the supreme court has not been immune from this trend. under chief justice roberts, the court has become an ever more reliable ally for big corporations. a major study published in the minnesota law review in 2013 found that the four conservative justices currently sitting on the court, justices alito, roberts, thomas, and kennedy are among the six most business friendly supreme court justices since 1946. so four of the six most business friendly serving on the court at the same time. a review by the constitutional accountability center, which is an ongoing review and is updated with every case the supreme court decides, that accountability center shows the consequences of the court's corporate tilt finding that the chamber of commerce has had a success rate of 70%, 70% in cases before the roberts court a significant increase over previous courts. these are all critical cases. these are cases of critical importance to everyday americans, cases involving, for example, rules for consumer contract, challenges to regulations ensuring fair pay

and the louisiana supreme court and the united states supreme court. when you're in that position and you're having to make arguments in difficult cases, my approach was, you have to take the politics out. you have to focus on the law. you have to think very carefully what is persuasive to a court. and you have to make the most reasonable and zealous argument that you can within the bounds of precedent for your client. so you have to think about what's important to the judges who you're arguing for. you have to honor and respect what their role is. and their role, of course, is to follow precedent. so you can't go into court and say you should disregard precedent. that would be a loser of an argument. you have to go into court and you have to explain to the judges what the law means. and i've had to do that in some very difficult cases. cases really on both sides of the political aisle which i hope to talk about. i've had to do that in difficult cases that have been in the media and i had to focus on the law and i think that prepares me to do what a ju

the case made its way to the supreme court on that last question. whether the family had any right to challenge the epa's actions in court. the supreme court unanimously held that they did. to a group of lawyers, this seemed like a straightforward proposition. the government agency sought to enjoin principles. alito noted in his concurrence, in a nation that values due process and not to mention private property, such treatment is unthinkable. but to the agency, this was standard regulation. the epa's authority cannot be questioned, so they said. the issue is not isolated to the but epa. it affects all agencies. this my own encounter with during my tenure at the federal elections commission. i have my own encounter. it was clear the due process was a foreign concept and i was vocal about that. the business was being conducted in secret and in some instances, the agency lacked public procedures to govern the commission and its staff. the idea of ensuring those accused of wrongdoing -- to make matters worse, some staff viewed themselves as independent

and, then for the supreme court. ople said that anyone who could get along so well ted kennedy and orrin hatch deserves to be on the court. brian: you wrote in the book that he married a non-jew. david: he married a non-jewish woman. she is part of the british aristocracy. her father, lord something or other, was not only in the house of lords, but the chairman for several years of the conservative party in britain. he served in two of harold mcmillan's cabinets. i was a more of a centrist democrat, but a lifelong democrat. what's interesting, his children have been raised as protestants, episcopalian. one of his daughters is an piscopal priest. which is interesting. which strikes some people as interesting. but since he has been on the court, he has been a major voice on matters relating to the jewish community and especially to israel. he has been a great supporter of the state of israel. he wrote a article in the new republic, talking about the fact that two of his predecessors, brandeis and rankfurter, were leader

is our correspondent for me there miller so the supreme court in effect is up held the presidential. nanna misleading with six judges sitting on this case and they've said that the petitions filed to the court have no merit those petitions and wanted the election of the result of the election essentially thrown out the court says that it stands and all work in the arts out will then be sworn in next week that's the expectation ultimately at this point a lot of focus will be on how the opposition here in kenya really acts to this ruling they weren't part of the petition petition they were human rights activists who had filed these petitions so the national super alliance itself was in a ball but of course they would have been what they would have been interested in the outcome here at the supreme court the opposition leader raila odinga hasn't said until now what exactly it will do a once the court has made a ruling of course the opposition had wanted fresh elections in the new year they had said this isn't a free and fair environment in which to hold elections and electoral commissi

something that you think doesn't merit any attention i mean this court is a powerful call that is the supreme court of makes any decision it wants according to the law on the parts on the first time in september although we have a different view the court which is a different decision and say that that election did not meet the threshold and people have to live with it the same for apply to the second judgment but now we've also spoken to the jubilee the ruling party who would say that the president working out has the constitutional mandate how would it be explained to the public that the school has made the right ruling in terms of the election having met constitutional requirements i mean we are unfairly holding the president to a different standard you know i mean we want to look from the postman i mean there was a difference of one point four million because you want to election again i mean he was. got almost to the simple to go to law school and he has all the legitimacy of a presidential candidate needs both politically and i think kenyans really will understand that you know this process o

