hers and it -- from her senate office, projected into the sesenate judiciary committee susupreme courtrt confirmation hearings due to covid concerns all stop earlier in the hearing, vermont democratic senator patrick leahy asked barrett about her view on in vitro fertilization. agree with do you ivfsponsor of the ad that is tantamount to manslaughter? hon. barrett:'s editor, i signed a statement that you and i have just discussed, and you're right, st. joseph county right to life ran an ad on the next page, but i did not think the ivf view you are expressing was on that page. regardless, i've never expressed a view on it. democratic senator sheldon whitehouse opted not to ask your in questions on tuesday. instead, he gave a 30-miminute presentationon on how w right-wg groups incluluding the federalit society and jujudicial cririsis network have used dark money to reshape the nation's judiciary. senator whitehouse: this is a pretty big deal. i've not seen this on any court i've been involved with, where there is this much dark money and this much influence being used. here's how "the e wa

hour looking at the life and legacy of ruth bader ginsburg, as well as the futurue of the supupreme courtrt. ginsbuburg died onon friday at e age of 87 after serving 27 years as a supreme court justice, becoming the most prominent member of the court's liberal wing. ginsburg first gained fame in the 1970's when she co-founded the women's rights project at the american civil liberties union, where she argued six gender discrimination cases before the supreme court. winning five. she ce famouy quotedhe abitionistarah grie during one ofer oral guments. position 1837 but sara gmke, noted abitionist anddvocate peopleights for mennd women she sai i ask no favor r my sex. all i ask of our brethren is that t they take their feet off our necks. amy: ruth bader ginsburg became a federal appellate judge in 1980 and then in 1993 was sworn in as just the second female supreme court justice. during her senate confirmation hearing, she openly dedefended a women's right to have an abortion. tothis is something central a woman's life, to her dignity. it is a decision that she must herself. and w when govern

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the wisconsin s supreme courtrt basicacally said, we're not decidingng t this on the meritsf whether t they should be on thee ballot, it is just too l late to add them to the ballot. tetens of thousands of ballots have already gone out, hundreds of thousands more are going out this week. there has been over a millioion absentee ballot request t in wisconsin. this week is the day they start sending them out. i think this decisision would he led to major voter confufusion. a lot of people would've had to get another one and there was a risksk they would be confuse, tt some people might vote twice o r so, not vote at all. irrespective of the merits of whether the green party should be on the ballot, election officials are reading this i really they do not haveve to sed out new ballots. juan: what about the situation in iowowa? what was the personal information that the courtrt fet ---- i mean, t that ofofficialst should not havee been on the ballot? could you talk about thahat and why specififically in democratic counties?? >> what happened was in iowa, the democratic, in particular dec

they h have not yet filed a case in the suprememe courtrt, so wel stilneeded to see what the judge is going to say, if h he's goiog to stotop this mission or r lett go. brent: correspondent jaime velasquez reporting from madrid tonight where that lockdown is going into effect. thank you. let's move now to the coronavirus developments. the latest developments around the worl. there was a 61% increase in positive covid-19 cases in england. the latest weekly data reports from the country's test and trace scheme show more than 331 thousand people tested positive in mid-september. in italy, a proposal has been put forward by the prime minister to extend the covid-19 state of emergency until the end of january 2021. germany has classified individual regions in 11 eu countries as high risk areas -- belgium, iceland, wales, and northern ireland are now included on the list. the new university semester starts today here in germany, and for lots of students, that means learning from their laptops rather than inside the lecture hall, but the pandemic has also left many in precarious situations,

