supreme court justice thurgood marshall, an icon of equality and justice and champion of justice in america. i'm very proud of justice marshall's baltimore roots, as a native baltimorean, and i'm happy that our baltimore airport is named for him. his words -- justice thurgood marshall's words, uttered nearly 30 years ago, must be or inspiration. he said, america must get to work. we must descend from the difference, apathy, we must descent from the fear, the hatred, the mistrust. he said, we must descent because america -- dissent because america can do better, because america has no choice but to do better. it is echoed by our baltimore brother, elijah cummings, who said we are better than this. we can do better for the children. i urge a strong bipartisan vote on this important step to do better, to do right the wrongs of history, and to move our nation toward a future of justice. and i do so with gratitude for all of the champions who have brought us to this important day. i urge a strong bipartisan vote and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from

it is the thurgood marshall park , a testament to the progress and enlightenment that occurred from taney to marshall in our state. the decision to remove taney statue was long overdue. but as the gentleman from texas, martin luther king said, it is never too late to do the right thing. and this, today, is the right thing. it reflects our growth as a state, as we have conferred the difficult parts of our history and reflect our growth, as we recognize it here as we did overwhelmingly when we passed this last year. over a third of my republican colleagues joining the democratic colleagues in saying black lives do, in fact, matter. those who say we shouldn't teach about slavery or sweep it under the rug do a disservice to our understanding of america's greatness. jim clyburn, our whip, civil rights hero in his right own right says, america's greatness is not that it always does the right thin. america's greatness is that it is willing to correct these wrongs. we are great because we approach our past with humility and openness and we are grateful because we profess our democracy through mor

thurgood marshall knew this to his core. the work we did in brown versus board of education. but when asked about his most consequential case, he cited a case from the 1940s, which was a voting rights case out of texas because he knew that the fundamental right to vote was so integral to all the other rights that we fight for. and what we are seeing now is a subversion of all-democratic operations in our society. 86 lawsuits were filed to challenge the 2020 election, and none of them succeeded. so, instead of continuing to fight this through fair-court processes, you are seeing a single party, unfortunately, enact a rash of laws and is now installing election officials that will do a candidate or a party's bidding, at their will. that will lead to anarchy. that is not democracy. that is totalitarianism and that is something that we must fight with every inch of our being. >> ari, in your article from mother jones, you mention not just the possibility of what these republican legislatures are trying to accomplish. but what might happen, if we have a republican congress? how wo

seven months later, in an opinion by justice thurgood marshall, the supreme court endorsed the position that the extension of the act was, quote, plainly a constitutional method of enforcing the 15th amendment. there are many things that are opened to debate in america. but the right of all eligible citizens to vote is not one of them. the right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy. the right from which all other rights ultimately flow. and introducing -- in introducing the voting rights acts, president johnson told congress that it is wrong, deadly wrong, to deny any of your fellow americans the right to vote. in signing the 1982 reauthorization of the act, president reagan stated, quote, the right to vote is the crown jewel of american liberties and we will not see its luster diminished. and in signing the 2006 reauthorization, president bush stated that the right of ordinary men and women to determine their own future lies at the heart of the american experiment. this proposition has not always been except -- effective. when the rock constitution was ratified in 1788, most sta

thurgood marshall will be the twitch. when that switch happens, no matter how many dozens of house republicans are able to hold it off and vote against, no matter how long senate republicans will be able to hold it off that will be something when that happens. but the past is with us in today's news in pettier and more distracting ways. do you remember mark sanford, he's a politician with his own inflated history, right? you might recall sanford serving as governor of south carolina when he went missing. and his office initially tried to cover up the fact and didn't know where he was. he tried to get away with a story of got out and hiking the appalachian trail. he was not hiking the appalachian trail, he was with his mistress in argentina. after that bizarre scandal following him every last day until he was in office, nevertheless, the good people of south carolina sought to to elect him to congress after he finished as governor. they elected him to congress in 2019, he served multiple terms. all is forgiven, or all was

thurgood marshall went on to be a justice on that. when that switch happens in that roving room, that will be something when that happens, right? no matter who tried to stop. at no matter how many dozens of house republicans tried to head it off and voted against it. no matter how wrong the senate republicans were able to pull it off. that will be something when it happens. but the past is with us in today's news, in pettier and more destructive ways as well. we will remember mark sanford? he is a moderate republican senator with his own freighted history, right? in sanford you remember he is the governor of california, he went missing. his office initially tried to cover up the fact that no one knew where he was. he then tried to get away with a cover story that he was, surprise, off on his own on a sudden not pronounce trip to go hike the appalachian trails, solo. he was not hiking the appalachian trail as you recall. he was in his -- with his mistrust in argentina. after mark sanford completed his term as governor of south carolina

