amy: we will speak to jamil dakwar of the american civil liberties union. and then tennis superstar serena williams calls out sexism in the sport after she is repeatedly penalized in the u.s. open byby a male umpire. >> for me to say thief it'd take again, that is a sexist remarar. he has never took a game from a man because they said thief. it blows my y mind. amy: we will speak to penn state professor amira rose davis. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump's national security adviser john bolton threatened sanctions against international criminal court judges if they proceed with an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by u.s. troops in afghanistan. >> we will ban its judges and prosecutors from entering the united states. we will sanction their funds in the u.s. mental system, and we will prosecute them in the u.s. criminal system. we will do the same for any company or state that assist in icc investigation of americans. amy: that was national secu

or murder cases the police department the noise those allegations the american civil liberties union believes that by deleting the text messages the long beach police department may have breached the california record for tension and evidence disclosure legislations potentially putting thousands of cases at risk . in response to the investigation the long beach police department issued a statement saying that the use of the app would be suspended effective immediately pending further review of whether the use is consistent with the city's record retention policy and as part of the review of internal communication practices the city will be reviewing best practices and current case law. simon bozeman joins us now on sat he's an investigative reporter for al-jazeera we're also joined in san francisco by eva galperin the director of cyber security at the electronic frontier foundation and in los angeles by mohammed taps are national security staff attorney at the american civil liberties union that's the a.c.l.u. of southern california welcome to the stream everyone now simon as we saw

she was a lawyer, an official of the american civil liberties union. her name was on briefs, documents, memos promoting policies that in many cases, 80 percent of the american people would disagree with. she comes up before the united states senate just a couple years before they tried to do too clarence thomas what are the republican senators say wait. she is outside the mainstream. and then with a bunch of republican senators. and to say i don't agree with you and to put onto the supreme court and then next time there is a republican president. and then with a confirmed of a vote 96 /-slash three. this is a travesty i cannot imagine what it has felt like for judge kavanaugh to be in that hearing room with the things. almost like political waterboarding that is the confirmation process. and almost all the people i am naming our people that believe they have a great chance to become the next leftist progressive president of the united states. look at senator booker who announced at the hearing he was going to break committee rules to be confidential doc

hina shamsi is the director of the american civil liberties union's national security project. she recently wrote a piece titled "on national security, kavanaugh has a history of extreme deference to the president." and vince warren is the executive director of the center for constitutional rights, which joined more than 180 groups in a statement opposing judge kavanaugh's confirmation, saying he is an ideological extremist who lacks the fair-mindedness necessary to serve a lifetime appointment on the supreme court. we welcome both of you back to democracy now! this letter you wrote, what so dedeeply concerned a about judge kavavanaugh? >> if you look back at his record, what you see is someone who was deeply, deeply hostile for the right. republicans will talk about him as a centrist, as some one who is here, 72 follows the law. but they're looking at it the wrong way. if you look at this particular nominee on the spectrum -- are they in favor of presidential and state power and corporate power versus are they in favor of people power, almost invisibly, he will go as deeply as

involved shootings or murder cases the police department the noise those allegations the american civil liberties union believes that by deleting the text messages the long beach police department may have breached the california record for tension and evidence disclosure legislations potentially putting thousands of court cases at risk in response to the investigation the long beach police department issued a statement saying that the use of the app would be suspended effective immediately pending further review of whether the use is consistent with the city's record retention policy and as part of the review of internal communication practices the city will be reviewing best practices and current case law. simon bozeman joins us now on sat he's an investigative reporter for al-jazeera we're also joined in san francisco by eva galperin the director of cyber security at the electronic frontier foundation and in los angeles by mohammed taps are national security staff attorney at the american civil liberties union that's the a.c.l.u. of southern california welcome to the stream everyone now simon as we

