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It was a high-energy, forceful speech, and at times, he taunted Republicans with ad-libs. When they heckled his support for bipartisan border security legislation, Biden said, “Look at the facts. I know you know how to read.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden stumbled over a few words, and in the Republican response, Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama called him “dithering and diminished,” but it was a more vigorous performance than other speeches where his remarks can be meandering or hard to hear. It was also a rejoinder to criticisms that Biden is too old to keep serving as president. He would be 86 at the end of a second term, and Republicans — though Trump is only four years younger — have relished slicing and dicing videos of the president to make him look as feeble as possible on social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Biden leaned into his age, mentioning he was born during World War II, but defended his vision for the country as fresh. “You can’t lead America with ancient ideas that only take us back,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Abortion on the ballot\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The president said efforts to restrict abortion were an “assault on freedom,” and he derided the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 5 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State of the Union speech is one of the biggest pieces of political theater every year. It’s rooted in a simple requirement in the U.S. Constitution that directs the president to “give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.” But in modern times, it’s a televised extravaganza where every detail is carefully scrutinized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s how to watch and what to look for during Thursday’s address by President Joe Biden.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where to find it\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You can find the State of the Union on all major networks, which will be carrying it live. It will also be streamed online by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/\">White House\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/\">The Associated Press\u003c/a>. The speech starts at 9 p.m. ET.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cast of characters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You might notice a new face behind Biden when he starts his speech. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-republicans-emmer-mccarthy-54352a64be041cd445bda8df28b24f03\">Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana\u003c/a> became the House speaker in October after unhappy Republicans ousted \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-motion-to-vacate-congress-327e294a39f8de079ef5e4abfb1fa555\">Rep. Kevin McCarthy\u003c/a> of California. Rep. Nancy Pelosi had the job before McCarthy but lost it when Democrats failed to keep the majority in the 2022 midterm elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That makes Johnson the third House speaker to sit behind Biden during a State of the Union, reflecting the political instability in Washington and a challenging shift for Biden. House leadership has fallen further under the sway of the chamber’s right flank, making it harder for the president to cut deals with the opposing party.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Biden’s age\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No president gets a free pass on the world’s biggest stage, but Biden will be watched more carefully than most because of his age. At 81 years old, he’s the oldest commander-in-chief in history, and he would be 86 at the end of a potential second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donald Trump, Biden’s Republican predecessor and likely opponent in this year’s election, is 77. A majority of U.S. adults doubt either of them have the mental capabilities to serve as president, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/biden-state-of-union-mental-capacity-trump-reelection-66d8784586d21f30885d8153f949510c#:~:text=WASHINGTON%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20A%20poll,rematch%20of%20the%202020%20election.\">according to a new survey\u003c/a> by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State of the Union is a chance for Biden to dispel doubts about whether he’s up for the job at an age when most Americans are retired. Any verbal slips or apparent confusion would provide fodder for his opponents.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Policy agenda\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Keep your ears open for any new policy proposals. The State of the Union is a chance for presidents to lay out their goals and rally Americans to support their plans. For example, Biden used a previous speech to discuss his “unity agenda,” which included \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-veterans-pact-act-2ab6457c343a00f4966f67f3572ab50a\">expanded health care benefits for veterans.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House hasn’t disclosed specific proposals that will be in this year’s speech. But he could reference \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-second-term-agenda-election-2024-272bb9582df845cf9cd222ff2e9bd2f1\">unfinished business from his first term\u003c/a>, and he’ll likely press for military assistance for Ukraine to reinforce American leadership overseas.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Special guests\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are more than just lawmakers and top officials in the chamber for the speech. Politicians bring guests to the gallery to put a face to whatever issue they want to highlight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House invites the most high-profile guests, who are often recognized during the president’s speech. So far, the White House has disclosed only one, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/abortion-kate-cox-texas-exceptions-e85664b2ab76bcb689b1b91913d3e33e\">Kate Cox\u003c/a>, a Texas woman who was unable to get an abortion in her home state even though her health was in danger and her fetus had a fatal condition. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/roe-biden-abortion-reproductive-rights-election-3d184285cc6edbe733311b26445db2a0\">Democrats are eager to demonstrate\u003c/a> how the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has limited reproductive rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawmakers will have their own guests, too. Johnson and two New York representatives are \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1764659292076921212?s=20\">bringing police officers\u003c/a> whose \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/times-square-migrant-brawl-police-new-york-3504c2e1f4b6de73512c5a89b4cf2d48\">brawl with migrants in Times Square\u003c/a> caused a political uproar among Republicans who have blamed Biden for loose border security. Rep. Elise Stefanik, another New York Republican, invited a Border Patrol officer who also serves as a union official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sen. Alex Padilla of California — who is chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety — invited as a guest DACA recipient Dr. Denisse Rojas Marquez, an emergency room resident physician at Boston Medical Center and the co-founder of Pre-Health Dreamers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Dr. Denisse Rojas Marquez is the embodiment of the American Dream, overcoming systematic barriers to health coverage, education, and employment as she and her family lived in perpetual fear of deportation,” said Padilla in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/padilla-announces-daca-recipient-dr-denisse-rojas-marquez-as-guest-for-2024-state-of-the-union/\">press release\u003c/a>. “I hope to make it clear to the Administration and my colleagues: We must provide a pathway to citizenship for these Dreamers and the long-term undocumented residents who work in essential jobs and contribute billions to our economy annually.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bay Area members of Congress are also bringing guests to tonight’s State of the Union address that champion a variety of causes. Amanda Tyler, lead organizer for Christians Against Christian Nationalism, is attending as a guest of Rep. Jared Huffman, who represents all of California’s coast north of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think he was trying to send a signal about the importance of calling out Christian nationalism as well as the power of people of faith and the non-religious working together to dismantle this poisonous ideology,” said Tyler in an interview with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Guests of other Bay Area Congress members include advocates for gun violence prevention, education, organized labor, and safeguards around artificial intelligence technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Fashion statements\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Television cameras will pan across the chamber during the State of the Union, so you’ll have a clear view of everyone in the audience, too. This is a chance for lawmakers and guests to send a message of their own with their clothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic women wore white, the color of the women’s suffrage movement, during Trump’s State of the Union in 2019. In 2022, some lawmakers wore blue and yellow ribbons to show their support for Ukraine. (The country’s ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, was a guest as well.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Protest potential\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You might think that everything about the State of the Union is scripted, but that’s not the case. Even in a tightly controlled environment, it’s still possible that someone could stage an interruption. Biden has been \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/biden-protests-gaza-israel-hamas-election-2024-24a0a74ea195f764aa09ab7167e81ace\">shadowed around the country by protests\u003c/a> over his support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Activists have also planned a demonstration in Lafayette Square near the White House before the speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"forum_2010101904849,news_11975973,news_11974101\"] In addition, Republicans have earned a reputation for interruptions. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/state-of-the-union-address-joe-biden-lauren-boebert-nancy-pelosi-lindsey-graham-4e6c24d54eee0b656a88eede126918e8\">heckled Biden\u003c/a> during his State of the Union in 2022. Then, in 2023, some Republicans shouted at Biden when he accused them of trying to cut Social Security and Medicare. “I enjoy conversation,” Biden said as he urged Congress to unite behind protecting the safety net programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Johnson is trying to tamp down on outbursts from his caucus. 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At 41 years old, she’s the youngest female senator, and some party leaders hope she will be \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/katie-britt-biden-state-of-union-response-alabama-ivf-4babe2d11e03365515d388d4a167648c\">a rising star\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But whatever she says, many will be waiting to see Trump’s own response. In a post on \u003ca href=\"https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/112050558730232529\">his Truth Social account\u003c/a>, Trump promised to provide “LIVE, Play by Play” commentary on Biden’s speech. As Trump cruises toward the Republican presidential nomination, his remarks will help frame the stakes of the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writer Lisa Mascaro and KQED’s Tyche Hendricks and Juan Carlos Lara contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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The speech starts at 9 p.m. ET.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cast of characters\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>You might notice a new face behind Biden when he starts his speech. \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/house-speaker-republicans-emmer-mccarthy-54352a64be041cd445bda8df28b24f03\">Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana\u003c/a> became the House speaker in October after unhappy Republicans ousted \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/mccarthy-gaetz-speaker-motion-to-vacate-congress-327e294a39f8de079ef5e4abfb1fa555\">Rep. Kevin McCarthy\u003c/a> of California. Rep. Nancy Pelosi had the job before McCarthy but lost it when Democrats failed to keep the majority in the 2022 midterm elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That makes Johnson the third House speaker to sit behind Biden during a State of the Union, reflecting the political instability in Washington and a challenging shift for Biden. House leadership has fallen further under the sway of the chamber’s right flank, making it harder for the president to cut deals with the opposing party.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Biden’s age\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>No president gets a free pass on the world’s biggest stage, but Biden will be watched more carefully than most because of his age. At 81 years old, he’s the oldest commander-in-chief in history, and he would be 86 at the end of a potential second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Donald Trump, Biden’s Republican predecessor and likely opponent in this year’s election, is 77. 