. >>> supreme court justice thurgood marshall has announced that he will retire.beral voice and the only black in court history. it is the definitive end of an era. >> thurgood marshall was the lawyer on brown versus board of education. he was on the supreme court to give a voice to black americans. >> i kept my word to the american people and to the senate by picking the best man for the job on the merits. the fact he's minority, so much the better. >> judge, what do you say to critics who say the only reason you're being picked is because you're black? >> i think a lot worse things have been said. i disagree with that, but i'll have to live with it. >> the senate is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the supreme court nomination of clarence thomas. but now some lawmakers are concerned about the accusation of sexual harassment dating back ten years. >> anita hill enters the room now. >> democrats were going to challenge clarence thomas on the basis of his conservative views. his race was not going to be an issue. but i think the anita hill allegations brought race bac

it will be named thurgood marshall regional park home of the port chicago 50.port chicago 50 case which was handled by marshall helped lead to the the military. marshall ended up becoming a a supreme court justice. this will be first national park in california named after an african-american. >> wow. we want to get to the weather. >>> and sandhya patel joins us with that. >> reporter: it's a beautiful forecast today if you stepped out you will notice it's not quite as warm inland. concord livermore from the 90s to the 80s today. you can definitely feel the change in the air. i want to show you doppler 7. it wouldn't be summer without thunderstorms in the sierra. which is what we're seeing right now south of lake tahoe. some may be accompanied with brief down tours and gusty winds so just keep that in mind. but look at this view it's absolutely stunning from our tahoe camera. the temperatures are 57 in san francisco, 62 in oakland. comfortable 72 degrees in san jose and 55 in half-moon bay. still pretty socked in along the coastline. here's a view from our sfo

. >> 51 years later, thurgood marshall was the first black justice.andra day o'connor became the first woman justice in 1980 one. -- 1981. and sondra sotomayor was the first just as he was hispanic. let's go to our next question. >> hi my name is dominic and i'm in the 10th grade. how does a person get to become a supreme court justice? luke: that is a great question and it is hard to become a supreme court justice. there are three basic steps. first, there has to be a vacancy on the supreme court. the supreme court can only have nine people on it at a time. after a vacancy happens it is up to the president pick someone through a process called nomination. and then it is up to the senate to vote on the nominee. decisions that the justices make are very important. they affect everyone in the entire country. i have had the privilege of being a law clerk to justice sotomayor. she has one of the nine justices, and every year she hires some young lawyers like myself to work with her on the supreme court as law clerks. law clerks help the justices writes th

specifically replacing a bust of supreme court justice roger with one of thurgood marshall. u.s. supreme court. this is 90 minutes. >> madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all member

becker evers, william munro, thurgood marshall. >> he pronounced the artist last name? >> well, or not. [laughter] >> one more time for us because i think people are going to want to look it up. it is a-h-a-n-o-n-u. >> take you very much wrap my head around how a woman born into slavery, the oldest of eight children, becomes the head of the household, goes to college and has audiences with presidents, lives with constant fbi surveillance, have three children, was a schoolteacher, in a white male dominated profession, and she wrote an autobiography and became one of the greatest investigative journalists. all of these accomplishments. so where is her strength from. did she have anybody as a guide? >> well, she was in her mid- mid-20s. he definitely encouraged her and actually provided some opportunities for her. so she was a big influence. she actually was introduced to my great-grandfather. and she also had a lot of colleagues she worked with as well. and they had some interaction. it's almost the late 19th century, early 20th century. and it sounds interesting, but it