says that they have the right to seek legal counsel according to a lawsuit filed by the american civil liberties union a number of parents reported being threatened and coerced into signing this document. a judge then ordered the government to add a third option requesting a lawyer. as we were filming we heard about a group of detained parents that had been given this new form in late july the forms had three options which was i want to be deported with my child i want to be deported without my child or want to talk to a lawyer essentially is what the options were but according to lawyers who met with these parents they didn't really have an option of the boxes have been pre-checked by hand for a option an option one which was i want to be deported with my child and the officers told everyone that they had to sign and we were the first journalist they spoke to about what happened. in the detention center doesn't allow cameras in so we arrange phone calls with them through and in ca sion house a local nonprofit that works with immigrants all that you can when you are you know maybe one of those parents

or murder cases the police department the noise those allegations the american civil liberties union believes that by deleting the text messages the long beach police department may have breached the california record for tension and evidence disclosure legislations potentially putting thousands of cases at risk . in response to the investigation the long beach police department issued a statement saying that the use of the app would be suspended effective immediately pending further review of whether the use is consistent with the city's record retention policy and as part of the review of internal communication practices the city will be reviewing best practices and current case law. simon bozeman joins us now on sat he's an investigative reporter for al-jazeera we're also joined in san francisco by eva galperin the director of cyber security at the electronic frontier foundation and in los angeles by mohammed taps are national security staff attorney at the american civil liberties union that's the a.c.l.u. of southern california welcome to the stream everyone now simon as we saw

or murder cases the police department the noise those allegations the american civil liberties union believes that by deleting the text messages the long beach police department may have breached the california record for tension and evidence disclosure legislations potentially putting thousands of cases at risk . in response to the investigation the long beach police department issued a statement saying that the use of the app would be suspended effective immediately pending further review of whether the use is consistent with the city's record retention policy and as part of the review of internal communication practices the city will be reviewing best practices and current case law. simon bozeman joins us now on sat he's an investigative reporter for al-jazeera we're also joined in san francisco by eva galperin the director of cyber security at the electronic frontier foundation and in los angeles by mohammed taps are national security staff attorney at the american civil liberties union that's the a.c.l.u. of southern california welcome to the stream everyone now simon as we saw

a spectator and got a standing ovation from the crowd there he's been honored by the american civil liberties union for standing up for free speech so this is a very divisive issue as divisive as american politics itself right now and now it's all coming out and being reignited all over again right as the season of football is about to start in christian terms with a new season about to get on the way what new rules regarding cards from those being brought in. while. the national football league the n.f.l. hasn't decided on a new policy back in may they announced that players would have to either stand for the national anthem or stay in the locker room during the national anthem or face of fine but the players' association wasn't having that they protested and filed a grievance since then the players and the team owners have been trying to come to some sort of compromise about what it except of a behavior whether there should be a punishment the fact that president trump has been a vocal critic of this movement was weighing on the n.f.l. as well and here we are opening day and they still don't have

by jamie in the choir in new york he's the director of the human rights program at the american civil liberties union very good to have you with us on al-jazeera mr so if is the one if the white house is trying to prevent any i.c.c. investigation into afghanistan should they be worried you know what is the case against american soldiers amongst others in the governance than. no doubt to the white house the national security advisor is trying to intimidate the judges and the prosecutors of the i.c.c. they're trying to threaten with sanctions criminal sanctions is no less it's a really very very dangerous act by by someone who really has been hostile mr bolton himself as was mentioned earlier was a bush administration ambassador to the u.n. and within that administration he he went against i see now he has a chance under trum do not only to shut down the investigation as the united states but also to undermine the credibility of the i.c.c. as one of the foremost and most important judicial bodies that is in charge of fighting impunity and i think this is really important this is part and parcel of a ge

civil rights and liberties during tea the constitution. including the free-speech rights enshrined by the first amendment. in 1991, she became the first woman and youngest person to be named president of the american civil liberties union. has maden, she thousands of public presentations on issues of constitutional law at hundreds of college and university campuses from across america in the growth. she is also -- has also made or accolades are many, including being named one of the most 100 influential lawyers in america, been included in america's 200 most beingntial women, and listed among the 350 women who changed the world. she has also been awarded the media institute freedom of speech award, the free-speech coalitions freedom isn't free award, and the american bar association's margaret grant. that celebrates the accomplishment that women lawyers who have excelled in their field and have paved the way to success for other women lawyers. professor strossen stepped down as president of the aclu in 2008, no less than supreme court justices and constantly a and later conflict joined in the luncheon here in washington dc to tell -- to celebrate her tenure. i chose to attend new york law school in no small part becaus

