supreme court rulings have also affirmed the need for transparency in these areas i mean you have antonin scalia no you know liberal lion at all stating that we need transparency in elections and that you know if you want to play in the political arena you might as well stand up and state what you're doing why it was you know if a rival green being company wants to run an ad against agree a green bean they don't have to disclose who they are why do we only have to disclose and be transparent when it comes to the most important thing going on the air if you do yours every four years and as you look at the most important thing going on so why wouldn't it be that case because you could. wrong on this because i don't care what the supreme court's ruled i care what the constitution says and the constitution does not have a transparency clause in the first amendment well the constitution may not have transparency close but the supreme. which interprets the constitution has been targeted at what is a bit emanation from the number of transparency as there have been i mean they came up with a privacy cla

up first: justice scalia's controversial comments does supreme court justice antonin scalia deny women's rights? some women's groups think so. in a recent interview published in "california lawyer," justice scalia said the 14th amendment which grants equal protection to citizens under the law does not protect women from gender discrimination. neither does he believe it protects against discrimination based on sexual orientation. scalia explained, "if the current society wants to outlaw discrimination by sex, we have things called legislatures, and they enact things called laws." while the 14th amendment does not explicitly mention gender, some legal scholars argue the amendment grants women protection from discrimination. this isn't the first time the 24-year supreme court veteran has stirred up controversy regarding women's rights. in 1996, scalia was the only justice to vote against allowing women to attend the all-male virginia military institute. accidents of. >> this some of your colleagues said this comment was proofed that it was time to introduce the era, constitutional amend tom

recent interview, supreme court justice antonin scalia does not prohibit discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. scalia told the california lawyer publication, quote, certainly the constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. the only issue is whether it's prohibited. it doesn't. he went on to say, though, if the current society wants to outlaw discrimination by sex, hey, we have things called legislatures. the national women's law center calls his stance shocking! but it's not the first time justice scalia has said this. he made similar remarks back in september. >>> let's get some remarks on the weather because roberta, i was once told a woman's place is in the house and the senate. >> okay. i like that. you know, i was once standing next to the microwave over here in our cbs 5 kitchen and somebody said, why are you standing next to the microwave waiting for your food to cook when you could be setting the table? >> oh!! >> no respect. >> slap 'em. >> this is our live cbs 5 weather center. sundown at 5:04. we will see clouds developing in the form of

the second night in a row we're giving it to a member of the supreme court that's right justice antonin scalia excuse me is a hard line conservative and as we reported earlier on this show he was scheduled today to teach a class on the constitution to incoming freshman lawmakers and the class was scheduled for today but when news of the event caused a controversy the whole thing was closed off to the media so we don't know if it really happened or not but now his recent comments on parts of the constitution are leaving many people shocked and in an interview with california lawyer magazine justice scalia proclaimed that the u.s. constitution the fourteenth amendment specifically doesn't protect women from discrimination he said quote certainly the constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex the only issue is whether it prohibits it it doesn't nobody ever thought that's what it meant nobody ever voted for that is a concern society wants to outlaw discrimination by sex hey we have things called legislatures and they enact things called laws wow really i think scalia just sai

we will discuss a peace looking at the constitution and justice antonin scalia. that is tomorrow morning on "washington journal." more of your phone calls as we await the press briefing. carlos is joining us from houston. quick comment because this briefing will begin momentarily. caller: i want to give my condolences to rep difference' -- representative giffords' family. host: the briefing is starting. >> it is my pleasure to introduce to you director mueller from the fbi. as we told you yesterday, not only our two agencies, but all state and local agencies and balls have not -- agencies involved, have not only been working hand in hand, but are joined at the hip. the investigation is progressing smoothly. at this time, i would like to introduce director mueller from the fbi. >> thank you, sheriff. good morning, everyone. first, i would like to express my condolences to the friends and family of gabrielle giffords, judge john roll, and the other victims of this tragedy. there was a child who was there to learn more about how our government works. other members o