the rulings in the court of protection have made it clear that we need to be protecting people from theat what harm is going to come to the woman should the relationship continue. it's more complicated than whether she has or lacks capacity, it's the safeguards she did. a preliminary report into the crash of an ethiopian airlines plane last month says the aircraft nosedived several times before it crashed. pilots "repeatedly" followed procedures recommended by boeing before the crash, according to the first official report into the disaster. our international business correspondent, theo leggett, is here. we know that it was diving when it was trying to take off and that goes to reinforcing the suspicions that the aircraft problems by the same thing as the identical mac 737 of indonesia last october. the second point is that the pilots did everything did everything they were supposed to do to try and rectify the situation and that is absolutely key. because after the first accident, boeing said that the aircraft was basically safe if the pilots do everything they're supposed to do, even

of sex. court will decide whether that phrasing is broad enough to provide protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. it has taken three cases, two of them involving gay workers who were fired by their employees. a transgenderved woman who was fired from her job and they will look at this question of what exactly title vii protects. robert barnes, supreme court reporter with the washington post, thank you. last month commerce secretary wilbur ross testified on the 20 $.20 a citizenship western being taken up by the supreme court this morning. congressman elijah cummings of maryland chairs the house oversight committee. we will show the hearing beginning with his opening statements. >> we will hear from secretary of commerce the honorable wilbur ross about preparations for the 2020 census. ourconstitution requires government to conduct a census every 10 years. the constitution also requires personount every

successfully in challenging a lot of injustices, but now it had to be done on a monumental scale throughout the country. ♪ >> it was the naacp lawyers who went to court to protecthe rights of demonstrators. the naacp often paid bail money and fines for those who were arrested and jailed in civil rights demonstrations. and naacp members filled the ranks of marches and demonstrators. roy wilkins traveled to jackson, mississippi, in 1963, to join medgar evers, a field secretary of the naacp. evers was organizing a protest against stores refusing to hire blacks. 12 days later, an assassin killed medgar evers. ♪ >> i went down with medgar evers to protest the denial of employment by woolworth stores. it was only 12 days before he was slated to go. he gave me a modus operandi for dealing with white folks. he said, now there's policemen on this corner, and they're policemen in the rear, and the thing to do is not to be any different than the people on the street. therefore, you must conceal the signs. >> roy wilkins was arrested that day in jackson. his philosophy of leadership stressed responsible, non-violent action. and within the framework of the constitution, con

court. mr. dunham: so, you were talking about earlier the people using guns for personal protection being one of our oldest, most established rights, but the supreme court had not ruled, as you've said over these past decades on the definitive meaning of the second amendment, so, if the supreme court never ruled on it, it's been more than two centuries since the bill of rights was created why is the , right to bear arms such an old and established tradition? mr. winkler: well, it's interesting. the second amendment has been the subject over so much debate in recent years over whether it protects the right of individuals to hold arms or the right of state militias to organize and form without federal interference, but what i found in my research for "gunfight" is the right to bear arms is the oldest constitutional rights, regardless of the second amendment. every state has its own constitution, and almost every one of those states protects the right to bear arms in its state constitution. clearly, a right that's not associated with militia service. some of the provisions go back to the original f

of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." up to cantwell, the spring court -- the supreme court had determined the first amendment as protecting the people of the united states from the wrongs committed by federal authorities. who was arresting jehovah's witnesses? not the federal authorities. it was the municipal authorities. in a landmark turnaround, the supreme court added a sentence, "the 14th amendment has rendered the legislatures of the states" -- meaning connecticut -- "as incompetent as congress to enact such laws." this was a shift that expanded the protection of the first amendment. so as an american today, you are protected under the first amendment not just by wrongs committed by federal authorities but wrongs committed by state and municipal authority. who won that right for you? jehovah's witnesses. but just two weeks after this unanimous decision in cantwell, the supreme court handed down the crushing defeat that we talked about this morning in minersville school district v. gobitis. you know the issue, can schoolchildren be enforced to pledge allegiance when doing so would violate beliefs? the state said the g

