we've all heard about roe versus wade, brown versus art of education. -- board of education. but we want to do is really talk about not only the legal side of the cases but the people involved in these cases. they are human beings who felt so passionately that they were being wronged but they brought their cases to the court. >> i think what people will find most fascinating about these cases are the personal stories. one of my personal favorites is matt versus ohio. when people hear this personal story of this woman in this situation, they will fall in love with these cases, they will feel passionate about what has happened in the courts and why they matter and why you should care. >> picking the 12 cases was really difficult. we learned a lot. oure 12 cases represent evolving understanding of rights in america, when you take a look from dred scott, miranda, all the way to roe versus wade, you learn and only about the history of the country but the evolving right in america. historyark cases, supreme court decisions, produced in cooperation with the national constitution cen

so why don't -- so if roe versus wade is the issue, it has been discussed for so many years by so many people running for high office in this country, we've got to overturn roe versus wade, but obviously they've been unable to accomplish that. it's been unable to be accomplished. why not have that be the focus? why focus at the states as opposed to trying to get the whole thing thrown out. >> well, you should ask an anti-choicer that -- >> well, i'm sure you've thought about -- you've thought about why anti-choicers have been able to get that accomplished. >> well, you know, what they wanted -- the first thing they wanted was the human life amendment which was an amendment to the constitution that would have banned abortion and that didn't get anywhere. >> right. >> it's a long, long process to overturn roe v. wade. they need -- they need another -- at least one more supreme court justice, but they also need to create on the ground cases that the supreme court will take. a lot of this is about that. >> right. >> the 20 -- why 20 weeks? why not 21 weeks or 19 weeks? it's because at 20 w

we have all heard about roe versus wade, brown versus board of education.or so many people, they are just names in a textbook and we want to talk about not only the legal side of the cases, but the people involved. they are human beings who felt so passionately that they brought the cases to the court. >> i think what people will find most fascinating are the personal stories. one of my personal favorite is math versus ohio. i think when people hear this personal story of this woman in this situation, that they will fall in love with these cases, that they will feel passionate about what happens in the course and why they matter. >> picking the 12 cases with a really difficult and arduous task. those 12 cases represent our evolving understanding of rights in america. ,ou take a look from dred scott all the way through roe versus wade, you learn about the history of the country and the evolving rights in america. >> historic >> delving into 12 supreme court cases that significantly influenced our nation's story and evolving understanding of rights in america

number 18, roe versus wade. , loving versus madison is probably the most famous case this court decidedputting the brown decision into effect would take , in thetial orders presence of federal troops and marshals, and the courage of children. >> we wanted to pick cases that change the direction of society and also society. >> so she told them that they would have to have a search warrant. she demanded to see the paper, to read it, see what it was. they refused to do it, so she grabbed it out of their hands. thereafter, the police officer handcuffed her. >> i can't imagine a better way to bring the constitution to life than telling the great story behind supreme court cases. >> after being convicted for failing to report for relocation , he took his case all the way to this report -- to the supreme court. >> quite often, the most famous decisions were when the court took decisions that were quite unpopular. >> if you had to pick one freedom that was most essential to the functioning of democracy, it has to be freedom of speech. >> let's go through a few cases that demonstrate very dramat

we have all all heard about roe versus wade, we've heard about brown versus board of education. for so many many its names in the textbook. what we want to do is talk about the legal side of the cases and the people involved in the cases. they are human beings who felt so passionately that their rights were being wrong that they brought their rights to the court. >> i think people will find fascinating about these cases are the personal stories. one of my favorites is matt versus ohio, the story of dole. i i think when people hear this personal story of t

got all tied up with roe versus wade. ade, now you're turning evangelical christians against the women's movement. >> we have some beautiful women with us today, some women who know that they were created the way god wanted them. there are some very basic essential differences between man and woman. i hope god keeps it that way. >> i think when you study the e.r.a. and see what it really means to women, that the women don't want it, the men don't want it, and so, by public outcry, as you people are doing here today, we will beat e.r.a. >> two, four, six, eight -- >> thousands of women gathered in houston today as a symbolic torch marked the beginning of a national women's conference. >> with the e.r.a. losing momentum, people were trying to figure out what to do, and this was going to be an attempt to sort of push things forward. >> between now and adjournment on monday, this conference will consider 26 resolutions asking the president and government to do something about the problems of homemakers, mothers and their child

