this is also what the mississippi supreme court. was one of the 7 judges. proceedings. he believed from the start. and that she needed to be really. the case while i was on the court in 2003 the majority of the judges voted to keep her conviction in place. even though i had written an opinion. the rest of fellow judges to overturn that conviction because i thought there were problems and i thought it should be. she remained in prison. i think another 11 years or so after. now retired has never forgotten. which remains his greatest. he's made a point of speaking in the media about the death penalty. for the poor and. rich people generally don't go to. poor people do. i mean if you've got the resources if you're wealthy if you're rich if you've got your own private attorneys and you can hire investigators and you have witnesses you're not to go to death row support people that can't fight back they don't have the resources if you don't have those resources the chances of you being convicted or dramatically at that point. join me. how. when i don't think this is knowing som

this is also what a judge at the mississippi supreme court thought. oliver diaz was one of the 7 judges who reexamined to michele byers proceedings. he believed from the start that her guilt was unfounded and that she needed to be released in the michelle byron case while i was on the court in 2003 the majority of the judges voted to keep her conviction in place and keep her on death row even though i had written an opinion urging the rest of my fellow judges to overturn that conviction because i thought there were problems and i thought it should be overturned she remained in prison and stayed there for i think another 11 years or so after i wrote my opinion oliver diaz now retired has never forgotten michel byers case which remains his greatest regret. since then he's made a point of speaking in the media about the unfairness of the death penalty. a 2 tier system where the poorest are condemned in advance. rich people generally don't go to death row poor people do. i mean if you've got the resources if you're wealthy if you're rich if you've got you

supreme court. along with ervin, there was senator john stennis of mississippi, a graduate of mississippi law schoolsentence reads, "the unwarranted decision of the supreme court in the public school cases is now bearing the fruit always produced when men substitute naked power for established law." you know, the phrase "naked power" may strike some people as heated language, but i looked back to see where this link which appeared, and even the most sober and button-down academics used that very language at that very time. another uses the same leg which about naked power with respect to brown versus the board of education. so, focusing on that leg which alone -- language alone sort of allows people to misunderstand what was at the core of the argument. they used overwhelmingly sort of traditional methods of constitutional interpretation. they spoke about origionalism. they spoke about constitutional text. they spoke about precedent. they spoke about constitutional structure. they spoke about prudential considerations. and they also spoke about tradition. these are, today, look constitutional law pr

box 40 in jackson, mississippi, is the attorney for william nash says he will ask as a u.s. supreme court to overturn the 12 year prison sentence for nash who carried his mobile phone into a jail cell after he was arrested on a misdemeanor charge. the state supreme court said thursday it will not reconsider its earlier decision to uphold that sentence. fox 29 in philadelphia as firefighters battle a large forest fire in cumberland county. officials say that fire has consumed more than a thousand acres. firefighters expect the blaze will be under control by later today, no injuries were reported and no evacuations expected. and if this is a live look at austin from our affiliate, fox seven. one of the big stories later tonight, a federal judge rules texas clinics may continue to perform abortions in some cases, despite the governor's order banning them during the coronavirus outbreak. the decision appears to contradict a federal appeals court ruling upholding that band. that's two nights live look outside the beltway from "special report." we will be right back. ♪ that's why there's otezla

supreme court. along with ervin, there was senator john stennis of mississippi, a graduate of the law school. so these people were quite legally sophisticated in the arguments that they advanced. when the southern manifesto is cited, it tends to be just the first sentence. the first sentence reads, "the unwarranted decision of the supreme court in the public school cases is now bearing the fruit always produced when men substitute naked power for established law." you know, the phrase "naked power" may strike some people as sort of heated language, but i went back and looked to see where this language appeared. and even the most sober and buttoned-down academics used that very language at the time. herbert wechsler, the columbia law professor, in his famous article "toward neutral principles of constitutional law" uses the same language about naked power with respect to brown versus board of education. so, focusing on that language alone sort of, you know, allows people to misunderstand what was at the core of the argument. they used overwhelmingly sort of traditional methods of constitutiona

decision was her earliest decision, hogan versus the mississippi women's university and ruth was there for that decision. she came onto the supreme court of the united states, there were boxes of case files and stuff all piled around her office floor, she organized a system to try to get to the first conference in the fall so she would look competent. and when she got there, she found out that the justices organized their cases according to a different system than the obvious one, so at lunch she had to run back and reorganize her case books, am i right? this is what she goes into. and in her head, she is saying, it's okay to be the first but i don't want to be the last. and she gets a case hogan versus mississippi where the eight male judges, justices are divided, 4-4. so she has to make the fifth vote to decide whether it is un-constitutional to segregate public universities by sex. and she cast the first -- the decisive -- not the swing -- the decisive fifth vote to say that it was un-constitutional to segregate public universities by sex in 1981. it was 15 years later that the court decided virginia -- united states versus virginia

