well constitutional court's rulings in germany clearly binding. the german politicians have to develop a new pathway in order to be in accordance with the paris targets. tarion majority of the elections will have to find new concepts germs off. and this will probably be also relevant for other countries because german federal constitutional court is a highly conserved 'd recognized also in other countries as far as i can see i'm sure to future generations thank you for your efforts and i thank you for joining us professor professor felix. latin america is home to just 80 percent of the world's population but has suffered nearly a 3rd of all covered 19 deaths brazil is the worst affected country maybe 400000 people that have died of present job bassanio bottom naro has consistently played down the fact of the virus but is now trying to get more vaccines from abroad. the streets are once again filling up in sao paolo and other cities after 4 weeks of local restrictions that have seen the number of new infections fall slightly but the statistics are

well constitutional court's rulings in germany clearly binding. the german politicians have to develop a new way in order to be in accordance with the paris targets. tarion majority of the elections will have to find new concepts in terms of trying to take this will probably be also relevant for other countries because german federal constitutional court is a highly can 'd recognize also in other countries as far as i can see i'm sure to future generations of thank you for your efforts and i thank you for joining us professor professor felix. now u.s. president joe biden has set a plan for what he said was a once in a generation investment in america in his 1st speech to congress as president mr biden outlined proposals for massive investments in infrastructure and said the country had to reassert its place in the world by showing adversary is that democracy still works. joe biden spent decades in the u.s. congress as a senator. he was back with an ambitious program that could see him becoming a transformational u.s. president. would be back. he b

well constitutional court's rulings in germany clearly binding. the german politicians have to develop a new pathway in order to be in accordance with the paris targets. tarion majority of the elections will have to find new concepts in terms of climate protection and this will probably be also relevant for other countries because the german federal constitutional court is a highly concerned 'd. also in other countries as far as i can see i'm sure that to future generations thank you for your efforts thank you for joining us professor professor. felix. latin america is home to just 8 percent of the world's population but has suffered nearly a 3rd of all covered 19 deaths brazil the worst affected me 400000 people that have died president has consistently played down the effects of the virus but he's now trying to get more vaccines from broad. the streets so once again filling up in sao paolo and other cities after 4 weeks of local restrictions that have seen the number of new infections fall slightly but the statistics are devastating. april has b

joined now by our political correspondent and your call to tell us more about what the constitutional court said well the court's at that germany's current climate protection law it's not extensive enough when it comes to the time after trying to teach the law as it is right now or blix has suggested government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030 compared to the level it's off 990 the cause however assess that it does not define in enough detail what can be done to reduce to further reduce those emissions as of that time saying that it puts too much of the burden on the younger generations and as we just heard that complaint was filed mainly by young people who fear that they are futurists of steak because of for example rising sea levels so what the court did today is it ruled that the german german government has to come up with a plan on how to reduce emissions after 2030 and it has to do so by the end of next year. so germany has cut itself as a pioneer in fighting climate change on you but the the government's plans apparently don't go far enough to the. well it is a blow fo

well as i said the german constitutional court has been a very progressive court in many ways and germany and its. influence to deal with the mental crisis as well less i mean other social issues as attracted the attention of many for good reasons because often it has done quite well in kind to address some of these issues and so you can see that that is a general interest and trying to understand how economy does on this front and the influence that germany's record without on other countries that are also facing similar crisis of affordability in other life global cities like but not on the world how we love think they had ability to control the problem or one of the levy they had to actually be dealing with and finally i would say that the german government of course has been a very. robust and constructive. sort of. partner meaning gaging with human rights issues at the u.n. the bank's council so of course you know. it's always important to follow the. track record of many of these countries who are strong supporters on trades in your you when you talk about human rights that is in st

