i remember in 2003, justice kennedy, he was giving a speech to the american bar association. he said once those prison doors close, nobody cares what goes on. from my perspective, that is true. nobody sees, nobody cares. timee end of the day, my was extremely important when it comes to my ability to understand the system better because i got to see it from both sides, how destructive prison is to families, especially young kids. my own kids went through it when i was sent to prison. think firsthand, and i that was the benefit in pushing the president to sign the first that act. withr: my opinion is regarding this movement to defund, demoralize, disarmed the police, while the police are a target, they are not the target. the target is law-abiding men and women, the woman that does not want to get raped, the man that does not want to get mugg ed. to have the whole country look like -- is the goal to have the whole country look like baltimore after the freddie gray riots? record numbers of murders. is the endgame of defund the ,olice actually to expand crime expand violence, to

the american bar association restricts law schools from teaching virtually and that has led students all over the nation to give up on law school at least for now. marin is a pretty good window or has one into people are studying for law school. his company test max makes a study app and he's talked to some of those students so you did a poll of these students, and you found about a third of them were thinking about quitting. >> yeah, that's correct. so we did a survey with our users, our one l users and bar max users so across the spectrum from prelaw to law students and recent graduates to get a sense of what they were thinking with the forced chance litransition and harvard law students this will remain online because obviously, i think students are reconsidering the value proposition of $50,000 a year for zoom videos. >> yes, i would imagine so. i'll get to that in a second. says.me through what the bar i assume this is different sta w school over a video link. >> historically, that has been the case. there is a rule that they have, i want to say it's rule 306 where in 46 of the

nothing in the proposal seeks what we are doing is asking the state bar and the american bar association to prohibit candidates for district ritorney or current di attorneys from seeking political or financial support. -- directly from police unns. it is to avoid a conflict of interest that presents itself every single time the district attorney's office like my own is tasked with investceating an of force or murder. use >> want to turn to an incident in january. there was a young black man who was arrested. and, during that arrest a female san francisco police officer put her knee on his neck in a method that seemed similar to george floyd. there were five body cameras there on the police ofcers, but it was not until bystander video emerged in the last week thatabwe were to really see what happened in that situation. ed once you vithat bystander video you dismissed all the charges against the young man and put a new policy into place by which all other prosecutors have to review not only by the camera footage but also independent video footage before filing charges for resisting arrest

we forget the conservatism -- in the new deal an official spokesman for the american bar association writes an article where he says, the federal anernment is not institution. whatever it is this government should not be doing. couple that with what you see when you look in the newspapers at the time. january 1926, communists were into worldwide propaganda. october 22, 1926 the san francisco examiner, terror thug caught and confesses ford beaten with hammer and strike rights. whitney, month before the new york times, the american legion issued a report condemning radicalization in the public schools . "this is entirely out of place for discussions disregarding the united states government to be had in a institution supported by taxes especially when there are so great a presumption that organizations concerned are concerned with a parent body whose aims and objects are undermining our form of government." legionnt of the civil saying, "college trained men and women are the most dangerous element in the communist movement and communist doctrines are preached by renegade americans inst

he has been rated as very well-qualified by the american rbar association. the american bar association is not a right ring group at all. many on our side think they drift the other direction. t yet they have said this judges a well-qualified judge trade you think they'll be saying something like that about a judge you had antipathy? that is what is is a reckless and irresponsible statements unless you have something to back that up and support it. so madam president, i thought it would be important to respond to some the things the democratic leader just said in respect to the agenda here in the senate which i pointed out earlier is a very full one. if you compare it to the agenda of our colleagues and a democrat-controlled house, which is zilch because they are not here for the entire month it seems to me the senate is getting a lot of work done. some madam president when i came here to talk about, i came on the floor couple weeks ago to talk about how the coronavirus is highlighted how the internet works. despite the surge we've seen internet traffic, the coronavirus has

because of his appointments to the federal bench including some candidates unfit by the american bar associationat used to be a straight up disqualification. these days it is laughed at. trump's partner in this is lindsey graham, who because elections have consequences is chairman of the judiciary committee and they gavel through trump's choices on the radio a few weeks back graham said something that used to be whispered about in washington about old judges stepping aside for young judges and as you will hear he says the quiet part out loud. >> there have been 51 federal circuit court judges confirmed, two awaiting votes i think have had hearings. do you know if there are anymore judges out there eligible for senior status who will take so. >> if you are take it. >> would you stand on that? >> the point is and this is an historic opportunity. we put over 200 federal judges on the bench. i think 1 in 5 are trump appointees. if you get four more years it would change the judiciary for several generations. a pure circuit judge now would be a good time to do that if you want to make sure that the j