according to a lawsuit filed by the american civil liberties union a number of parents reported being threatened and coerced into signing this document. a judge then ordered the government to add a third option requesting a lawyer. as we were filming we heard about a group of detained parents that had been given this new form in late july the forms had three options which was i want to be deported with my child i want to be deported without my child i want to talk to a lawyer essentially is what the options were but according to lawyers who met with these parents they didn't really have an option of the boxes have been pre-checked by hand for a option an option one which was i want to be deported with one child and the officers told everyone that they had to sign and we were the first journalist they spoke to about what happened. the detention center doesn't allow cameras in so we arrange phone calls with them through and in ca sion house a local nonprofit that works with immigrants all that. you know maybe one of those parents was mighty young we changed his name because he's afraid

kimberly help get al-jazeera washington to juarez director of the human rights program american civil liberties union he says the u.s. is treating the i.c.c. judges as if that will criminals it's a really very very dangerous act by by someone who really has been hostile and mr bolton himself as was mentioned earlier was a bush administration ambassador to the u.n. and within that administration he he went against i see now he has a chance under trump to not only to shut down the investigation as united states but also to undermine the credibility of the i.c.c. as one of the foremost and the most important judicial bodies that is in charge of fighting impunity and i think this is really important this is part and parcel of a general policy of the u.s. in particular under trump to deny any foreign jurisdiction with regard to u.s. war crimes or crimes against humanity we saw the u.s. going to europe to germany to spain even under the obama administration pressuring those countries to sgt loz investigations that attempted to do what the u.s. government and the u.s. judicial system failed to do that is to

according to a lawsuit filed by the american civil liberties union a number of parents reported being threatened and coerced into signing this document. a judge then ordered the government to add a third option requesting a lawyer. as we were filming we heard about a group of detained parents that had been given this new form in late july the forms had three options which was i want to be deported with my child i want to be deported without my child or want to talk to a lawyer essentially is what the options were but according to lawyers who met with these parents they didn't really have an option of the boxes have been pre-checked by hand for a option an option one which was i want to be deported with my child and the officers told everyone that they had to sign and we were the first journalist they spoke to about what happened. in the detention center doesn't allow cameras in so we arrange phone calls with them through and in ca sion house a local nonprofit that works with immigrants all that. one of those parents was mighty young we changed his name because he's afraid of retaliati

maintain determination to pursue this this forward even without us cooperation that is the american civil liberties union. thank you very much for your time we appreciate it. let's move on to other news now turkey's president has warned that the consequences of an action and servia madness and that the entire world stands to pay the prize for the wall street journal budget side at the on that syrian president bashar assad was looking to legitimize the imminent attack on counterterrorism croutons at the monochord on the us to stop focusing on chemical attacks adding that conventional weapons have a sponsible far more deaths but he also said that the obligation to stop the bloodshed does not rest solely with the west saying russia and iran responsible at the long one that of regime assault would also create serious humanitarian and security risks for turkey europe. and beyond whatever one's pleas for a political solution commas the united nations says that thirty thousand people have already been displaced within problems in the last week alone many of them are now heading towards turkey stephanie decker h

office in washington so we'll dock why is the director of the human rights program of the american civil liberties union he says that john bolton has long opposed the existence of the international criminal court. now he has a chance under trump do not only to shut down the investigation as united states but also to undermine the credibility of the i.c.c. as one of the foremost and most important judicial bodies that is in charge of fighting impunity and i think this is really important this is part and parcel of a general policy of the u.s. in particular under trump to deny any for injuries diction with regard to u.s. war crimes or crimes against humanity the united nations says that thirty thousand people have been displaced within syria's province in the last week alone due to an increase in the number of airstrikes turkey's president is calling on the international community to take action to stop the russian and syrian government attacks at least two people are dead ten others injured in libya's capital tripoli after gunmen stormed the headquarters of the national oil corporation security forces sa

