she spearheaded confirmations of the chief justice of united states and samuel alito and coordinatedn's on the repatriate act. in 2012, president barack obama nominated here to serve and the privacy civil liberties privacy board. following confirmation by the senate, 2012-2017 on the board providing among other things, advice and oversight to u.s. counterterrorism agencies. outside of the federal government, miss brand has been an associate professor of law at george mason university antonin scalia law school and a lawyer in practice here in washington. we here an at the department are grateful for her work on human trafficking issues and many, many other issues. ladies and gentlemen, the associate attorney general of the united states. [applaus [applause] >> thank you, patrick and thanks to all of you for joining us today to grapple with what we call a civil rights crisis, human trafficking. others called human trafficking modern day slavery because trafficking victims are denied their freedom and forced to live at the mercy of their traffickers and often subjected to horrific physi

attorney general, spearheaded the confirmations of the chief justice of the united states and justice samuel alito, alternating the administrations authorization of the patriot act. in 2012, president obama nominated her to serve as a member of the premises and civil liberties oversight board. she was confirmed and served board000 1210 2017 on the -- 2012-2017. outside of federal government, she has been an associate professor of law, and georgetown university's antonin scalia a law school and a lawyer in private practice here in washington. we hear the department are grateful for her leadership, combating human trafficking efforts in many important issues. ladies and gentlemen, the associate attorney general of the united states. [applause] >> thank you, pratchett. thanks to all of you for joining us today. others have called human slavery,ng modern-day slavery, because trafficking victims are denied any dignity. there are often subjected to horrific psychological and physical abuse. they are treated as commodities which can be bought and sold over and over. combating this was one of the top prio

congressional district map that presiding officers the state house and senate filed request with justice samuel alitohey argue the state supreme courte courtesies legislative authority when it issue the map. state supreme court rule the previous map was and constitutional because it was gerrymandered to benefit republicans. new map is seen as potentially beneficial to democrats. >>> funeral plans have been ounced for the man known as america's pastor the reverend billy graham. public may spay pay their respects at the billy graham library in charlotte north carolina on monday and tuesday. next friday he'll be laid to rest beside this wife on the property. he died yesterday at the age of 99 he passed away peacefully in his sleep at home. >>> a local doctor is being recognized for his service to vulnerable communities in philadelphia and abroad. the pennsylvania medical society presented doctor wayne lau with every day hero award in center city today. the doctor is an emergency medicine physician with jefferson hospital. a colleague nominated him for selflessly serving his patients. dr. lau volunteered

map, presiding officers of the state house, and senate, filed an emergency request with justice samuel alito. they say the state supreme court, seized legislative authority by redrawing and issuing the map. state supreme court ruled that the old map was un constitutional because it was gerrymanderederred to benefit republicans. it issued a new map monday. that is seen as potentially beneficial to democrats. >>> people accused of minor crimes in philadelphia may no longer to have, post cash bail after a policy change at philadelphia district attorney 's office. >> there is absolutely in reason why someone who shows up for court is in the a risk for flight, is in threat to their neighbors and community, should sit in jail for days or weeks, or months, or years because they cannot powe a small, amount of bail. it is simply not ferreter report d.a. larry krasner say cash bail in minor crimes unfairly targets poor, minorities, and non-violence felonies will fall under new policy. last year new jersey largely eliminated cash bail. >>> staying in new jersey camden county taking opioid makers and co

is seen as beneficial to democrats here, and republicans are directing their request to justice samuel alito and says state supreme court sees legislative authority by redrawing the map state supreme court ruled old map was unconstitutional, saying the map was gerrymander ed to benefit republicans. >>> tributes are powering in for reverend billy graham. >> coming up next legacy he leaves on people here in the philadelphia region. >>> and report warmed over past few days, but don't put away the coats just yet, katie 's tell us about the temperatures taking a tumble, be right there baby. unlike ordinary diapers pampers is the first and only diaper that distributes wetness evenly into three extra absorb channels. they stay up to three times drier so babies can sleep soundly all night wishing you love, sleep and play pampers oo6z z12fz y2oo6y y12fy >>> welcome back, area in australia is covered in orange dust after wild weather. this dust storm swept through queenland tuesday, wind gusts reached 50 miles an hour and visibility was reduced to 650 feet, storm lasted a few hours and caused minor da