corporate america had high hopes, "the wall street journal" said, because the supreme court appeared poised to deliver long-sought conservative victories. since when should a court be poised to deliver long-sought conservative victories, not fa fair, dispassionate adjudication? but that's the reporting of the friendly "wall street journal." and those longsought conservative victories were going 0 it take the form of, and i quote here, body blows that business had sought against consumer and worker plaintiffs. in cases that had been carefully developed by activists to capitalize on the court's rightward tilt. come on! this is not adjudication any longer. it is just the exercise of political power and these 5-4 partisan decisions by the supreme court are degrading the reputation of the supreme court, they're degrading the integrity of the supreme court, and they are degrading the role of the judiciary in our vaunted scheme of constitutional government in the united states of america. with that, i will yield to my distinguished colleague from oregon. mr. merkley: mr. president? the presi

the supreme court disagreed. raisins.n all have in michigan versus epa, the court invalidated an that nmental regulation imposed nearly $10 billion in osts per year for only $6 million of benefits. for the eeoc sued a church item naturing a minister that the church's view had violated a faith of their the supreme court unanimously disagreed. these are only a few examples but they demonstrate how severe how the courtsnd are an essential check on the expansion of administrative power. none of these is news to people the is room except maybe media. hello. from its inception there is a reason why president trump -- asked me to be his lawyer. from its inception, federalist emphasized the importance of separation of powers, of individual liberty, and that the role of the courts say what the law is, not what the law should be. span a society members wide spectrum of political philosophies and policy preferences. e share a commitment to the rule of law. to the same enduring truths that infused the brilliant designer foun

the supreme court unanimously disagreed. they demonstrate how severe the threat is and the courts on essential check on them in a straight of power. none of this is news to people in this room except maybe the media. there is a reason why president trump [inaudible] society hasst emphasized the importance of separation of powers, of individual liberty, and that the role of the courts is to say what the law is, not what the law should be. federal society members span a wide spectrum of political philosophies and policy preferences. we share a commitment to the rule of law. to the same enduring truths that infused the brilliant designer of our founding charter that due process matters, that the structure of our government matters and the meaningof words means something. and that an erosion of those principles is a direct threat to individual liberty. that's why regulatory reform and judicial selection are so deeply connected. in my view they are the two legal issues that this administration will address. the president is making

that nominee is minnesota's supreme court justice david strauss. justice strauss is an extremely qualified, widely admired member of minnesota's highest court. he was raised by a single mother. he is the grandson of a survivor of the nazi death camp at auschwitz. justice strauss graduated first in his class at the university of kansas law school. he has clerked on the court of appeals and the united states supreme court. he worked for several years in private practice until he joined the faculty of the university of minnesota law school. he was appointed to the minnesota supreme court in 2010, and in 2012, minnesota voters elected him to a full term on their highest court. his reputation in the minnesota legal community is impeccable. it's no wonder the american bar association, hardly a right-wing organization, gave him its highest rating unanimously, well qualified. nevertheless, the junior senator from minnesota does not support justice strauss receiving so much as a hearing. that approach is untenable, in light of recent actions of our democrati

this decision was made on monday morning in iraq he said supreme court and nobody's expecting it any other way than being considered an institutional what this does to them is it allows the bush asians to open up between baghdad and the kurdish region now a lot of what's on the table that's already been discussed but this is now a much more concrete basis in which discuss the key things that are being discussed the border crossings who gets to stroll into the kurdish region example on the border with turkey the border force that will. be back out of court and also is the issues of salaries being paid on a percentage of the nation's all right we're going to the kurdish region this referendum was incredibly popular internationally that was no real interests for this independence but i mean to. the president having to actually resigned his position. that referendum to place now there is a deal on the table for us and the un that's likely to form the basis of any negotiations between baghdad and the regions but these negotiations i look forward to going to be a lot more autonomy more. ba

