he then obtained his law degree from lewis and clark law school. judge mcshane is one of the 11 lgbtq active article three judges and the first gay federal judge serving the district of oregon. welcome, judge mcshane. before proceeding with testimony, i remind the witnesses that all of your written and oral statements made to the subcommittee in connection with this hearing are subject to 18 usc section 1001, please note your written statements will be entered into the record in its entirety. and accordingly, i ask that you summarize your testimony in five minutes. there is a timer that should be visible on your screen that should help you stay within that time limit. for this panel we will not have any questions after the witnesses. judge marques, the floor is yours. you may begin. >> mr. chairman, ranking member, distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to address you today about colorado's efforts. i will highlight a few of our initiatives in colorado, but my written statement includes several others including li

he then obtained his law degree from lewis and clark law school. he is one of the 11 lgbtq active article three judges in the first gay federal judge serving the district of oregon. welcome. before proceeding with testimony, i remind the witnesses that all of your written and oral statements made to this subcommittee are subject to -- written statements will be entered into the record, and i ask that you summarize your testimony in five minutes. there is a timer that should be visible on your screen that should help you stay within that time limit. for this panel we will not have any questions after the witnesses. judge marques, the floor is yours. >> thank you for this opportunity to address you today . i will highlight a few of our initiatives in colorado, but my statement includes several others including links to information about all of the programs. our efforts to diversify the state court bench took on renewed intensity in 2018, following a series of retirements, colorado was left without a single black district court judge in our system. th

it was a case upholding a horrific law that sadly served as the basics for eugenics law in nazi germany. what the poor 16-year-old white woman in that case, who had been raped by her nephew, what she needed was actually a law that would have protected her from the unethical, unconstitutional reaches of a state law that seeks to undermine her human dignity and integrity. and i wanted to make those three points and i'm happy to turn the floor back over and answer any additional questions. chair blumenthal: all of those three points were very, very well said, including what you first said. namely, the women's health protection act would in no way for bid women from having ultrasounds. it would simply prohibit laws that require women to receive unnecessary ultrasound they do not want and do not need, and simply delay a medical procedure, the health care they need and serve. i have a few more questions, but i see that senator hawley has arrived. if you want to proceed with your questions, or i can ask a few so you can get settled. go right ahead. sen. hawley: thank you so much. thanks for wa

from ucla's school of law. upon graduating from law school, ms. nelson clerked on the northern district of illinois and the 8th circuit. russell nobile is senior attorney with judicial watch, a conservative, non-partisan education foundation whose mission is to promote transparency and integrity in government, politics, and law. prior to joining judicial watch, he was a lawyer in private practice who focused on government litigation, commercial matters, and commercial litigation. he is an active member of the federal society for law and public policy. he was appointed to the united states election commission's board of advisors. professor richard hassan is chancellor's professor of law and political science at the university of california irvine. he is a nationally recognized expert in election law and campaign-finance regulation. he writes as well in the areas of legislation, statutory interpretation remedies, and , torts. he holds a b.a. degree with the highest honors from uc berkeley, and jd, ma, and ph.d. in political science from ucla. after

law center, welcome. robert williams lives in farmington hills, michigan with his wife and two young daughters. he works for a logistics planner in the automotive industry. he was wrongfully arrested by the detroit police department in 2020 when facial recognition technology misidentified him. he was apologize to them was grateful -- and we are grateful to the testimony you present today. . virgil lee is a counsel for media and technology. he works to advance the interest of multiuse communities. his portfolio includes broadband access, surveillance technology. also artificial intelligence. he previously worked as policy council at public knowledge in the u.s. committee for education and labor. he received his jp from howard university's will of law. welcome. we also have a research fellow for the center of technology policy at the heritage foundation, her research post -- focuses on big tech and policy. she was a fellow at the center for new american security and served as a senior intelligence analyst f