ththis is whwhat this courtrt ws createted to do.again expreress profound regt at the a announcement of these threatats. ,n t this unprecededented a actn including the threat of financial measasures againstst e coururt and the officials of the court by thehe government of the united states -- not least,, given that t that country,y, the , hahas a long-standing contribution to criminal justice. we hope the u.s. administration will receconsider th apppproach toward the icc. this is a court that t is ann ininstitution backed byby 123 ss , which is representing all regions of the world, and which aims to fight the world's greatestst crimes. we arere a judicious institutut. i repeat, we are doing our legitimate work. we are doing it withinin the scriptf f our legal m mandate ad judicial proceedings. also did this without fear or favor, and we must be allowed to do so. interview: this has been n doney executive order by the president it is a- himself, but threat. have they acted on this threat, or do you believe it is merely a threat and t

he could not see the courtrt properly.could just about see journalists working on computers, and he thinks that is not the way the current editor of wikileaks should be treated. we have also had quite a lot of ngo's.going on as far as if you are not physically in court -- there are only six seats for the family, we are told. two seats for anybody else. after making, repeated representations, have now been allowed in the court. international and doctors without borders have had an online possibility of watching the trial revoked. the court was suspended because the prosecution only wanted 16 witness statements to be set in writing. they don't want any witnesses answering questions. the defense is not happy with that. as we speak, julian assange is for the first time in six months meeting face-to-face with his lawyer. anchor: close to 91,000 new cases have been confirirmed of covid-19 in indus - -- in india, in the latest 24 our reporting period. the total number of infections now standing at over 4.2 million. despite this s

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there's a supreme courtrt case n 1940s, where the court ruled that the government cannot require you to say the pledge of allegiance if you do not believe. in saying the pledge of allegiance. if it violates your beliefs. and so those the doctrine against compelled speech as well is protected speech. given that, there are all kinds of language that falls outside of the protection of the first amendment printed ... ...re it can compel the surgeon general's warning on a pack of cigarettes. it can compel product labeling. it can compel attendance to speak english as the language of air traffic control. there's allfi kinds of bits that can compel the president to say the oath of office. >> so the legal stuff is complicated. in terms of language change it's very hard to make a law to get everybody to follow the linguistic aspects of the law. you can make english the official language of the united states if that can get more people to speak english. if anything it could backfire and discourage people who want to learn english from learning it because they feel unwelcome. laws don't tend to

purports to o describe itself aa dedemocracy cacannot have nightt unelelected people or even an expanded courtrt of 1313 unelecd people or 15 unelected people making such consequential and categorical decisions that impact the lives o of millionsnf people.. system, this type of institution i think has no place in a democracy. juan: professor taylolor, part f the reasoning i i guess for the establblishment of a supreme cot not only in this s country but n many c countriesroround the wor, is to check the powers s of an executive e branch or en of a legislative braranch. how would d you envision -- obviously, the power the court currenyy has somehow or other devolved into other r sections f gogovernment and l leaving peope open possibly to even more demagogic leaders t that presidt trump. remember, , still 40% of the american people back and no matter whahat he d does. how w would you envisionon a che that would move moren the rection ofof democracy rather ththan the direction of a demagogic influence or more authoritarianism? >> first o of all, i wouldld say that is -- in some ways, that is rerepr

havave done we everything, we protested,d, we haveone to courtrt, we have dode alof t thesehings. was end of the day, it the movementnt in this country a moy that eventually made him do his thorough review. -- hehe is nottut done.. we are notot done wiwith this. dan snyder has talked ababout hw he wants to rebrand, , and the coach of the team as well, has talked about rebranding to something g that honors native americans in thehe military. so that is very problematic to me. in the statement y yesterday, ty did nonot makake it clear they'e going to rebrand without a any native imagery. all they stated was they were going to retire their name e and logo. amy: i want to ask you quickly, amanda, ababout the kansas cityy chiefs, cleveland indians. you're also asking them to change their names and the use of the word, what you call the r-word, how the media uses it. you don't want even people t to say it. like the n-wor. >> yes, that is correct. we don't want people to say it. we donon't want pplple to spellt out on sociall media. whatat we're seeing now is the media a went wild with t