justice samuel alito denied the republican request to overturn a supreme court ruling creating a newessional map. the court had ruled earlier that the current map discriminates against democrats. a new map could be in place for the may congressional primaries. >>> the "washington post" says the department of homeland security is offering online teacher training for active shooter situations in schools. the training allows teachers, staff, administrators, and first responders to prepare for shooting incidents on their computers. the simulation takes place in a large school which has an auditorium, cafeteria, gym, and many classrooms. >>> "the chicago tribune" reports on the death of actor john mahoney. mahoney was best known for playing cranky dad martin crane for 11 years on "frasier." he was nominated for two emmy awards. mahoney was part of chicago's steppenwolf theater and was in many movies including "8 men out" and "tin men." he died in sunday in chicago from complications of throat cancer. he was 77. >>> and "national geographic" reports more than a trillion planets could exist

his impressive resume includes working as a law clerk for justice samuel alito jr. at the u.s. of appeals, teaching at george washington universities and alia school of law and member of the national relations board, working as a u.s. attorney for the southern district of florida and serving as dean of the florida international university school of law, college of law, excuse me. that breadth of life experiences serves as an excellent foundation for his current job as the united states secretary of labor, where he works to foster, promote and develop the welfare of wage earners, job seekers and retirees of the united states. it's an enormous responsibility and secretary acosta manages about 17,000 workers charged with this tax across our nation. i was very pleased when secretary acosta came to south dakota for the first of our four wga workshops and i've been impressed with his commitment to work on behalf of today's labor force and his vision for the workforce of tomorrow. please welcome our guest speaker secretary alexander acosta, the newest secretary of labor. [ applause ]

appeared to sign with the unions while conservative justices john roberts, anthony kennedy and samuel alitored ready to rule against them. however, the crucial voice that remains silent was that of trump appointee neil gorsuch. his record on the issue is less definitive. the ruling, which could affect laws in more than 20 states, is affected by late june. >>> inning us from washington is politico's daniel lipman. good to have you back with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so the supreme court yesterday as we noted declined to intervene on daca yesterday, taking the pressure off of lawmakers to fix the program before trump's march 5th deadline. at the risk of sounding like a broken record, will congress revictim gragz before the next shutdown deadline, do you think, in march? >> yeah. we've talked about this issue it seems like every week. >> i feel like it's a regular running theme. >> so, you know, what i'm hearing from my sources is that one potential possibility is that at the ends of march, there's a big omnibus and they could put 7.6 billion or a little more in border wall funding along

writing in the majority opinion, justice samuel alito jr. said -- "detention during those proceedings gives immigration officials time to determine an alien's status without running the risk of the alien's either absconding or engaging in criminal activity." justice stephen breyer read his dissent from the bench. he said -- "i would find it alarming, to believe that congress wrote these statutory words in order to put thousands of individuals at risk of lengthy confinement all within the united states but all without hope of bail." justice breyer was joined in his dissent by ruth bader ginsburg and sonia sotomayor. elena kagan recused herself. the case, jennings v. rodriguez, was brought by the american civil liberties union on behalf of a dental assistant named alejandro rodriguez who was born in mexico but was brought to the united states when he was one year old. he ended up spending three years in immigration detention without a bond hearing. the supreme court first heard the case in 2016 and then again last year after neil gorsuch joine

justice samuel alito rejected emergency appeals from republican legislative leaders.ia supreme court ruled last month that the 18 congressional districts violates the commonwealth's constitution because they unfairly benefited republicans. the state court has given lawmakers and democratic governor tom wolf three weeks to submit a replacement plan. if they cannot make that deadline, the court dominated by democrats will come up with its own plan. >>> hot off the presses. the eagles win. we are there as 'sup, world? it's the box with 30% savings for safe drivers. coming at you with my brand-new vlog. just making some ice in my freezer here. so check back for that follow-up vid. this is my cashew guy bruno. holler at 'em, brun. kicking it live and direct here at the fountain. should i go habanero or maui onion? should i buy a chinchilla? comment below. did i mention i save people $620 for switching? chinchilla update -- got that chinchilla after all. say what up, rocco. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> anybody else want to watch the game again? hot off the presses, hundreds of t