first of laws -- are laws that protect infants. this year alone, the states of alabama kentucky and south dakota and wyoming have passed laws requiring physicians to provide medical care to these infants. protecting a child who is born alive should not be even remotely controversial. second, on laws that protect unborn children from being killed by horrific dismemberment abortions. these abortions known as dilation and evacuation are horrendous. they have no place in civilized society. in these abortions, a physician cuts and rips apart the unborn child's body and extracts piece by piece, arm by arm, leg by leg what moments before had been a living human being. the unborn child dies the same way that an adult would die who had been dismembered. bleeding to death as his or her body is torn apart. if an individual murdered an animal in this way, tearing apart a kitten or a puppy, everyone would understandably be horrified and demand that individual be prosecuted. how can it be that unborn children should be protected less than animal

law, competition law, and antitrust. he previously served as a deputy director, associate director, and senior counsel at the federal trade commission, where he focused on antitrust enforcement in digital markets. for 10 years he practiced antitrust with two multinational firms. he holds law degrees from trinity college cambridge, from harvard law school, and from nyu. paul watkins is the managing director of potomac global partners. he focuses on regulatory issues involving financial technology. mr. walken's founder the office of innovation at the consumer financial protection bureau and headed up the civil litigation division of the arizona attorney general's office. earlier in his career he was an m&a associate at simpson basher and a securities litigation associate at covington burroughs. he graduated from harvard law school and he clerked for judge shedd. four i turned the floor over to our speakers, i'm going to give you the code you will need to claim credit. i will do this now and try to remember to do it again l

he does not dispute that his law would strike down all laws restricting late term abortions. he does not dispute that his bill would strike down all laws preventing abortions when the unborn child can feel pain. he does not dispute that his law would strike down laws prohibiting the horrific dne abortions that ripped him one shot limb from limb in a torture sway. he does not dispute the law that would strike down laws prohibiting discrimination, that it would allow discrimination based on race, discriminate based on gender. you don't wanna girl? you don't to boil? his law would say that you can discriminate based on gender, you can discriminate based on race, disability. all of those laws would be strike down -- struck down. he does not dispute that his law would strike down state laws providing for parental consent or parental notification. so, here this at home, parents, if your daughter wants to go get a tattoo, if your daughter wants to get her ears pierced, then they have to ask you. if your daughter breaks her toe and needs a medical treatment, they have to ask you, but

my book argues that because of cars and a need for traffic laws and thus a need for traffic law enforcement, that actually was the most significant reason for the development of modern policing as we know it today. modern policing becoming professionalized, weaponized, given increasing deference, and i think it is the development of professionalized policing that has informed fourth amendment jurisprudence even in the private sphere. and so i mentioned how in the common law, there is no warrant exception for searches of homes. the first exception for hot pursuit of a felon appears in the mid 20th century, and by then, definitely police are known as professionalized crime -fighters. i think it is a development -- the social history of policing as a profession -- that effects or informs the private side of fourth amendment law. james: thank you. we have time for one last question here. and i will use this one. can you make any suggestions on how your book could be used with high school students who are researching issues around driving while black? you mentioned i think at the outset how it c

election law. her scholarship and teaching focused on the areas of election law, constitutional law, legal history, political parties, the election clause, the voting rights act of 1965 and the 14th and 15th amendments. she received her jd from the university of chicago law school. she clerked for the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit and for ruben castillo for the united states district court in illinois. in 2019, her article, "the elections clause and under enforcement of federal law" appeared in the yale law form where she examined the broad powers conferred on the of the elections clause in the underutilization of such powers by congress and the constitutionality of hr-1. her forthcoming book, "in congress we trust, voting rights from founding to the jim crow area," will be published by cambridge university press. daniel is the dean of the university of wisconsin law school. he is a leading authority and his scholarship addresses issues of voting rights, free speech and dem

the law demonstrates that georgia's recent voting rights law violates section 2 of the voting rights act. i want to thank the voting section for their tremendous efforts on this complaint and everything that they do. and i want to express my appreciation to the acting u.s. attorney and staff of the northern district of georgia for their partnership and support. our complaint today alleges that several provisions of s.b. 202 were passed with a discriminatory purpose in violation of the voting rights act. the georgia legislature passed s.b. 202 through a rushed process that departed from normal practice and procedure. the version of the bill that passed the state senate on march 8 was three pages long. days later, the bill ballooned into over 90 pages in the house. the house held less than two hours of floor debate on the newly inflated s.b. 202 before governor kemp signed it into law the same day. these legislative actions occurred at a time when the black population in georgia continues to steadily increase. and after a historic election that saw record voter turnout across the state

