i couldn't get a job in atlanta or washington, d.c. or in new york or l.a. i struck out every place i could until i wound up in jefferson city, missouri. and because they didn't give me a job in atlanta is the reason i wound up on the court, so it's their fault. otherwise i would be a tax lawyer or something. judge maggs: tell me about your years at yale. justice thomas: what about it? judge maggs: do you remember it? [laughter] justice thomas: that was ages. judge maggs: no. no. [laughter] judge maggs: that was a slight on yale? justice thomas: i have enjoyed my law clerks. we have been teaching together for six or or seven years and we have had a total blast. it's a good thing they really don't pay us for it. you're not going to get paid now ecause you are going to be adjunct. yale was the perfect school for me. i have had my complaints for reasons after yale, but yale howed me where i needed to be. if i went back to yale, i would go differently today. i wouldn't go all with these burdens of anger and bitterness and self-restriction and constraint. would sp

from washington to new york or birmingham to atlanta.itt spokesman says all his travel was approved by the ethics office. >>> barack and michelle obama at the smithsonian to have their official portraits unveiled. >> let's face it, the relative to amy was working at a disadvantage because his subject was less becoming. not as fly. michelle always used to joke, i am not somebody who is a great subject. i don't like posing, i get impatient, i look at my watch, i think, this must be done. one of those pictures must have worked, why is this taking so long? >> interesting event. any art experts at the table? >> i don't like portraits. >> the only thing i could think of when i saw barack obama's portrait was the wrigley long-time cubs fan. he claimed to be a white sox fan, but it reminds me of wrigley in june and july. no better place to be. >> i think what's important is they like them. >> at the end of the day, i have no experience in this, as long as you like it, great. >> that is important. that is important. that's why i'll never have a p