Supreme Court Reform Plans

MONDAY, AUGUST 5
PROGRAM #10458 12:00 PM PT

Supreme Court Reform Plans.

President Biden proposed a plan to reform the US Supreme Court, including term limits and ethics reform. The court has lost popular support after granting criminal immunity to Trump, overturning abortion protections and being marred by corruption controversies. What’s in the plan? How would it change the court? On a related note, in an attempt to invalidate the Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity from criminal law, Sen. Schumer is introducing the No Kings Act.

Guest: José López Zamorano, News Correspondent, Washington, DC.

Pushback on Homeless Camps Crackdown. In defiance of California Gov. Newsom’s order to clear homeless encampments, Los Angeles responded that the county will continue maintaining a care-first approach and people in encampments can not be taken to county jails. On the other end, San Francisco is stepping up enforcement against camping. Gov. Newsom’s order to clear camps that pose the greatest safety risks, like those under freeways, came after the US Supreme Court ruled that cities can fine and jail unhoused people. A reporter gives details of Newsom’s actions and the pushback from Los Angeles.

Guest: Ruben Tapia, News Reporter, Los Angeles, CA.

Venezuela’s Presidential Election Audit. Venezuela’s election authorities declared Nicolás Maduro the official winner of the presidential election for a third term. After intense protests from the opposition and international calls for a “transparent” vote count, Maduro has promised to release all vote tallies and a thorough audit.

Guests: Andreína Chávez Alava, Venezuelan Journalist and Editor, Venezuelanalysis, Caracas, VE; Alejandro Velasco, Professor of Latin American History, New York University-NYU, Author of “Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Political and the making of modern Venezuela” and former Executive Editor, NACLA Report on the Americas, New York, NY.

Photo: Adam Michael Szuscik/Unsplash

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