the aclu, the american civil liberties union have written a letter which i have provided you which strongly has opposed, as they have for many, many years, more than ten years, and yet the supervisors have quiet approve this unfortunate, and, for some people may become a disastrous installation. i hope that you will think about that and oppose. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, my name is karen fleshman. i come here tonight as a mom, as a mentor, and as a community member. if young black women can't be safe in the bay area, where can they be safe. i ask that this body recognize that it is racism that is killing our young people and to work tirelessly to end racism. white people, public officials, new comers to san francisco like myself, tech professionals, ending racism is on us. we must change ourselves and our relationshipst and our spears of influence and use our influences and hire people of color, stop applying our brilliant to developing some stupid app, and apply it to creating a safe community. supervisors, more police officers will not keep ou

the american civil liberties union immigrants rights project said it's sickening to see the united statesto jail more children for longer. that's the complete opposite of what we should be doing and it's yet another example of the trump administration's hostility towards immigrants resulting in a policy incompatible with the most basic human values. this ultimately will end up back in the courts, shep. >> shepard: jonathan hunt. this weekend, thousands of people will race for a cure in central park. our gerri willis, survivors of all survivors will be there leading the team. we'll talk to her about her fight against breast cancer and why this race is so important. allergies with sinus congestion and pressure? you won't find relief here. go to the pharmacy counter for powerful claritin-d. while the leading allergy spray relieves 6 symptoms... claritin-d relieves 8, including sinus congestion and pressure. claritin-d relieves more. >> shepard: thousands of people are ready to show up for the susan g. komen race for the cure in new york city. nobody should die from breast cancer. no man, nor

. >> both bills were supported by the american civil liberties union and are now on governor brown's desk. >>> pro and anti law enforcement protesters squared off in sacramento today. law enforcement supporters organized a gathering to honor a fallen sheriff's deputy, mark stasiak, killed in the line of duty yesterday. activists representing the black lives matter movement held a counterprotest about police brutality against people of color, demanding justice for stephon clark, an unarmed black man killed by sacramento police six months ago. >> because a couple of cops don't do right doesn't mean they're all bad. i'm here for the good ones. >> he was a young man. i feel for his spouse, too. but the thing is that -- that they hope they're going to -- they're going to hold that person accountable. but what about my grandson? >> today sacramento sheriff identified 38-year old anton moore as the suspect in the death of the deputy. >>> san francisco police have a new state of the art training simulator which the department is integrating into its use of force classes. it is so realistic r

to bring in our supreme court panel, carrie servino and we have the director for the american civil liberties union. thank you for joining. for lack of a better word, an intense week this week. i want to start with you, carrie. judge kavanaugh's approval rating, so-to-speak, has gone down since august among some expected groups, talking about suburban women, he's down 11 points, amongst independents he's down 12 points, amongst democrats he's down 5 points. his support is down across the board, including with republicans, down 4 points on this poll and then among men, he's down 5 points. so my question to you is why not at this point just nominate another conservative justice if indeed the goal is for president trump and i think it's a reasonable one by most people's standards to put someone in place on the bench to to replace justice kennedy that will move the court further to the right under conservative viewpoints, why does it have to be specifically brett kavanaugh. >> a couple things. i'm not sure when the poll was taken. looking at our polling, for example in west virginia, we saw that after

as the director of human rights program at the american civil liberties union he says john bolton has long opposed the existence of the i.c.c. . now he has a chance under trump do not only to shut down the investigation as united states but also to undermine the credibility of the i.c.c. as one of the foremost and the most important judicial bodies that is in charge of fighting impunity and i think this is really important this is part and parcel of a general policy of the u.s. in particular under trump to deny any for injuries diction with regard to u.s. work crimes or crimes against humanity. thousands of people have been displaced within syria's province in the last week alone due to an increase in the number of as strikes against president is calling on international community to take action to stop the russian and syrian government attacks. eighteen people have been killed in central nigeria after a gas depo exploded it happened in the other camps of nasr our state more than forty others were taken to hospital with serious burns. lawyers brazil's jailed former president luiz inac