. >> number 18 roe versus wade. >> madison and madison is probably the most famous case this court everdecided. they existed when slavery here on land wasn't legally recognized. the courage of children, we wanted to pick cases that change the direction and changed society. >> so she told them they would have to have a search and she demanded to see the paper and read it to see what it was. she grabbed it out of his hands to look at it and thereafter the police officer. >> i can imagine a better way to bring the constitution to life than telling the human stories behind great supreme court cases after being convicted for failing to report for the relocation he took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular if you had to pick one freedom that was the most essential to the functioning of a democracy, it has has to be freedom of speech. >> let's go to a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who stick

change the basic guidance from roe versus wade's decision. wi every time we step into thisn question and into something that seems as clear as drawing a line rmin and after that they cannot have a legal termination of meeting pregnancy, we find that you you're walking into an area of uncertainty. i remember many years ago and when we were debating this issue a woman from illinois was found. from the town of naperville and in 1996 she told me a harrowing story of how legislation, like ou the billts before us, would have impacted her. she learned late in her pregnancy that the child she was carrying could not survive outside of the womb and the baby was diagnosed with nine majorher anomalies including a fluidad oh filled cranium with no brain tissue. sadly she also hadio underlying. medical conditions thatpregnanct complicated her pregnancy even e more. doctors were concerned if she went through the pregnancy at s ced that point she would run the - risk of never having another baby. with tears in her eyes told me how she and her husband agonize

that you have continued down this path, is to set thie stage ultimately for the overturning of roe versus wade. that is not basically this little bitty provision here. this is one of many over 22 years leading in that direction. becausely urge you that some people have of you that -- a view that is different than make my view the prevailing view, but the prevailing sentiment in this country is that women should have the right to control their bodies and make a determination as to who it is they wish to associate with as a physician. for a law that limits that association, and flies in the face of all the anti-talk about obamacare where people were talking about you will not have your right to choose your own physician. and then you come here and say to poor women, hell no, you do not have that right to go to the providers that are in that area. we should be ashamed of ourselves, putting ourselves in that position. and i certainly will stand in complete opposition to not only the legislation, but ultimate aim that you have and that is overturning roe versus wade. i yield back my time. rep. sess

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we have all all heard about roe versus wade, we've heard about brown versus board of education. for so many many its names in the textbook. what we want to do is talk about the legal side of the cases and the people involved in the cases. they are human beings who felt so passionately that their rights were being wrong that they brought their rights to the court. >> i think people will find fascinating about these cases are the personal stories. one of my favorites is matt versus ohio, the story of dole. i i think when people hear this personal story of this women in the situation, they will fall in love with these cases. they will feel passionate about what happens in the courts and why they matter, and why you should care. >> picking the 12 cases was a difficult and arduous task. it was fun because we learned a lot. those 12 cases represent our evolving understanding of rights in america. and you take a look at red and scott, all the way to roe versus wade you learn about the history of the country and the evolving rights of america. >> landmark cases, historic supreme court d

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, all the way through roe versus wade, you learn about the history of the country and the evolving rights in america. >> historic >> delving into 12 supreme court cases that significantly influenced our nation's story and evolving understanding of rights in america beginning october 5 on c-span and cspan3. as a companion, the book features the 12 cases we have selected for the series with a brief introduction into the background, highlights, and , publishedach case .y c-span "landmark cases" is available for $8.95 plus shipping and handling. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visit s museums and historic places. the national gallery of art was a gift to the american people from financier andrew mellon who served as treasury secretary until 1932. up next, we visit the museum to learn about early american portrait painting and work of john singleton copley. dianne: hello. we are standing in a room full a portrait by john singleton copley, america's most important colonial portrait painter. i think as we look around the room, you can think back to the words of john adams