the american bar association is considered by many to be the gold standard for assessing judicial nominees. and the american bar association has awarded judge wilson its highest rating of well qualified to serve on the fifth circuit. i certainly agree with this assessment by the a.b.a. in recent weeks senators on both sides of the aisle have been able to question judge wilson about his judicial philosophy, and i believe he's shown a steadfast commitment to honoring the constitution and enforcing the laws passed by the congress as we've written them. judge wilson is a native of south mississippi. he currently serves on the mississippi court of appeals where he decides appellate matter, including civil, commercial, domestic, and criminal appeals. he graduated from my alma mater, the university of mississippi with highest honors and then he went on to yale law school where he distinguished himself in many respects. he served on the yale law journal, was a member of the yale chapter of the federalist society, and was on the bare i.r.s.er's union -- barrister's union which is given lent of the

for our viewers, here is the definition of qualified immunity, coming from the american bar association journal. they call it the doctrine that allows police to escape civil liability for violating a person's rights under section 1983 of the civil rights act when those rights are not "clearly established." can you tell us what that is in english and your views on it? guest: what it means in english, and individual officer cannot be held liable for violating someone's constitutional rights unless there is an exact tuition in that same circuit. for example, they put -- it is kind of a joke, but if you shoot, court finds that you shot someone on a horse and that violates constitutional right, in the next case when you shot someone on a burro, you can't show it violates their rights because it is a different animal. it is sort of a material and a relevant to the distinction. i will give you an example of that. there was a case where they had a strip in the road, a car they were pursuing, and the car went over and the supervisor told the officer to wait to go on the overpass, and the officer

. >> okay, very quickly, the american bar association filed an amicus brief on the side of the plaintiffs. why was that? >> well, frankly, i don't remember -- >> the idea that legal precedent counts. >> pete williams, pete, thank you so much. we appreciate all of your time. >> you bet. >> we'll be right back. >> you bet >> we'll be right back in your feet? get relief finally, with magnilife® pain relieving foot cream. while also restoring cracked, damaged, and itchy skin. and get living. available at your local retailer. iredefined the wordng th'school' this year. it's why, at xfinity, we're committed to helping kids keep learning through the summer. and help college students studying at home stay connected through our university program. we're providing affordable internet access to low income families through our internet essentials program. and this summer, xfinity is creating a virtual summer camp for kids at home- all on xfinity x1. we're committed to helping all families stay connected. learn more at xfinity.com/education. >>> that will do it for us tonight. we will be back tomorrow

>> it's great that you mention the american bar association brief, because they had never filed a brief abortion rights case in the supreme court before. but because the rule of law issue was so important, they filed here. so chief justice roberts, who descented in the case four years ago, joined the other four justices today in striking down the louisiana law. and he said because it was clear that it was the same law and that precedent dictated that when you have the same kind of case, you have got to follow the same law. >> so what does it say to you about the makeup of this court right now and how they might rule on future cases? >> well, you know, we take one case at a time. i mean, unfortunately, we had dissents today from justices kavanaugh and gorsuch, the trump appointees on the supreme court, so we remain concerned about what happens in the future. i mean, there has been a relentless campaign against a woman's right to make decisions about her health and future and her rights to make decisions about abortion. and we have seen over 450 cases since 2011. the center for reproducti

and he's been rated as very well-qualified by the american bar association. the american bar association isn't a right-wing group at all. many on our side think they certainly drift the other direction. yet they say this judge is a well-qualified judges. you think they'd be saying something like that about a judge who had antipathy for civil rights? i mean, that's just a -- i would say a reckless and irresponsible statement, unless you have something to back that up and support it. so, madam president, i just thought it would be important to respond to some of the things that the democratic leader just said with respect to the agenda here in the senate, which as i pointed out earlier is a very full one. and if you compare it to the agenda of our colleagues in the democrat-controlled house, which is zilch because they're not here for the entire month, it seems to me the senate is getting a lot of work done. so, madam president, what i came here to talk about i came down to the floor a couple of weeks ago to talk about how the coronavirus has the networks. with

it issing jud significant that american bar association, which many people call the gold standard for assessing judicial candidates, recently gave judge wilson its highest rating of well-qualified to serve on the e fifth circuit.rves o he's a native of the mississippi gulf coast. judge wilson currently serves on the mississippi court of appealo as the chair just stated, where he decides appellate matters including civil, commercial, domestic, and criminal appeals. he graduated sum coupum laud fr my alma mater. he was a member of the yale chapter of the federalist be society and was on the bare ciu rhysers union which would be called the moot court.not clerk for udgelaw judge cox on the 11th circuit court of appeals.ellow at so, court of appeals is not strange territory for judge wilson. he was a white house, judg fell the department of defense. before becoming a judge, judge wilson was an accomplished tatea lawyer in private practice, served in senior roles in mississippi secretary of state and treasury offices and also represented mississippi's 73rd district for one term in the state