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For example, Biden used a previous speech to discuss his “unity agenda,” which included \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-veterans-pact-act-2ab6457c343a00f4966f67f3572ab50a\">expanded health care benefits for veterans.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The White House hasn’t disclosed specific proposals that will be in this year’s speech. But he could reference \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-second-term-agenda-election-2024-272bb9582df845cf9cd222ff2e9bd2f1\">unfinished business from his first term\u003c/a>, and he’ll likely press for military assistance for Ukraine to reinforce American leadership overseas.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Special guests\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are more than just lawmakers and top officials in the chamber for the speech. 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Protesters chanted “Free, free Palestine” and “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” and urged the president to end U.S. aid to Israel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While Biden charges donors $100,000 for a ticket to his cocktail party, bombs labeled ‘Made in the USA’ are raining down on civilians in Gaza for the fourth consecutive month, killing over 13,000 Palestinian children and counting,” said Suzanne Ali, a Palestinian Youth Movement member, in a written statement. “How dare he visit San Francisco only to rake in cash, ignoring residents of a city which passed a ceasefire resolution with a supermajority?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976664\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976664\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3169-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters hold placards and banners protesting the US president and Israel.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3169-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3169-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3169-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3169-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3169-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3169-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3169-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Palestinian protesters at Alta Plaza Park on Wednesday. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Organizers said they were also concerned by statements from Israeli officials that their military forces could soon launch a ground assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than a million people are reportedly seeking refuge after fleeing Israel’s bombardment of much of the northern Gaza Strip. With Rafah up against Egypt’s border, those people could not go any further south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are demanding that there is a permanent cease-fire now,” said Party for Socialism and Liberation member Ramsey Robinson, who spoke at the protest. “That’s our money, stolen from the people, stolen from the taxpayers, and we want to let Joe Biden know that we know that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976671\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976671\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3180-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A young man with red shirt and brown clothes speaks into a mic with others standing beside him and a red brick building in the background. \" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3180-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3180-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3180-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3180-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3180-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3180-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3180-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ramsey Robinson with the Party for Socialism and Liberation speaks at the protest Wednesday afternoon. \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Biden will reportedly make multiple campaign stops in San Francisco and Los Altos Hills between Wednesday and Thursday. But Robinson thinks that other than “the tiny number of the super-rich,” Biden isn’t popular in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Suzanne Ali, member, Palestinian Youth Movement\"]‘How dare he visit San Francisco only to rake in cash, ignoring residents of a city which passed a cease-fire resolution with a supermajority?’[/pullquote]“We’ve got to keep coming out and showing face. They like to pretend they don’t see us out here in the streets but we’ve been out here in the streets week after week after week since Oct. 7,” Robinson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palestinian Youth Movement member Violette Mansour said she condemned wealthy San Franciscans who made donations to the Biden campaign, saying the fact the city passed a resolution supporting a cease-fire is “evidence that San Franciscans oppose his continued support of Israel.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people have the power and the people here will demand and continue to make our voices heard because the people who say they represent us do not represent us,” Mansour said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Biden campaign did not return a request for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11976676\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11976676\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3182-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3182-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3182-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3182-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3182-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3182-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3182-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/IMG_3182-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Aguilar (left) said ‘opposing the genocide’ in Gaza is ‘core to her values as a socialist.’ \u003ccite>(Juan Carlos Lara/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story will be updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday:\u003c/strong> A federal judge in Oakland on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the Biden administration is complicit in genocide against residents in Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Plaintiffs in the case sought to block the U.S. government from providing military aid to Israel, arguing in court last Friday that doing so was in violation of international and domestic genocide laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The judge ultimately sided with attorneys for the U.S. government, who argued that the courts lack authority over certain political decisions made by Congress and the executive branch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original story, 4 p.m. Friday (Jan. 26)\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nCrowds of at least 200 people protested outside an Oakland federal courthouse on Friday as attorneys gave arguments in a lawsuit seeking to stop U.S. aid for the Israeli government’s attacks on Gaza.