that is, until shelby county in shelby county. the case came to my court. you know, this this this this section is about interpreting the constitution where i sit on an inferior court. i have a copy of the constitution on my desk, and i use it all the time, but mostly in states with my law clerks and my grandchild. and when i when i have a constitutional case, i'm interpreting supreme court decisions that interpret the constitution. that's that's what i do at my level. all i have to go on is appropriate. what is appropriate? well, you have to read the supreme court's five or six decisions to understand what it is. i did that in shelby county, and i actually thought the case was quite easy. in the 15th amendment. this is what the supreme court has said about about the 15th amendment. what what the court has said is that when congress we added the 15th amendment to the constitution, we dramatically changed the relationship between the federal government and the states. and congress gave the congress new authority over the states to prevent it. no states from

it started in 1973 when ed accepted a job with shelby county government working in safety. he worked under the county's first ever mayor, roy nixon, who took office in 1976. and ed served various roles in shelby county government for 27 years. when he left to become arlington's town superintendent. in between all that, ed served as a millington alderman from 1972 to 1990. and he was then elected to the state house of representatives. ed served three terms in the tennessee general assembly. and classic ed fashion he agreed to stay in arlington and lead for three years, but he ended up saying for 14 years -- staying for 14 years. then he returned home to millington, and you guessed it, another three-year contract, he stayed for nine more years. ed has always had an open door policy. and he wanted to hear from anyone and everyone that had a problem. ed is a fix-it type of guy. and in my opinion, if you looked in the dictionary under public servant, it would be a photo of ed haley. oftentimes ed would do whatever he needed to do, whether that was noing the lawn for somebody or p

knowing that, how did you prepare for shelby county? that was a mountain to climb just going in, right? i would be interested in hearing about that. nobody has to tell you or anybody else the significance of that case. >> yes, definitely, it was the biggest defeat as sg. that was a really important case. we got four votes, but not five. as you said, linda, the prior opinion from the austin case wasn't telegraphed pretty strongly. a decision that actually had seven votes. that is the principle of equal sovereignty of the state was one that made it difficult to justify the decision by congress to reenact section five's formula unchanged. i knew this would be very difficult. trying to figure out where to get five votes. i am oversimplifying a little bit, but i feel like i basically have two options. one, to make it a civil rights case. the other, to make it a separation of powers case. and making it a civil-rights, the briefing, in particular, the argument, a civil-rights argument would have been, for me, personally, at least, more gratify

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in 2013, the supreme court versus shelby county case guided the voting rights act, opening a wave ofestrictive voting laws that have seen states across the country past. in 2022, the court overruled roe v. wade, the right to choose. it had been the law of the land for 50 years. 50 years. the following year, the same court eviscerated affirmative action, which had been upheld and reaffirmed for nearly 50 years as well. and now there is an extreme movement and agenda called project 2025. by the way, they are serious, man. they are planning another onslaught attacking civil rights in america. for example, project 2025 calls aggressively attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion all across all aspects of american life. this extreme maga movement even proposes to end birthright citizenship. that is how far we have come. if you are born in america, you should be an american citizen. that is how extreme these guys are. this issue and so many other civil rights americans take for granted. i would like you to come before the court in years to come. most recently and most shockingly, the supr

have undermined long—established civil rights principles and protections. 2013, supreme court of shelby countydgates to a wave of restrictive voting laws that has seen states across the country pass. in 2022, the court overruled roe v wade, the right to choose. it had been the law of the land for 50 years — 50 years! the following year, the same court eviscerated affirmative action, which had been upheld and reaffirmed for nearly 50 years, as well. and now, there is an extreme movement and agenda called project 2025 — by the way, they're serious, man. they're planning another onslaught, attacking civil rights in america! let's speak to our la correspondent, peter bowes. thanks very much for coming up here on newsday. we've heard from president biden and those proposals of the reforms — but given republicans control the house of representatives, how difficult will this be to enact these reforms? it’ll difficult will this be to enact these reforms?— these reforms? it'll be extremely _ these reforms? it'll be extremely difficult, . these reforms? it'll be - extremely difficult, verging on impossi

