[laughter] by the way, putting a black robe on a suit does not give you a good judge.by the way, everything your office has been doing, has been extremely helpful. but i do not know -- i was curious. there was an article in the "examiner" about the revelations about all these police officers with criminal history, misconduct. one of the quotation from the prosecutor was, after they talk about how all this stuff was, "i do not want felons released because we have not done our job right." what they do not say in the entire article, which is a front-page piece, is not only is it a violation of the rules, but when you have people testify who may be shouldb innocent people can be convicted, and it happens every day. and there is not one word of that in the article. >> carol, do you agree or disagree that public defenders contribute to this negative image? should be accept some responsibility here? >> i think a causality of the media disconnect -- it is obviously there. the media is not show him what i see and do in my everyday life. but rathe saying i think it is the media'

is there a widespread public perception that judges are just politicians in black robes? are at thebelieve we threshold but i can see how we might get into -- get sucked into the vortexes of it. i think that will happen if good people do nothing. it goes back to the question of what can lawyers do. lawyers can help combat that view when that view seems to be promulgated by the media. if they are giving that message and if it gets to the public, i think that is largely a factor of misinformation and not being informed. judges are trying to get out there and explain the role the best we can in terms of educating the public. that is where lawyers come in. that is where the bar association's comment. this is where the decisions are rendered. ultimately, they are saying that your win is the result of politics. your good labor in court and your meritorious victory is not because of politics. >> amen. [laughter] >> you have a plane to catch. i am sorry we cannot get to all of these excellent questions. i want to thank both achieve judgekasinksky and the rest for making the time

three people dressed head to toe in black robes, their faces covered except for glaring eyes. was that normal? seven men in head scarfs packed into a tiny tax the. was that normal? a burning mounds of trash in the middle of the neighborhood with goats foraging on smoldering edges. was that normal? and some of the things that appeared most normal, to kids from america were the most deadly. a person on a cellphone. boy on a bicycle. a lone driver in a car. a clear strip of highway. any of them could be a sign of an imminent bomb attack or not. there was no normal. the first few weeks here or there you have a fear that you're going to die any minute. you are hyperalert. but at some point you just don't care anymore. you accept your faith. you wake up in the morning and say i feel it. this is the day i get whacked. i want to pause here and say that the language the young infantry men use is not necessarily the language i would choose to use at the national press club but i want to be true to who these guys were. i find it easier to read if i apologize a bit first. several hours in

that there is a widespread public perception that judges are just politicians in black robes? >> i don't believe we are at the threshold, but i can see how we might be getting sucked into the cortex and i think that that will happen if good people do nothing and by that it goes back to the question that one of you asked what can lawyers to. lawyers can help combat that view when it seems to be promulgated by the media. i believe the media is, getting that message and that it gets to people who are not lawyers to the public. i think that is largely a factor of misinformation and not being ignorant of the role and judges are trying to get up there and explain the role the best we can in terms of educating the public, but that's where lawyers come in. that's where the bar associations come in because this is the practice where the decisions are rendered and ultimately what they are saying is it is this idea that your win is the result of politics. and certainly your good labor in the trial court and appellate court and supreme court and your notorious victory is not because of po

someone comes out of a room with a black robe pen gives you a do over. we should force the system to sell their own problems. the federal bankruptcy laws allow municipalities to have that kind of restructuring. it does not allow the states. it is worth looking at or considering. i prefer that we do those stains that would force the states to fix their own problems. at the state levels, they have balanced budget requirements in 49 out of 50 states. they have to fix the problem if you do not bail them out. if they have no result, some creditor is going to get a court order saying you must pay. judges in the courts will start weighing in on tax policy and how to pay those bills. i think it is rth considering. ok. thank you for listening and thank you for coming out this morning. [applause] thank you. >> you have to do one for him, too. put today's daten it. >> it is the 20 cents today, right. >> right. this one in is to mike. e -- and you have to sign my egg, too. i take this very seriously. with the date. i will remember you forever. >> thank you. thank yo

that there is a widespread public perception that judges are just politicians in black robes? believe we are at the threshold, but i could see how we might be getting sucked into the cortex. i think that will happen if good people do nothing. by that, i mean a goes back to the question, what can lawyers do? lawyers can help combat the view when the view seems to be promulgated by the media. i believe the media is promulgating that message to the point that if it gets to the public, it's largely a factor of misinformation and not being informed, being ignorant of the role. judges are trying to get out there and explain the role to the best we can in terms of educating the public, but that is where lawyers command. that is where the bar associations come in. -- that is where the lawyers come in. ultimately, what they say is if this idea flourishes, your when is the result of politics. your good labor in the trial court, at the delacorte, the supreme court, your meritorious victory is not because of politics. >> a man. -- amen. >> i am sorry we cannot get to all of these excellen

lost ark, and perhaps some of you will remember it takes place in cairo come a huge men dressed in black robes takes attitude toward and with great swagger and brandishing skills confronts indiana jones. doctor jo silva takes out a gun and shoot him. i think we should all be careful about the use of metaphors, medium i was about guns. but i didn't want to say that for the man in black with a sword, and his supporters, you might think of this as his sputnik moment. because he was confronted by something he was unaware of he didn't realize how the technology was advanced beyond us toward. and at the time of the movie's release, not long after the 440 day hostage crisis involving the american embassy in iran, a scene provide not-so-subtle and not so unconscious psychological comfort. that we still had a technology that would allow us to get out of the seemingly impossible situation. so we should all welcome bipartisan recognition of the sputnik moment, but what i think about how we are actually responding to it, what i think about how our institutions responded to the calls for help, calls for ac

robed in spotless white. the spirit was gone, men saw the blush and called it [inaudible]. i fell in love with that beautiful black angel. i could visualize it the way my mother would resite it. i know why the cage bird sings, it would be free. it is not a carol of joy or pray upward to heaven he fling. i know why the cage bird sings. mia angelou knew of it. i like dunbar, my grandfather used words the way he described him. good morning mr. james, how are you feeling this morning. he would say i am stepping, but not high. isn't that wonderful? okay. okay. i go play down by the creek. he would say yes, tkarlg, but be particular. that meant be careful because i love you and don't want anything to happen to you. it was coded in the be protected. he often said be careful now. that meant one thing, be particular, there was stuff down by the creek and he wanted me to be careful and watch because he didn't want anything to happen to me. be particular did it all. when he would say when you go over there, i want you to walk and hold your head up like you belong to somebody. that meant you were representing your family. i w

black a little bit. >> jimmy: he does have a point. now, on this new show you are settling disputes between, like, just plaintiffs, like a court show, but you're not in -- >> there's no fake robese it is what it is. though i am considering getting a fake hunky sheriff, with the little tight -- >> jimmy: a bailiff. >> a fake hunky bailiff. if this thing goes -- you could. >> jimmy: i would love to be the bailiff. he never really does -- >> i can let you throw people out. we do that all the time. >> jimmy: i have some of your cases here. >> oh, they cry, they stomp off, they walk out. >> jimmy: did a richmond, ohio, woman hire a carpenter to fix windows in her house or date him. nancy gets the fru s the truth. did you get it? >> i did. >> jimmy: you can tell if someone is lying? >> it's not hard. i prosecuted probably over 10,000 cases. but this one guy in particular, he, i was prepared for the case when i came out. i thought it was going to rule in his favor. he was standing there, and you can see everything, and there's no robe or a desk to hide behind, and he would stand there and -- every time i start -- >> jimmy: i'm not wearing a robe. >> and when i would ask questions, he