our guest is don ritchie. he joins us to discuss the constitutional things that still need to be finalized before president-elect joe biden is sworn in. court heard oral arguments of edwards versus vannoy. whether they can apply retroactively to other cases. this is just under an hour and a half. honorable come achieve justice and the associate justices of the supreme court of oyez,ited states, oyez, the court is now sitting. god save the united states and this honorable court. chf. justice roberts: we will hear argument this morning in case 19-5807, edwards versus vannoy. mr. belanger. mr. belanger: mr. chief justice, and may it please the cot:

our guest is don ritchie. he joins us to discuss the constitutional steps that still need to be finalized before president elect joe biden is sworn in. where you findy" your podcasts. former president obama joins a virtual event in georgia supporting democratic senate candidates. both are

. >> listen to c-span podcast the weekly our guest is don ritchie senate historian he joins us to discuss the constitutional steps that still need to be finalized before president-elect joe biden is sworn in, find c-span the weekly where you get your podcast. >> the supreme court is being asked to decide whether facebook text alert system is a violation of the telephone consumer protection act of 1991 which created restrictions on robocalls and the use of systems. . . .

our guest is don ritchie, senate historian emeritus who joins us to discuss constitutional steps that need to be finalized before president-elect joe biden is warning. you get your podcast. >> next, farewell remarks from senator doug jones of alabama, he talked about his experience on capitol hill over the last three years working with colleagues across the aisle and issues he hopes the senate

our guest is don ritchie, senate historian emeritus who joins us to discuss constitutional steps that need to be finalized before president-elect joe biden is warning. you get your podcast. >> next, farewell remarks from senator doug jones of alabama, he talked about his experience on capitol hill over the last three years working with colleagues across the aisle and issues he hopes the senate might address in his absence. >> everyone knows the old saying, time flies when you're having fun. my time, despite the difficulties, the challenges, despite the rancor we often see in this body as well as washington dc i can honestly say i have had a lot of fun. the last 3 years have been amazing. i was able to accomplish a few things thanks to you. you've not just been colleagues. it has really been good. your status been off. i know you hear that a lot from constituents, maybe not enough from other senators. your staffs have been amazing to us and i very much appreciate it. as the minority leader said i am a baseball fan. you will see in the reception area all 100 baseballs i had signed. on t

our guest is don ritchie. he joins us to discuss the constitutional steps that still need to be finalized before president elect joe biden is sworn in. where you findy" your podcasts. former president obama joins a virtual event in georgia supporting democratic senate candidates. both are facing january 5 runoffs against republican incumbent senators. the gop only has to win one of the runoffs to keep control of the senate. >> good afternoon, georgia. i am the congresswoman elect. it is great to be with so many georgians who are ready to send my friends to the united states senate. ,e have come so far together and at georgia democrats have done what others thought was impossible. we flipped georgia blue. georgians already knew it, but we proved to the entire nation that georgia is ready for big change. last month, we delivered our 16 electoral college votes to president-elect joe biden and vice president-elect kamala harris. and we are about to deliver not one, but two georgia democrats to the united states se

. >> listen to c-span podcast the weekly our guest is don ritchie senate historian he joins us to discuss the constitutional steps that still need to be finalized before president-elect joe biden is sworn in, find c-span the weekly where you get your podcast. >> the supreme court is being asked to decide whether facebook text alert system is a violation of the telephone consumer protection act of 1991 which created restrictions on robocalls and the use of systems. . . . >> and to emergency and cellular lines but not to residential lines. under well-established rules of statutory construction the entire phrase to be called sequential number generator that has a statue of impossible between the definition and the targeted mission under ordinary rules of grammar that modifier not just a second and so those of the disparate impact reinforces that conclusion first it is set off by that, modified by the verb and second a direct object the direct object of those telephone numbers to be called in those were significant judicial that. and then to the residential land line. from those in 1991. and

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