and on the supreme court, forging unanimity in the legitimacy of the supreme court. let's move to his time where he is in the federal government. the beginning of his career as a national leader of the federalist party. we are up to john marshall's early career in the federal government. he is a leading federalist. at the urging of george washington he is asked to run , for the u.s. house of representative's in 1798. he secures that seat. president john, adams names him secretary of state. so he is moving from a career in virginia to a central role in the early federal government. these artifacts tell that story. they tell it through the lens of one really important episode in his career. this is during the adams administration. he is called upon to become an envoy to france. it is amazing how much the politics are defined by the rivalry between great britain and france and where the united states and its as a former colony of great britain and former ally of france. george washington has to decide how he is going to address the conflicts happening between france and

it is important to think about john marshall's legacy of building up the legitimacy of the supreme court. john j was offered this appointment and he turned down because he did not think it was a good job. marshall sits on the court for 34 years. during this time, he is nominated by john adams. john adams is seceded by a series of democratic republicans. they are all looking to lay claim to the constitution. put supreme justices on the court to limit the position of the federal government. but marshall, through his openness to compromise, helped forge the court together. wasof the great innovations to move beyond the practice were each justice would write his own opinions, to instead issuing opinions of the court. marshall writes the vast majority of the courts decisions. unlike today, they tend to be unanimous even on divisive issues. see here artifact we is the court decree from a case in 1824. the state of new york issues a monopoly to steamboat operators. the question is how broadly do we read the federal government's power over the economy. debate goes back to the washington administ

look at some of the most important cases the supreme court decided in recent years. little sisters of the poor. those are out of administrative actions. they were not in the statue. the department of health and human services had a mandate to regulation. the court rejected the agriculture's department requirement that farmer set aside large amounts of their crops for government use without compensation. the government's attorney insisted this confiscation of raisins which is standard regulation -- which is "standard regulation." now we can all have raisins. and michigan versus epa, the court invalidated and environmental regulation that impose $10 million in costs for $6 million of the benefits. suited church for a minister that had violated a tenet of their faith. the supreme court unanimously disagreed. these are a few examples. they show how severe the threats are under check of the expansion of administrative power. people this is news to in this room, except maybe the media. hello. [laughter] from its inception, there is a reason why president trump asked me to b

supreme court. so to understand how it is you became such a force, we begin at the beginning, because you grew up in brooklyn. wonderful parent. your mom did complete high school. your dad didn't. your roots are in russia and austria. and your mother gave you some advice that stuck with you all your life. what did she say? >> my mother was born in an age when there were many things women couldn't do. and the myth was that a girl was to grow up, find prince charming, and live happily ever after. but what she instilled in me was, be independent, be able to fend for yourself. that was one piece of advice. the other was, she called it to be a lady. what she meant is don't give way to emotions that are unproductive, such as anger or jealousy or remorse. they will mott move you forward. so forget it. so that was the advice that my wonderful mother gave me and repeated again and again. >> and your mom really believed in education and believed in reading and books, and she used to take you to the library ev

supreme court. he then joined the litigation group at a prominent law firm focusing on state and appellate litigation, including arguing before the supreme court. in 2001, mr. katsas became the attorney general supervising the justice department's appellate staff. the senate later confirmed him by a voice vote to serve as assistant attorney general for the civil division where he was responsible for overseeing hundreds of lawyers and some of the government's most complicated litigation. for his work, he was awarded the edmond randolph award, the highest award given by the department. in a letter the senate judiciary committee former attorney general michael mukasey expressed his support for mr. katsas' nomination. this is what general mukasey had to say. it was my great privilege to work with greg when headed the civil division and argued many of the most difficult and challenging cases. greg worked tirelessly to defend the interests of the united states in court whatever his personal views about th

challenging the results of the august eighth elections the supreme court in its verdict agreed with some of the issues you had raised in court and nullified the elections but again in its verdict said it is the current electoral commission as constituted would be holding the elections in sixty days you knew what you were getting into from the onset mr odinga didn't you know there's a direct and the electoral commission to do a repeat porn. in line with the constitution and the laws of the country and to address the legalities and the regular duties which had been discovered but they were not specific in saying who should be blamed and who should handle but they say the current electoral commission should organize elections within sixty days correct in sixty days in accordance with the rules and to have burst irregularities and illegalities. so now the did to us now live to the election commission and we had then to fight those duties. as we had one of the contentious issues was the printing of little materials including the butter papers which had been given to a company in dub

