the chamber of commerce, the afl-cio, or environmental groups will say why the case is important. and one time, some high school students were there and asked me a question, isn't an amicus brief like lobbying? i thought, what a perceptive question. if you say the court is being lobbied, that's rather dismissive of the court's function. in a way, it's for us to see the systemic consequences of what we are doing, and particularly in patent cases and science cases, we learn a tremendous amount from the amicus briefs. david: the briefs are filed, you read the briefs, and then do the justices ever talk about the cases before you hear the oral argument? justice kennedy: we have a rule, you do not talk about it before oral argument. the first time i get inkling as to what my colleague is thinking, might be your questions, one of my questions might be, isn't it true counsel this is a clean water act case? and the congress says you can sue? i'm saying, cool it justice alito, there's no problem with the jurisdiction here. he might say, isn't it true counsel that? and then he's saying, not

the chamber of commerce, the afl-cio, or environmental groups will say why the case is important. one time, some high school students were there and asked me a question, isn't an amicus brief like lobbying? and i thought, that was a very perceptive question. if you say the court is being lobbied, that's rather dismissive of the court's function. but in a way, it is for us to see the systemic consequences of what we are doing, and particularly in patent cases and scientific cases. we learn a tremendous amount from the amicus briefs. david: the briefs are filed, you read the briefs, and then do , the justices ever talk about the cases before you hear the oral argument? justice kennedy: we have a rule, you do not talk before an oral argument. the first time i get an inkling, if you are my colleague, a question, one of my questions might be, isn't it true, counsel, this is a clean water act case? and the congress says you can sue? i'm saying, cool it justice , there's no problem with the jurisdiction here. he might say, isn't it true counsel that? and then he's saying, not so fast, ke

during the fall of communism, the afl-cio was connected to solidarity. american federation for teachers. for that matter, the 1979 revolution, all kinds of americans, ordinary americans , were very much in tune with the revolution. why aren't they now? what are we doing wrong that american civic institutions don't feel like iranian teachers are their brothers and sisters? thank you. >> first of all, that's one of the key issues you mentioned practically can happen is the solidarity of all sorts of organizations, solidarity with the iranian people. you mentioned labor forces. absolutely. right now as we speak is the most prominent example of defiance and demonstrations and strikes that's going on. it's been going on for almost a year now. and yes, i think it will be a tremendous boost of not only --rell, but -- morrell also support we can hope such organizations, especially labor unions, could demonstrate in becoming more vocal or active in trying to do what they can in support of iran but, again, as i said, perhaps part of the reason where there is a limi

philip pushing the afl-cio to get them to open up the doors, the idea that people who wanted to be plumbers, people who want to be steelworkers could be people of color, and that women. you can all take it for granted in the 20th century but this is all american history. this is what we have to lose, mr. president. you have to understand there was an a. philip randolph. and because we were in washington, he came up with a challenge to frank and on the roosevelt when he was not willing to integrate the military industries during world war ii. roosevelt agrees and finally calls off the potential for what was thought to be a very disruptive march in washington. randolph carry that idea forward to 1963. it is the basis of the great march on washington. people sometimes forget the official title of that march was the march for jobs and freedom. ofust want to remind people heroes to my mind -- he is my hero. the sacrifices this man had to make that has allowed us to stand taller at this time. but then there are some people who want to ignore this history, or want to act in an ahistorical manner.

during the fall of communication, the afl-cio was intimately connected to solid aired. american federation for teachers. for that matter, during the 1979 revolution, american -- all kinds of americans, ordinary americans were very much in tune with the revolution. why aren't they now? what are we doing wrong that american civic institutions don't feel like iranian teachers are their brothers and sisters? thank you. reza: first of all, that's one of the key issues you mentioned practically can happen is the olid aired of all sorts of organizations, solidarity with the iranian people. you mentioned labor forces. absolutely. right now as we speak is the most prominent example of defiance and demonstrations and strikes that's going on. it has been going on for almost a year now. and, yes, i think it will be a tremendous boost of not only more albut beyond that intangible support we can hope such organizations, especially labor unions, could demonstrate in becoming more vocal or active in trying to do what they can in support of iran but, again, as i said, perhaps part of the

. >> nixon i'm sorry humphrey got support from first of all the afl-cio and the unions started to organize on his behalf in the general election. that gave him a bump but then when he declared essentially that he was his own man on the vietnam war, that what he was going to support a total stoppage of the bombing, of vietnam, and essentially breaking from lyndon johnson, that did help him. i think most historians would agree and the polls suggested he began to close the gap. as we discussed earlier, the popular vote, the electoral college vote was a blowout. 301 votes, nixon won big but the popular vote i think was less than 1%. 43.5% for nixon, 42 and change for humphreys. one of the reasons he was able to close that gap was due to that speech, and the sense that he could bring back eugene mccarthy supporters. robert kennedy was very fascinating. we will never know of course, no. in some ways it might have been harder for him to have won the nomination than the general election because if he had won the nomination, he would have had more daylight between the democratic party, which he wou

this grassley-durbin bill from the american correctional association from the american federation of governmental employees, afl-cio, the very prison guards which senator kennedy referred to in his chart are supporting our position and opposing the amendment he's offering with senator cotton. the association of prosecuting attorneys, the association of state correctional administrators, the fraternal order of police supports our bill, in addition the international association of chiefs of police, i'd like to submit the remainder much the law enforcement corrections and government groups for the record. >> without objection. >> thank you, mr. president. at the heart of the amendments being offered by senators cotton and kennedy is an effort to provide notification to crime victims. i spoke to this early this morning and i think it bears repeating. it is interesting to note that they are arguing their amendments are necessary for the sake of crime victims. at the same time, virtually every leading organization in america representing crime victims support our bill and oppose the amendment being offered by senators co