supreme court upholding the governor's order limiting religious gatherings to 10 people. in kentucky police taking down license plates, warning them to quarantine for two weeks. in mississippia jackson city councilman handed out masks to people heading in to worship. but a unique approach for many other churches, drive-in services. drivers honking in praise in bedford hills, new york. [ horns honking ] >> reporter: sitting safely inside their cars listening to a sermon. in ohio, another parking lot easter celebration. >> it's just a blessing that we can all get together and continue to worship, even though we are in our cars. >> reporter: and surreal scenes across the globe. pope francis addressing a nearly empty st. peter's basilica. [ bells tolling ] >> reporter: in spain, bolivia, australia, striking images of empty pews. parishioners watching livestreams from the safety of their homes. ♪ amazing grace >> reporter: opera singer andrea bocelli holding a concert from an empty duomo in milan. the goal, he said, to hug this wounded earth's pulsing heart. ♪ but now i see >> reporter: several lawsuits have been filed by state and local churches claiming these gathering bans ar

supreme court upholding the governor's order limiting religious gatherings to ten people. in kentucky police taking down license plates, warning them to quarantine for two weeks. in mississippi jackson city councilman handing out masks to people headed in to worship. >> amen. >> amen. reporter: but a uniqu approach for many other churches, drive-in services. drivers honking in praise in bedford hills, new york. >> i like that. >> reporter: sitting safely d onother parking lottening to easter celebration. >> it's just a blessing that we can all get together and continue to worship even though we are in our cars. >> reporter: and surreal scenes across the globe. pope francis addressing a nearly empty st. peter's basilica. in spain, bolivia, australia, striking images of empty pews. parishioners watching live streams from the safety of their homes. ♪ amazing grace >> and opera singer andrea bocelli holding a concert from an empty duomo in milan. the goal, he said, to hug this wounded earth's pulsing heart. ♪ but now i see >> several lawsuits have been filed by state and local churches claiming these gathering bans are not being enforced equally and church services are being sin

mississippi. >> we will more than likely have more than ten. we will be sitting spaced as they wish. >> reporter: the kansas supreme court deciding saturday an executive ten people will stand, just hours before the start of easter services. in kentucky, governor andy bashir says anyone gathering at in-person church services will be required to quarantine for 14 days and in new york state the hardest-hit area in the u.s., the virus has killed more than 8,600 residents, but officials say there are encouraging signs. >> the number of hospitalizations appears to have hit an apex and the apex appears to be a plateau, which is what many of the models predicted that it wasn't going to be a straight up and straight down. it was going to be a straight up, you hit the top number, and then you plateau for a period of time, and that looks like what we are doing. >> reporter: in michigan, governor fregretchen whitmer banning travel between two residences with only a few exceptions. in texas governor greg abbott also increasing travel restrictions to his state, including quarantines and on to the economy, nearly 17 million filing for unemployment over the past thre

mississippi. >> we will more than likely have more than ten. we will be sitting spaced as they wish. >> reporter: the kansas supreme court deciding saturday an executiveover ten people will stand, just hours before the start of easter services. in kentucky, governor andy beshear says anyone gathering at in-person church services will be required to quarantine for 14 days and in new york state the hardest-hit area in the u.s., the virus has killed more than 8,600 residents, but officials say there are encouraging signs. >> the number of hospitalizations appears to have hit an apex and the apex appears to be a plateau, which is what many of the models predicted that it wasn't going to be a straight up and straight down. it was going to be a straight up, you hit the top number, and then you plateau for a period of time, and that looks like what we are doing. >> reporter: in michigan, governor gretchen whitmer banning travel between two residences with only a few exceptions. in texas governor greg abbott also increasing travel restrictions to his state, s. and on to the economy, nearly 17 million filing for unemployment over the past three weeks. abc news

mississippi caused flash floods. began today after inds andp at least one tornado struck welast night. ago, tornadoes killed 36 people in the region. the s. supreme court ruled today that state juries must be unanimous to convict ctsminal defend w o states, louisiana and oregon, still alvided juries to reach verdicts. the high court acted in e case of a louisiana man serving a life sentence for murder. and, a federal appeals court says a texas ban on abortions during the pandemic includes those induced by medication. that overturns a lower court ruling. the state has temporarily baed all abortions as non-essential procedures. still to come on the newshour: how long will it take for america to reopen, and what will it look like once it does? the pandic abroad-- w brazil and afghanistan are coping with the crisis.am amy walter anda keith on washington's latest response to coronavirus, and much more. >> woodruff: as officials arouno the country aridering how to reopen their communities,t there's grncern and debate brewing over how long shutdowns should last and ether re- opening too soon could be dangerous. donald mcneil reported extensivy on these questi