and complying with the law? we talked about something i have been surprised at, at the federal level people decide what laws are going to enforce and what laws they are not. can you give me your thoughts? >> for me, i think it's important to respect the rule of law. it has been my life's work from all of my adult service and law enforcement. it is something that to me is fundamental. it is an important american ideal as well. just as our immigration system is. i think that it is also paradox because we also need to make sure we are maintaining the rule of law. >> when i think about the border, you saw the 14-year-old boy in the desert. you saw two little girls who dropped over the wall. you're hurt goes out to these people. in your position, is there anything you will be able to do try to make sure those things don't happen? it's disgusting for these little kids. your heart goes out to them. quick thank you. it is important in my opinion to always lead in humane and compassionate way. that is something that woul

people just seem to be aware, they need to know how to get around these voting laws. and again, i have a lot more job security because this country continues to implement in a whole graces policy. and chris, as you alluded to a little bit earlier, the in the supreme court, this decision is a very awful decision, but it fell 63 along ideological lines. conservative doing what they do, best, upholding white supremacy. but just as atlanta kagan to sit is worth noting here, she said, quote, may be something that bowers depression is a relic of story. and so the need for a poem section to have coming gone. but congress gets to make that call because it hasn't done so. this court to duty is to apply the law as it's written. what are your thoughts about that, chris? what i'm glad just skating was in the sand. i think she could have gone even further. so yes, it is up to congress to actually look at these type of laws and protect those. they have not been doing their job or job where people, especially people of color, have voted in record numbers to send them to congress, sp

and complying with the law.something that i've been surprised that which you probably will be a little bit is at the federal level it happens at the county level but -- can you give me your thoughts on that? >> for me i think it's important to respect the rule of law. it's obviously been my life's work from all my adult service and law enforcement so it's something that to me is very fundamental. just as our immigration system is as well and i think it's one of america's great stories of immigration but i think it's also a paradox because we also need to be making sure we are maintaining the rule of law. >> when i think about it you saw the 14-year-old nicaraguan boy who was asking for help and you saw the girls three and five years old that they just dropped over the wall. you have kids and grandkids. your heart goes out to these people. in your position as -- is there anything you'd able to do to try to make sure those things don't happen because it's disgusting for these little kids. your heart goes out to th

election law. her scholarship and teaching focused on the areas of election law, constitutional law, legal history, political parties, the election clause, the voting rights act of 1965 and the 14th and 15th amendments. she received her jd from the university of chicago law school . in 2019, her article on the elections clause appeared in the yale law form where she examined the broad powers conferred on the of the elections clause in the underutilization of such powers by congress and the constitutionality of hr one. in her forthcoming book, in congress we trust, she looks at voting rights from founding to the jim crow area and that will be published by cambridge university press. daniel is the dean of the university of wisconsin law school. the leading authority -- it is the leading a 30 and a scholarship addresses issues of voting rights, free speech and democratic conclusion. he has published over 50 law review articles on a broad scope of topics. he is the author of election law and a nutshell

don't just go make a paycheck and don't just go make money with a law degree. that was a life of service and to cut corners life wouldn't afford her to cut corners, all the discrimination along the way she always had to be that much better, it was also, she did not seek out the office in order for self-promotion or to draw the limelight, it was all about service an important part of that is a very strong ethical and moral compass of trying always to do the right things and trying to think outside of one's selves and be in the service of others. >> let me turn to some questions, we have a number and we encourage everybody to send them in. i'm getting combined with a question that i have because i was surprised your story about returning to work when you had a baby and you were nervous and you told her about your hesitancy, i'm curious what you said in your letter and what she responded to your letter and the advice that she gave a want to combine that with a question and the personal advice is. >> she gave me a lot over the years, one of the stories i would talk