. >> thurgood marshall the head of the naacp the majority to protect the rights of the ku klux klan andcalling for his own murder calling for the murder of african-americans. marsha was able to see, i hate this. it scares me but i'm not going to take the role of shutting down another person speech. absolutely we should speak out against violence and absolutely we should speak out against it but not to echo what we are to believe. do we sometimes feels, if it doesn't heard it doesn't -- count. >> i think the first amendment so misunderstood and it's one thing to say guess i've are right to speak another thing to say you have a right to speech and i hate what you are saying. when the founding fathers that the first amendment and the constitution and wasn't a deal. it wasn't the first thing i thought of and also it wasn't entirely free-speech at the time. >> and franklin of all people said when they passed the first amendment they had no idea what the hell they were doing. i forgot how they put it but they put it beautifully. [inaudible] the idea of what free-speech was it's extremely diff

there are no shortage of figures like justice thurgood marshall, the first african-american to serven the supreme court, more deserving of the honor of being displayed in our capital. there are some who argue this action is an attempt to erase and forget our history. nothing could be further from the truth. we must never forget our nation's shameful periods of slavery, segregation, racism. this is about who we choose to honor, who we choose to literally put on a pedestal and display as emblematic of our values. host: that was a lofgren of california -- zoe lofgren of california, talking about the bill that would remove the statues. usa today says the legislation will require states to remove or replace any statues honoring members of the confederacy by prohibiting the presence of those who served as an officer or voluntarily with the confederate states of america or with the military forces or government of a state while the state was in rebellion against the united states. one of the people republicans heard from yesterday in this debate was the house republican minority leader, kev

thurgood marshall went on to be a justice. no matter how many dozens of house republicans tried to head it off and vote against it, no matter how long the senate republicans were able to hold it off, that will be something when that happens. but the past is with us in today's news in petier and more distracting ways, too. do you remember mark sanford? he's a modern republican politician with his own freighted history. sanford, you will recall, was serving as governor of south carolina when he went missing. and his office initially tried to cover up the fact that no one knew where he was, but they really didn't know where he was. he then tried to get away with a cover story that he was, surprise, off on his own on a sudden not preannounced trip to go hike the appalachian trail solo. he was not hiking the appalachian trail as you may recall. he was with his mistress in argentina. after mark sanford completed his term as governor of south carolina with that bizarre scandal following him every last day he was in office, neverthele

weeks after i arrived at the department, and in seven months later and in an opinion by douglas thurgood marshall, they said the act was plainly a constitutional method of enforcing the amendment. there are many things that are open to debate in america. but the right of all eligible citizens to vote is not one of them. the right to vote is the cornerstone of our democracy, the right from which all other rights ultimately flow. in introducing the 1965 voting rights act, president johnson told the congress, quote, it is wrong. deadly wrong, to deny any of your fellow americans the right to vote. in signing the 1982 reauthorization of the act, president reagan stated, quote, the right to vote is the crown jewel of american liberties, and we will not see its luster diminished. and in signing the 2006 reauthorization, president bush stated that the right of ordinary men and women to determine their own future lies at the heart of the american experiment. this proposition has not, of course, always been accepted. when the constitution was ratified in 1788, most states limited the right to vote to whit

who wrote the 1857 dred scott decision denying citizenship to african americans, with one of thurgood marshall, the first african american supremeourt justice. the bill now heads to the senate. missouri democratic congress member congressmember cori bush introduced the people's response act, which would send unarmed, trained professionals to respond to mental health and substance use crises instead of police. congressmember bush said the program "will transform public safety into a system of care rather than criminalization, healing rather than incarceration, and prevention rather than policing." "the new york times" reports that far-right operatives infiltrated democratic-affiliated groups across western states during the 2020 election cycle to try to manipulate politics and reshape the u.s. electoral map. "the times" exposÉ reveals how a former british spy connected to the mercenary contractor erik prince recruited ex-operatives from the conservative group project veritas to gather dirt that could sabotage the reputations of people and groups considered threats to then-president trump. major

vote on a resolution that would remove confederate statues from the statute and one that honors thurgood marshalllar resolution passed in the house last year, stalled in the senate. do you think it will be different this time around? how much do you think the needle moved on this? >> the dred scott decision was one of the low points in american history. it's highly appropriate we take a hard examination of these issues and decline to celebrate those who made decisions that were, that undermine racial justice in our country. >> quickly before i let you go, i want to turn to the air strikes on the iran-backed militia targets in iraq and syria, rocket attacks following on u.s. forces in syria, iran's leadership obviously not happy. how do you see this impact the region includes the hopes from the biden administration reviving a potential nuclear deal? >> this is in keeping with a broader strategic approach to a ran. three core issues here, one is their development of a nuclear weapon and funding of proxy terror groups and one is development of ballistic missiles and they require the whole range of a