i remember in 2003, justice kennedy, he was giving a speech to the american bar association.e said once those prison doors close, nobody cares what goes on. from my perspective, that is true. nobody sees, nobody cares. timee end of the day, my was extremely important when it comes to my ability to understand the system better because i got to see it from both sides, how destructive prison is to families, especially young kids. my own kids went through it when i was sent to prison. think firsthand, and i that was the benefit in pushing the president to sign the first that act. withr: my opinion is regarding this movement to defund, demoralize, disarmed the police, while the police are a target, they are not the target. the target is law-abiding men and women, the woman that does not want to get raped, the man that does not want to get mugg ed. to have the whole country look like -- is the goal to have the whole country look like baltimore after the freddie gray riots? record numbers of murders. is the endgame of defund the ,olice actually to expand crime expand violence, to ha

the american bar association rates mr. wilson well qualified. once we confirm judge wilson today, the senate will have confirmed 200, 200 of president trump's nominees to lifetime appointments on the federal bench. and following number 200, when we depart this chamber today, there will not be a single circuit court vacancy anywhere in the nation for the first time in at least 40 years. not be a single circuit court vacancy anywhere in the nation for the first time in at least 40 years. as i've said many times, madam president, our work with the administration's to renew our federal courts is not a partisan or political victory. it's a victory for the rule of law and for the constitution itself. if judges applying the law and the constitution as they're written strikes any of our colleagues as a threat to their political agenda, then the problem, i would argue, is with their agenda. now on another matter, today was supposed to bring progress for an issue that is weighing heavily on the minds of americans. in the wake of the killings of breonna ta

for our viewers, here is the definition of qualified immunity, coming from the american bar associationournal. they call it the doctrine that -- allows police to escape civil liability for violating a person's rights under section 1983 of the civil rights act when those rights are not "clearly established." can you tell us what that is in english and your views on it? in english,it means and individual officer cannot be held liable for violating someone's constitutional rights unless there is an exact tuition in that same circuit. -- it isle, they put kind of a joke, but if you shoot , court finds that you shot someone on a horse and that violates constitutional right, in the next case when you shot burro, you can't show it violates their rights because it is a different animal. it is sort of a material and a relevant to the distinction. i will give you an example of that. hade was a case where they , a car theyhe road were pursuing, and the car went over and the supervisor told the to go on theit overpass, and the officers had no, i want to go up on the overpass and shoot up a car. the

applied this standing to uphold americans religious liberty and he earned the approval of the american bar associationith a rating of well qualified. but, of course, judge walker's credentials were already sterling. long before this nominee began practicing and then applying the law he was applauded for his excellence at studying it. judge walker, as i mentioned before graduated from duke university summa cum laude, harvard magnum cum laude. he led clerkships for judge brett kavanaugh and anthony kennedy 57bd then back home to the university of louisville law school. he quickly became a star faculty member producing distinguished scholarship on a wide range of legal issues and once he took his current seat on the bench for the western district of kentucky, he wasted no time to build an equally strong reputation for the fairness and open-mindedness that americans deserve from their judges. in one letter from colleagues on the judiciary committee, 100 practicing lawyers from across kentucky said, quote, if judge walker is confirmed, we could give our clients an assessment for him for which any judge he'

letter to chairman johnson and ranking member roby and the american association of judges and the results of a study in a recent survey by the federal bar association and its members on legal practices in the covid-19 era. without objection, so admitted. i will recognize myself for an opening statement. welcome to the senate committee hearing on courts during the covid-19 pandemic best practices and opportunities for innovation and lessons for the future. for more than seven years congress has provided quote all courts of the united states shall be deemed to be always open end quote. that congressional mandate and the principles it embodies have been dashed by the pandemic sweeping across the country. the idea of open justice is fundamental and innate constitutional democracy. it encompasses a range of meanings but today i'm going to focus on three. first, it must be open for business to be able to not just received emotions but to hear arguments hold trials and issue decisions without the undue -- [inaudible] second our courts must be open to the public because of decisions are made in the dark -- and third justice means that our court

associate dean for faculty development. at chicago-kent college of law. he is also a fellow at the american bar foundation and editor of law and social inquiry. he writes and teaches mainly in areas of constitutional law and legal history. gentlemen -- ladies and gentlemen, ask you to join me in welcoming our esteemed scholars. thank you. [applause] can you hear me. first, lee, thank you very much introduction. thank you to the organizers of this amazing festival. i have never been here before and i'm not sure why. it has been. it is hard to -- talking about murder, it's hard to know how much people know about it. i will start with the story and then talk about things that may be less obvious. bookng -- working on this for 10 years -- steve and i were talking about this before. you always think, this one is going to be easy. this will not be hard. if you know the story at all, in the till was a 14-year-old chicago kid who, one summer in august of 1955, went down to tosissippi in the delta visit his uncles and cousins. a few times,here three or four times. he was going with his uncle who led men

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