in 2013 shelby county versus culver the five right-wing justices card -- cut the heart out under the voting rights actf of 1965 by a since when nullifying the central section by federal preclearance mechanism for finding the section of coverage formula with now be obsolete and functional because there was no racism in the political system. in dissent just as ruth bader ginsburg likened it to someone deciding to throw away their umbrella in a rainstorm because they were getting wet. this decision within weeks and months led to a dramatic rise in voter suppression and disenfranchisement throughout the south than in other areas with 15 states canceling on line voter registration and early votingti mail-in balloting same-day voter registration and other recent reforms including serious blockades and obstacles in participation including photo i.d. laws regular map purges in the voting rolls of voters who miss a single election and the closure of 868 polling places are commonly in communities all in the years immediately after the decision getting the voting rights act to the presidential

so we know in 2013 shelby county, what county is that in? that's in tennessee right?and so we know the voting rights act severely got it that we have citizens united. then we have affirmative action cases just recently. we have the dobbs decision, together with that we have 17 attorneys general republican sending a letter to the top 100 corporations that if you have a dti program we might just sue you. esg energy sustainability and governance programs being attacked. even in the corporate community many of us in this room want to control corporate power as we should. but do not be blind to the fact these people what corporate america is doing is not racist enough for them. where's this headed? i think it's reasonable and rational to know they are trying to re- segregate our country the way it was before the 1964 civil rights act it will not be exactly how it was but it could be very, very similar. for example right now if you look at it case called 303 creative jim crow segregation for gay people right now it's legal to say we do not serve you people it is premised on

supreme court shelby county case guided the voting rights act. opening the floodgates for restricted voting laws that have seen states across the country pass. in 2022, the court overruled roe v. wade, the right to choose. it's been the law for 50 years. 50 years. >> last night, president biden made a forceful case for supreme court reform. proposing 18 year term limits and a binding code of ethics. the thing is these reforms have little chance of passing in a divided congress and eventually could end up in front of the court itself. tonight to discuss, the justice correspondent at the nation. examine the proposals and he is my dear friend in the lewis back -- lewis black of politics and eroded, how binds court reform proposals could work if the court would let them. thank you for coming in tonight. i will start, one of the reasons i enjoy talking to you is your candid and not alarmist at all about how bad the supreme court is. tell me up front, how you felt about biden's proposals? are they good? bad? too little too late? what you're feeling? >>

this voting rights litigation, we've been very heavily involved in that since since 2013, since shelby countycision. it's something that we've, for the most part, been at because these laws are discriminatory as janet and jennifer was talking about, you know, and just a number ways. so we have done, generally speaking in that litigation. and of course, in 2020, they did the census based on the census. then there's a redistricting process that goes through and and the districts are redrawn and. we hope through that process to get a fair representation of native americans in these districts. but again, of these states gerrymander districts, where are native law gets really diluted and we're not able elect anybody that we like and they do that on purpose and so we're involved in a whole bunch of lawsuits dealing with the redistricting. it really tries to dilute our vote vote. and again, as jennifer was talking about, since, you know, 2013 and, you know all of these issues going on on we need to fix that voting rights act so we have put together what we call native american voting rights act and

undermined long- standing civil rights principles and protections. 2013 the supreme court in the shelby countyse gutted the voting rights act, opening the floodgates for a wave of extreme voting law states across the country of past. in 2022 the court overruled roe v. wade and the right to choose that had been the law of the land for 50 years. 50 years. >> last night, president joe biden made a forceful case for supreme court reform. proposing 18 year term limits and a binding code of ethics. the thing is, these reforms have little chance of passing a divided congress and eventually could end up in front of the court itself. tonight to discuss, the justice correspondent at the nation. he examined the proposals. he is my dear friend and the lewis black of politics. he wrote about this in an article titled how biden's court reform proposals could work if we let them. i will start. one of the reasons i like talking to you is because you are candid and not alarmist at all about how the supreme court is, so tell me up front how you felt about biden's proposals. are they good? are they bad? are they

so we know 2013, shelby county, what county is that in? tennessee, right? and so we know the voting rights act severely got in, then citizens united, then the affirmative action cases just recently, the dobbs decision, together with that we have 17 attorneys general, republicans sending a letter to the top 100 corporations that if you have a dei program we might just sue you which we have esg, energy, sustainability and governance programs being attacked even in the corporate community. many of us in this room want to control corporate power as we should but don't be blind to the fact that these people, what corporate america is doing is not racist enough for them. where is this heading? i think it is reasonable, rational to know they are trying to re-segregate our country the way it was before the 1960 work civil rights act. it won't be exactly how it was but it could be very similar. for example, right now if you look at 303 creative which is jim crow segregation for gay people now, right now it is legal to say we don't serve you people. it is premised on