court? >> the simplest answer is because the language of title 7 does not provide protections for the lgbtq munity against employment discrimination. now, the reason it takes so long is that when you ask the federal courts to read rights in a statute that don't contain them you have to go through the appellate process and you get a circuit split. you have different federal appeals courts reaching different conclusions. it's a messy result. the most direct solution to the problem is not the courts. it's having congress amend the statute that's remain unchanged since 1964 to add those rights. >> why hasn't that happened? >> that's the real question. as a lawyer i'm a little protective of the judiciary and i think when people say this has taken too long to reach the courts i think, well, the simplest most direct solution is not the courts. because when do you that, when you ask courts to read rights into a statute that arguably do not contain those protection this is exactly what happens. you have this circuit split happen and the supreme court has to take up the issue. and then you have nine u

past as well as the administration of justice protection act which deals with contempt of court which was also very broad and has been used on opposition politician and activists over the past year for things that they said on facebook and there are these two men are waiting for death sentences which could be quite heavy fines or perhaps even you know in the extreme case of imprisonment and so that that's a concern not necessary that we think they will immediately be used but that the potential is there and it just gives them another level of control over expression and simple so a lot of journalists are concerned about the potential ramifications but is there a sense do you have a sense of what's most singapore you think about this matter well it's hard to tell what most singaporeans think about this matter especially because the building just came out so i don't know how many singaporeans actually have read it and the details mainstream media reporting tends not to slag the more concerning bit that you know activists will bring up so the fear is that there would be a chilling effect

they will look at this question of what, exactly, title vii protects. host: supreme court reporter with the washington post. thank you. guest: back to our calls -- thank you. host: back to our calls with all of you. tammy is next in las vegas. go ahead. caller: good morning. host: what do you think? caller: i live in southern california for 15 years. i love my latin brothers and sisters. the legal ones. we should not be giving money to states based on how many illegals are there. are you kidding me? why would we do that. it is for our own people. my ancestors lived in this country for 100 years, we fought in every war. we have been paying taxes for 100 years. you will not come in here and get all of the freebies. we are drawing the wrong people. we are getting people who want different things from government. host: how you respond to people who will say it will hurt you -- of the population is not counted where you live, that means you get less money for the roads you drive on? caller: it is unsustainable, what we are doing. what you mentioned about ballots in other langua

ruling late yesterday, a three-judge appellate court panel issued a stay of a lower court ruling that bloc trump administration policy called the "migrant protection protocols" program. since january, hundreds of asylum seekers, mostly from central america, have been sent back to mexico while the u.s. processes their claims. the justice department is appealing the lower court ruling, and next week the ninth circuit appeals court will consider whether to extend the stay while the leg case continues. the democratic chairman of the house ways and means committee, richard neal, made a new demand for president trump's tax returns toda in a letter to the i.r.s. s mmissioner, neal asked that ax ye mr. trump's returns be provided il 23 and that if there is no response, "your failure will be interpreted as a denial of my request." treasury secretary steven mnuchin called the new deadlin"r ary" and earlier this week said he needed to consult with the justice department. white house acting chief of staff mick mulvaney has said democrats will "never" see the return a hacker group has posted the personal information of whatay an hundreds of federal agents poli

big game nothing is as big as a playoff game, but it's a big game in terms of the number one seed and protecting our home court. we take care of our business and win tomorrow, we're obviously in great shape down the last days of can prepare for best way that we can." tomorrow's tipoff at 7-30. now to the nfl-- even though he's said no to playing for the a's, could there still be a chance kyler murray is playing at the coliseum? nfl draft right around the corner. both the 49ers and raiders right at the center of the action. san francisco...holds the 2nd overall pick. while oakland is in possession of three selections in the first round, including the 4th overall... jon gruden has said recently, he's evaluating a number of positions...and it seems quarterback is on the list. according to reports, the raiders held a private workout with the reigning heisman trophy winner... and are in line to meet with former ohio state quarterback dwayne haskins. first round set for april 25th. now to some college basketball-- a couple of bay area schools welcoming some new eras today. the usf dons introduced todd golden as head