to stop that election from happening the supreme court didn't search there weren't enough judges available and so of course there is concern around the independence of the few dishes and whether or not it's been compromised so this of course would impact on any of quarter fourth. judgment and why that happens whether or not the supreme court rules in favor of these petitions or not martin all right for me they will get back to you then as soon as that verdict becomes available thank you for media . now angela merkel for this in as german chancellor is in doubt after talks aimed at forming a new coalition government collapsed the pro-business free democratic party as one of the four parties in the negotiations pulled out late on sunday night citing irreconcilable differences now mrs merkel says she now plans to meet the german president and that's a signal that she doesn't believe that her christian democrats will be able to form a coalition it could mean fresh elections following the september whole. the thoughts of an only now we have to deal with the facts and the fact is that

you've got neil gorsuch on the supreme court. but for no hearings, no votes, we would have lost the supreme court for a liberal majority. why does steve bannon want mitch mcconnell to be his opponent? >> i don't know. you'd have to ask him. look, this is about winning elections, and the only way you make policy is you win elections. i remind people, people lose go into a different line of work. the people who win come here and make policies. so that's what this is about. and also the whining about the senate, the senate's in the personnel business, the house is not. there were 1200 executive branch appointments subject to confirmation in the senate. i not only didn't allow the supreme court vacancy bill to be filled during the last year of barack obama, i also didn't allow a lot of other federal judgeships to be filled. when president trump got elected and we held our majority, we have the largest number of federal judicial vacancies to be filled since the early 1950s and the president is sending up spectacular nominees. barack o

this is not a legitimate government and they won't recognize it they say this decision from the supreme court was made under duress and they sympathize with the court of course indicating that they don't believe the supreme court was acting independently now the opposition's also saying that it wants its supporters to remain calm not to take to the streets just yet it wants to talk the way forward itself they will indicate a later time exactly what happens next so far they haven't pocked on the sly campaign of civil disobedience and economic boycotts at one point the opposition even saying they would sway in raila odinga as an alternative president at what they're calling a people's assembly but here outside the supreme court where there's a decision was made not too long ago supporters of the hurricane yards are continuing to celebrate a smaller crowd now than earlier they say this is a big victory and they're looking forward to the president being sworn in for his second and final term next week. but for me that this is not the end of the story really is it because ryder a day has indicated

when they have to talk about it a lot of things are going to fall in place along what you say the supreme court. to me it's difficult to say i mean i don't want to. predict something but without too much facts on the court but let me just put in a little bit of context the nine judge bench decision affirmed that there was a right to privacy. it unanimously affirm that i previously includes the right to information and service that you will have control over the information or yourself however the judgement to terrify the of course like with every other week that i can proceed on up to you there are certain grounds of the basis of which that i perceive may be infringed or to say that i did previously does not extend to you saying i will pay my respect him of any compelling state interest whether this compelling state interest exist in the context of income tax maybe we don't know does it exist in the context of banks maybe we don't know but it exists in the context of a mobile phone numbers maybe we don't know the fact is that we have to listen to the arguments get up early and see how the statu

but he looked at the supreme court and said, no, i do not want to go back there. the institution does not have energy or influence. early justices have to go on horseback, hearing cases throughout the united states. it was an unpleasant commission. so adams and the turning to his political ally, john marshall, his secretary of state. john adams says, my gift to john marshall and the people of the united states was the proudest act of my life. john marshall was the perfect man at the perfect moment for this institution. so we have a peaceful transfer of power from adams to jefferson. any major philosophical change from the president and congress. we have marshall in the judiciary. and we have the jeffersonians in charge of the political branches, devoted to limited government. a believer in states rights and in judicial restraint. really believed it was up to the elective representatives to define the constitution. so we are set up between -- we are set up for a great moment of conflict between jefferson and marshall. samuel chase is ultimately a warning is set out

opposition has dismissed president who can unite as election victory as illegitimate despite the supreme court upholding the results of last month's vote in a unanimous decision the court dismissed challenges but october's repeated action was conducted illegally but opposition leader raila odinga insists the ruling was made under duress i mean to miller has more from nairobi it took just a few minutes for supreme court judges to end months of political uncertainty the presidential election of the twenty sixth october this year by up. as is the election of the third respondent the. supporters were in a jubilant mood outside the court before president elect looking out his plan to swearing in the next week as soon as we. hadn't read the supporting the. rights and outside the case a victory and that was the legitimate. ruling jubilee party and the electoral commission say last month's rerun was free and fair despite an opposition boycott and a voter turnout of less than forty percent and the opposition the national super alliance says it won't recognize can yachters president it believes the supr