we have heard about roe versus wade, brown versus the board of education, but for people they are namesa textbook and we want to talk about not only the legal side but the people involved. they are human beings who felt so passionately that they were being wronged that they brought the cases to the court. >> i think they find their personal stories most fascinating. one of my favorites is not versus ohio and the story of dole. i think when people hear this personal story of this woman and the situation, they will fall in love with these cases. they will feel passionate about what has happened in the courts and why they matter and why they should care. >> taking the 12 cases was difficult. and our cases represent evolving of rights in america. when you take a look, dred scott, miranda, although it to roe versus wade, you learn about the history of the country but the evolving rights of america. historicrk cases, supreme court decisions, produced in cooperation with the national constitution center. into 12 supreme court cases that the mythical he nation's story and evolving our understan

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we have all heard about roe versus wade, we have heard about brown versus board of education.ut for so many people they are just names in a textbook. we want to talk about not only the legal decisions but the people involved. they are human beings who felt so passionately that they were being robbed of their rights that they brought their cases to the court. >> i think what people of find most fascinating about these cases are the personal stories. one of my personal favorites is matt versus ohio. i think when people here this personal story of this woman and the situation, they are going to fall in love with these cases. they will feel passionate about what happened and why they mattered, and why you should care. >> picking the 12 cases was a really difficult and arduous task. task, we learned a lot, but those 12 cases represent our evolving understanding of rights in america. we will take a look at dred scott, all the way to roe versus wade. you really do learn not only about the history of the country but about the evolving rights in america. landmark cases, historic suprem

and all the cases that we think about, brown versus order of education, ohio, that's florida, roe versus wade is texas, griswold versus connecticut, these -- we live in lincoln's house and it's a 14th amendment world. the framers think that you can use the phrase bill of rights to describe it, we call it the bill of rights because tom bingham and abraham lincoln's allies called these early amendments the bill of rights and that's why we call him that. so first we understand that in lincoln's generation, the framers of the 14th amendment believe in the freedom and bureau bill of 1856 which is a companion to the civil rights act, both of which are companions to the 14th amendment proposed by congress in 1856 and this is a direct quote from the bill. every citizen is entitled to personal liberty and security including the constitutional right to bear arms. and here is what they were thinking of. they took up arms against lincoln. they like armies, national armies. but they understand. so it's not about this anymore. but people in homes are entitled to have guns for self protection because they c

. >> roe versus wade. >> march bury and madison is probably the most famous case this court has ever decided. >> dred and marian existed on land here where slavery wasn't legally recognized. >> putting the brown decision into effect would take federal orders and marshals and the courage of children. >> we wanted to pick cases that changed the direction and import of the court in society and that also changed society. >> so she told them that they'd have to have a search warrant, and mrs. mapp demanded to see the paper and to read and see what it was, which they refused to do, so she grabbed it out of his hands to look at it, and thereafter, the police officer handcuffed her. >> i can't imagine a better way to bring the constitution to life than by telling the human stories behind great supreme court cases. >> fred kormatsu boldly opposed the forced interment of japanese americans during world war ii. after being convicted for failing to report for relocation, mr. kormatsu took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> quite often in our most famous cases are decisions that the co

when i went to law school and i had the benefit of studying with professor, because of roe versus wade and conservatives had a conservative methodology which was judicial restraint, courts should be striking down and invalidating laws passed by democratic majority. an extremely rare circumstances. that's with the justice has adhere to time and again in his opinion. there is no new strand of conservative thought that says no absolutely not. we should rehabilitate lochner. one of the leading proponents it arguing cases to the supreme court same use your power to strike down laws that are progressive. use the power of the court affirmatively as a source. >> that is a great summary of the debate, and that suggest as you told us that there used to be a consensus that lochner was widely reviled and now has a constituent and here we have nathan chapman talking about substitute due process and criticizing it saying it has little in the context of the history of the constitution. speaking of judicial activism, i want to ask you about the case of miranda. that was famously attacked and it's time