. >>> a federal appeals court in seven cisco upheld three of california's laws aimed at protecting undocumentedimmigrants. they upheld the lower court rulings that denied the chubb administration's request to block law enforcement from telling the federal -- the feds when immigrants will be released in jail except in serious criminal cases. the court also left in place a provision that has employers to let workers know when their business gets notice of an immigration inspection of employee records. >>>an expert cave diver that made headlines needed his own rescuing. how he survived the harrowing date trap in complete darkness. >>> a man found with gasoline and lighter fluid and a new jersey cathedral, new details on the attempted arson just days after the notre dame fire. >>> and coming up. you could call it a carpool lane why stretch of 101 of santa clara keep sliding under sunny skies. >>> everyone's got to listen to mom. when it comes to reducing the sugar in your family's diet, coke, dr pepper and pepsi hear you. we're working together to do just that. bringing you more great tasting bever

and last december, two migrant children died while in the custody of customs and border protection. in a court filing, just this past week,he trump administration said that it may take twontears to iy the thousands of children separated from their loved ones. expect a week of showdowns between the white house and congress.t democrats w to see president trump's tax returns by wednesday. acting white house chief staff mick mulvaney down saying that's not going to happen. house democrats filed a formalr request the treasury department asking for six years worth of the president's tax returns. the white house is already asury department to block that. >> they knew they were not going to get these taxes. they know what the law is. they know one of the fundamental principles of the irs is to protect the confidentiality of me anddyou and everybolse that files taxes. >> this is legitimate authority that the congress has. >> democrats are also gearing up for a fightr getting the full unredacted mueller report. william barr promised to release a redacted version ts month. >> an american woman has been r

of the law. federal courts have not extended protections more broadly because of race. rulings have said that because hair style is a choice, companies could require workers to have certain standards to meet a job. >>> and earth day was marked with a major announcement. we go inside the first academic building in the country to be certified zero waste. waste. >> reporter: after a rigorous yearlong process, uc berkeley school of business has won the true zero waste certification from the u.s. green building high school. by diverting 90 percent of waste into compost, it's the first academic building in the u.s. to do it. >> we don't have any land fill bins here. we want people to know there's alternatives to waste. >> reporter: a recycling program allows staff and students to place used but reusable items where others can get them for free. they're saving countless sheets of paper. the cafe is wrapping fewer and fewer items, and all utensils are recyclable. eventually people will have to bring their own containers or rent them. what's important is the school of business i

protected theed media but. >> but it has become the problem so why is the current the goal structure for journalist? . >> in 1864 it was a march of press freedom at the supreme court over and over with the protection of sourcing they came one after another expanding press freedom all of that is still there it has been proven again and again over time. but with sullivan was a court decision that got it right because it understood libel suits are usually not anybody's reputation but silencing speech somebody doesn't like and used as a weapon that is what was going on in 1864. alabama and many others were suing the northern press because the officeholders in alabama didn't want them to come down and talk about the civil rights movement. here's the thing i find so interesting. yesterday president trump lost an appeal libel suit where he is being sued for what he said on twitter. he's going to have to face trial in all likelihood or go through the process of the trial court. he should be lining up on the other side of the mall. he is going to be using the same defenses i do and they are good defense is because they encourage free speech. >> in our coverage we don't fac

of the us constitution as far back as nine hundred eighty two the u.s. supreme court ruled that boycotts for political social and economic change are considered free speech protected by the first amendment of the us constitution so all those twenty seven states are following israel's orders basically but they're violating the their own the us constitution we will challenge that we are challenging that in u.s. courts a.c.l.u. is challenging at least three states on their anti-democratic. laws and we think we will prevail in that struggle israel is trying to suppress b.d.s. from above. by passing laws because it has miserably failed to stop the immense growth of the movement at the grassroots level among the trade unions churches women's groups energy beauty groups and so on and so forth and so have you received much support from around the world i mean has your story gained much ad time. absolutely you just need to google against me and you'll find it in all major media around the world. a.p. a.f.p. new york times washington post just about every major paper and media outlet in the us and europe the guardian and so on it is it has a lot of publicity because there i

