the world fencing championship, ukrainian fencer olga harlan defeated the russian, who was competing under a neutral flag. after the match, harlan refused to shake the hand of the representative of the country of the terrorist, and the latter instead waited an hour for a handshake. and although the so-called kovid protocol, according to which handshakes were excluded as mandatory, was still in force at the championship, the international fencing federation. harland proposed disqualification, the ukrainians arranged flash mob of indignation and thanks to the athlete. i am so grateful to everyone for such incredible, incredible support. nevertheless, against the background of the scandal that arose, the international fencing federation decided to cancel the disqualification for harlan, although her participation in the individual tournament was completed, she remained a participant in the team competition. a luxurious wedding: lviv, a couple of former officials and a very modest party for two days, only up to a thousand guests with an eight-story cake, according to confectioners' estim

harlan crow and leonard leo are central in this crisis. as i've said before, i do not seek this authorization lightly and do not ask for often. to protect congress's authority and advance the committee efforts to implement an enforceable code of conduct from the supreme court, it's necessary. before turning to the ranking member's, i will tell you that the standards we follow in procedure are all the president of the committee. they've been used by the two previous republican chairman. senator graham. >> thank you, mr. chairman. yesterday we had four florida judges that came before the committee and the two senators from florida reached an agreement with white house to fill judicial vacancies. we did one in south carolina. here we are today. i don't buy anything you just said. we should be blunt and direct. this is garbage. if you thought this was a problem, why don't you bring up the supreme court ethics recusal and transparency act that was passed september 5th, 2023 in this committee to fix the problem you just talked about. this bill w

after the match , harlan refused to shake the representative's hand country of the terrorist, and thelatter, instead, waited an hour for a handshake, and although the so-called covid protocol was still in effect at the championship, according to which handshakes were excluded as mandatory, the international fencing federation proposed harland's disqualification. ukrainians organized a flash mob of outrage and thanks to the athlete. i am very grateful to everyone for this. incredible support. nevertheless, against the background of the scandal that arose, the international fencing federation decided to cancel the disqualification for harlan, although her participation in the individual tournament was completed, she remained a participant in team competitions. a luxurious wedding: lviv, a couple of former officials and a very modest celebration for two days, only up to thousands. guests with an eight-story cake according to confectioners' estimates for about uah 100,000. the bride herself shared footage from the wedding on social networks, after which journalists took up the investigati

harlan was disqualified.he event caused a huge resonance in ukraine and beyond, and not only in sports circles. a huge number of people expressed. harlan's detention and eventually the black card for the ukrainian was canceled, and the international olympic committee granted olga automatic qualification for the 20-24 olympic games. the national football team of ukraine has a chance to compete at the european championship, which will be held in germany this summer. serhiy rebrov's team fought for a direct ticket to the forum to the last round of the group stage of qualification. blue and yellow won four . defeat was played in a draw with the english and the italians, the finalists of the last euro, yet our national team finished the selection in third place in the quintet, but it is not time to despair, in the spring in march, the ukrainians will play face-to-face qualification matches, the first opponent of our national team will be the national team of bosnia and herzegovina. in the eurocups , only shakhtar

harlan stone, the chief justice of the united states. and admiral the fleet. asked a secretary of state and mrs.. general of the army's george seymour and mrs. marshall. now in a grim year of war, the shortest and simplest inaugural on records. former vice president wallace swears in harry truman. new vice president. president roosevelt takes the i. franklin delano roosevelt do solemnly sfaithfully the officef president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability. preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. the president delivers a brief inaugural address. we americans of today, together with our allies, are passing through a period of supreme test. it is a test of our courage, resolve of our wisdom, of our essential democracy. if we meet that test successfully and honorably from a of historic importance, of historic importance, which men and women and children will honor t time. as i stand here. having taken the solemn oath of fice of my fellow in in the presence of our godod. i know that it is america's pu