specifically about american civic institutions with the fall of communism and afl-cio in the consideration more for that matter ordinary americans were in tune with the revolution. what are we doing wrong that they don't feel like the iranian teachers are their brothers and sisters? >> that is one of the key issues. you mentioned the labor force is. absolutely. and with oestreich's that are going on. and yes that is a tremendous boost not only morale but that tangible support to become more active for focal that as i said for that obstacle of those national policies but they might do something and with some significant change . . . . [inaudible]

a huge split within the labor movement between the leadership of the unions, which esconced in the afl-cioouse is a wholly owned subsidiary of the democratic national committee, and the rank and file union members who vote for trump carry guns, believe in god, go to church on sunday and are not interested in identity politics. they believe in america, and america first, not in this identity politics, globalism mish-mosh the democratic party now bows down to. charles: i have less than a minute to go. it is amazing that democrat leaders are now being more obvious about taking them for granted, isn't it? >> well, yes. look, i spoke with the union leaders during the transition period for the trump administration, and they want to build the atlantic coast pipeline, a bunch of other pipelines. they have a whole list of infrastructure projects that are high on their list that they want to see get done. unfortunately, the party's not interested in pushing that at all. charles: curtis ellis, you don't have to get made up for new year's, man. looking good right now. we appreciate it. great op-ed. se

philip pushing the afl-cio to get them to open up the doors, the idea that people who wanted to be plumberspeople who want to be steelworkers could be people of color, and that women. you can all take it for granted in the 20th century but this is all american history. this is what we have to lose, mr. president. you have to understand there was an a. philip randolph. and because we were in washington, he came up with a challenge to frank and on the roosevelt when he was not willing to integrate the military industries during world war ii. roosevelt agrees and finally calls off the potential for what was thought to be a very disruptive march in washington. randolph carry that idea forward to 1963. it is the basis of the great march on washington. people sometimes forget the official title of that march was the march for jobs and freedom. ofust want to remind people heroes to my mind -- he is my hero. the sacrifices this man had to make that has allowed us to stand taller at this time. but then there are some people who want to ignore this history, or want to act in an ahistorical manner. wh

the chamber of commerce or afl-cio or environmental groups will say why the case is important.ime, some high school students asked me a question. isn't an amicus brief like lobbying? i thought that was a very perceptive question. because if you say the court is being lobbied, that is rather dismissive of the court's function. but in a way, it's for us to see the systemic consequences of what we are doing. particularly in patent and scientific cases, we learned a tremendous amount from the amicus briefs. david: the briefs are filed. you read them. do the justices ever talk about the cases before you hear the oral argument? justice kennedy: no. we have a rule. we do not talk before oral argument. the first time i get an inkling as to what one of my colleagues might be thinking, one of my questions might be, is it true this is a clean water question? the other might say cool it, there is no question of jurisdiction. not so fast, kennedy. if we behave properly, and the attorney knows the dynamic, the attorney can enter into the conversation that the justices are having with each ot

bill casey with the cia is making sure solidarity -- he is working with lane kirkland at afl-cio to make sure solidarity gets funds, copy machines, and so forth. then judge clark and his successors as national security advisers are giving information to the vatican. they are sharing information. the vatican diplomatic corps had sources we do not have. vernon walters, former general, acts as a kind of emissary. the coordination is constant. at quite a high level. there's a lot going on between the reagan white house and the john paul ii vatican. fmr. ag meese: yes. >> all right. if you feel the urge to elaborate, get into it. fmr. ag meese: it was a logical follow-up to do this. to provide the ways in which without using military force we could strengthen those forces which were combating marxism and which were constantly moving towards organizing people in the various countries under the oak yolk of the soviet union and organizing resistance and ultimately organizing a situation where it would not be possible for the soviet union to continue, particularly with their aggression, let alone

as the afl-cio jonathan greenblatt said, quote, the united states must hold its ally, saudi arabia, to a higher standard. the u.s. cannot look the other way while saudi arabia features anti-semitic hate speech year after year in the educational material that it gives its children. so let's take stock of saudi arabia's contributions to regional stability. it seems a fitting time to ask of an approach that involves bullying in other u.s. regional departments, holding the prime minister of lebanon hostage, torturing female activists, business executives, and other princes, and carrying out a military campaign in yemen that will result in the death of a million more civilians by the year's end is an approach that is in line with u.s. values and priorities. has iran been weakened by these actions? is the focus still on al qaeda defeating isis? i don't think so. the president has made it clear that no u.s. foreign policy objective, especially human rights, is as important to him as securing tens of billions of imaginary dollars to create a million fantasy jobs to weapon sales to the saudis.

mccarthy, o was marv a poet and -- more of a poet to go up against lyndon from thegot support afl-cio, and the unions started to organize on his behalf in the general election. that gave him a bump. when he declared essentially that he was his own man on t wih richard nixon's comments. signs in this campaign. some of them were not friendly. some were very friendly. but the one that touched me the ohiowas one that i saw in at the end of a long day of whistle stopping. i suppose five times the population was there and the dust, it was hard to see. a teenager held up a sign -- "bring us together." that will be the great objective of this administration at the outset, to bring the american people together. will be an open administration, open to new ideas, open to men and women of both parties, open to the critics as well as those who support us. we want to bridge the generation gap, bridge the gap between the races. we want to bring america together. i am confident that this task is the nationalan undertakee or ln college in international .olitics reare host: to both of you, thank you or an insig