planned for 2038 at the latest well that might also have to be pulled forward to reach the climate goals that the country has set itself and is ruling from the constitutional court is it binding or could the government say well we'll get around to it at some stage you know once the constitutional court declares a law has to be changed the government has to stick to that and the government has said they already plan to start working on changing the laws coming up with some suggestions already next week and they will definitely have some worth laid out in front of them this works in the favor of the green party for example they have been pushing to try to meet the parents agreement goals and they are doing well in the polls right now and this could be a topic that is discussed a lot in the election campaign that is starting to heat up now and for the next few months little correspondence julia star danny thank you. now to the united states where president biden has set out plans for what he said was a once in a generation investment in america in his 1st speech to congress as president mr biden outlined proposals for massive investments in infrastructure and said

well as i said the german constitutional court has been a very progressive court in many ways and germany and its. influence to deal with the mental crisis has for less i mean other social issues as attracted the attention of many for good reasons because often it has done quite well in kind to address some of these issues and so you could say that that is generally interested in trying to understand how economy does on this front and the influence that germany's record without on other countries that are also facing similar crisis of one of the lady in other life global cities like but live not on the world how we love think they had ability to control the problem all one ability they have actually dealing with it and finally i would say that the german government of course has been. robust and constructive. sort of. partner. gauging with human rights issues at the u.n. human rights council so of course you know. it's always important to follow the. track record of many of these countries who are strong supporters on grades in your you when you talk about human rights that is in stark co

well as i said the german constitutional court has been a very progressive court in many ways and germany and its. influence to deal with the mental crisis has for less i mean other social issues as attracted the attention of many for good reasons because often it has done quite well in kind to address some of these issues and so you can see that that is generally interest in trying to understand how economy does on this front and the influence that so many record without on other countries that are also facing similar crisis one of the lady in other life global cities like but not on the world how it will affect they had ability to control the problem or one of the lady they have actually been dealing with and finally i would say that the german government of course has been a very. robust and constructive. partner meaning gaging with human rights issues at the u.n. with the banks council so of course you know. it's always important to follow the. the track record of many of these countries who are strong supporters on trades in your you when you talk about human rights that is in stark

well as i said the german constitutional court has been a very progressive court in many ways and germany and its. influence to deal with the mental crisis has for less i mean other social issues as attracted the attention of many for good reasons because often it has done quite well in kind to address some of these issues and so you can see that that is our general interest in trying to understand how economy does on this front and the influence that germany's record will have on other countries that are also facing similar crisis one of the lady in other life global cities like but not on the world how we love think they had ability to control the problem or one of the levy they had actually beginning with and finally i would say that the german government of course has been a very. robust and constructive. sort of. partner meaning gaging with human rights issues at the u.n. what makes council so of course you know. it's always important to follow the. track record of many of these countries who are strong supporters on parades in your youth when you talk about human rights that is in s

constitution so there could be court challenges but as well i expect that there will be pushback on a lot of these measures that joe biden is calling on congress to act as well you have to remember that even though democrats largely support the president's actions there are many democrats from rural states where gun ownership is is very much a part of the culture as part of the hunting culture this will be difficult for them so even though there is in the senate narrow majority for democrats it's not a slam dunk if you will in terms of pushing through this legislation so that is going to be an obstacle that joe biden is going to combat still he says that he believes that there is an ability to do this and he's working with congress he says he's work willing to work with republicans as well as democrats to try and get this done he says his top priority is not only sort of closing those gun show loopholes as he calls them but he also wants to go after gun manufacturers in order to remove the immunity that they currently enjoy with respect to victims of gun violence being able to go to c

. >> well, your points are very well taken, and the supreme court has actually said, in tennessee versus garner, back a number of years ago that it is not constitutionalto shoot at somebody who is retreating. and so that is well taken. one of the positive developments is the -- i know one of our callers was skeptical about training, but some training, rigorous research has shown can reduce use of force, and that specifically is de-escalation training if done correctly. and what de-escalation training can do, to your point, is really diffuse the situation, using distance and good communication to just lower the temperature of the confrontation. and try to lower the adrenaline of both participants and try, particularly if substance abuse is involved, if the individual, the civilian, has mental health issues, to just lower the temperature and slow it down. this is proven, again, with rigorous research to have a real impact. >> laurie robinson is the professor of criminality law and society at george mason university. also served on the post of 21st century policing. thank you for the conversation. >> thank you. >>> c-span is your unfiltered view of gover