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a lot more time to see those cases going through the data protection authority, being challenged in court. process a natural taking a number of years which should not be surprising. the european data protection regulation almost took 10 years to come to life. necessary totime see how it affects in a positive and negative way. ishow much of your time spent thinking about brexit? >> from the european union perspective, clearly my precedent has impressed a few times, this is not what we see. it is a necessary step in our process. referendum, the european union has been setting up of the process is to deal with it. together with the u.k., we have delivered an agreement in november. u.k. to see how to ratify that agreement. see that as the best possible option. it is probably going to hurt both economies in both countries. every few weeks come other seems to be a headline in our papers here in the states. for somes been fined infraction. i don't mean to play light. we have almost become immune to this. is google not a favored company in europe? >> google is a favorite company. itdo consumers enjoy using obviously it is popular. >>

court d said oh, heck we forgot to disclose all of the violations that wengts on five, six years andd going, enormous number the court was shocked. >> violation of what? >> civil liberty, fourth amendment protectinge hundreds in this drop and late october and november. it is that story that sarah and wrote in march the day before thef mailbox to fit the mailboxa day before, and you look back at that and you're wondering why does barack obama wait until before election day to have a j's department go in and say we're cheating for five, six years we forgot to tell you you know you were in the justice department. cheating on fisa unmasking unprecedented rate. expansion of, however, since 2011. >> expansion of powers expansion of reporting information that they get on fisa and wiretaps and espionage to more agent and departments to make it more likely to be leaked they did this on the way out the door. why? >> it had to be an effort set up trump.an or more importantly well certainly the changes in spreading secret information fisa information to more agencies in effort to more people have access more plausible to leaks. >> exactly. but i think that -- the decisions go into disclose violation if we're

of this as we continue to analyze it. thank you all. and this morning the supreme court has announced it will take up the issue of whether existing antidiscrimination employment laws protect people. an issue of lgbtq rights has divided lower courts across the country thmpt issue will be argued in the new term in october. pete williams outside the court. tell us more about the cases that the court now will be considering. >> reporter: a couple of things about this. this is the first big hot button controversial issue the supreme court agreed to take up. issue of next term so it is three cases in two of the cases the lower courts said yes, the 1964 civil rights act says you can't discriminate on sex excludes discrimination based on sexual orientation. some courts have said when you are discriminating sex is part of it so how can it not be part of the civil rights act. other courts said when congress passed the law in 1964, discrimination was the farthest thing from their mind. how can it possibly be considered to be part of the discrimination law. this is the case that the supreme court will take up. three cases, a man who was fired from his job as a sky diving instructor s

in front of the supreme court, in opposition to the president wanting to overturn 100% of the affordable care act, while he pretends, and the republicans pretend, that they care about protecting the benefit of pre-existing conditions, of lifetime limits and the rest, removing those lifetime limits and the rest. so we will -- we continue down that path as part of our for-the-people agenda, to lower the cost of health care, to increase paychecks by building infrastructure of our country, to have the government advancing hr-1. but in this -- on the health care front, we are fighting the president and saying, this is the law of the land. it's the responsibility of the justice department to uphold the law of the land, and now he's reversing that. at the same time, we're hard at work to lower health care costs and strengthen health protections. last night energy and commerce, they were all day, but up until last night, reported out 12 bills to lower health care costs and the price of prescription drugs, expand access to care and protect people with pre-existing conditions. many of these were bipartisan. one of them came out 51-0. it creates an -- and all of them will deliver result

