barry friedman says no.bout this, when at the end of his first term he said that he feared they were acting like law professors, and that law professors would be terrible justices. i had to convince my colleagues that sometimes you have to be pragmatic and think that the country is ready for this, it will not attract big support. and i think roberts is a barry friedman-like justice. there are plenty of conservatives to agree that corporations should have broad protection, but when you are a judge, you face the possibility that a majority of the country does not agree with you. the pragmatic thing to do is restrain yourself. be modest. do not put your principle to its conclusion. so i like that, because it seems that it is generally good for liberty to be defended. >> is a very effective strategy with judges who do not want to wade through hundreds of pages of opinion but one the restraint, pragmatic, for it to go both ways. i think that it works. >> it is important to emphasize the importance of the lower co

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barry friedman says no.oberts do about this, when at the end of his first term he said that he feared they were acting like law professors, and that law professors would be terrible justices. i had to convince my colleagues that sometimes you have to be pragmatic and think that the country is ready for this, it will not attract big support. and i think roberts is a barry friedman-like justice. there are plenty of conservatives to agree that corporations should have broad protection, but when you are a judge, you face the possibility that a majority of the country does not agree with you. the pragmatic thing to do is restrain yourself. be modest. do not put your principle to its conclusion. so i like that, because it seems that it is generally good for liberty to be defended. >> is a very effective strategy with judges who do not want to wade through hundreds of pages of opinion but one the restraint, pragmatic, for it to go both ways. i think that it works. >> it is important to emphasize the importance of t

barry friedman says no. law professors, and that law professors would be terrible justices. i had to convince my colleagues that sometimes you have to be pragmatic and think that the country is ready for this, it will not attract big support. and i think roberts is a barry friedman-like justice. there are plenty of conservatives to agree that corporations should have broad protection, but when you are a judge, you face the possibility that a majority of the country does not agree with you. the pragmatic thing to do is restrain yourself. be modest. do not put your principle to its conclusion. so i like that, because it seems that it is generally good for liberty to be defended. >> is a very effective strategy with judges who do not want to wade through hundreds of pages of opinion but one the restraint, pragmatic, for it to go both ways. i think that it works. >> it is important to emphasize the importance of the lower court, and i think president obama understands my book. justice kennedy, somebody gave them

analysts include barry friedman and his new book "the will of the people."nes the relationship between supreme court decisions in american popular opinion "america and the course" today at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> this morning we will talk with the chair of a private security firm about pakistan's role in fighting the war in that can stand. then douglas wilder calls on president obama to make changes to is a visors and for the removal of tim kaine.