at the constitutional courts and individuals and groups civil rights defenders politicians all sorts of people have announced they are going to challenge this constitutional experts say it may well or at least parts of it of the new regime may be unconstitutional they cite for instance the automatic link between one particular indicator this 7 and a infection number and tough measures that that's really disproportionate and francis they point out curfews are a very drastic measure and there's no actual proof that they will be effective in bringing down infections so you know can you really curb people's freedoms in that way they also say people being vaccinated or indeed of recovered from covina should really be treated in the same way as everybody else perhaps so there's lots of reasons to challenge as in the quote a good possibility that parts of it at least will be overturned the political correspondent simon young thank you. out of turkey which is currently hosting war than 4000000 refugees from the middle east numbers surge during syria's civil war which began 10 years ago but today most migrants trying to reach europe from turkey are not from not from syria but from afghan

at the constitutional courts and individuals and groups civil rights defenders politicians all sorts of people have announced they are going to challenge this constitutional experts say it may well or at least parts of it of the new regime may be unconstitutional they cite for instance the automatic link between one particular indicator this 7 day infection number and tough measures that that's really disproportionate and francis they point out curfews are a very drastic measure and there's no actual proof that they will be effective in bringing down infections so you know can you really curb people's freedoms in that way they also say people treat been vaccinated or indeed of recovered from covina should really be treated in the same way as everybody else perhaps so there's lots of reasons to challenge as in the quite a good possibility that parts of it at least will be overturned the political correspondent simon young thank you. after turkey which is currently hosting war than 4000000 refugees from the middle east numbers surge during syria's civil war which began 10 years ago but today most migrants trying to reach your from turkey are not from not from syria but from afghan

last year rents were frozen for many tenants the constitutional court ruling those changes nolan void the government called it a day for the city's rent is well here's more from our financial correspondent in front of it chelsea delaney. today's court decision is seen 1st and foremost as a way for germany's largest landlords many of them have been extremely critical of this law they said it made them not want to rent their apartments and made them not want to invest in new ones and so we've seen the shares really rallying on today's decision which avant to be one of the largest property managers here and germany's thought shares rise about 7 percent the novia was up about 5 percent but those stocks have really quickly given back most of those games and now focus is really shifting to what comes next and already many politicians and activists are pushing the federal government to step in and introduce a national cap on rents from within the federal government already there's been a push back from peter outlier who's the economy minister here in germany he says he doesn't want to do that instead he wants to incentivize people to build more real

last year rents were frozen for many tenants the constitutional court ruling those changes nolan void the government called it a day for the city's renters well here's more from our financial correspondent in front of it chelsea delaney. today's court decision is seen 1st and foremost as a way for germany's largest landlords many of them have been extremely critical of this law they said it made them not want to rent their apartments and made them not want to invest in new ones and so we've seen the shares really rallying on today's decision which avaunt to be one of the largest property managers here and germany's thought shares rise about 7 percent the novia was up about 5 percent but those stocks have really quickly given back most of those gains and now focus is really shifting to what comes next and already many politicians and activists are pushing the federal government to step in and introduce a national cap on rents from within the federal government already there's been pushback from peter outlier who's the economy minister here in germany he says he doesn't want to do that instead he wants to incentivize people to build more real e

constitutional issues here, ford. because the conservative leaning, well, basically wisconsin supreme court ruled that the democrat governorsl from the state legislature. so we're seeing the laws and rules being bent around the country, ford. >> yeah, you're absolutely right. we have basically seen the constitution and individual rights trampled across this country, just trying to make sure that certain covid regulations were adhered to. when we look back at this five years from now we'll not only find this to be the greatest freak out of all time, but one of the greatest destruction of individual rights in probably the history of the united states. i'm saying this as someone who had covid very bad last year, also taken the vaccine. elizabeth: we hear you. listen, everybody gets it we have to be safe. but what is going on really, the media needs to question it. ford o'connell. thank for joining us. >>> coming up, we have congressman burgess owens to talk about what is missing in the border crisis debate. it's a big violent problem that is hitting major u.s. cities across the country. congressman burgess owens next. >> the r