the side of the former concord naval weapons station will be named after supreme court justice thurgood marshallr a vote by the east bay regional parks today as an attorney for the naacp martial represented 50 black sailors who refused to return to work after an ammunition explosion at the base that killed 320. others in 1944, the port chicago, 50 were charged with community mew t. marshall lost that case, but he used it as a springboard to help and secretary patient in the u. s military. the park will span more than 2500 acres of the former military station. all right, big drop off in temperatures today from what we had on memorial day. good 15 degrees in many places, 20 and some so temperatures cooled off significantly in the bay area, still pretty darn hot up in the valley the next couple of days. we just have a nice sea breeze is taking care of us. so these were the highs from today. highs tomorrow, probably a little cooler in those inland spots. lost mean maybe two or three degrees cooler, and we're going to just kind of run this mild toe warm pattern right through the week, so we don't exp

asking question after question, one of the justices, a very polite lewis powell leans over to thurgood marshall who sat next to him and says, do you think he knows we are here? that is the story i've heard. susan: you have made the story that the court wanted here the best arguments on both sides. one viewer tweets, "they needed something more than a twentysomething." akhil: that is the call of florida with all its resources , it could've picked anyone. so maybe it was a problem for florida. they could've sent a team of lawyers. susan: can you encapsulate the arguments made by each side? paul: i will try. i will try with the florida side -- fortas side. he knows he is in a position of strength, so he needs to do a couple things. he needs to make clear to the court that this is the right case to overrule betts v. brady. he is in an odd position, because the supreme court doctrine says that if there are special circumstances, special disabilities for the defendant, then you are entitled to counsel, even under the betts rule. so he has to argue against his own interest a little bit, by saying that

roger brooke taney in the old supreme court chamber of the united states capitol with a bust of thurgood marshall to be obtained by the joint committee on the library and to remove certain statues from the areas of the united states capitol which are accessible to the public, to remove all statues of individuals who voluntarily served the confederate states of america from displaying the united states capitol and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. and the bill is passed. >> madam speaker. i ask for a recorded vote. mr. loudermilk: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, pursuant to section 3 of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? mrs. maloney: madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 504, i now call up the bill, h.r. 2662, the inspector general independent an

susan: will tell you about the nixon appointees, justice burger and harry blackmun, thurgood marshalligher who was still on the court in 1971. william brennan, hugo black and william of douglas were part of the nine. the case was heard just 13 days after the new york times published that first article. there were two hours of oral argument. we will listen to a little bit, but you didn't argue the case. tell me how the legal team was assembled. >> the chief professor was professor bickel, under whom i studied at law school. he was viewed in the language of those days as a conservative academic. he had clerked for justice frankfurter. as he once put it to me, he was not a first amendment voluptuous. and he was not, and indeed, if there was any criticism of the times lawyer presentations at the court at every level made, then and even now, it was that we didn't talk enough about the first amendment, and we talked about separation of powers, we talked about statutes, we talked about a lot of things which we thought might be easier to attract the votes of conservative jurists on the courts

blackmon's opinion as well as the dissents and those dissenting in that opinion, or justice thurgood marshall. justice brennan and justin -- justice douglas. i mentioned marshall because, what i discovered by going into the papers of these justices, was that marshall was initially slotted to write the majority of opinion upholding mandel's exclusion. he changed his mind. he was set to write that opinion and be part of the majority, and then wrote to chief justice warren burger and said, i'm sorry, i have to change my mind. i'm not in a -- i'm not in accord with the chinese exclusion case and the authority granted to congress, and i include the text of that letter, which i found. which you discover is that is a huge revelation in terms of back story, what was going on in terms of behind the scenes of that decision. the fact that marshall had changed his mind because of the plenary power doctrine, that chinese exclusion case establishes the plenary power doctrine and this authority and judicial deference. so by going into the archives, and also looking at some of the notes that justice blackmon

since our founding in 1940 by thurgood marshall we have tried to secure, protect, and in advance the rights of voters. the voting rights act and other federal statutes, targeted suppression process. in the years since the infamous 2013 supreme court decision in shelby county versus holder methods of voter suppression have metastasize across the country. by disabling section five of the voting rights act the shelby decision unleashed devastating attacks on the voting rights of language minorities. indent decision chief justice john roberts expressly invited congress to update the act to respond to these modern conditions. in the eight years since congress has failed to do so, leaving voters of color and our democracy woefully unprotected. our record tracks, monitors, and publishes a record of discriminatory voting changes in jurisdictions protected by section 5 and likely would have prevented. for example, in 2013 ldf sued texas to stop limitation of the stringent voter id law. the same law previously blocked by section 5 in 2012 and that texas revived within hours of the shelby decis