undermined long established civil rights principles and protections 20 2013 supreme court has shelby county case gutted the voting rights act, opening the floodgates to wave of restrictive voting laws that i've seen states across the country pass in 2022, a court overruled. roe v v. wade the right to choose that had been the law of the land for 50 years 50 years? the following year, the same court eviscerated formative action which had been upheld to reaffirm for nearly 50 years as well. now there's an extreme movement and agenda called project 2025 by the way, there serious man they're planning another onslaught attacking civil rights in america for example project 2025 calls aggressively attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion all across all aspects of american life this extreme maga movement even proposes the end birthright citizenship. so far they've come and birthright says we should, if you're born in america, you're an american citizen that's how extreme these guys are this issue. and so many other civil rights that americans take for granted. i'd like you to come before the court

more alabama hospitals announced closures of their labor and delivery departments, leaving both shelby county and mongrel county without access to labor and delivery services. additionally, alabama has the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation. >> could you speak to the importance of this program, and why the nih felt so strongly that standing up the initiative was necessary even without a sustained funding source? >> pregnancy related complications related about 1200 women in 2021, we are still waiting to see the figures for the last couple of years, but, it was an enormous jump. with much higher rates in black women. that is also terrible. one of many efforts, a really important one. many we are looking to tackle this problem because it is mental health, you know? mental health plays a role. to a degree it is associated with substance abuse disorder, as well. that is why it is so critically important. >> improving healthcare for women before, during, after pregnancy, trudy vital -- truly vital. this research funding is so important, yet, it really lacks sustainable funding. last mon

more alabama hospitals announced closures of their labor and delivery departments, leaving both shelby countynd monroe county without access to labor and delivery services. additionally, alabama hams the highest maternal mortality rate in the nation. i'm of the mindset, as i believe probably the men and women sitting at that table as well, this is a crisis we should be able to fix. if you look back to 2019, nih launched the implementing a maternal health and pregnancy outcomes division for everyone, the improve initiative. madam director, could you speak to the importance of this program and why the nih felt so strongly that standing up the improve initiative was necessary, even without a sustained funding source? dr. bertagnolli: absolutely. thank you, senator. pregnancy-related complications related in the deaths of about 1,200 women in 2021. we're still waiting to see the figures coming in for the last couple of years. but this, it was just an enormous jump. and with much higher rates in black women, which is also terrible. we're really -- this is one of -- improve is one of many efforts,

in 2013 the supreme court shelby county case gutted the voting rights act, opening the floodgates tohat have seen states across the country pass. in 2022 the court overruled roe v. wade and the right to choose that had been the law of the land for 50 years. 50 years. the following year the same court eviscerated affirmative action, which had been upheld and reaffirmed for nearly 50 years as well. and now there's an family movement and agenda called project 2025. by the way, they're serious, man. they're planning another onslaught attacking civil rights in america. for example, project 2025 calls aggressively attacking diversity, equity and inclusion across all aspects of american life. this extreme maga movement even proposes to end birthright citizenship. that's how far they've come. end birthright citizenship, which if you're born in america you're an american citizen. that's how extreme these guys are. this issue and so many other civil rights that americans take for granted are likely to come before the court in the years to come. and most recently and most shockingly the supreme

reporter shelby reilly is in butte county with a look at some of the damage, and the latest on this firefight. >> reporter: the park fire burning more than 71,000 acres . in just 24 hours. we are here in chico on rock creek road. right behind me was formerly a reptile store. you can see different cages, different areas where it looks like maybe some reptiles were kept, and the owner or whoever was here was trying to make sure that they all got out safely . again, this fire burning more than 71,000 acres, 3% contained. >> 4000 people have been told to evacuate their homes in the area of that park fire. authorities are letting the public know what the unforgettable nature of this fire, there is no telling when they could be allowed to return home. >> i understand the impact it has on everybody, i understand the trauma that it brings to the community. the other thing that you can expect is that in conjunction with cal fire, once we determine that it is safe for people to return to their homes, we are going to list those orders and get people back as soon as possible. but, we are early on in this