constitution or other governing law. well, one way of doing so -- is through the d court it apply legal rules or practses that will minimize the number of cases like produced strongly feltas political disagreement. and brief look at what court does will make clear by the number of court decisions that create this kind of disagreement major political disagreement although they're important they're comparatively few in number -- one thing is words in a federal statute does the word cost -- cost for example, in a statute requiring a losing party to pay education related lawsuit cost -- includes a cost of experts that the winning party hired. members the court sometimes disagree about the proper interpretation of these statutes but normally those disagreements reflect differences in methods of interpretation that are not political in nature. different credential views lead to different results and nearly all judges use the same basic interp are tool and values that underlie the words and the relevant consequences and different judges make to give different weight to one or another of these tools. some judges, for example and i

time in this election but the court of the constitutional court disqualified most of the living only president patrice to long the opposition has mr cohen as well as mr samantha while the 2 challengers challenging president along well it's a small start to these elections in here in quarter no voting started in this particular polling station in zone go which has 3 week which is at least 6 stations or poorly built for borders and it's been reported that the certain areas especially in the north of the country where with the weakness of demonstrations in recent days in the run up to this election materials were delivered late and this was expected because i was before the opening of polls the chairman of the election commission announced that destructions have been recorded in the north of the country and as a result voting will not take place at the exact time they supposed to start in that part of the country simply because of destructions caused by the blog page of highways and protest by opposition supporters in the north of the country so we went to close need to see how this goes but election observers here hoping that this will end world

well, maybe you can just increase the number of supreme court justices,. does that sound impossible? maybe. but it is not impossible because the constitutionn't, it's just a matter of getting enough people on board with doing it, you could pass bills and signed them into law and then it happens. and there are people out there who want to do it, people for instance like ed markey and a group of lawmakers who proposed a bill to expand the seats. he and his colleagues made the announcement and nancy pelosi said she had no plans to bring it to the floor. but, you know, figuring out a way to deal with the roberts court which has a lot of people who are quite young is going to be important if democrats want to do things like protect reproductive rights and crucially voting rights. the senator who propose that bill which -- ed markey joins me now. first of all senator markey, talk me through if you are successful, how the bill would work? >> well, the bill would amend the u.s. code and it would increase the number of supreme court justices from 9 to 13. the number nine is not in the united states constitution. originally, we only had six supreme

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well, maybe you can just increase the number of supreme court justices. does that sound impossible? maybe. but it's not impossible because, you know, the constitutionare people out there who want to do it, like people, for instance, like massachusetts senator ed markey who with a group of lawmakers proposed a bill to expand the supreme court to 13 seats today. the speaker of the house, nncy pelosi, said she had, quote, no plans to bring it to the floor. but figuring out a way to deal with the roberts court, which has a lot of conservative justices who are quite young, is going to be important if democrats want to do things, like protect abortion rights, lgbtq rights. senator ed markey joins me now. senator markey, talk me through how the bill would work. >> well, the bill would amend the u.s. code. it would increase the number of supreme court justices from nine to 13. the number nine is not in the united states constitution. originally we only had six supreme court justices. so the number has been changed six or seven times in our history. and it just requires an alteration of the u.s. code and it would be done by congress. and so we want to begin

at the constitutional court and individuals and groups civil rights defenders politicians all sorts of people have announced they are going to challenge this constitutional experts say it may well or at least parts of it of the new regime may be unconstitutional they say for instance the automatic link between one particular indicator this 7 day infection number and tough measures that that's really disproportionate and for instance they point out curfews are a very drastic measure and there's no actual proof that they will be effective in bringing down infections so you know can you really curb people's freedoms in that way they also say people who've been vaccinated or indeed have recovered from covina should really be treated in the same way as everybody else perhaps so there's lots of reasons to challenge as in the quite a good possibility that parts of it at least will be overturned the political correspondent simon young thank you. i said turkey which is currently hosting war than 4000000 refugees from the middle east numbers surge during syria's civil war which began 10 years ago but today most migrants trying to reach your from turkey are not from not from syria but fro