when roe versus wade was decided, there was not a single woman in the court. that is not seem to trouble him either. for those watching at home or here, doesn't civil law recognize the viability of even a pre-viable fetus when it comes time for the plaintiffs attorney to get paid? >> are many instances of wrongful cases in various states of wrongful death of the unborn of criminal law to punish -- >> let's just take with civil right now. i comes time for the trial attorney to get paid, we have a different definition of viability. >> viability is simply not relevant. >> exactly. you can be two weeks president -- pregnant. and you have a cause of action on behalf of the child. smoke the attorneys have no trouble being paid for the life of the two week old. >> the idea of using viability as a standard is antiquated and most courts have gone away from that to just simply, at the point that, if the child is alive. >> it is hard to go away from viability when professor smith said, there is not any humanity owed a previable, she will not say "baby." a pre-fetus. did

there's roe versus wade. the right under that decision to have an abortion, but we don't force doctors to perform abortions. here we're in a situation because this is a governmental function, we're going to be forcing people to violate their very deeply held religious beliefs. >>> australia is taking the fight to isis in syria. it will launch air strikes against multiple targets within days, adding to the bombing runs that it has been conducting there in iraq since last year. australia's also planning to take in 12,000 refugees as the crisis worsens there in europe. that is in in addition to its annual intake of more than 13,000. >>> well, talk about a tight squeeze. look at this. an illegal immigrant caught trying to cross the border hiding inside this vehicle. a u.s. citizen was driving the car with a 3-year-old child inside the car. she appeared a bit nervous, so they did a search. the mexican citizen was found underneath the backseat where there was a hidden compartment. the driver now facing federal char

we all heard about roe versus wade and brown versus education wlach what we want to do is talk about the legal side of the cases and the people involved in these cases. they're human beings that felt so passionately that they were being wronged that they brought their cases to the court. >> i think what people will find most vfascinating about the cass is the personal stories. one of my favorites is matt versus ohio and the story of dollree mapp. i think when they hear the story about this woman and the situation, they'll fall in love with these cases. they'll feel passionate about what happened in the courts and why they matter and why you should care. >> picking the 12 cases was a really difficult task. it was fun because we learned a lot. but those 12 cases represent really our he involving understanding of rights in america. when you take a look from dred scott to the koramateau case, you learn about the history of the country and the evolving rights in america. >> landmark cases, historic supreme court decisions, produced in cooperation with the national constitution center. del

. >> roe versus wade. >> marbury and madison is the most famous case. >> they existed as enslaved people here on land where slavery wasn't legally recognized. >> putting the brown decision into effect would take presidential orders, and the presence of federal troops and marshals and the courage of children. >> we wanted to pick cases that changed the direction of the court in society and that also changed society. >> so, she told them that they'd have to have a search warrant. and, mrs. mapp demanded to see the paper and to read it and see what it was, which they refused to do, so she grabbed it out of his hand to look at it, and thereafter, the police officer handcuffed her. >> i can't imagine a better way to bring the constitution to life than by telling the human stories behind great supreme court cases. >> fred komatsu opposed the forced interment of japanese americans during world war ii. after being convicted of failing to report, he took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were quite unpo

in 1973 everything changed when the supreme court handed down roe versus wade. >> we had a case of an, yes, that was being carried along by cultural currents but which, at the same time, and with just as much force shaped those cultural currents. because once you introduce the idea that the government can authorize the destruction of human life, you have introduced the different form of government. >> father frank pavono has been a pro life leader for decades. >> you have a different kind of government which no longer protects all human life but which rather becomes the arbiter of human life. that introduces profound changes in the way we look at government. >> planned parenthood became a leading provider of abortion, performing an estimated 6.8 million since 1970. another important development came in 1970 when planned parenthood affiliates started receiving federal funds through family planning subsidies to low-income people. since then, the amount that federal government gives to planned parenthood has risen to over a half a billion dollars a year, according to their 2013-2014 ann