court with something like this. >> with john roberts and two appointees of donald trump. >> john roberts is an institutionalist who wants to protect the reputation of the court. he is both ways on that. what trump is doing now is worse than what nixon did. when nixon was president nks he sister first asserted executive privilege over the don mcgahn of his administration. he gave up on that. he stopped asserting executive privileges and how we learned about the tapes and as you know, dean testified at great length. what trump is doing is more lawless than nixon. when criminal matters are being investigated, you could not assert executive privilege on behalf of the president. ultimately that case would have gone to the supreme court had nixon not given up that. may be where we go with this. then you may have a president who disobeys the ruling of the supreme court. >> then what? >> at that point impeachment, i think, is really unavoidable. then you have someone who discarded completely his oath to uphold the constitution. in view of many of us, trump did a while ago. in the view of the country, you have a showdown with the republica

expected should congress be absolutely infuriated by this fact there's going to be a series of protected court battles in coming weeks and months most likely ending up in the supreme court because what's at issue is congress's right to take any action at once against a sitting president so we are looking at something here that is just the beginning of what is likely to be a long protracted fundamentally constitutional argument within the country scored. ok it's a big one for sure mike thank you and to stay close mike will be joining us throughout this news hour as we anticipate this conference from the attorney general bill barr the robert hard me the initial announcement was that it would happen at the bottom of the hour it may actually come soon or whenever it does we will get right to it. a special representative russia's president has met sudan's military rulers protestors have kent and foreign interference as they continue to press for the immediate return of civilian role following the over her president omar al bashir a high level delegation from saudi arabia and the united arab emirate

based on religious hair styles and head coverings, however federal courts have not extended those protections more broadly because of race. rulings in the past have said because hair style is a choice, companies could require workers to follow certain standards to get a jonew legislation propose assemblyman phil tang of san francisco could make marijuana more accessible, requiring cities in california to issue one cannabis license for every four liquor licenses but the law would only apply to ciof th voters supported proposition 64 in 2016 which legalized the recreational use of marijuana. since prop 64 went into effect on january 1, 2018, about 76% of california city and counties have banned marijuana retailer businesses. >>> the time is 4:37. san francisco's new public defender will officially be sworn in on thursday. mayor rondon breed selected manny rajou after the sudden, unexpected death of jeff adachi, working as one of the officer's felony cases managers. he will run in the november election. his swearing in ceremony will be at noon on thursday at the ella hill hutch community center. >>> a federal judge is

nothing is as big as a playoff game, but it's a big game in terms of the number one seed and protecting our home courtwe take care of our business and win tomorrow, we're obviously in great shape down the stretch with the last days of the season so we can prepare for the playoffs the best way that we can." thank sports. weather tease. (weather) coming up i'll have the seven day forecast. >>in entertainment news, a flying elephant took on the heart. >>as superhero movies that have been ruling the box office this weekend. so which one came out on top david daniel has the weekend top 5. >>the antiabortion drama unplanned opened in 5th place grossing million in just over a 1000 theaters, 5 feet apart stayed in 4th place the romantic drama made million captain marvel continued to soar 20 and a half million dollars gave the superhero flick 3rd place and a domestic total of 354 millions sort want to get crazy. we can get crazy us lost the top spot as expected. but the horror thriller made million to give it 128 million domestic in 10 tim burton's live-action dumbo flew to the top in its opening weekend earni

jurisdiction over the citizens of every country the united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court the i.c.c. opened a preliminary investigation into the issue in two thousand and six this looked at allegations that more than ten thousand civilians were killed in atrocities as well as claims of torture and rape and twenty seven saying the i.c.c. prosecutor judges to take things further i think they were reasonable grounds to suspect the us military was implicated human lives for which they as the court's decision to reject a proper investigation sets a bad precedent. the i.c.c. judges rejection of an afghanistan investigation is a devastating blow for victims who have suffered grievous crimes without treacherous the judge's logic effectively in the house member countries to opt out of copulating with the quote antiwar activists. and face the i.c.c. has no power against the us. i don't think that an entity like an i.c.c. would be able to bring those charges to the front and i think if we look back i mean you take on yugoslavia taking small countries in africa maybe countries in lati

