the two justices talk with former cbs and nbc news reporter marvin kalb for an hour and a half. >> from the national press club, this is "the kalb report," with marvin kalb. >> hello, and welcome to another edition. our program tonight, 45 words, a conversation about the first amendment with supreme court justices antonin scalia and ruth bader ginsburg. it would be an honor obviously to have one supreme court justice as my guest, but have two is indeed a very special privilege, especially these two, who generally represent ontrasting opinions on the court, and yet they are great friends who dine together, travel together, love going to the opera together. they inspired a new opera called "scaliaginsburg." they are like the old days when political differences would not stop a friendship. ustice scalia is the longest-serving justice. appointed by reagan in 1986, he is called an originalist, meaning he believes the constitution ought to be interpreted more or less as the founding fathers meant for it to be interpreted. you want change, he says, change the legislature of change the law. his

. ♪ >> from the national press club, this is "the kalb report," with marvin kalb.applause] >> hello, and welcome to another edition. our program tonight, 45 words, a conversation about the first amendment with supreme court justices antonin scalia and ruth bader ginsburg. it would be an honor obviously to have one supreme court justice as my guest, but have two is indeed a very special privilege, especially these two, who generally represent contrasting opinions on the court, and yet they are great friends who dine together, travel together, love going to the opera together. a together. they inspired a new opera called "scaliaginsburg." they are like the old days when political differences would not stop a friendship. justice scalia is the longest-serving justice. appointed by reagan in 1986, he is called an originalist, meaning he believes the constitution ought to be interpreted more or less as the founding fathers meant for it to be interpreted. you want change, he says, change the legislature, change the law. his job is to interpret the law. justice ginsburg wa

i am marvin kalb and as edward murrow used to say, good night and good luck.applause] thank you so much. these are going out? this is still being seen on c-span. the first question in front of me is to justice scalia. why are you the way that you are? [laughter] you could hit a home run on that. >> the devil makes me do it. [laughter] >> justice ginsburg, the next question from josh gibson, a student at the kennedy school. the first amendment is a bit of a grab bag of free expression rights. did the founders consider and then decide against including others? are there others they or you wish had been included? >> that was the concern about having a bill of rights. you wrote down what the rights were and may be there were some you left out. we do have this statement in the ninth amendment that says the enumeration of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others. one thing we didn't bring up before, the first amendment is the first amendment. the first thing that was on the minds of the framers was not freedom of the press, it was about not

this is part of the kalb series of marvin kalb and cohosted by george washington university, harvard university, and the university of maryland. this is about one hour, 15 minutes. >> from the national press club, this is "the kalb report," with marvin kalb. >> hello, and welcome to another edition. our program tonight, 45 words, a conversation about the first amendment with supreme court justices antonin scalia and ruth bader ginsburg. it would be an honor obviously to have one supreme court justice as my guest, but have two is indeed a very special privilege, especially these two, who generally represent contrasting opinions on the court, and yet they are great friends who dine together, travel together, love going to the opera together. they inspired a new opera called "scaliaginsburg." they are like the old days when political differences would not stop a friendship. justice scalia is the longest-serving justice. appointed by reagan in 1986, he is called an originalist, meaning he believes the constitution ought to be interpreted more or less as the founding fathers meant for it t

i am marvin kalb and as edward murrow used to say, good night and good luck. [applause] thank you so much. these are going out? this is still being seen on c-span. the first question in front of me is to justice scalia. why are you the way that you are? [laughter] you could hit a home run on that. >> the devil makes me do it. [laughter] >> justice insperity, the next question from josh gibson, a student at the kennedy school. the first amendment is a bit of a grab bag of free expression rights. did the founders consider and then decide against including others? are there others they or you wish had been included? >> that was the concern about having a bill of rights. you wrote down what the rights were and may be there were some you left out. we do have this statement in the ninth amendment that says the enumeration of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others. one thing we didn't bring up before, the first amendment is the first amendment. the first thing that was on the minds of the framers was not freedom of the press, it was about n

you can see them seated there along with marvin kalb. >> we will close out the formal portion of the program. questions will be presented until 7:15. thank you very much. enjoy your evening. [applause] report" is funded by a grant from the ethics in journalism foundation. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] from the national press club, this is "the kablb report," with marvin

they speak with marvin calbert at the national arrest called. -- kalb at the national press club. and then, the future of conservatism. economy,sion about the health care, social policy, foreign policy, and other issues. that is from the manhattan institute, and you can see it at 8:00 eastern. >> in a few short months the capitol visitor center will be completed. work of thisr the congress will be described for future generations. vendors others -- visitors will titled " out of many one." in my first speech to you as speaker, solutions cannot be found in a pool of bitterness. the framers expected the floor to this house to be a place of passionate debate, a place where competing ideas and philosophies a crucible for many ideas to blend together to forge a strong nation. also -- thisshould for should also be a place of civility and mutual respect, and a place where statesmanship and not just electoral politics guide our decisions. president reagan was right. there is no limit to what we can accomplish. we do not mind who gets the credit. eightrs ago, i broke -- years ago i broke wi