cows at the naacp legal defense fund and education fund picks since our founding in 1940 by thurgood marshall ldf has led the fight to secure protect and advance the rights of black voters. despite the guarantees of the 14th and 15th amendments the voting rights act and other federal statutes, racial discrimination and targeted suppression of the black vote process. in the years since the infamous 2013 supreme court decision in shelby county v. holder, methods of voter suppression have metastasized across the country. by disabling section five of the voting rights act shall be decision unleashed devastating attacks on the voting rights of racial and language minorities. but in the decision chief justice john roberts expressly invited congress to update the act to respond to these modern conditions. however, in the eight years since congress has failed to do so, leaving voters of color and our democracy woefully unprotected. our report, , democracy diminis, state and local threats to voting post shall be county beholder which was entered into the record, tracks, monitors and publishes a record

a bust of thurgood marshall will take its place.e is uncertain. >>> now to some dramatic video out of michigan. it shows some boaters were enjoying their afternoon when suddenly a 200 foot chunk of rock plunges off the cliff into lake superior. >> oh, guys, we're going to get the [ bleep ] back up, back up, back up! back up! >> this all happened in an area called pictured rocks national lakeshore. the boaters say that massive waves happened as a result of that and it panicked some passengers on board. thankfully and luckily no one was hurt >> i can imagine how you would feel if you were right there >>> now to a bump in the road as the nation heads into the holiday weekend. drivers all across the country are going to be feeling some pain at the pump >> gas prices are soaring ahead of what is expected to be the busiest 4th of july in years meagan has a look at what you the problem is getting it to these pumps. that why we're going to see gas prices continue to climb right now, we are paying the most we have in the last seven years. th

think it is right now, you think back to justice ruth bader ginsburg, she was 84, 87, i think, thurgood marshallourt, in both cases the republican nominees replaced them and again, contributed to the tilt of the court as it exists today, which is 6-3. and so democrats are saying, you can't wait to give them what said yesterday, president biden needs the opportunity to try to just hold on to that 6-3 weight right now, i think the majority of americans think that there should be some age limit on these justices. >> john: jason, quick answer for you, running out of time here, clearly democrats are worried about what is going to happen in november 2022, but can mitch mcconnell do in 2020 for what he did to merrick garland in 2016 if there is another vacancy? >> i understand why the democrats are concerned. i also understand that as with advice and consent they don't have to bring it up for a vote. but i think it is wrong. there should be more voting in the senate, not less voting. even if it is a supreme court justice, go ahead and bring it up for a vote. >> sandra: all right, good deal, jason chaff

mari was part of the original effort to remove police from schools following at incident at thurgood marshallented while also, being a fierce advocate for any and all other marginalized communities. i think that they would be an excellent choice for the parent advisory council and i would very sincerely ask to please support her bid for the parent advisory council. thank you. >> clerk: amy? >> caller: hello. to the members of the board, president and vice president, i'm also a parent and there were times in my life when i really wanted to be more involved with advisory council. i knew that my child really needed more of me. we've got mari now. can you believe it? we've got mari where mari is finally with their child, able to say, you know what, we're ready. i can dedicate more of my time to more of this volunteer work. we know those of us who know mari, if you don't know, mari will show up to everything. mari will dedicate so much time and energy and create documents and make them beautiful and colorful. will give everything to it. didn't mean -- [indiscernible]. this is a strength of mari. m

in that majority opinion, justice thurgood marshall wrote and it stands repeating if the standard of materiality is unnecessarily low not only may the corporation and its management be subjected to liability for insignificant omissions or misstatements but also management's fear of exposing itself to substantial liability which may cause to it simply bury share holders in an avalanche of trivial information, a result that is hardly conducive to informed decision making. so this is not about investor protection. this is about weaponizing federal securities law to discriminate against law-abiding american energy companies. this is an effort to pick winners and losers in the marketplace by the government. it's an effort for central planning of our economy. it's not about markets. this is about market distortion by the federal government. in committee, i tried to make a commonsense change to ensure the bill covers only material information so that investors aren't buried by that avalanche. the majority rejected bymy amendment. this shows they are more interested in naming and shaming com