well for the press's position before the current u.s. supreme court. i sometimes like to point out the constitutionut it does mention the press. given the first amendment, how do you think the press could be vulnerable to libel that could go before the supreme court? >> yeah, we do have a sense that this places the press in some vulnerability. having no strong advocates there, suggests that we might not have this wealth spring of understanding that there is a freedom of the press and references to freedom of the press which were quite regular occurrences both in cases involving the press and in cases not involving the press in the past have now essentially disappeared. so because the court isn't speaking of freedom of the press any more, it is hard for us to understand what kind of audience new cases that come before the court might get from this particular judicial body. >> thank you very much for joining us. up next, hollywood's biggest night is putting the spotlight on china's abuse of free speech. how this documentary is caught up in the fight. we have the director, next. ♪ ♪i've got the brains

secondly, the constitutional court will have to take questions on the european recovery fund. we have this in the pipeline as well. all in all, the sense of slowness comedy the sense of urgency -- of slowness, the sense of urgency, the sense of where we are going on this, it just hasn't taken root. it is very strange because germany of all countries, the biggest economy, the biggest member of the european union, it should be forging ahead and leading the push to get as many people vaccinated as possible. and guess what? look who the winners are, the united states and the united kingdom, who germany mocked just a couple of months ago. alix: we have italy increasing their budget deficit, mario draghi talking about how they hoped to be financing with good debt, etc. who is going to lead out of this? judy: it is a very good question. germany will come through eventually, but there's already a huge dispute at the european union unhealthy borrowing rate for this huge economic recovery plan is going to be financed. we don't know this, but this squabbling at a time when the european union should be pulling together, it s

courts based on the state constitutions. we've been successful in states like north carolina. as well as pennsylvania. we have tools.gest tool would be for congress to pass hr 1 which is now s 1, the for the people act that would do away with, outlaw partisan gerrymandering, define what it is and give us another tool to make the system fair. let me be clear, i'm not trying to gerrymander for democrats. i just want it to be fair, i'm confident because if it's fair, democrats will do just fine. republicans want to cheat. they're okay being a minority party that has majority power. >> i'll be worried if the cyber ninjas get involved in the redistricting process. if you hear the word cyber ninjas, you have a problem, mr. ag. the facts here, help me understand the context. 38% of districts are controlled exclusively by neither party. they're either independent commissions or split partisan control. gop controls 43% otherwise, democrats only 17. but states where republican control only added two seats. so what do all those numbers mean? >> well, it means that the process, it might seem a little stark, 43 to 17. but the re

freedom caucus in the house proposed a constitutional amendment to maintain the size of the court of 9 justices but with democrats in control it has little chance as welle director of the national security law and policy program at george mason university. thank you for being here. >> you are jerry nadler say they are unpacking the court. do you see it that way? >> clearly not. they are making an effort to expand the supreme court's, more liberal and conservative. this is just like what fdr tried to do during the new deal where he didn't like having a conservative court and was rejected by his own party, the same happening here again. republicans are post because it doesn't make sense, the same members of the supreme court for over 150 years, it is not sensible. >> the 30 person panel, and prominent conservatives honest. it is more left-leaning. >> the dc circuit, muted conservative, and a number of prominent conservatives in the panel and by far, the law academy is liberal, i worry they may advise the president on the court packing plan and these are sensible people, we are in controversial political times, the president himself, was opposed as a sena