justice samuel alito denied requests for a republican lawmakers for a stay on an order to redraw theistrict map that was determined to be unconstitutionally drawn to discriminate against democrats. the original ruling gave the state legislature a deadline of of this friday to pass a new congressional map and submit it to governor tom wolf who was, until february 15th, to approve it. according to the philadelphia inquirer, the legislature's two highest ranking republicans indicated that they will attempt to comply with the ruling but may pursue further legal action. if the legislature fails to make a new map by the deadline, the supreme court will redraw the districts itself. >>> bill, could be some snow days tomorrow in the northeast, especially in interior new england. >> we have a pretty good sized winter storm heading across the country, especially in the middle of the country today and into the northeast tomorrow. the cold air is in place. 10 in st. louis. negative 3 in kansas city. oklahoma city is at 11. plenty of cold air in place. here are our watches and winter weather advis

thomas, author of numerous books including the constitution, and introduction, which samuel alito called solid, reliable, interesting, informative, and a lively tour of the constitution. things from a more hamiltonian and originalist perspective, and i just learned in the green room that akhil and mike were law school roommates. imagine theseu brilliant scholars of the constitution did in law school? they debated the constitution so heatedly that they would follow each other into the communal restrooms when they were brushing their teeth and mike would argue that akhil was a living constitutionalist and akhil called mike and originalist. i hope your teeth got brushed, but i'm sure the debate was fascinating. let us jump right in. we have to use every moment of this precious time to learn together. we are going to begin with mcculloch and maryland, 1819. i need my constitutional reading glasses and i think we need the text of article one. there may be a clicker. here it is. i haven't tried it. the congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying

thomas, office of numerous books including the constitution and -- which justice samuel alito called reliable, interesting, informative and a lively tool or of the constitution. things according to justice alito from a more originalist point of view. i just learned in the green room that akhil and michael were law school roommates. [applause] jeff: what do you imagine these two brilliant scholars of the constitution did in law school? they debated the constitution so heatedly that they would follow each other into the communal restrooms when they were brushing their teeth and mike would argue that akhil was a wild eyed living constitutionalist. i hope your teeth got brushed. i'm sure the debates were fascinating. we will continue it tonight. let's jump in. we have to use every moment of this precious time to learn together. we will begin with mcculloch and maryland in 1819. i need my constitutional reading glasses and the text of article one, there may be a clicker. we will see if it works. wonderful. the congress will have power to make all laws which will be necessary and proper fo

and associate justice samuel a. alito jr. to the united states supreme court. miss williams graduated from harvard college magna cum laude and earned her law degree from harvard law school. she served there as executive editor of the harvard journal of law and public policy and i turn it over now to the assistant attorney general for legal policy, beth williams. >> thanks so much, patrick. on behalf of the office of legal policy, i want to thank the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, and especially associate attorney general -- the associate rachel brand for their leadership on this. and on behalf of all, i'm proud to be working with the department leadership to take concrete steps to fight human trafficking. today i'm very happy to be here with this final panel, which will be discussing the department of justice grant opportunities. the department is committed to funding innovative and successful approaches to combatting human trafficking and to supporting survivors. in fiscal year 2017, the department made $47 million available to help trafficking

author of numerous books including the constitution an introduction which i have here which justice samuel alito called solid, reliable, interesting, informative and a lively tour of the constitution. he approaches things, according to justice alito from a more originalist perspective, more conservative point of view and i just learned in the green room that they were high law school roommates. what do you imagine that these two brilliant scholars of the constitution did in law school? i wasn't surprised to learn they debated the constitution so heatedly they would follow each other into the communal restrooms and they were brushing their teeth and mike what argue that he was a wild ride living constitutional and he called him a rigid originalist and i hope your teeth cap rushed and i'm sure the debate was absolutely fascinating. we will continue it tonight. let us jump in. we have to use every moment of this precious time. we will begin with mcculloch and maryland, 1819. i need my constitutional reading glasses and i think we need the text of article one, i haven't tried it. wonderful. the cong