more now from our correspondent from either miller who is outside the supreme court in nairobi. despite the ruling from the supreme court that upheld the results of the october twenty sixth presidential rerun of the opposition in kenya says it's an illegitimate government and it won't accept the outcome of this battle that's been going on for several months now it says that the ruling by the supreme court was made under due wrists indicating it doesn't believe that the judiciary acted independently we're yet to hear from the opposition about what exactly it will do next we do know it's called for economic boycotts as well as a campaign of civil disobedience so far it's also supporters to remain calm say they would it would indicate the way forward at some point later in the day and now the ruling party jubilee as well as the electoral commission has of course welcomed this ruling the see the electoral commission says he would use information further details coming from the supreme court in about twenty one days time to improve how it operates and runs elections wild you believe

the thinking is now that possibly the supreme court may decide to let them out on conditional release on bail and that then the ministers may lobby to have their case heard in front of the supreme court with potentially the same result and that all of this represents a potential path way for spain out of a crisis which is increasingly difficult for them on the international stage a member of the european union seen more and more widely now as holding political prisoners whether uptake banks here on al-jazeera then britain's embattled prime minister to resign may lose his her second cabinet minister in a week as pretty battell quits over secret meetings in israel and i'm daniel there in the remote brazilian community of barrow it's known as the kilo mall the home to escape slaves who are again fighting for their freedom. it snowed a bit in the northeast of china and just catching north korea if not now then soon the air quality in beijing which dipped a little bit to the not very nice is probably going to be cleaned up because this thing here is a cold front is thinking that co

in the u.s. >> fox5's brody logan joins us from in front of the supreme court tonight.ogan live from the supreme court tonight. >> jim, that's not nice. >> jim you look great in front of the supreme court. >> reporter: it's a landmark moment for me. and it could be a landmark case for sports and america. so, it's interesting to think about just how far we've come when it comes to sports gambling in this country. just five, 10 years ago you heard the commissioners of all the major le leagues coming out against sports gambling. we'll have multiple pro teams in las vegas and even adam silver the head of the nba says he welcomes sports gambling as long as it's done correctly. in a case that's going to be heard in these halls on december 4th could be what shakes up the game. so, currently only four states have the option to have sports gambling and las vegas nevada is the only one that has full sports gambling but new jersey has sued for the right, say that they as a state they could have sports gambling if they want it and if that happens that's going to open the door up fo

is asking the court to stop the runoff from taking place on tuesday and that was the case the supreme court in the building behind me a listen to on friday afternoon whatever the decision of the court on monday next week it will definitely impact on the conduct of the runoff of the career if the court decides that the runoff should continue what but mr brown skin is actually asking for the cancellation of the runoff and of course the court should consider looking at the possibility of doing a rerun of the election itself now the election commission suspended all activities that we training of election start as well as the distribution of crucial voting materials to all regions in liberia because of this case now the question on the minds of liberians is that while the decision of the court in part on the handover date how will it affect the transition what will little arbiter of people sleep they go ahead with the election are we seeing a transitional government or what will happen they're going to vote for a president who will freeze legal action in court as the generally handover date yes

before joining the supreme court, he had quite a career of his own. he was a congressman, he was a state legislature. he was the speaker of the massachusetts house of representatives. and he was also -- even while he was on the supreme court -- a professor at the harvard law school. interestingly enough, he was also noted as one of the most successful authors of the first half of the 19th century. matter of fact, when he was 65 years old, that particular year his book royalties gave him twice as much money as his salary as a justice of the supreme court. as many of you know, he became -- when he was appointed at that time, the youngest justice to serve on the supreme court. and one of the youngest ever to serve. he was appointed by president madison in 1811. and was actually took office the following year in february of 1812. as most of you you know, i'm sure, he made a significant mark on american law in his 33 years on the bench. but his greatest contribution to jurisprudence is his commentaries on the constitution in which he set forth a philosophy