guest: your post are -- your points are very well taken and the supreme court has said in -- the supreme court has said that it is not constitutionalshoot as somebody -- to shoot at somebody who is retreating and that is well taken. one of the positive developments is, one of our callers was skeptical about training. some training, research has shown, can reduce use of force. that is de-escalation training if done correctly. what de-escalation training can do to your point is diffuse the situation using distance and good communication to lower the temperature of the confrontation. try to lower the adrenaline of both participants. try, particularly if substance abuse is involved, if the individual has mental health issues to just lower the temperature and slow it down. this has proven, again, rigorous research to have a real impact. host: laurie robinson at george mason university. also served as the cochair of the white house task force on policing. they queue for the connotation. guest: thank you. host: president biden will address his first joint congress. that's at 9:00. c-span's coverage starting at 8:00. we want to find out fr

france's constitutional court and it's that last decision will be made as to whether this bill will become law or no it's. ok thank you charlotte was our to be there reporting from paris. ok well let's go over to the united states now because despite a curfew anger has boiled over again on the streets of minnesota for a 4th consecutive night it does follow sunday's fatal shooting by police of dante right overnight cars with top shops looted rioters clashed with troops. i. was i. was. was the protesters gathered in the city of brooklyn center where the killings took place they are demanding justice for the 20 year old who was shot after being pulled over in a routine traffic stop the officer who fired the shot came porter says that she mistook the gun for a taser she's not been charged with manslaughter protests are also seen in dallas important to where the police seemed building there was session fire and scenes reminiscent of those in the wake of george floyd's death last year he was killed in nearby minneapolis 10 miles from brooklyn center sparking a wave of nationwide protests he died when office at their chosen place his name on floyd's neck trival is charged with murder

well. and they think the constitution should be interpreted in light of its text and original public meaning regardless of whether that's going for the court's legitimacy, and they will overturn decisions they think are inconsistent with original understanding even if the heavens fall as the expression goes. and then justice souter, the former justice souter thought precedent was extremely important. on the liberal side, we have incrementalists like justice ginsburg who criticized roe v. wade for moving to broadly and deciding a hotly contested question in the most sweeping terms rather than merely deciding the case at hand and allowing the political process to take its place. with pragmatists like justices kagan and breyer, who have joined justice roberts in a series of 7-2 decisions over the dissents of justices sotomayor and ginsburg because they believe that the function of the court is to function as a court and to reach practical solutions that both sides can converge around in a madison sense. and then justice sotomayor, who is an inspiring crusader for her vision of the correct constitution in the tradition of justice brennan regardl

well as the court. >> they will also be looking at the court's role in the constitutional system, the length of service and turnover of justices on the court, the membership and size of the court, and the court's case selection rules and practices. >> since the founding of this country, the supreme court has changed and fluctuated as far as justices are concerned. it's been nine for many, many decades and as of now, no retirements yet as you both know, president trump had the chance to put three justices on the bench, but those retirements typically come in the summer when they do. of course, this report, this commission report will come out sometime this fall. gillian, kristin. >> david spunt live on the north lawn. thank you, gillian. gillian: well, president biden's now asking for another $1 1/2 trillion for his budget on top of the trillions he's already proposed in the spending bill. lucas tomlinson has the breakdown there. >> hey, gillian. president biden says expanding not shrinking the federal government is the answer to the problems. jen psaki says the priorities have changed in this administr

militia, but well-regulated within the constitution and dating historically for the founding mentor regulated by the government. the individual right to bear arms is self-defense. the supreme court has said it does not attract private paramilitary organizations which must be able to be prevented in order to protect public safety, health, peace and good order. the supreme court said that as long ago as 1860 six, upholding a statute that exists on the books of 29 states to this day. paramilitary activity statutes are on the books in the federal code. you cannot engage in paramilitary training. intending to use those in a civil disorder. a lot of those groups that came on january 6 had entrained. we have seen it in the charging documents. training in paramilitary activity so they could undertake that insurrection. so there needs to be crackdowns by police looking within their tools and laws that exist on the books that have been upheld in terms of constitutionality but largely ignored because the very people responsible for enforcing those rules are the people who might have a problem. >> thanks for that. let's go to some q&a. so the dod materials that were sent as part of extremis