we have all heard about roe versus wade and brown verse us e board of education. what we really want to do is talk about not only the legal side of the cases but the people involved in these cases. they are human beings who felt so passionately that they were being wronged or their rights were being abridged they brought their cases to the court. >> i think what people will find most fascinating about these cases are the personal stories. one of my personal favorites is matt versus ohio in the story of dollree mapp. when people hear this personal story of this woman and this situation, that they will fall in love with these cases, that they will feel passionate about what happens in the courts and why they matter and why you should care. >> picking the 12 cases was a really difficult and arduous task. it was fun because we learned a lot. those 12 cases represent really our evolving understanding of rights in america, when you tack a look from dred scott all the way to roe versus wade. you learn about the history in the country and the evolving rights in america. >

we have heard about roe versus wade, roberts versus board of education, but for so many people they are. we want to talk about not only the legal sides but the people involved. passionatelylt so that their rights were being abridged that they brought them to the court. >> i think what people will find most fascinating are the personal stories. one of my personal favorites is matt versus ohio. i think when people hear of his personal story of this woman in this

just like they did in roe versus wade. but there were those who understood that the foundational core principle believes we are created and equal and protect the most innocent among us and the greatest test of who we are is how we treat those that cannot defend themselves and no one more defenseless in all of humanity than the defenseless, little, unborn children. >> thank you so much for your time. >> thank you, kate. thank you very much. >> thank you. strong views from the congressman. we had a plan to have a democratic congresswoman with us, as well. and just waiting for her to get over to the camera position and speaking with her, as well. let's move to the campaign trail for a moment because the fight over planned parenthood funding has also been front and center there. leading the charge, republican carly fiorina who's made it a central issue of her campaign, most noticeably the last cnn debate describing a graphic scene of an undercover video produced by an anti-abortion group and prompted this exchange with chuck t

i'm a proud member of the millennial generation and the most pro life since roe versus wade 1973.]. many millennial's realiadi we have been a little g[ by the so-called, progressive utopia, promised by by planned parenthood and their allies. millennial scrub learned about the abolitionist slave trade in the school, harriet tubman, the civil rights marches of the 20th century, now so many of us are scandalized and outraged by the fact that little human beings are being heard, killed, and sold every day in the land of the freeze in the home of the brave, by planned parenthood. the surgical abortion clinic just a few miles away in downtown washington d.c., planned parenthood's flagship location in the capital of our free country is one of the locations recently partnered with a biotech company to harvest and sell baby body parts. in the same city where the declaration of independence safeguards the rights of human beings, the same city where abraham lincoln governed a free country to bring liberty to human beings that were true like property. in the same city, little human beings are

roe versus wade. >> marbury versus madison. >> enlisted as slave people here on land where slavery wasn'tegally recognized. >> putting a decision into effect would take presidential orders. in the presence of federal troops and marshalls and the courage of children. >> we wanted to pick cases that changed the direction and import of the court in society and that also changed society. >> so they told them they would have to have a search. and they demanded to see the paper and read it to see what it was, which they refused to do. so she grabbed it out of his hands to look at it. and thereafter the police officer handcuffed her. >> i can't imagine a better way to bring the constitution to life than by telling the human stories behind great supreme court cases. >> fred fur mont boldly opposed interment. after being convicted to failure to report for a relocation, he took his case all the way to supreme court. >> quite off many of our most famous decisions are the ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. >> if you had to pick one freedom that was the most essential to the functioni

we have all heard about roe versus wade and brown versus order education.ut for so many people they are just names in a textbook. so we want to talk about the legal side of these cases but also the human side of these cases. feltwere human beings who that they were wrong, and they brought their cases to the court. i think what people will find most fascinating are the personal stories. is mappy favorite versus ohio. i think when people will hear this story, they will fall in love with these stories. you'll find out why they matter and why they -- why you should care. picking these cases was tough, they represent our involving understanding of rights in america. , weake a look at dred scott learn about the history of the country but the evolving rights in america. cases, historic supreme court decisions. thatpreme court decisions significantly influenced our nation's story. at 9:00day night eastern. on c-span and c-span3. and as a companion to the new series, the book, landmark cases. there is a brief introduction byo the background, written a veteran suprem