some of the material in their is protected by court order. classifiedis part of information or something. how much we might see leak, the fear for many republicans is that the democrats want to leak this information. how much might leak out of their , we don't know. it looks like they will tightly control how this information is viewed. day: finally, at the end of one of the mueller reports being released, where is the impeachment track in your view? >> well, i think that you are seeing some people sign on to that idea. a top democrat on the house say, maybe we shouldn't go down that path. then you see some other leaders say, maybe we should continue to do that. onhink this conference call monday is where we will learn a lot about what the next steps are. pelosi says that congress has a role here. she has been hesitant so far to say, to go down that path towards impeachment. host: thanks for spending a few minutes with us here on c-span. david, do you see impeachment proceedings ahead based on what you read so far in the mueller report? >> i d

courts, regardless of what mr. mulvaney or the president says. because richard neal, the chairman, sent the letter to the irs and the department of justice may try to protect the institution of the presidency, it will likely be up to federal courts to decide what gets released, if anything. >> that's the law. okay. i think the law makes it clear. it goes to the court. we have a 5-4 republican court. we'll see. the politics of it. do they think they're solid because their 40%-ish of the voters don't give a damn about the tax returns if he holds them or hides them? robert? >> they believe they were able to win in 2016 without the president releasing his tax returns and they still believe his core voters will be with him regardless of what's in those returns. there is sensitivity in the trump circle about his brand politically. they want to be seen as the billionaire working man's candidate. that's the pitch they give us behind the scenes when they're talking to reporters about how they want to cast him for 2020. so the tax returns could complicate that should he have different tax arrangements. at this point, not having the returns out there makes that polit

affected areas which are principally off the coast of alaska which will now be protected at least for several years as this case works its way through the court system our home to a number of endangered species including bowhead whales and polar bears now the decision by brazil's president of reinstate commemorations of the military could fifty five years ago as causing controversy jabal from says honoring history will unite the country but survivors of the canning and torture campaign say what happened back then should be condemned and not sun abated the reports. because of the judge bolton are has never he his admiration for the military that he served in as a young captain before entering politics while still a congressman he said it's mistake one and. well from nine hundred sixty four to nine hundred eighty five was not to kill more he since moderated his language it's not about celebrating remembering or looking back to see what went wrong or right it's about how we can use this for the good of brazil in the future. however some of his supporters have been more direct you wash your face i think it's fantastic i think brazil has to celebr

session of the united nations permanent forum on indigenous issues this year's session is focused on the generation transmission and protection of indigenous peoples traditional. beyond our supreme court has rejected the final appeal of two reuters journalists serving in prison serving a prison sentence because of their reporting on the country's crackdown on revenge of muslims. and wall own have spent more than sixteen months in detention they were arrested during an investigation into the killing of ten rooms of muslim men during a military crackdown in the western part of myanmar a district court said sentenced to two journalists to seven years in prison last september for illegally possessing official documents they've since been awarded the surprise for their work well for more let's bring in david obvious charlotte chel some pills he's standing by for us in bangkok charlotte now that this appeal has been rejected what prospects to the journalists have a being released. terry this was me and miles top court the supreme court that issued this that means essentially that legal avenues are exhausted for these two journalists now let's be clear that is a huge blow not just for the jo

the court of appeal has ruled unanimously that the royal opera house failed to take reasonably practicable steps to protect rehearsal of wagner's thunderous opera ‘die walkure'. our legal correspondent clive coleman is here — it is the implications as much as anything else that people will look at. absolutely, because this is a one—of—a—kind case. no musician has ever taken this kind of a legal action before. let me tell you about the virtuoso viola player, he has played with some of the great orchestras in the world. in 2012 he was in rehearsal in the famous pit at the royal opera house, where the orchestra sits, and he was sat in front of the brass section, they we re very front of the brass section, they were very close behind him. the noise generated by the horn behind his ear was something in the region of 130 decibels. to put that into context, it is about the noise a jet engine would generate, but that close to your ear. he claims as a result of that he suffered something called acoustic shock, a sort of instantaneous hearing damage. a mix of ten it is, hyperacusis, dizziness, and it ruined his care