i have p put my y faith in the supremee courtrt. and with this nomination, i am losing faith.lthough the wayay i havave chon to create my family is demonized by some politicians, the r reali is that we arare like most famies across s the nation. i i had an aboion. i havave t two s sons and a a dr who isis trans i love my c children. we are a proud family comeme african-amamerican appppalachia. my stotory is own but rerepresesents so many peoplplet out from the supreme courtt nomiminee hearings. -- ann n entire castor peoeople the peoeople.te president trump has been n clear he wilill only appoint justices who will overturn roe v. wade. unfortunately, through learning about judge barrett's record, i understand w w the presisident believes she passes the test. pleasese, listen to people whwho haveve had abortions. hear us when we ask you, do not confirm this nominee. our future and our family y come r lives depend on it. ns. too, are america amy: that is crystal good testifying against amy coney barrett who once signed a newspaper advertisement that stated "it is time to put an

conductcted an exhaustive review ofof judge barrett's writingngs and decisis during her time onhe courtrt. theews are far outde mainstream. amamy: plus, we hear thehe testy of a mother frfrom west virgini, who once had an abortion, on why she opposeses the confirirmatiof amy coney rrett. >> president trurump has been clear he would only appointt justiceses who would overturn re v. wade. ununfortunately, i in leaing abt judgdge barrett's record, i undederstand why the president believes she passes the tetest. please, listen n to p people who have had abortions. hearars when we ask, do not confirm this nominee. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the united states is approaching 8 million confirmed coronavirus 64,000ons, surpassing cases for the first time sincece july.. momore thahan 1000 covid-19 deas were reported over the last 24 hours, with every region of the u.s. rate increased hospitalizations. wisconsin set another statewide record for infections with more cases700 new coronavirus reported thursdada

judge barrett is outstanding judge in the last three years on the courtrt of appeals.het went through a tough confirmation hearing where the democrats attacked her for her faith which is a pattern of the democrats attacking judges for their faith. whether it's dianne feinstein saying the dogma lives loudly within her or kamala harris attacking another nominee for belonging to the knights of columbus. you saw what they did to brett kavanaugh. i imagine it will be worse for judge barrett. i know she will stand up with resolve and she is going to make the american people proud. not only over the next few weeks for her confirmation for the years of service she has her on supreme court. >> sean: do you expect it will happen before the election? the timetable lindsey graham laid out is before the election. >> i see no reason why we wouldn't. the senate confirmed justicess in that amount of time before. remember, we just confirmed judge barrett fewer than three years ago. so there is not that much more to review. she has written a few dozen opinions. i have reviewed them all

courtrted in the district with the informing function that the community wanted this information that provided to the public about the president's finances. we moved to a hearing about michael cohen and his supposedly misconduct. there is a march letter explains that is what the committee is looking into. then there is the discussion of impeachment. now, we have the maloney memo that really takes michael cohen and puts them in the background. his allegations are no longer the substance of the investigation but we believe there are separate investigations that are now being used. norris: under the supreme court's decision and to the points you are just making, do we have to accept the committee legislative purposes on their face, or can we inquire as to the validity of that purpose? can the only inquire into the validity of the evidence that itsress uses to establish purposes? norris: i think the court said of the community needs to justify with evidence. part of that is that evidence needs to justify the significant steps of involving the president. i think that is a fairly searching

protect patients with pre-existing conditions doesn't negate the fact that the administration is in courtrt rit now trying to overturn the aca. overturning the aca means removing protections for 300,000 people under 65 with pre-existing conditions in a district that i represent. they help with cancer, diabetes, asthma, mental illness and many other conditions. apart from pre-existing conditions, i want to talk about another provision. in 2009 i was one of the authors and simply put, it doesn't allow a woman to be charged more than a man for the same healthcare plan simply because of her gender. my question do you imagine this gender-based provision would be protected if they were overturned in court and what would that mean for the women of the country? >> thank you, congresswoman. one way to tell that is the short-term plan and association plan that was talked about or able to charge more for their coverage and also to deny essential things that are important to everyone's health insurance coverage. even provisions that affect those like mentalik health and s these policies often do americ