roe v. wade and brown versus board of education that for so many people they are names in a textbook and whate want to do is talk about not only the legal side of the case but the people involved in the case. they are human beings and so passionate they brought the cases to the court. >> i think what people find most fascinating about the cases are the personal stories. one of my personal favorites is the map versus ohio. when people hear that story of this woman and this situation they will fall in love with these cases and they will feel passionate about what happens in the court and why they matter and why you should care. >> picking the 12 cases was a difficult and arduous task because we learned a lot about those 12 cases are evolving and understanding the rights in america when you take a look at dred scott to the case in miranda all the way to roe v. wade we learn only about the history of the country that the evolving rights in america. >> landmark cases, historic supreme court decisions produced in cooperation with the national constitution center into the 12 supreme court cases have

. >> roe versus wade. madison is probably the most famous case the court ever decided. slavery was not legally recognized. >> putting a decision into effect would take presidential orders and the presence of federal troops and marshals and the courage of children. >> we wanted to pick cases that changed the direction of society and also changed society. him they would have to have a search warrant. demanded to see the paper, which they refused to do. thereafter, the police officer handcuffed her. imagine a better way to bring the constitution to life than to tell the stories behind great cases. he bravely opposed the forced internment of japanese americans during world war ii. after being in prison for failing to report for relocation, he took his case to the supreme court. >> some of the most famous decisions are ones that are unpopular. >> if you had to pick a freedom that was the most essential to the functioning of democracy, it has to be freedom of speech. >> a few cases illustrate very dramatically what it means to live in a society of 310 million togethero stick

subsequent to roe versus wade in the 1970's, it is the law of the land that if a woman wants to haveabortion, she has a legal right to get it. you can disagree with that and work to change that law. that there are better ways to do it than shutting down the american economy. under the height amendment, there is zero taxpayer dollars, it's a matter of law, to go into the performance of abortions. program, v.a. health care, the government does a lot of work in health care area. under the height amendment, it zero u.s. taxpayer dollars go to the performance of abortions. this comes down to what we think about the attempts to reduce, the practical attempts. make it impossible for a clinic to get started summer that performs abortions. legal and as is long as women want to exercise their legal right, i think it's wrong -- instead of trying to change that law to try to do things like get rid of planned parenthood a get rid of the -- or get rid of the clinics that do these things. if you disagree with abortion, i respect that point of view even if i don't agree. the taxpayer dollars to not

i'm a proud member of the millennial generation and the most pro life since roe versus wade 1973.illennials realize we are a little gypped by the so-called secular so-called progress of utopia promised by planned parenthood and their allies. millennials grew up learning about the evolution of the slave trade, harriet tubman and the and the ground railroad, the grison genocide and crimes and civil rights marches of the 20th century and now also many of us are scandalized and outraged by the fact the little human beings are being hurt, killed and sold everyday in the land of the free and the home of the brave by planned parenthood. the planned parenthood surgical abortion clinic a few miles away in downtown washington d.c. planned parenthood's flag ship location and capital of our free country is one of the locations recently partnered with a biotech company to harvest and sell baby body parts. in the same city where the declaration of independence save god's the inalienable rights of all human beings created equal and the same city where abraham lincoln governed a free country to b

. >> number 18, roe versus wade. >> monrovia madison is the most famous case ever decided. >> it existeds an late people here on land where slavery wasn't legally recognized. >> been the brown decision into effect would take presidential orders and the troops and marshals and the courage of children. >> we wanted to pick cases that change the direction and imported the court society and also changed society. >> so she told them they would have to have a search and demanded to see the paper and see what it was, which they refuse to do so she grabbed it, looked at it and thereafter the police officer handcuffed her. >> i can imagine a better way to bring the constitution to live in telling the great supreme court cases. >> quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court to that were quite unpopular. >> if you had to pick one freedom that was the most essential to the functioning of a democracy, it has to be freedom of speech. >> let's go through a few cases that illustrate dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people

