to the university of texas claims her race was held against her forcing her toll attend louisiana state university. folks, there's no greater injustice than having to attend your safety school. [ laughter ] i was devastated when i had to go to dartmouth instead of my first choice hogwarts. [cheers and applause] i mean they never -- [ laughter ] they never even responded to my application owl probably because he was white. [ laughter ] but nation -- [cheers and applause] but nation, it looks like affirmative action's days are numbered because chief justice robert has a history of opposing these terrible quotas he said the way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race. yeah, everybody just knock it off. the american people don't need a law to stop them from discriminating. give them a chance and they'll do it on their own. that's why lincoln issued the emancipation suggestion. [ laughter ] hopefully, folks -- hopefullies -- we'll get a supreme court ruling that leads to a more equal world aim post racial met your ok casey where no one is given an adva

she ended up going to louisiana state university. f texas allows the top 10% from each texas high school to basically go to the university. then everybody else is subjected to something called holistic review. abigail fisher was in the top 11% of her class. the question is really whether it's okay to use race in the calculation when you use this narrowly tailored program to achieve diversity. >> i know earlier when we ired your package we talked about race being part of the review process. do we know how important race -- not important, but how they factor race? is it one of many things that they factor in, is it more significant than other aspects? >> right. the way it's been described to me by a lot of people -- and we even talked to the university president, sort of one small part. a factor of a factor of a factor. >> okay. >> none the less, it's still in there and, you know, it could really affect the way people get in for years and years. the question, of course, is whether the court rules very broadly on this or rules very narro

attending louisiana state university instead. but the rejection from u.t. led fisher to file a lawsuit against the school, claiming she was squeezed out, unfairly denied admission because of her race. she's white. she said in a statement there were people in my class with lower grades who weren't in all the activities i was in, who were being accepted into u.t. and the only other difference between us was the color of our skin. she decline d an interview with cnn. whether race should be part of the application process at the university of texas is the issue that will come before the supreme court on wednesday. edward bloom recruited abigail fisher to file the lawsuit. >> should a university judge a student by his or her skin color when it comes time for admission? and the answer is no. >> reporter: here is how the admissions process at u.t. works. top 10% of each high school class statewide gets in automatically. for those below the top 10%, like abigail fisher, in the 11%, they use what it calls a holistic review where race is o

she ended up going to louisiana state university and since she's finished with her college work, you could say her case is moot. people are not sure if the court will do that. but they do that one out if they wanted to do that. the college admissions issue will get to the court, whether it is this one or another one in the pipeline. >> thank you. you can find a link to jame mip's blog at ktvu.com. pull down the news menu bar and go to the politics page. >>> a suitcase full of weapons, a gas mask and a smoke grenade. federal investigators say those are -- those are some of the items confiscated from a los angeles man at l.a.x. last week. he appeared this court yesterday on one part of transporting hazardous materials. agents say he first raised suspicion when he tried this. >> he's gonna look absolutely suspicious. the federal officers did the right thing. >> some of the other things found in harris' luggage include knives, body bags and a device used on dogs. >>> a commercial building near downtown los angeles is a total loss this morning after a huge fire there. it started as a gras

you know, today i was just down at louisiana state university, and if you go to conference, there's a tremendous enthusiasm about football. [laughter] i'm a die-hard nebraska fan, myself. so i understand that enthusiasm. can you imagine when i grew up, that's the enthusiasm we had for our country. that did not allow us to fully participate. and one of the birthrights pass the on, i still have it, i still believe that it's perfectible. and i think i resist the kind of attitude that it's all lost. it's the same attitude i had then. it's ours. it's ours to make best of, to disagree about, to work with, to realize the imperfections but to keep working working with it. when i think of we the people, there's a lot. i think the exclusion, but the possibility and then the eventuality of the inclusion of you and me. look at, no one cares that forty years ago you and i would not be talking about the constitution of the united states except to say we're excluded. now it's hardly noticed. i accept your story, professor, you probably notice that. [laughter] [laughter] >> you've done okay for yours