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights, representing Palestinians in the U.S. and abroad, filed the \u003ca href=\"https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/11/Complaint_DCI-Pal-v-Biden_ww.pdf\">lawsuit (PDF)\u003c/a> in November. They are \u003ca href=\"https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2023/11/PI%20Motion_w.pdf\">seeking a court order (PDF)\u003c/a> to stop U.S. military aid to Israel, arguing it is fueling a genocide against Palestinian people and urging the Biden administration to pursue a cease-fire. On Dec. 8, the federal government responded with a motion to dismiss the case, saying the court had no oversight on foreign policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday’s single-day hearing laid out arguments from Palestinians and U.S. officials. Plaintiffs argued that by aiding Israel’s military operations in Gaza, the U.S. government has violated international law codified in the 1948 Genocide Convention, as well as the U.S. Genocide Convention Implementation Act of 1988.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11964576,news_11972100,forum_2010101904469 label='More on Israel & Gaza']Plaintiffs had seven witnesses call in, including a doctor currently based in Gaza. “Every single one of the testimonies that we heard was gut-wrenching,” Diala Shamas, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White said he would take a hard look at the arguments and evidence and is expected to deliver a decision in the coming weeks. “The question of what he can do is what he’s sitting with,” Shamas said, adding that they are hopeful he will “issue some kind of order to stop the genocide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice, however, argued that the court does not have authority over international policy decisions made by the president and Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not the court’s role to sit in judgment of U.S. foreign policy decisions concerning the conflict in Gaza or to assess whether Israel has transgressed limits imposed by international law,” Biden’s defense attorneys wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2024/01/64_1-12-24_Govt-reply-MTD_w.pdf\">a court brief (PDF)\u003c/a> this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a concern Judge White had also expressed in the days leading up to the hearing. He questioned what authority the courts have in foreign policy decisions typically decided by other branches of government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11973925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2024/01/26/lawsuit-seeking-to-stop-u-s-aid-to-israel-holds-first-court-hearing-in-oakland/240126-gazalawsuit-02-bl/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11973925\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11973925\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240126-GazaLawsuit-02-BL.jpg\" alt=\"a large sign hangs from a courthouse building that reads 'we charge Biden with genocide'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240126-GazaLawsuit-02-BL.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240126-GazaLawsuit-02-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240126-GazaLawsuit-02-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240126-GazaLawsuit-02-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/01/240126-GazaLawsuit-02-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Demonstrators hold a sign that says, ‘We Charge Biden With Genocide’ outside of the US District Court in Oakland on Jan. 26, 2024, during a court hearing to urge the White House to withdraw US support for Israel. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Since Oct. 7, when an attack led by Hamas killed about 1,200 Israelis, more than 26,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s counterattacks, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palestinian author Laila El-Haddad said in court testimony on Friday that she has lost more than 85 family members in Gaza air strikes and other attacks from Israel in the last 16 weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Israel has displaced or is starving the surviving family members, and they are having trouble just trying to survive at this point,” El-Haddad said. “It’s consumed every aspect of my life. It’s been a living nightmare, figuratively and literally.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday’s hearing brought a packed courtroom, and a digital livestream of the proceedings, capped at 1,000 people, quickly reached capacity. Hundreds who were turned away from the courthouse painted phrases like “no bombs” and “Biden complicit in genocide” on the streets outside the federal building in downtown Oakland, while other supporters of the lawsuit handed out coffee and snacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early Friday morning, the U.N.’s International Court of Justice \u003ca href=\"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/26/un-court-orders-israel-to-ensure-acts-of-genocide-are-not-committed-in-gaza\">ordered Israel to prevent death, destruction and acts of genocide in Gaza\u003c/a>. However, the court did not order an end to Israel’s military offensive. 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White said he would take a hard look at the arguments and evidence and is expected to deliver a decision in the coming weeks. “The question of what he can do is what he’s sitting with,” Shamas said, adding that they are hopeful he will “issue some kind of order to stop the genocide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice, however, argued that the court does not have authority over international policy decisions made by the president and Congress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is not the court’s role to sit in judgment of U.S. foreign policy decisions concerning the conflict in Gaza or to assess whether Israel has transgressed limits imposed by international law,” Biden’s defense attorneys wrote in \u003ca href=\"https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2024/01/64_1-12-24_Govt-reply-MTD_w.pdf\">a court brief (PDF)\u003c/a> this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a concern Judge White had also expressed in the days leading up to the hearing. 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