in a case with roe versus wade that would support planned parenthood, oppose any defunding of planned parenthood of any level and the san francisco -- regardless of federal support. second, today i am calling for a hearing and actually substituting and augmentment a hearing called by john avalos in the spring of this year. for most people tickets or tow away are a financial hassle. i have myself been ticketed and tow aways, while my budget has enable to pay for this, many people living paycheck to paycheck can have far more consequences. in june when san francisco discussed this issue with sf mta and discussed further discussion prior to approving a new contract to begin in april 2016. if san francisco was on par with other cities, i would no question the cost for recovery fees that have been associated. but the fees our office have researched are considerably lower than other cities. for example we looked at chicago, seattle, los angeles and new york. in chicago a tow away fee is $150 plus $20 for the night. seattle $114 and additional fee per day. los angeles $120 and additional fee

they tend to seek office as republican women and there wasn't a single woman on the court when roe versus wade was decided. but that doesn't seem to trouble him much either. for those watching at home or here doesn't civil law recognize the viability of even a previable fetus when it comes time for the plaintiff's attorney to get paid? >> there are many instances of wrongful -- cases in various tats of wrongful death of the unborn, of criminal laws to punish -- >> we're going to get to criminal law in a second. let's just stick with civil right now. when it comes time for the trial attorney to get paid, we have a different definition of viability, right? >> well, viability is simply not relevant. >> exactly. you can be two weeks pregnant and you have a cause of action on behalf of that unborn child. and our friends on the other side of the aisle, some who were plaintiffs' attorneys, have no trouble being paid for the life of that 2-week-old. >> right. the idea of using viability as a standard is really antiquated and most courts have gone away from that to just simply the point that if the chi

su case,tt, the koremat all the way through roe versus wade. >> landmark cases, historic supreme court decisions, produced in cooperation with the national constitution center. delving into 12 supreme court cases that significantly and oure our story understanding of rights in america. at 9:00 p.m.ights eastern on c-span and c-span3. landmark cases, the book. a brief introduction into the background, highlights and impact in the case. published by c-span in --peration with cq press, of available for a dollars $.95 plus shipping and handling. when the cyber hacking become an act of war? mike rogers, the head of u.s. cyber command, told lawmakers today that the government is still working its way through the issue. he is back on capitol hill tomorrow to testify in implementing a strategy. later, hearing on the threat of islamist extremism in russia. the houseage before foreign affairs subcommittee is at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. as the president from planned parenthood testified for -- testified on capitol hill, the house approved a bill that would allow states to exclude planne

obviously, that includes the roe versus wade decision to let families make their own decision. and it just seems to me that politics -- these life choices are so difficult for many families. the last thing they need in the delivery room is the government of the united states or some set of organized interest groups on either side of the issue. host: i want to get your reaction to what carly fiorina had to say at last night's debate about this issue of funding planned parenthood. take a listen. [video clip] >> i would like to link these two issues, both of which are incredibly important. iran and planned parenthood. one has something to do with the defense of the security of this nation. the other has something to do it the defense of the character of this nation. you have not heard about it plan -- you have not heard about a plan about iran from anyone up to. i will make a phone calls, first to netanyahu. the second to the supreme leader to tell him that unless and until he opens every nuclear facility to real anytime, anywhere inspections by our people, not his, we, the united

i'm a proud member of the millennial generations and i am the most pro-life american since roe versus wadelennials realize that we've been a little gypped by the so-called -- by the secular so-called progressive utopia promised by planned parenthood and their allies. millennials grew up learning about the abolition of the slave trade in school harriet tubman and the gruesome genocides and the civil rights mar. of the 20th century and now so many of us are frankly scandalized and outraged by the fact that little human beings are being hurt, killed and sold every day in the land of the free and the home of the brave by planned parenthood. the planned parenthood surgical abortion clinic just a few miles away in downtown washington, d.c., planned parenthood's flagship location in the capital of our free country, is one of the locations recently partnered with the biotech companies stem express to harvest and sell baby body parts. in the same city where the duck cla ration of independence safeguards the rights of all homen beings created equal in the same city where abraham lincoln governed a f