court. it's so important, i would want consensus, but you need a constitutional amendment for that. you have to respect institutions. our institutions have served us well for 200 and something years and the idea of radically changing it just to achieve short term results is exactly what people like professor tribe have advocated for years and we cannot let them get their way. we have to stand up for institutions and make sure that the institutions that were endowed to us by our constitution, which is the longest lasting constitution in the history of the world, are preserved, and if they are going to be changed, let them be changed by appropriate constitutional amendments. >> sean: i appreciate you both being with us. professor dershowitz, kayleigh mcenany, as always thank you. prompting an investigation inside of texas, biden and harris nowhere to be found. imagine democrats, media mob's reaction if this crisis was happening under president trump. those kids in cages were donald trump's cages. and also breaking tonight we're now learning that biden's borders are stepping down amid these massive failures. i thought kamala harris was the board czar. by

but well regulated within the constitution and dating back historically even before the founding meant regulated by the government. the individual right to bear arms for self-defense the supreme court says is that, it does not protect private paramilitary organizations, which must be prevented to protect public safety, health, peace, and good order. the supreme court said as long ago as upholding a statute that 1866, exists on the books of 29 states to this day. anti-paramilitary activity statutes are on 25 different states'books and the federal code so you cannot engage in paramilitary training. the use of firearms, bombs, or tactics capable of bodily injury and death in a civil disorder. a lot of those groups came on january 6 and they were trained. we have seen it in the charging documents. trained in paramilitary activity so they can be -- undertake that insurrection. so there needs to be crackdowns by police looking within their tools that exist and the laws that exist on the books that have been upheld in terms of constitutionality, but largely ignored, in many respects, because the very people responsible for enforcing those rules are the people who might have a problem. >>

well, as you know, qualified immunity, itself, is a doctrine that the supreme court created. and that has allowed officers to evade civil liability, even after they have demonstrably violated the constitutional rights of civilians. and so, i am committed to making sure that we hold officers accountable, so that we can deter officers from ever engaging in racist policing, moving forward. and so, it's why i'm focused, at the officer level, with respect to reforming qualified immunity. and i say that as just one member of congress but i know that many people share my view on that subject. >> just a as one member of congress, the qualified immunity is but one of the aspects of the george floyd justice in policing act. there is a very comprehensive set of initiatives that are included in there that really run the gambit. so the idea of one hurdle being one to have to overcome, there are still other aspects to consider, of course, that need to be taken into account. and you know, i want to play this moment for you, today, congressman. because you were on the house floor, and you were taking on your republican colleagues' argumen arguments about a very important issue that is in the press and all a

>> well, you know, first of all about those bills that are being introduced against protests, i wonder how they would stack up in terms of the constitution, even with this supreme court. this recognizes a right to free speech and free assembly and, you know, the whole nine yards. that said, it is shocking. yet, we're not shocked. it is shocking that -- that this verdict could end up being such a partisan divide about this verdict. it is -- it is pure tribalism. it is pure running to one's corner stoked by the likes of fox news and the rest of the right wing media ecosystem that is encouraging conservatives and republicans to think that the jury didn't do its job, to think that the jury was smu influenced by protests. and that's just a terrible liable against the jury system as i have watched it perform over the years. the one consistent thing has been the jurors actually do try to get it right and they pay attention and they do their best. if you don't believe that about our court system, then you really don't believe in our court system. >> carmen? >> yeah. you're absolutely right. it's kind of astounding the number of legislation that is trying to silence the prote