there in the lone dissent, harlan wrote, our constitution is colorblind. neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens in respect of civil rights. all citizens are equal before the law. 30 years before that case, douglass observed, simple d that the constitution quote, knows no distinct line between citizens on account of color and quote. he believed that the government, of all should be partial to none here. douglass noticed a tremendous advantage that black americans in their struggle for civil and political rights in america and in advantage that they had, was that at least most white americans claimed to believe principles of fairness and equality under the law. this belief was so strong that they put it in writing in their most authoritative documents. the declaration of the constitution, the bill of rights. it was there for all to see. so when martin luther king jr remarked, all we say to america is to be true to what you said on paper. i believe he was channeling the muse of frederick douglass when king said somewhere, i read of the freedom of

like harlan crowe i've never met mr.but it just doesn't surprise me that he has met people. whoever he meets he becomes friends with and be friends them as to the disclosure things i would point a couple of things. one is that i think this, interestingly enough, was brought up. i recently learned in 2011, 2012, you know better than me. i don't know the specific, but i know it was referred to the financial disclosure committee and said justice thomas did nothing wrong. same exact allegations that are coming up now so that that too is interesting to me but i don't the exact details of the differences of what's going on now other than to say that i think it's referred to the financial disclosure committee. so they too will pass on that. again taking this away from justice thomas for a minute maybe thinking about a little more broadly. i was curious as i was thinking about this, you know, i the journalists believe that federal judges, like all public officials, should be held accountable to the public. but i also think that

krowe and doesn't surprise me that he made fends with harlan crowe, whoever he meets he becomes friends with and befriends them. as to the disclosure things, i would point out a couple of things, one is that i think this allegation interestingly enough was brought up i recently learned in 2011, 2012, you might know better than me. i don't know the specific details butkn i know it was defr todaymas did nothing wrong, the same allegations that are coming up now. so that too is interesting to me but i don't know the exact details of the differences of what'sgo going on now other than tto say that i think it's been refer today the committee that pass on that again. >> taking this away from justice tom theas for a minute maybe thinking about it a little more broadly i was curious as i was thinking about this, you know, i think the journalists believe that federal judges like all public officials should be held accountable to the public but i also think that most of us understand the idea that the federal judiciary was specifically designed not to be responsive to politics and so i wonder you

a short time ago, president biden told cnn's harlan signs that he has decided on a course of action.ten to this. >> i do hold them responsible in the sense that they are supplying the weapons to the people who did it. >> biden there is tying the attack to iran, but has clearly stated he wants to avoid a direct conflict with tehran. officials indicate this response, when it comes, will be stronger than recent actions taken against iranian backed militias in the region. we want to start off in the white house. the president says he has made a decision but the details, he is keeping close to the vest. >> yes, you heard president biden there telling arlette signs directly that yes he has made a decision on how exactly to retaliate after the deaths of these three american soldiers but as you can imagine, the white house has been very careful in recent days to not telegraph in any way what exactly that response would look like but officials have said the response we are going to see in the coming days is likely to be more serious and more powerful than some of the retaliatory sites we have

believe last month in a72 decision, upheld the constitutional quality of that law in a case called harlan v brooking. and i was actually very fortunate to have been moderately involved in some of the amicus briefing that went into this case. so those are the kind of dimensions of native american history that link past and present at invite us perhaps to see native american history as a central theme of american history more broadly and potentially position us as a kind of collective generation of american scholars and citizens and educators to move past some of the limiting frames of analysis, but also damaging and hurtful suggestions that are embedded in some of the most important moments of native american history, because claims that native people, civilization or reason remain among the nation's oldest mythologies. as either noble or, merciless savages, native peoples and their governments occupy a political status that is less than other u.s. citizens. a legacy of earlier centuries of not just potentially injustice, but also entry to indigenous centered it thank for your sustained at

believe last month in a72 decision, upheld the constitutional quality of that law in a case called harlan v brooking. and i was actually very fortunate to have been moderately involved in some of the amicus briefing that went into this case. so those are the kind of dimensions of native american history that link past and present at invite us perhaps to see native american history as a central theme of american history more broadly and potentially position us as a kind of collective generation of american scholars and citizens and educators to move past some of the limiting frames of analysis, but also damaging and hurtful suggestions that are embedded in some of the most important moments of native american history, because claims that native people, civilization or reason remain among the nation's oldest mythologies. as either noble or, merciless savages, native peoples and their governments occupy a political status that is less than other u.s. citizens. a legacy of earlier centuries of not just potentially injustice, but also entry to indigenous centered it thank for your sustained at

