. >> and he said, his name was robert barnes. we didn't know who robert barnes was at the time. >> but, megan's parents remembered him. he lived nearby. >> robert bonds would come over and catch the bus with meghan when they were both going to -- high school. >> they were part of that same exclusive art program. megan danced. and robert played the violin. around the school, he was considered an exceptional violinists. there was even talk of him going to juilliard. >> he played violin at a -- school of music. he wasn't on a roll. he was a kid who was going to make the success story. >> and, the world's workout lied, when he was dancing, he was playing. >> i mean he liked music, she liked music too. that's how they sort of click together. >> he'd practice with the bus with us on the way. oh yeah, he was really, really good. he was a nice guy. he was normal. we blended in. and he made good grades, did great in orchestra. he was very committed to his craft of the violent. >> megan's friend, britney, remembers teasing robert about his crush. >> there was always that time where there

i want to read you a headline from "the washington post" news report this week by one robert barnes thatpreme court dogged by questions of legitimacy ready to resume. that's a news report. now, what does it mean dogged by legitimacy -- is there some dysfunction at the court or is this something else? >> as you said paul, this is reporters generating their own news. a lot of so-called news analysis questioning legitimacy because of case decisions the observers don't like. john roberts chief justice himself said that just because you don't like a case that shouldn't throw the courts legitimacy in doubt. although his colleague elena kagan threw shade on him effectively said court was becoming too political in making decisions not based on law and justice replied to her some sort of food fight but really among elites man on the street the woman on the street they look at supreme court. they determine whether they like or dislike a particular case or the top handful of cases every june and they make their decisions that's what the "gallup polls" reflct and days parity between conserve and rep

transcribing lincoln's case, but i am convinced he did know about robert hitt transcribing the lincoln-douglas debates. >> it was 1915, the case was barnes versus roosevelt. what are the facts? >> teddy roosevelt was sued after he was president for a comment he had made about a well-known republican, fellow republican remember, leader in the party. it was pretty standard bluster of teddy roosevelt, attacking barnes as being effectively corrupt because he wanted party officials to make decisions rather than the people voting on it themselves. barnes sued him. roosevelt was eager to take on the case, and teddy roosevelt testified in his own defense for eight days in this case. this was front-page news everywhere, particularly in new york, but will beyond that because teddy roosevelt was the former president of the united states, incredibly popular president, had just run again in 1912, and now the defendant in a big case. there are questions about why barnes brought the case. was he doing it for his reputation, for some sort of political advantage? in this case, unlike in the lincoln case where the transcript was roughly 100 pages, this on

i'm convinced he did know the proper -- about robert hitt transcribing the lincoln-douglass account. take in 1915 the case was barnes versus roosevelt. >> teddy roosevelt was sued after he was president for a comment that he had made about a well-known republican, fellow republican remember, leader in the party. it was pretty standard cluster of teddyst roosevelt as attackig barnes is being effectively corrupt because he wanted party officials to make decisions rather than people voting on it themselves. barnes sued him and roosevelt was eager to take on the case and teddy roosevelt testified in his own defense. this was front page news everywhere particularly obviously newy york and well beyond that because teddy rooseveltt was the former president of the united states incredibly popular former president do it just to run again for presidentop in 1912 ad now he's a defendant in a case brought by barnes. there were real questions about why barnes brought the case. was he doing it for his reputation? was he doing it for some sort of political advantage and in this case unlike in the linking case where the transcript