constitutional reasons? >> well, there certainly are and should be constitutional and statutory protection for these doctors and nurses the outrageous thing is that the federal government is asking courts just did. is they are trying to take those away. ainsley: dr. christie and mark, we really appreciate you all being here. thank you. >> thank you. >> thanks for having us. ainsley: you are welcome. the biden administration pushing critical race theory on u.s. schools with taxpayer dollars. a former professor weighs in on indoctrination next. from our friends at fox bet you can download the fox bet super 6 app. and play for a chance to win $10,000. all you need to do is predict six outcomes in the fox bet super 6 quiz show topics range from entertainment to sports and free to play. download the fox bet super 6 app. now. ♪ [sfx: psst psst] allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! all good stay restless with the icon that does the same. the rx crafted by lexus. lease the 2021 rx 350 for $439 a month for 36 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. ♪ ♪ (engine starts) lease the 2021 rx 350 f

constitutional purpose and mission. well to the extent that i'm following your question, and i'm afraid i may not be i think the you know part of what went on in the burger court in terms of dialing back the criminal due process. revolution of the warren court was response to the fact that there really was a crime wave in the country. and people were very upset about it. and that's why richard nixon could so effectively run against the court in 1968 as a bunch of you know, criminal coddling out of touch judges. so i think you know, it's an example of the fact that the court really does inevitably reflect the political mood of the country and sort of what's going on in society if that's an answer. yeah. hi in terms of potentially nutty ideas that might take on some traction based on unexpected events. what do you make of greg abbott? the governor of texas is call for a convention of states to amend the constitution and if republicans lose in november, could this idea sort of percolating percolate and grain gain traction on the right. do you think well, he's not the first i mean this idea, you know, there's a constitutional process for calling for a convention a

court is looking into and is concerned about restrictions on religious liberty as a first amendment principle. as well they should be because the first amendment includes religious freedom as a core constitutional right. so my views comport with what the supreme court has held about these things and i would have to apply the supreme court's principles in any of my cases. >> ms. jackson-akiwumi? >> i agree, senator cruz. foundational freedoms protected, speech, redress and row ligs. >> thank you, senator cruz. senator. >> thank you, mr. chair. i'd like to remark on the significance of this hearing. as chairman durbin reminds us, and noted this hearing. for the past four years the prior administration appointed 226 judges to the federal courts. almost 30% of the current federal judiciary, an overwhelming majority of those pointes, 189 were white and nearly as many 171 were men. over the course of the priority administration our federal judiciary became markedly less diverse. today marks an important step in reversing that trajectory and creating a federal judiciary that reflects the america that it serves. this committee has heard and will hear testimony from five nominees, all persons of color,

well-known. marbury v. madison is only the place where the story begins. it doesn't show a president will always do what the court says. i have said the constitution's words and the framers' intent were a source of the court's power only in part, because no framer has a good answer to the critical question asked by shakespeare in henry iv. hotspur was asked by a mystic, i can call spirits from the vasty deep. hotspur replied, so can i. so can any man. but will they come when you do call for them? let's look at a few examples. let's look at an example of the court's lack of power, an old example. it was one of the first occasions when the court and president found themselves in conflict on an important matter. in that case, the president prevailed. a tribe of indians, the cherokees, lived in northern georgia. treaties guaranteed them that land, but gold was found and the georgians wanted the gold. they took control of the cherokees' land. what did the cherokees do? what you might have done. they found a good lawyer. he filed complaints in court. eventually the issue of territorial control found its way to the supreme court, and the court said, cherok

well as the direction of the court. it was absolutely a debated, heavily debated item in the 2016 presidential election and president trump won that election. again, i never heard anybody suggesting changing the constitution to take away the senate's advise and consent role. we do see here a bill filed just this week by our leader in the democrat party to have a hostile take over of the supreme court, similar to what's been done in socialist countries. i think it's important to point out how -- who's proposed those kinds of changes in the past and what it's led to. i know president biden himself is on record many times criticizing heavily the idea of packing the supreme court. that was before he was president. now it would be him that would be able to appoint these extra judges i don't know if his position's changed. it's dangerous precedent. it's the kind of precedent that exists in soviet-style nations. i sure hope it's not here. but mr. nadler did just say yesterday when asked about speaker pelosi's position, he said, quote, speaker pelosi and others will come along. i was just wondering if that was something that the gentleman was planning on bringing to the floor that would be a divisive issue as opp