you know, today i was just down at louisiana state university, and if you go to conference, there's a tremendous enthusiasm about football. [laughter] i'm a die-hard nebraska fan, myself. so i understand that enthusiasm. can you imagine when i grew up, that's the enthusiasm we had for our country. that did not allow us to fully participate. and one of the birthrights pass the on, i still have it, i still believe that it's perfectible. and i think i resist the kind of attitude that it's all lost. it's the same attitude i had then. it's ours. it's ours to make best of, to disagree about, to work with, to realize the imperfections but to keep working working with it. when i think of we the people, there's a lot. i think the exclusion, but the possibility and then the eventuality of the inclusion of you and me. look at, no one cares that forty years ago you and i would not be talking about the constitution of the united states except to say we're excluded. now it's hardly noticed. i accept your story, professor, you probably notice that. [laughter] [laughter] >> you've done okay for yours

a texan who has since graduated from the louisiana state univ. student university of texas austin saying that she was subject to unequal treatment. a supreme court justices will rule on the system of racial preferences. justice kagan will recused herself because of her involvement with the case as solicitor general. nine years ago, they ruled 5 to 4 to uphold the university of michigan law schools limited use of affirmative action. and coming up next on c-span, oral arguments from last week's opening session of the courts full term. this case asks whether courts have jurisdiction to hear lawsuits and forge human rights abuses that occurred out -- for human rights abuses that occurred outside the country. this is an hour. >> we'll hear argument first this term in case 10-1491, kiobel v. royal dutch petroleum. mr. hoffman? >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court, the plaintiffs in this case received asylum in the united states because of the human rights violations alleged in the complaint. they sued the defendants for their role in these human rights viola

university of texas. she says it was because of her race, they have policies in place to give certain racial preferences. she ended up going on to, like, lsu, louisiana statebut there's a question as to whether it's moot. but if the court reaches the merit, it'll be whether the court feels it's time to throw out race-based affirmative action in helping people get in to colleges and universities. so that's probably the biggest one on the docket right now. there are also a pair of fourth amendment cases, ashleigh, you're certainly familiar with the search and seizure cases. this is one, two cases that have to do with a drug dog standing at the front door of a house. that dog smells drugs, the person ends up getting convicted. the question is, you know, whether your home is your castle and whether it was an illegal search for that dog to smell the drugs and you end up in jail. there's others that could be on the docket this year, including an abortion case, the question of whether an embryo is a person. that's certainly important. and the other thing people will be watching for is whether the court takes a case on gay marriage or the defensive marriage act. s

university of texas at austin for most of her life. after applying, she didn't get in. attending louisiana state instead. but the rejection from u.t.t the school claiming she was squeezed out, unfairly denied admission because of her race. she's white. after arguments in her case before the court, she gave a short statement. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not be considered when applying to the university of texas. >> reporter: here's how the admissions process at u.t. works. the top 10% of each high school class statewide gets in automatically. for those below the top 10%, like abigail fisher who was in the 11%, the university uses what it calls holistic review where race is one of many factors used to achieve. questioned whether any university reached the right diversity mix. in sync with her lawyers who argue that say the university of texas did not have nearly tailored and defined goals for their diversity program. >> we're saying before you embark on the use of race, you ought to know what you're trying to achieve. >> reporter: justice ruth bader ginsburg said the big question was whether i

a bachelor's degree from the state university of new york at brockport and a master's from american right here in washington, d.c. back to the funds, like arthur, louisianaon our line for republicans. are you there? caller: hello? i was just listening to the lady. i am down in the gulf area. i think president obama is a good man. i don't know if he is being advised from different angles on this petroleum issue or the energy issue. another has been tens of thousands of jobs lost down here in louisiana because of the permits not given out in the gulf or whatever the case may be. what was said in the debate the other night, there was a lot of inaccuracies and many levels. however, one thing the lady just talked about -- how much money are we leaving on the table by not getting a share of this high-priced oil off of these federal lands. and the jobs, mitt romney is talking about creating 12 million jobs. i can tell you now, if they opened up these federal lands and pipelines and take some of these regulations offer these people and these people you are paying to oversee these things, that will create tens of millions of jobs. i don't know if obama -- i was j