harlan stone, the chief justice of the united admiral the fleet. ernest king edward asked a secretary of state and general of the army's george seymour and mrs. marshall. now in a grim year of war, the shortest and simplest inaugural on records. former vice president wallace swears in harry truman. new vice president. president roosevelt takes the oath office. i. franklin delano roosevelt do solemnly swear that i will faithfully the office of president of the united states. and will to the best of my ability. preserveefend the constitution of the united states. so help me god. the president delivers a brief inaugural we americans of today, together with our allies, are pasng th supreme test. it is a test of our courage wisdom, of our essential democracy. if we meet that test successfully and honorably from a of historic importance, of historic importance, which men and women and children will honor throughout all time. as i stand here. having taken the solemn oath of office in the presence of my fellow in in the presence of our god god. i know that

billionaires behind the supreme court ethics crisis, from justice clarence thomas's benefactor, businessmen harlant-wing takeover of the judiciary. this week, we have a new name that we want to add to that list. philip anschutz, now, you might not know the 84-year-old billionaire by name, but you certainly know his portfolio. he is a majority owner of the nhl's los angeles kings, he also has a stake in the mls his los angeles galaxy, he also owns the crypto backed calm arena, once known as the staples center, and the coachella music festival. his investments spanned everything from energy to railroad and, real estate, and entertainment. forbes estimates that his fortune clocked in at a 15 billion dollar bottom line. anschutz told the magazine, quote, when you see what can be done, the possibilities you want to be involved in something, you want to own it. now, this philosophy may apply to one of his other long term investments. his decades-long relationship with supreme court justice, neil gorsuch. back in 1995, gorsuch worked at a law firm representing the billionaire's business interests. years

that was laura harlan, the social secretary for, warren g. harding and calvin coolidge, who served from that year to 1929. but, of course, was 20 years prior, in 1901, during president theodore roosevelt's administration. that first lady edith hired the very first official social secretary at the white house, isabella hagner james, and ever since social secretaries have helped create memorable experiences for all guests at the white house from kings and heads of states, artists, scholars and little children chasing those easter eggs at the white house easter egg roll. while the reins of the job varies and you will likely never them on a good night, we are very grateful for their impressive levels of patience. their unflappable, calm pressure and their grace. i'd like to introduce now it's truly a pleasure to introduce the moderator and the panelists for this evening. tonight's moderator is none other than anita mcbride, who directs the legacies of america's first ladies initiative at american university. there, she also serves as executive in

about in the senate judiciary committee with the subpoenas that were issued, they were issued to harlan crow, who is a friend of justice thomas. they are very good friends, very close friends. they want information about trips. gifts that helen crow has made to justice thomas. and then tell leonard leo, a friend of mine who was one of the heads of the federalist society, now he has left that, and whether i get you provided any trips or gifts to any of the justices either. they didn't issue any subpoenas to any of the people surrounding the liberal justices. i would have thought you would want to do that, just to preserve the possibility that this is bipartisan. but when it is really just targeted at people who are friends with the conservative justices, i think that makes it obvious that this is really an effort to attack certain justices because of disagreements with their decisions. i don't think either that case or the cases with justice thomas are showing remotely that these trips are gifts had produced any change in new that they decided cases or produced any real conflict of inter

about in the senate judiciary committee with the subpoenas that were issued, they were issued to harlan crow, who is a friend of justice thomas. they are very good friends, very close friends. they want information about trips. gifts that helen crow has made to justice thomas. and then tell leonard leo, a friend of mine who was one of the heads of the federalist society, now he has left that, and whether i get you provided any trips or gifts to any of the justices either. they didn't issue any subpoenas to any of the people surrounding the liberal justices. i would have thought you would want to do that, just to preserve the possibility that this is bipartisan. but when it is really just targeted at people who are friends with the conservative justices, i think that makes it obvious that this is really an effort to attack certain justices because of disagreements with their decisions. i don't think either that case or the cases with justice thomas are showing remotely that these trips are gifts had produced any change in new that they decided cases or produced any real conflict of inter

. >> the judiciary committee voted on judicial nominees and debated subpoenaing republican donor harlan cran

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