that question waived by the supreme court, legal expert ways both sides of the argument next. tainting ratings and and some outrage the nfl caving to pressure, paying millions of dollars to social justice, the deal reached overnight that players still are not happy with. >> 16 in the morning on the east coast, the things there, cell phone tracking. the major debate on personal privacy versus pursuit of justice. and could change the way you use your phone? thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. heather: let's break down the privacy case, and after police use cell phone records to track the location, a search warrant was not needed to obtain those phone records where it pains the location. the lower courts as people giving in to a third party should not expect privacy. the supreme court has been weighing in that if a warrant is required to obtain a cell phone location data, what do you think of this? the difference between the actual content of a text message versus the location of where the phone is? >> the specific issue before the supreme court is whe

i believe that justice larsen has had a very positive influence on the michigan supreme court. in my view, she would be a deserving addition to the sixth circuit court of appeals. another lawyer wrote the committee advising that he has practiced law in michigan for 39 years and is a past president of the michigan association for justice formerly the michigan trial lawyers association. he goes on to say that justice larsen has demonstrated on the bench that she is precisely who she is in person, a genuine, thoughtful individual who respects precedent, the common law and the role that lawyers and judges play in society. i have no hesitation in telling you that justice larsen will make an excellent judge on the sixth circuit court of appeals. in conclusion, president trump continues to nominate smart, well-qualified, and impartial individuals to our nation's federal courts. justice larsen, like each of the other nominees before her, was nominated on the basis of her belief in the rule of law and her commitment to apply the law fairly to everyone who enters her courtroom. once again

both you and present who can know it or criticised the supreme court yes we did. the president went to step father calling them or korea which is thugs you took or to one of your speeches you say they have harmed. our day is coming and you've promised reforms in the judiciary how would you like to inform it what we're saying is we will revisit this issue how and we were riveted issue this issue in this manner people voted on the eighth of august when the supreme court announced the presidential election there was no mention of how how many votes we got and our competitors got. the question we want answered and it will be answered somebody is did we win the election or nader or god or did we not that is the question we will revisit and we are going to ask for a recount because every other argument was was made or there was this form that was not field there was that form that was not signed there was another form i don't know what that it was not stumped there was there that was not opened i don't know you know very you know convoluted argument but we were told by

while spain's supreme court has ordered the release of catalonia is former speaker on bail karma for her there has been taken from court to a nearby prison where she'll be held in custody until her one hundred seventy five thousand dollars bail was posted earlier five other sacked cattle and politicians were released after appearing before a judge they too face charges of rebellion and sedition and eight other former members of the government and two pro independence leaders remain in custody awaiting trial while jonah help has the latest from barcelona. well after a mattress and day of hearings in the supreme court in madrid with the prosecution ardently arguing for karma for cordell the speaker of the now dissolved parliament in catalonia and five of its m.p.'s to be jailed pending trial on charges of rebellion sedition and the misuse of public funds the judge in the supreme court decided instead to grant mrs ford codell her freedom conditional release on bail of a hundred seventy five thousand dollars when she's able to pay it four of the other m.p.'s out on twenty five thousand ea

also kenya's opposition says the supreme court decision upholding president kenyatta as election victory was taken under duress. but also chancellor angela merkel holds talks with the german president after negotiations to form a governing coalition collapsed and i'm sure the latest sports news and sad news that is has nine hundred ninety eight wimbledon champion yana novotny has died from cancer at the age of forty nine that and more coming up later. good to have you company welcome to the news hour we start in africa where zimbabwe's embattled president robert mugabe appears to ignored a deadline to resign so what happens now having already voted him out as their leader the rulings are new p.f. party is meeting and will push ahead with trying to impeach mcgarvie now that motion could be filed in parliament as early as tuesday frustration is turning to anger. hundreds of students protesting calling for his resignation and the pressure on him to leave is now coming from almost every direction zambia the former president and fellow ninety three year old kind of counter to harare to try to