it's been done thanks to the leg work of volunteers, of groups like the american civil liberties unionurnalists. because the government has not provided enough information, enough contact info for investigators to go about this very complicated process. not only of reuniting children and their parents who might be scattered all over the united states but reuniting many children of the united states whose parents have been deported. of the 400 and some children still separated, most have parents now in central america. the problem is not only finding them but you have to remember these are people who may live in rural areas. they may be illiterate or -- >> difficult to find. >> yes. many of them, as a result of this trauma, may be very reluctant to talk with anyone who shows up claiming to be the representative of a government. >> isn't it the case that many of the people you are describing right now, they may have voluntarily left simply because they didn't understand, you know, i guess the instructions -- >> exactly. >> the government saying, you know, they left voluntarily without th

>> i think if president obama had brought in the president of the american civil liberties union andg you make choices of who i put on the supreme court and none of us are going to tell the public who's in the room while you vet the candidates, see what promises are made, the 11 republican heads on the judiciary committee would have exploded. and the fact that they are just rolling with these punches i think is a sign that the big interests behind the federalist society, behind kavanaugh are also behind all these senators and nobody wants to quarrel with the big funders of their party. it is all line up, salute, drive this guy onto the court. >> you're one of the more thorough legal minds i interviewed in the senate. i think that's why you're on judiciary, i know you were state attorney general, you sort of -- this is your home turf. help the viewer tomorrow. when various senators ask the question about settled law, what should they be listening for when it comes to if they have -- if they care about the roe decision? >> the phrase settled law basically means that there has been a ma

. >> reporter: but in a recent test the american civil liberties union of northern california found thisly matched faces of 28 members of congress to suspect's mug shots in police departments saying the false matches were disproportionately of people of color, including six members of the congressional black caucus. amazon responded in a statement saying facial recognition, apis and recognition is 80%, which is good for a broad set of general use cases, such as identifying celebrities on social media or family members who look alike in photo apps but it's not the right setting for public safety use cases and privacy advocates are sounding the alarm. >> when that technology is used by government to either identify people as a suspect of a crime, it's concerning because it sort of flips our presumption of innocence that i think our society is based on. >> reporter: cyber security experts also tell us nothing, not even clear, is hack proof. how can a consumer be sure that it's a safe gamble to give up your biometric information? >> there are always risks in presenting and giving your person

i teach at school, constitutional law and the president of the american civil liberties union where we think about truth and journalism and many other things and i'm glad to have panel who had written three terrific rooms, next to me linda greenhouse who covered the u.s. supreme court for the new york times and linda currently teaching at yale law school and writes twice monthly opinion column for the time's website as contributing columnist. the latest book just a journalist which would be on sale today memoir in reflection on the practice of journalism today, latest of 5 books which include becoming justice blackman, biography of the supreme court justice who wrote roe v. wade and the u.s. supreme court of very short introduction. next to linda is april ryan, many of you will also recognize, april ryan is a white house reporter for american urban radio networks and cnn political analyst, april has a unique advantage point of the only black female reporter covering urban issues in the white house, the position she has held since clinton when area, author of award-winning books of pres

we've been speaking to jimmy doll who is director of the human rights program at the american civil liberties union and he says the u.s. is treating the i.c.c. judges as if they're war criminals. it's a really very very dangerous act by by someone who really has been hostile and mr bolton himself as was mentioned earlier was a bush administration ambassador to the u.n. and within that administration he he went against i see now he has a chance under trump to not only to shut down the investigation as the united states but also to undermine the credibility of the i.c.c. as one of the foremost and the most important judicial bodies that is in charge of fighting impunity and i think this is really important and this is part and parcel of a general policy of the u.s. in particular under trump to deny any for injuries diction with regard to u.s. war crimes or crimes against humanity we saw the u.s. going to europe to germany to spain even under the obama administration pressuring those countries to sgt loz investigations that attempted to do what the u.s. government and the u.s. judicial system failed t