we've all heard about roe versus wade. we've heard about brown versus education. what we want to do is talk about not only the legal side of these cases, but the people involved in these cases. they brought their cases to the court. >> i think what people will find most fascinating about these cases are the personal stories. one of my personal favorites is m mapp versus ohio. i think when people hear this personal story of this woman in this situation, that they will fall in love with these cases, that they will feel passionate about what happens in the courts and why they matter and why you should care. >> picking the 12 cases was a really difficult and arduous task. it was a fun task because we learned a lot, but those 12 cases represent really our evolvi evolving understanding of rights in america. you really do learn not only about the history of the country, but the evolving rights of america. >> landmark cases, historic supreme court decisions produces in cooperation with the national constitution center. delving into 12 supreme court cases that significantl

in a case with roe versus wade that would support planned parenthood, oppose any defunding of plannedd of any level and the san francisco -- regardless of federal support. second, today i am calling for a hearing and actually substituting and augmentment a hearing called by john avalos in the spring of this year. for most people tickets or tow away are a financial hassle. i have myself been ticketed and tow aways, while my budget has enable to pay for this, many people living paycheck to paycheck can have far more consequences. in june when san francisco discussed this issue with sf mta and discussed further discussion prior to approving a new contract to begin in april 2016. if san francisco was on par with other cities, i would no question the cost for recovery fees that have been associated. but the fees our office have researched are considerably lower than other cities. for example we looked at chicago, seattle, los angeles and new york. in chicago a tow away fee is $150 plus $20 for the night. seattle $114 and additional fee per day. los angeles $120 and additional fees. new yor

roe v. wade, brown versus board ode okayed, to people they're just names in a textbook and we want to talk about not only the legal side of the cases but the people involved. they're human beings who felt so passionately that they brought their cases to court. >> i think what people find most fascinating about the indicates are the personal stories. one of my permanent favorites is matt versus ohio, and the story of -- i think when people hear this personal story of this woman and the situation, they will fall in love with these cases. that they will feel passionate about what happens in the courts and why they matter and you whoa should care. >> picking the 12 cases was an arduous task. it was fun because we learned a lot but those 12 cases represent our evolving understanding of rights in america when you look from dred scott miranda through roe v. wade. you learn about the history of the country and evolving rights in america. >> landmark cases, historic supreme court decisions, produced in cooperation with the national constitution center, delving into 12 supreme court cases that significant

. >> we will hear arguments number 18, roe versus wade. >> it is probably the most famous case that wasver decided. as enslavedted people here where slavery was not legally recognized. >> putting it into effect would take presidential orders and the present -- presence of federal troops and marshals, and the courage of children. >> we wanted to take cases that changed the direction and import of society and that also changed society. >> so she told them that they would have to have a search warrant. and demanded to see the paper and to read it. she they refused to do so grabbed it, and thereafter the police officer handcuffed her. >> i can't remember -- imagine a better way to bring the constitution to life than to tell the stories behind great supreme court cases. opposedlawsuit boldly the forced internment of japanese americans during world war ii. after being convicted for failing to report for relocation , mr. karma two took his case all the way to the supreme court. >> quite often many of the supreme court decisions are was the court took that were quite unpopular. had to pick one

obviously, that includes the roe versus wade decision to let families make their own decision. and it just seems to me that politics -- these life choices are so difficult for many families. the last thing they need in the delivery room is the government of the united states or some set of organized interest groups on either side of the issue. host: i want to get your reaction to what carly fiorina had to say at last night's debate about this issue of funding planned parenthood. take a listen. [video clip] >> i would like to link these two issues, both of which are incredibly important. iran and planned parenthood. one has something to do with the defense of the security of this nation. the other has something to do it the defense of the character of this nation. you have not heard about it plan -- you have not heard about a plan about iran from anyone up to. i will make a phone calls, first to netanyahu. the second to the supreme leader to tell him that unless and until he opens every nuclear facility to real anytime, anywhere inspections by our people, not his, we, the united