chief justice stone is alleged to say the justices were like nine beatles in the temple of karnak and mayye they should write in each morning on pplicans. >> setting a record with over 75 million tons of marble used in its construction, when it opened in 1935 seven of the nine sitting justices refused to move into their chambers in the new supreme court building. >> one of the justices at the time did not want to leave the former chambers of hich were in the basement of the senate building. he said if we leave these offices in the senate, no one will hear of us again. he was wrong. brandeis said he would not comee in here. he said the building was so allow britain. -- so elaborate. it has become over time a symbol for the third branch of government, the need for stability, the rule of law, which is what ameriia stands for. >> the interesting thing is that neiiher taft or gilbert lived see the building completed. gilbbrt died a few months before the month -- before the building opened. >> as you look at the building today, you not only see the vision of taft, but also the work of pasts

justice stone is alleged to have said that justice is more like nine black beetles and the temple of karnak, and maybe they should ride in each morning on elephants. >> setting a record with 75 million pounds of marble used in its construction, when it opened in 1935, seven of the nine sitting justices refused to move into their chambers into the new supreme court building. >> one of the justices did not want to leave the former chambers, which were in the basement of the senate. and he said, "if we leave these offices in the senate, no one will ever hear of us again," but he was wrong. the reason another would not, is that he said the building was so a labyrinth, it would go to their heads, and maybe he is right. -- the building was so elaborate, it would go to their heads. >> the interesting thing is that nnither tass nor gilbert lived to see the building completed. dilberr died only a few months before the building actually opened -- gilbert died. >> you not only see the vision of taft and his architect, but to also see the work of the successor, who oversaw its completion. and on its ea