the american civil liberties union said it appears ice officials had access to the phone numbers of hundrededsf parents of separated children befofore a federalal court's jue 26 family reunification deadline, but intentionally withheld the phone numbers for months. for more, we're joined by a cathleene in new york, caron is founder & executive director of justice in motion, an advocacy group p for migrant. welcome to democracy now! proposedle is the regulatory changes, so there'll be 60 days for the public to comment on it, and it is when you put into effect in a supposedly, the flores agreement, which will then and that agreement but the idea that -- that is the concern. 416 the government says children still remain separated from their parents?? >> right. our focus is searching for the deported parents. that is our role in this search. there is roughly around 400 parents that were deported to their countrtries of origin, mostly guatemala. and so we are part of a steering .ocommittee e to the aclu lawsut it is comprised of women's refugee comommission, kind, a lw firm, and justice in motion.

according to a lawsuit filed by the american civil liberties union a number of parents reported being threatened and coerced into signing this document. a judge then ordered the government to add a third option requesting a lawyer. as we were filming we heard about a group of detained parents that had been given this new form in late july the forms had three options which was i want to be deported with my child i want to be deported without my child or want to talk to a lawyer essentially is what the options were but according to lawyers who met with these parents they didn't really have an option of the boxes had been pre-checked by hand for a option an option one which was i want to be deported with my child and the officers told everyone that they had to sign and we were the first journalist they spoke to about what happened. in the detention center doesn't allow cameras in so we arrange phone calls with them through and in ca sion house a local nonprofit that works with immigrants all that. you know maybe one of those parents was mighty young we changed his name because he's afrai

speaker into the record two letters in opposition to the bill from civil liberty and privacy advocates, including the american civil liberties union, the due process institute, freedom works, the national association of criminal defense lawyers, the project on government oversight, defebbeding rights -- defending rights, and america's technology institute, among others. i remain committed to fighting against human trafficking. but this bill may result in serious unintended consequences for innocent people, including losing access to the money and to a financial system based on the mere accusation from a nonprofit. for these reasons, i oppose this bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from colorado is recognized. mr. tipton: mr. speaker, i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentlelady from new york is ecognized. ms. velazquez: mr. speaker, i yield to the gentlelady from new york, my good friend, carolyn maloney, such time as she may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from ne

someone of the stature of the former president of the americans for civil liberties union like nadine strossen who can say very clearly what the law is and what the options are. then i think if many of the prestigious colleges do this, there will be another 100 that will save maybe i will get on as well and i would have it moved through 2, 3, 4, 5 years. you combine that with the consumer's report of 100 colleges. the 100 best free speech campuses and the 25 worst. the combination of those two things could make a real difference fairly quickly. mr. rosenstein: senator, i want to thank you for a superb segue for a next and final presentation. with a much appreciate you spending time with us today. we want to thank you for your long-standing and continuous commitment to education and the first amendment. thank you very much. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] here's what's live on tuesday. officials from the pentagon an

week, a broad array of advocates have expressed opposition to this bill, including the american civil liberties union, families against mandatory minute mums -- ms. jackson lee: i yield the gentleman an additional minute. mr. nadler: i thank the gentlelady. asian americans advancing justice, the immigrant defense project, the national center for lesbian rights, national association of criminal defense lawyers, and others. such opposition should at the very least tell us we should not be considering this legislation without thoughtful deliberation. this bill is a perfect example of a bill whose topics should be covered but we can do it properly instead of having a sloppyly drafted bill that does things we don't know it does, doesn't do things we think it does, we must have a hearing, we should have testimony, we should carefully consider this bill. then, we should pass some version of it. for these reasons i oppose passage of this version of this bill and ask we take the time to examine this issue through regular order. i yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the