about that as things beatles situation that should ordinarily be brought to court so that humanity is protected . by virtue of mandal the i.c.c. it is a serious problem but it is one that all of that protection is equally clearly used mr sebastian would need to get them to reconsider because this is about humanity it is not about the i.c.c. everyone keeps focusing i.c.c. i.c.c. we need to look beyond whine i.c.c. was created there were six million. jews killed because of their faith. during the second world war we eight hundred thousand people rwandan genocide in the night and night i have the list i see see you keep going back and i'm staying in the present i'm talking about the relatives of the four hundred thousand victims of the assad regime who have absolutely zero chance of getting the kind of justice that you would wish to deliver for them i'll just say not be a kindness to tell them that finally passed but i can do what i'm doing now using your program to them to reconsider. that position and joining. because the protection humanity under the rule watch this well that is what we hope to see happen we

of the united nations permanent forum on indigenous issues this year session is focused on the generation transmission and protection of indigenous peoples traditional knowledge. meanwhile supreme court has rejected the final appeal of two reuters journalists serving a prison sentence because of their reporting on the country's crackdown on muslims . have spent more than sixteen months in detention they were arrested during an investigation into the killing of ten ring up muslim men during a military crackdown in the western part of me in my district court sentenced the two journalists to seven years in prison last september for illegally possessing official documents they've been since awarded the pulitzer prize for their book. for more now d.w. southeast asia correspondent charlotte chosen joins me charlotte now that this appeal has been rejected what prospect of the journalists have of being released. i mean it well there is now no higher court that these generals can take their appeal to the supreme court is mia mas top court so that really does quash any hopes for these journalists of some sort of judicial reprieve that doesn't mean to say though that all hopes are lost their su

of the south. what are you talking about? there is no equality. so that was a question, i do not -- the 14th amendment says equal protection of the laws so the court had to overturn an earlier case, plessy versus ferguson, but it did. i think they knew that was a bad case, for many years, just after the civil war, by 1954, it was pretty obvious what that case meant. it meant inequality. i don't think people had trouble with the reasoning. frankfurt who said according to his law clerk, the chief justice -- it is notenton a nice story. he did not want the court to take it on and the reason they did not want to take that accord to take it on in the minds of many of the people, those who did not, they were afraid it would not be followed. youou think about it, if think about it, it was not. , 1950 five, nothing happens, 1956, nothing happens, we have little rock and the governor said i will stand in the door here and i have the troops and you may have the judges order but so what and eisenhower had to order 1000 paratroopers, the 101st airborne and they took this children by the hand and they walked them into that white school, it was great. the schoo

supreme court of kansas ruled friday that women have a right to safe and legal abortion under the state constitution. in a 6-1 decision, the court ruled kansas's constitution "affords protection of the right of personal autonomy, which includes the ability to control one's own body, to assert bodily integrity, and to exercise self-determination." the ruling overturns a 2015 kansas law bannining the most common abortion procedure after about 15 weeks of pregnancy. this comes as abortion rights are under threat across the u.s., with 28 states currently considering legislation to ban or restrict abortion in various ways. three prominent women's rights activists are launching a new political action group today called supermajority, aimed at training a new generation of women activists to take on grassroots campaigns and electoral politics. alicia garza, co-founder of black lives matter, former planned parenthood president cecile richards, and ai-jen poo, executive director of the national domestic workers alliance, say they'll focus on mobilizing voters for the 2020 primary and general elections. speaking to the website refinery29, cecile richards said -- "women are the majority