shelby riley spoke to one winery owner in el dorado county whose insurance costs have gone up more than 500%. >> reporter: one winery owner i spoke with says the fire insurance for his business now costs more than the mortgage for the building itself. he had to raise prices for the first time if more than ten years. >> that's the big concern. we are making it work this time, but another big jump like that, that could be, you know, devastating. >> reporter: eric hayes owns chateau deville winery, opened for 15 years. he says fire insurance for his business started at around $3,000. there have been small jumps in between, but this year he said it skyrocketed to $20,000. >> it is not something that was in our business plan, you know, as an expenditure or a cost. so it's having to come up with the extra money is coming out of what profit honestly. >> reporter: this has caused hayes to have to raise prices for the first time since opening. >> we held off for a long time even with inflation and rising costs. cost of living, everything, fires, all that. but finally had to give in. >> reporter:

county have been threatened. cal fire has assigned more than 1000 personnel to fight the fire, but so far it is only 3% contained. shelby reilly spoke to a group of women who believe they encountered the man suspected of starting this fire. >> it is so unreal to me in my head. i haven't processed it. >> reporter: these three young women say they were swimming at their whole, near where the fire started. they were approached by a man in their 40s, and something seemed off. they say he made strange remarks toward them, and seemed under the influence. >> he was slurring his words. >> reporter: he finally left the group of friends alone after a bystander came by, and they asked for help. shortly after, they decided to leave, which is when they saw the fire. >> there is the fire truck and on both sides of the road, it is flames engulfing the truck. >> reporter: they say they did not connect the two situations at first, until they saw a picture of ronnie dean stout the second leaving the scene, floating around on social media and thought it might be the same person. >> people are saying they saw him run away. we saw how he ac

shelby reilly of cbs sacramento with the reunion. >> reporter: 70-year-old warren elliot went missing on friday after doing group work on the rubicon trail in placer countyt with the placer county sheriff's office, says he left to go on a hike as he was very familiar with the terrain. he traveled about nine miles as the crow flies before being found. >> he ended up getting turned around and went the wrong way down the creek as he thought he was heading back to camp. >> thank you. >> reporter: he survived five days on just a handful of berries and water from the rubicon river. the terrain making it difficult to get searchers out there. >> he said during the night he was freezing. he would pull his hands inside of his shirt and just shiver all night long. >> reporter: he ended up at the hell hole reservoir and saw a fisherman out on the lake wednesday morning. >> the fisherman who was on the lake thought he heard an owl, and as he pushed farther onto the lake doing his fishing realized it was a human voice. >> that's why we do it. as volunteers, that's 100% why we take off work, we leave our family, 24/7, 365. >> reporter: sage bourassa, supervisor of sear

county. there are also concerns that burning embers could spark another fire. shelbynelson is in riverside with the latest details. >>shocked devastated. >>heartbroken and the beaty family is going through a wave of emotions, grateful that they're alive but heartbroken that they have no house to come to any the right here. and there's just window. angelina is just 3 months pregnant. she and her husband, noel married in december, their riverside home now gutted after ward and fire tore through this historic architecture. you can kind of you concrete like that was our breakfast. not. our kitchen right the blaze which torch more than 500 acres broke out sunday just before 2 o'clock prompting some 1500 homes to evacuate in lisandro heights neighborhood. 4 homes were damaged and 3 others destroyed, including the pd home. noel had host things down as much as he could. but within seconds, the couple says a tree in a field behind their home caught fire, sending embers to close or trees, which then spread to their house. what's frustrating, they say is that this was preventabl

started a 300 cal dairy farm in creamery with his wife shelby in 2020 they sell handcrafted cheese and run a commercial herd, he has been involved in his county farm bureau and florida farm bureau and lives in hawthorne florida with his wife and family, thank you for being here as well that is a whole lot of work what i just read. >> thank you so much before return to our witnesses what a given opportunity to ranking member bozeman if you would like to state. >> i'm anxious to hear the witnesses so i'm going to submit my statement into the record but i want to thank you to the chair and ranking member for bringing this forward and again, we have the big chair here, senator sabado. we are in a situation where we have a lot of important hearings here and i don't know will have any more important that the topic were discussing today is not only important now but it is so important for the future of agriculture, thank you will for pushing forward so we may have this hearing. maria: thank you so much, that is great. just to keep it simple we will start with mr. good and go down the panel, please begin and we look forward to your remarks please try