i teach at school, constitutional law and the president of the american civil liberties union where we think about truth and journalism and many other things and i'm glad to have panel who had written three terrific rooms, next to me linda greenhouse who covered the u.s. supreme court for the new york times and linda currently teaching at yale law school and writes twice monthly opinion column for the time's website as contributing columnist. the latest book just a journalist which would be on sale today memoir in reflection on the practice of journalism today, latest of 5 books which include becoming justice blackman, biography of the supreme court justice who wrote roe v. wade and the u.s. supreme court of very short introduction. next to linda is april ryan, many of you will also recognize, april ryan is a white house reporter for american urban radio networks and cnn political analyst, april has a unique advantage point of the only black female reporter covering urban issues in the white house, the position she has held since clinton when area, author of award-winning books of pres

civil rights and liberties guaranteed by the constitution. includesing t in 1991 professor strassen became the first woman and yu youngest person to be named president of the american civil liberties union and made thousands of public presentations on constitutional law at hundreds of college and university campuses across america and the globe. and she's also made innumerable television and radio appearances. professor strassen's accolades are many including to name just a few being named one of the 100 most influential lawyers in america by the "national law journal." being included among america's 200 most influential women by "vanity fair" and being listed among the 350 women who change the world by "working woman" magazine. he's also been awarded the media institute's freedom of speech award. the free speech coalition's freedom isn't free award. and the american bar association's margaret brent women lawyers of achievement award. which celebrates the accomplishments of women lawyers who excelled in their field and paved the way to success for other women lawyers. and when professor strassen stepped down as president of the aclu in 2008, no less than supreme court justices antonin s

before i close, i'd like to include in the record a letter from the american civil liberties union in opposition to this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: thank you. madam speaker, it's our duty as members of congress to ensure that counterterrorism pilot programs are effective prior to permanently authorizing them. as i mentioned at the outset, d.h.s. has a number of proven overseas border and counterterrorism programs that has strong congressional bipartisan support. however, with all due respect the chairma the effectiveness of bitmap as a counterterrorsm program has noteen established. a permanent authorization of h. 6439 is premature. given the classified nature of this program, some members are unfamiliar with it and there are natural limitations as to what we are able to discuss on the house floor, but i understand that at an unclassified staff levels, threats in the caribbean i.c.e. said that bitmap is working and successful but fail to provide dateate to back up the ertions i'll concede that i.c.e. has -- antidotes and i don't however, whe

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every civil libertarian in the country liberal conservative republican democrat led by american civil liberties unionthe accuser, you get on the witness stand, you testify, you make your accusations you get cross-examined then accused responds it turns entire legal system on its head it is insane to ask an accused person to deny the accusation before he has heard thank you accusation made. >> continue background check call everybody else who may have been at this party all that is true but the idea that he goes first? i want to hear from the american civil liabilities union where are they? this is the most fundamental denial of due process. >> so do you think that the senate judiciary committee would never agree to these terms. >> never, it would be outrageous to put the person who is being accused on the wonders stand -- witness stands would you deny we think we may have heard in newspaper there is a letter not showing letter to senator feinstein now set out your argument your case, i would never in a million easier let a client be subjected to kangaroo court like that. >> you are kind of getting at

ruth bader ginsburg had been a lawyer and official in the american civil liberties union. ican people would disagree with. she comes up before the united states senate just a couple of years after they tried to do what they tried to do to clarence thomas. when you think the republican senators back then would say, wait a minute. this woman is outside the mainstream. what happened? senatorsf republican that wanted to prove that unlike the other guys, they were gentlemen. said, ms. ginsburg, i don't agree with you on many issues but the president has a right to put on the supreme court who he wants to put on. as if that would buy them equity the next time there was a republican president. ruth bader ginsburg. two years after clarence thomas. of 96-3.rmed by a vote shame is exactly right. that brings us up to today. this is a travesty. what it hasgine felt like for judge kavanaugh to be in that hearing room with some of the sense that have been said. it's a most like political waterboarding. that's what our confirmation process has become. look at some of the specific senators