law. section five empowers the justice department to stop discriminatory changes to voting procedures from taking effect, something that was supported by both republicans and democrats in the past no matter which party held the presidency. section two empowersed ordinary americans to seek redress in court against voting changes discriminating against minority voters. so the -- is that the supreme court knew exactly what it was doing by nullifying section five and section two of the act. without them, the vra is on life support. we the people are left are very few ways to protect your precious right to vote. of course this decision couldn't have come at a worse moment. empowered by the shelby county decisions, fueled by the former president's big lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him, dozens of states have rushed to enact voter suppression laws. with each passing week literally tens of thousands of americans are having their right to vote chipped away. there was already a four alar

from ucla school of law. after graduating from law school ms.nelson clerk on the northern district of illinois and the eighth circuit. a senior at turning with a nonpartisann education to promoe transparency of government politics and law. prior to judicial watch was a lawyer in private practice with government with asian regulatory matters and commercial litigation. he's an active member of the federalist society of law and public policy and was appointed to the united states election assistance commission board of advisers. professor richard hasen is chancellor professor of law and political science at the university of california irvine. he is aimed nationally recognized expert inti election law and campaign finance regulation. he writes as well in the areas of legislation statutory interpretation and torts. he has a b.a. degree with the highest honors from uc berkeley and j.d., m.a. and ph.d. in political science from ucla. he clerked on the 9th circuit andrs the civil appellate practice. we will begin my swearing-in the witnesses as where c

differ obviously the national law comes into play and platforms have to adhere to national law in the jurisdictions in which they operate a france has adopted quite a restrictive. sort of digital hate law that imposes harsh fines for platforms that fail to take down hateful speech and so, you know that arguably, you know, i think from a us lens people would argue that provision like that might be in contravention of international law might go too far and yet the platforms are certainly bound to it, but i think what it comes to the oversight board international law is the right reference point. it's important to understand though. it is not the notion is not that it applies directly and automatically the platforms it does it, you know, international law fines governments and was developed to address and circum. powers of government so it requires a kind of inductive reasoning to think about how that power ought to apply to private company. i think there's some ideas in international law that are helpful, you know the notion that a restriction on freedom of speech needs to be enumerated

the recent georgia state law and those laws across our country call election subversion, which is absolutely outrageous. these are some examples of what jim crow laws actually look like. at the age of 12, my father allowed me to see a demonstration with college students in private segregated theater. i was the youngest one there. 50 years later dad learned my father that he had parked across the street. in the seventh grade class -- they never received new books. we received all books from the white school across town. there were white only restrooms, women only restrooms and one filthy in the one in the back of the station for black americans. may it nearly impossible for black americans to vote. the state laws -- has brought so much outrage from the left, simply requires a person regardless of race or color to reply for an absentee ballot to include evidence of their id on the application. if a voter does not have a driver's license or id card, they can use a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck or other document to show that the name and address of the voter. if a voter somehow

we need to pass it into law. so i know senator durbin mention himself to this -- pledges himself to this mission and i do as well and the great thing is we have a bipartisan coalition growing and some of my colleagues today have demonstrated their openness at least to potentially working with us on that. i want to put into the record letters of support for the equal act from the major city chiefs association, from the due process institute, from the national district attorneys association, from the americans for tax reform, from our street, and from the american conservative union. i want to say one more time to the witnesses, thank you for being here, all four of you, as i tried to indicate, and i hope people understand, are living your lives in accordance to the hope that we can make this nation safer and stronger and better for all. i do unfortunate want to burden you a little bit more because questions for the record will be open until tuesday as my friend senator blackburn said, she will have some questions

law? the dissenter said it's enough to show it's a racially discriminatory impact, enough to show that the law makes it harder for minorities to be able to vote. the supreme court majority today said no, tas a much higher standard. if it's just a usual burden of voting and the state can assert some interest in, say, preventing voter fraud or some other interest, the thumb is on the scale to favor the state. it will be very hard for minority plaintiffs to be able to prove it's actually a violation of section two. that means across the country as all of these new restrictive laws are challenged, they'll have a much harder time being successful than they were before the supreme court ruled today. >> there is -- justice elena kagan wrote a dissent that is quite strong in its language. i don't know if we've been able to make a graphic this quickly because it's all breaking in the last 11 minutes here. today, the court undermines section two and the right it provides. justice kagan writing the m

