make decisions for them and you know supreme court chief justice former seem to the chief justice rehnquist made his republican chops this climate justice party and. this is when he was sitting in his life in critical but what we will see is what is the posture of the department of justice when it comes to analyzing these kinds of issues now i am very confident that the department of justice is going to clear these states there are a number of them that are subject to preclearance and it's tragic but all these people for us thanks for dropping by thanks for having me on. despite a walker says this move is just about politics in my opinion anyway with republican state lawmakers facing six a coming recall elections and walker himself likely facing a recall next year so obvious the governor's doing everything he can to keep his job and tragically chipping away at the at the core of democracy itself in the process. coming up a daily take on how both political parties are getting a very important clause in the u.s. constitution and why we're all in danger because of. that drives the world the fe

against corporate personhood taken from my book by cascades lawyers chief justice right william rehnquist suddenly dismissed the case basically saying oh oops we made a mistake in a green here at the first place so the lower court's decision was upheld nike lost the case and settled with cassie agreeing to make a seven figure gift to help sweat shop workers around the world it was actually were a rare when it is corporate personhood but it was short lived because just as nike was coughing up the cash box news was about them or fox corp was about to mount its own defense of a corporation's right to lie in that very same year in one thousand nine hundred eighty two investigative reporters janie her and steve wilson working for a local fox affiliate produced a series on how a synthetic hormone known as bovine growth hormone b g eight keenly given a cattle boat in florida all over the country in fact could be causing cancer in america and not in europe where it had been banned but since the local station owned by rupert murdoch's news corp forced aker and wilson to rewrite the story several t

of stumbling blocks for democrats to get to the poll well that's that you know that's one million rehnquist made his chops was standing in the republican party in the eyes of the president was stay doing in phoenix arizona and paul winds kicking latino's in american native americans out of out of line by challenge and you're also pointed out i don't i'm not even going to i can also point to mcgrath so sitting out buses to pick up people who you know need help getting there making sure they get there and he's going to steal was running for the sun you know i don't know. but there's we're making much ado about such a minor thing in the ohio election but i mean just it's what you do well it's not just i tend to be all over the country in fact i did a google search on that law i found that one article from think progress people are not talking about that so i can now see switching gears the casey anthony case. apparently the latter we don't we still don't know i haven't seen any evidence that he did actually rape this made a joke other than she's making a bet with his will but in both cases the

stumbling blocks for democrats to get to the poll well if that's the you know that's what william rehnquist made his chops was standing in the republican party in the night in the city who stayed only in phoenix arizona in poll lines kicking a latino as an american native americans are out of line by challenge and you're also pointed out i don't i'm not going to i can also point democrats though sitting out buses to pick up people who you know need help getting there making sure they get their make i'm going to steal was running for the sun you know i'm good. but it is we're making much ado about such a minor thing in the ohio election but i think this is what you're going to start to start i see happening all over the country in fact i did a google search on that law i found that one article from think progress people are not talking about it's not like i'm not saying switching gears that casey anthony ok. apparently we are we don't we still don't know i haven't seen any evidence that he didn't actually rape this made a joke other than she's made your bed with it but in both cases the medi

i thought the problem in lopez that chief justice rehnquist was dealing with was that the national sovereign had presumed to be regulate in a holy noneconomic area. an area simply dealing with criminal conduct, possession of a gun within 1,000 feet of a school. and that the fear that animated that opinion was a power federalism concern that the national sovereign was invading the state police power. >> your honor -- >> i'm not sure that you can make quite the same argument in quite the same way with respect to the individual. and i -- i'm not sure that i understand how you get around that issue. >> your honor, we're on the same page. that obviously we're concerned about the federal government asserting statelike police powers. the question is why. why do they care? the court has told us countless times because denying the federal government this kind of power is designed to insurance individual liberty. they have said that in every federalism and separation of powers case. the reason that we care is not because of some state legislature in georgia, it's because the citizens of georgia should

it reminds me, again when i was clerking for justice rehnquist, he had the 10-day rule. whatever assignment you get your law clerks whether it is to grafton opinion, right memorandum, it had at 10 days to do it. i did not care if it was the second version, they had 10 days. i remember going to justice rehnquist and saying, i could do a much better job if you gave me another week. he said, "john, the idea is not for you to do a better job but for me to do a better job." i will stay in the process if you can give me what did you have in 10 days. i do not need a polished final version. that may make it harder for me to make sure that it is my work. they are extremely bright and i am delighted to have them with me and i am delighted to see them leave after one year. i do not want them to get too familiar with the court or the work that we do because it is supposed to be ours. >> i know the work hard. you had a family member in your chambers and then reported back that columbus day was a federal holiday so they were trying discreetly to find out whether or not you'd be in. we

anyway, the -- i remember chief justice rehnquist was asked by a reporter once, you have all these big cases at the end of the term. this is a true story. why don't you spread them out more evenly so we can cover them? and he said, why don't you spread out the reporting more evenly? because we have to do it all at once. we have an opportunity now that we have the chance to read the cases for both the press and the professors to comment. i want to start off with a bankruptcy case, marshall. marshall is print -- pierce marshall, son of the old mr. marshall, who married vicky lynn marshall, also known as anna nicole smith. what i find is chief justice roberts starts off the case by referring to one case. i had written an article about this case. the chief had a chance to cite me but sadly he did not. the reason this is really a very poor civil liberties case is even it's a bankruptcy case it has to deal with jurisdiction. pierce sued vicky for defamation. anna nicole smith. anna nicole smith sued in probait court said you interfered because your late father who showered her with gifts in

anyway, i remember chief justice rehnquist was asked by a reporter once, you have all these big cases at the end of the term. true story. why don't you spread them out more evenly so we could cover them. and he said why don't you spread out your reporting more evenly? we have an opportunity now that we have all had a chance to read the cases for both the press and the professors to comment. i want to start ah with a bankruptcy case. marshall is pierce marshall, the son of the old mr. marshall, 90 years old who married vicky lynn mar shall also known as ana nicole smith. and what i find is kind of the chief justice roberts starts off the case by referring to it and i had actually written an article about the case also referring to bleakhouse and the chief had a chan to cite me but sadly he did not. the reason this is really a very important civil liberties case is even though it was a bankruptcy case it has to do with jurisdiction. the pierce sued vicki for defamation. ana nicole smith sued in probait tort said you interfered because your late father was going to give me another gift a

to give you a few statistics, 92% of the moderately short lines rehnquist louisianan and even today, 100% of the -- over 99% of the moderately come 81% of blight and about 96% of the very light short lines in coastal louisiana today. over 60% of the marine species diverge, the mammals from the fish collected, there were injured, sick during this bill collected in coastal louisianan. succumb incredible impact in the state. i'm grateful to the response of the nrda side very quickly. bp is to be commended for coming to the table with their checkbook. it's a very important thing to keep in mind. taken to the table with tourism fund some safood safet marketing funds and we very much appreciate that. i want to paint the box we're in today. as you very well know better than i do come of this country is facing fiscal challenges to read our state is facing fiscal challenges. there's a $1 billion cap on the light of the trust fund to fund the oil spill response activities including $1 billion cap. we are over $900 million of expenses from this disaster s far, and so the only force of money for