when the supreme court case in the eighty's a clear board did not grant a blanket first ever right or clear born in fact involved black citizens who were boycotting white businesses who were discriminating against the blacks and that's all what journalist constitutions of my day all say and what i am someone like because i'm ready to tell someone if i also came because revealing this is an international audience and so you know i want to talk about theirs yes and let me just say this with you set some blackness a boycott supporters. kind of because i want that. no i don't even know what that headline means israel is not setting up the un is setting up a black. b.d.s. is setting up a black this i can show it to you they publish it but let me talk about texas variable because what texas said was that if you engage in this criminal jury business conduct with regard to israel and a business is engaging in their conduct in the state of texas there's no obligation to do business with you and it's simple not just you know does it hold on hold up wait wait it's just about little c.l.a. when w

are allegations that the supreme court could uphold incumbent president. presidency but we're not sure yet it's more of a wait and see. but then again you have a president who will be sworn in because after the ruling he could be sworn in and then he will have to lead a country that is clearly divided in a country that is clearly crying out for some sort of justice among a section of its people so it's it's really hard to explain what would happen because it's quite characteristic we have it in. it's uncharacteristic in the sense that it's we didn't see it and don't know what's going to happen in this particular situation no easy solutions with tensions and violence on the rise there in kenya catherine on one throw your expert our expert on the ground thank you so much for telling us a little bit more. germany search for a new government has gone into extra time chancellor angela merkel originally said that she wanted an agreement by yesterday but marathon overnight talks failed to produce a breakthrough her conservative bloc is seeking a coalition deal wi

the unilateral declaration of independence was considered by the supreme court supreme court as illegal and we have to respect let's say not only the independence of spain the depends of the additional in spain we have to respect the rule of law as long as the rule of law is not violated the european union has nope role to play and you always have to be very cautious and i'm speaking no as a belgian. interfering in domestic politics we had a crisis of five hundred forty one days it was a major crisis it was about the future of the country. we solved the problem after one year and a half without any mediation without any intervention of the european union we never asked it and it was never suggested but what would be wrong for a strong european union as a broker showing to the european citizens its capacity as a crisis manager it needs always to or to tango if a country is not asking for support or for mediation you cannot impose it it has to be in consensus with the member states and as far as i know there is no request there is no demand but catalonia was calling for mediation in this

the a business if you discriminate in the conduct of your business that is prohibited and the supreme court and and a whole number of state legislative efforts have clearly stated that that is permissible to prohibit can i add something i did so it should i never have the same to get for a moment so i wouldn't stay up to speed the same speed that wear out let me just show you something here from the jerusalem post it annoyed becomes the first state to list company sponsored business due to b.t.s. so there is. a movement among certain states in the united states for them to penalize anybody who's sending a us movement when did this start to happen to state legislation told i'll come back to you because i know you are very relevant to this as well i just want to just baby step our way through this. when did this start to happen when did state start to have anti b.d.s. legislation. well we originally saw anti p.t.s. legislation after the american studies association passed an academic boycott resolution in two thousand and fourteen since then we've seen twenty three states now actually enactin

to stop the runoff from taking place and that the judges of the supreme court agreed now what is not clear is how this will impact on the political transition in this country a new president is expected to be sworn in by mid january next year now what is not clear is if the election commission will be able to handle and treat this case such as structurally that will allow for the runoff to take place between the two leading candidates of the last election iraq's highest court has reacted to the non-binding session last month a spokesman said no regional province can break away from iraq baghdad government had asked for legal clarification after what it called a misinterpretation of the constitution that led to the controversial vote. the kurdish regions prime ministers urged the iraqi government to hold talks to solve the crisis warning that military action would be counterproductive and they also promised to cooperate with baghdad as long as it agrees to pay seventeen percent of the oil budget to the kurdish region. or jordan that we reiterate their payrolls of our employees

cambodia supreme court has dissolved the main opposition party the government says the cambodia national rescue party is plotting a coup riot police were deployed in phnom penh ahead of the decision. from the private who's in the cambodian capital. the decision by the supreme court came after a day of deliberations held amidst the tightest of security in downtown phnom penh the main opposition c n n r p party is to be the result one hundred eighteen of its senior officials are banned from taking part in politics for five years this decision had been expected by the c n n r p it had effectively ceased to function as a party a number of its and p's are in exile or are in hiding or are fearful of arrest its leader cam sorcha was arrested two months ago for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government it is based on a recording of a meeting he had with supporters overseas where he spoke about replacing the government the opposition party says he was merely talking about change through the ballot box according to the ruling c.p.p. party here and its long time prime minister stand it amounte