law. one of the things that we will be confrontational at times, will be do we choose to have people represented it is in the courts because diversity creates people different opinions or is diversity simply the legitimate statement by the court that everyone is there pretty if i stand or send an african-american judge or woman, am i going to get a different take that if i said before an italian american. one would hope and i certainly believe that if we pick the right judges, it will make no difference as to the country of origin gender or nationality of the judge. many people today reflect the court, the high court and say that it has a bias towards one side or the other because who appointed them. the kind of discussion although interesting and perhaps sometimes reflective of the types of people in their opinion, also undermines the belief that the court in the case of a single judge on you for either criminal or civil, will in fact implement the law rather than their opinion of the bia

law. the first of them set to go into effect on july 1st of this year, less than one month away. after that date, some college athletes will be able to avail themselves of opportunities related to their name, image and likeness and some will not. schools and programs in some states will be able to gain a recruiting advantage under these new laws, and some will not. one of the state laws will be going into effect in my state of mississippi and i'm glad to know that student athletes at ole miss, msu, southern miss and other institutions will not be completely disadvantaged, however inconsistencies between state laws are already emerging. the only way to ensure that all student athletes across the country have the same n.i.l. rights is for congress to act. i understand that n.i.l. is not the only issue of importance in the world of college athletics. we have spent a significant amount of time on issues such as providing better health care and support for educational outcomes among our college

melissa murray, professor of the nyu school of law, where she teaches constitutional law, family law,nd reproductive rights and justice. she serves as a legal analyst for msnbc and is a host of a podcast, strict scrutiny about , the supreme court. paul clement is a partner at kirkland & ellis llp, and a distinguished lecturer at georgetown. served as the 43rd solicitor heserved as the 43rd solicitor general of the united states under president george w. bush. finally, our moderator, dahlia lithwick, is a senior editor at slate, where she covers the supreme court and host a podcast, amicus. she has either met or interviewed all four of the women who have sat on the supreme court. dahlia: thank you, karen. i want to add my voice to the deep gratitude, both to karen and steve and the team at adl, , and to jeff, and his amazing team, at the national constitution center. it is so destabilizing on one hand, to do this on zoom. on the other hand, to do this on zoom, we want to thank everybody who has tuned in today. i'm going to say that there is an immense amount to cover. we always gallop

but in terms of this law, i really feel like we don't necessarily need the specific laws that someone is purposely intentionally doing that shouldn't be a problem for people to know that they are in fact living with a chinese is shipping and so so it's important for people to, to take the time to really understand h i, b, if they're sexually acting, you gotta know about these laws many don't. and there's a reason why they don't know what people are on to do in the end one, they don't c h i b in the way that they see it. but in terms your question about protection, if you commit this crime in a particular state and then you are, you are liable on the law in that state, no matter where which state you may come from, right? just wanted to make, make that point very good by robert, real quick. i don't want to leave you. it's giving you the final word on this, your final thoughts. yeah, so i don't know, i sorry. i know. i think that there is a lot of information that we continue to know. and as i said, medical science does indeed involve. i think there does need to be some type of responsi

there is the 1st law over its kind in russia's history. and essentially, it's the country's contribution to a global effort to reduce emission within the framework of the paris climate accord . now, according to this law, just generally speaking, what it does is a, it makes companies report on their emissions and reduce their emissions as it also sets target levels for them. speaking of this levels, by the end of this decade already, russia is expecting to see a 30 percent drop in greenhouse gas emissions compared to the level that it had back in the 19 ninety's. but on top of that businessmen and interpret knows that they will be incentivized and encouraged to take part in in projects that help fight climate change. like for example, reforestation or recycling for taking part in these projects. they will be getting so called carbon units, which will later transpire into something more feasible, as the louis says, they will be able to sell these carbon units and well make a profit by all of these measures. russia is hoping to put itself on

gun laws. in 10 democrats and seven and 10 independents say social workers helping police defuse situations would reduce violent crime, while just over four in 10 republicans agree. while roughly eight in 10 -- there are a lot of different opinions on how to deal with the current violence. what policies do you support, john? guest: i think giving more funds to the police, having more police on the street, having higher arrest rates, convicting people when they commit the crimes and not releasing this huge number of inmates from prison. i think that is all important. unfortunately, the biden administration focusing almost exclusively on gun violence misses 90% of the problem that is going on. people being raped, murdered in other ways not involving guns have been increasing, too. my concern is a lot of gun control laws the buy demonstration is pushing will make it costly and more difficult for law-abiding citizens, particular the people most likely victims of violent crime -- poor blacks who liv