she been able to successfully distinguish between her role as general counsel for the american civil liberties union, in her role as a judge? >> in my observation, she, yes, excellent justice on the supreme court it is a not for me to be commenting too much on supreme court justices, but she obviously decides cases fairly and impartially and was a judge on the d c circuit who was widely respected, as she is on the supreme court. >> and justice breyer, who was the democrats chief counsel and the senate judiciary committee, do you think he has been able to successfully make the change asween that job and the role judge, circuit judge first, and then now as a member of the united states up in court? >> yes. >> attacking the claims administration's assertions during your work of the office of independent counsel on the other hand helping to draft whichive order 13233 establishes policies and procedures that govern the processing of request for presidential records and the assertion of constitutionally based privileges. set this executive order forth those circumstances under which an assertion of execut

to she been able successfully distinguish between her role as general counsel for the american civil liberties union and her role as a judge? yes, sheobservation, is an excellent justice on the supreme court and it's not for me to be commenting too much on supreme court justices, but i think generously decides cases fairly and impartially and was a judge on the d.c. circuit judge and was widely respected as she is on the supreme court. comingjustice breyer with the democrats chief counsel committee, hasy he been successfully able to make the change between that job in the role a circuit judge first and now as a member of the united states supreme court? click yes. yesterday helping to draft executive order 13233 which establishes policies and procedures to govern the processing of requests for presidential records and the assertion of constitutionally based privileges. order setexecutive forth the circumstances under which an assertion of executive privilege should be made or would be successful and does anything in the executive order report to block prosecutors or grand jury's from gaining access

griff: the american civil liberties union issuing a rare statement against judge kavanaugh despite itsositions of justice, but the allegations against him. griff: tammy bruce is here to talk about this. tammy. >> a lot of fantastical things have been said over the past couple of weeks and that's one of them. the aclu has always issued an opinion. they couch it differently. it's not like they've never said anything. they issue reports; right? and reviews. and you can go and look at judge gorsuch and aclu and you'll see a series of statements, "oh, we're worried, his position on this, in life of that, it's like it's a concern to us." what they're doing here is being a little bit more honest. they're admitting that this is what they do. they're supposed to be non nonpartisan. look. this is the other irony of this, to be against this man. the clug used to stand for civil rights, where due process was important; right? that you don't prejudge, someone, damn it that you actually take seriously our system and the fact that you're going to be giving protections to especially the accused. a lot

ruth bader ginsburg have been a lawyer, an official in the american civil liberties union. american people would disagree with. and so she comes up before the united states senate just a couple years after they tried to do what they tried to do to clarence thomas. wouldn't you think the republican senators back then would say now wait a minute, this woman is outside the mainstream. no. what happened saturday go back and look at was a bunch of republican senators wanted to prove unlike the other guys they were gentlemen. some of them said well, you know, ms. ginsburg, i don't agree with you on many issues but the the president has righo put on the supreme court who he wants to put on. as if that would buy them equity the next time there was a republican president. ruth bader ginsburg two years after clarence thomas was confirmed by a vote of 96-three. shane is exactly right. now look, that brings us up to today. this is a travesty. i cannot imagine what it is that like for judge kavanaugh to be in that hearing room with some of the things that have been pulled. i mean, it's a

the one thing that's clear where is the american civil liberties union protecting the rights civil libertiesack to the day was of the inquisition. they would call some poor guy. in we are not telling you what you are accused of or who your accuser is we want you to testify and then we will present your accusers. that's not the way it works in america. the accuser goes first. she gets cross-examined. then the accused has an opportunity to respond. anna: what do you make about the request of her attorneys, the request that they made of no lawyers, just the lawmakers instead, and he goes first rather than her going first? >> second, just dead wrong. every civil libertarian should want her to go first. as far as lawyers are concerned. if i were being intiergated i would much rather be intear garretted by senators. most of these guys don't know how to ask questions and follow up jess. waiting for staffers to hand cards. american public benefits if you have an experienced, hopefully woman lawyer who is sensitive to issues of sexual abuse who will not use it as an occasion to try to demean a woman