five of them were women. all of whom had victim advocate experience. unlike the federal system where you get ten peremptory challenges, that's a challenge where you don't have to state the reason why you want the juror eliminated, you only get one in this system. so it's that much more important when you have random system so in community you are not getting dispr

then the court of appeal com pletely years. should not have convicted that evidence. it is not the role of the court, so what it never does is say we think you were innocent. that is the problem. that is what somebody is being asked to prove in order to get compensation, that only changed in 2014 so it has become tougher for people. and has changed because the government says the test was not clear before. what does miscarriage mean? we think it has made the test too hard. hello, wendy, thanks for coming on. tell me about your son and the impact that this wrongful conviction has had on his life?m has been a nightmare. i wasjust saying tojodi, once sam was has been a nightmare. i wasjust saying to jodi, once sam was found guilty, he had no leeway, no solicitor. the campaign runners said i don't know how we got all those people, i am looking we did. so you manage to fight to eventually get his conviction quashed, he had already been injailfor his conviction quashed, he had already been in jail for seven yea rs. already been in jai

armed forces court of appeals overturned the rape conviction of coast guard inmate second-place john rice back. his conviction was overturned because the court found, rightly , that the panel had been stacked with women every -- with women. most of whom have been worked with victim advocates. the panel consisted of 10 women and two men. the women were on that jury because the commander put them there. the commanders sole responsibility for choosing members create two main problems. it can lead to unjust outcomes for both victims and the accused. panels can be stacked in either direction depending on the desired result. so that perception of fairness is built into the system. second, it creates grounds for copious motions and appeals, challenging the compositions of the panels. in the last three years, the court of appeals waited on five cases stemming from perceptions of unfair panel selection. that's a significant percentage of their casebook. they only handle 60 cases a year. these cases are the tip of the iceberg. during trials and lower-level appeals, lawyers spend countless hours

continues its consideration of the kurt angle heart -- kurt nomination to the fifth circuit court of appeals. c-span3, theon president's nominee to be the next cia director has her hearings. a," harvard "q and english professor about "inseparable," the life and times of conjoined twins. they are to married couples that cannot be in the same bed. two married couples that cannot be in the same bed. they had to separate households, about a mile from each other. there was a very rigid schedule, they would stay in cheng's house for three days. during these three days, he was the master of the house and could do whatever he wanted. the other would give up his free well -- free will. three days later, they moved to ang's house, and he would be the master of the house and the other would give up his free well. -- free will. >> didn't work? -- did it work? >> they had 21 children. >> join us at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span sunday night. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. was created as a public service by america's cable television company. we continue to bring you uncensored coverage of congress, t

understand that and i wouldn't use this time to bring it to your same thing except the judges in the courts of appeals have brought this to my attention on more than one occasion and the court is in crisis for the lack of personnel. because the nominees are so overqualified if i may say so, i do not think it would take much time if the committee were to hear from a few more of these judges. to get the district courts of appeals nominees i draw this to your attention and ask that you give some further attention. even as i thank you very much for reducing number of vacanci vacancies. you are welcome to be able to remain where you also hav with t responsibility i know things are going on so you may choose whichever way you go. to be able to set up the hearing on the free nomination for the office of government ethics for the superior court and the district of columbia and to be the controller of the office of financial management which is in the office of management and budget. we are pleased to have three very strong candidates. the rounds are nominated from massachusetts at amherst and from akron law s

today the debate at hand is over the mishandling of the nomination of michael brennan to be the court of appeals for the seventh circuit. this could be the first time in decades that a judicial nominee is confirmed over the objection of a home state senator. tomorrow the senate judiciary committee is going to throw out the window a bipartisan practice that dates back more than a century when it holds a hearing on the nomination of ryan bounds to sit on the ninth circuit court of appeals. it goes without saying that individuals who are up for a lifetime seat on a powerful federal court must be forthcoming and truthful in the nomination process. my view is ryan bounds hasn't even cleared that low bar. mr. bounds misled the independent committee that considers potential nominees in oregon by withholding inflammatory writings that reveal disturbing views on sexual assault and on communities of people who are vulnerable and disadvantaged. he's had ample opportunity to clean up this mess, express remorse, and explain how his views have changed, but i haven't seen it. the comments that i've seen sugges