of law. and so a lot of people thrilled about the fact that the justice system has prevailed. that when of course, give the directive that has to be followed and it doesn't matter who you are. but of course it is a little bit of sweet moments. yeah, i mean, we are about liberal rates this country because we spend time in jail fighting for this country freedom. so some people are looking at this as a sad day for this democracy that a whole pretty but it's somebody who was so pivotal in bringing about democracy because country finds itself in a prison cell phone for being a contempt of court and disrespecting at the institution of the very democracy, rebecca or christine, thanks very much for that analysis. stayed at christine manuel in devon. a controversial new law has now come into effect and hungry despite condemnation from the you. the little band for trials of homosexuality or gender agenda change in school. educational materials or tv shows the on the 18th critic say it discriminates aga

about constitutional law, competition law and antitrust.previously serves deputy director, associate director and senior counsel at the federal trade commission where he focuses on antitrust enforcement and digitalal markets. for ten years, he practiced two multinational firms and hold law degrees from cambridge, harvard law school and nyu. paul watkins is the managing director of global partners and focuses on regulatory issues involving financial technology office ofth innovation consumer financial protection bureau headed up civil litigation division of the arizona attorney general office. earlier in his career he was in mna associate after and securities litigation associate graduated from harvard law school worked for judge. before i turn over our speakers, i'mr going to give you the code you will need in order to claim see. i will do this now and try to remember to do it again later in the presentation if you don't have a pencil handy. the code is fo tp 579. freedom of thought project 579. the floor is yours. >> thank you much, judge,

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i have been proud throughout my career as a law enforcement professional to uphold our nation's laws.f confirmed as vice director, i will be responsible for 20000 dedicated men and women who work every day to guard against threats to national security, public safety and safeguard the integrity of our borders. this includes ice critical investigative mission as well as enforcement and removal operation, carried out by ice. it's difficult and often thankless job, leaving such a team would be the owner of a lifetime. i chose enforcement career because i care deeply about the neighborhood i grew up in, the people and businesses, schools and houses of worship when you have such a love for your home and community and country, you want to give back so i chose to protect andd serve. i first started in the houston police department, working my way up to the role of homicide detective negotiator over nearly two decades. each of these two roles, i've been privileged to keep our community safe from harm. in 2009, i took my step in public service, iran for the houston city council and went on to s

i do like the law about this and robert on this side of it, do you think the law is actually too vague or should other states pass similar laws? because it's i have to put a store like interstate commerce. but if you're a resident, illinois, ideally, you know, you're not necessarily checking the rules and the other state, you know, is this some of the federal federally? should we take up what we see congress debating this issue? no, i don't believe we will see congress debating these issues because particularly these are state laws. however, in my, in the movement we are looking at supporting federal legislation that will least address the issue of recommendation. it was only mentioned just for a little bit and the national strategy in 2010 under the obama administration. and so since then, we've been advocating for the federal government to at least acknowledge this issue and representative moderately, as one of the others represented have been sort of championed to try to introduce legislation to various congress congressional session. but in terms of this law, i really feel like we

the professor of the nyu school of law where she teaches constitutional law, family law, and reproductive rights and justice. she serves as a legal analyst for msnbc and is a host of a podcast about the supreme court. a partner at kirkland and ellis llp. and a distinguished lecturer at georgetown. he served as the 43rd solicitor general of the united states under president george w. bush. finally, our motto or -- our moderator. dahlia is a senior editor at slate. she is eyes are met or interviewed all four of the women who are set -- he/she has either -- she has either met or interviewed all four of the women who have set on the supreme court. dahlia: i want to add my voice to the gratitude, both to karen and the team at adl and to jeff and his amazing team at the national constitution center. it is so this stabilizing on one hand to do this on zoom. on the other hand, to do this on zoom, we want to thank everybody who has tuned in today. i'm going to say that there is an immense amount to cover. we always galloped through it. please, please, put your questions in the q&a. karen will get