black robes, gray hair is tonight's "inside story." activists from both national political parties worked to elect the next president with a wish list in their heads and you can be very sure many are clear on the role the next president can play on shaping the new supreme court. look at hobby lobby, bush v gore, if you don't think it matters who's on the supreme court you aren't paying attention. joe patrice, deeply immersed in all things supreme court welcome to the program about. >> thanks for having me. >> well there have been 5-4 major decisions, everyone is watching anthony kennedy yet again. is this a pretty balanced court that we have now? >> not to undermine how many 9-0 decisions there have been, there are a lot of supreme court cases that are not moving the needle politically. but on things that really matter to people politically, we have four conservatives, four liberals, and justice kennedy is chair of the party that is conservative on everything but gay marriage. >> is there a change on two or three justices in the term o

is black robes gray hair, it's tonighttonight's "inside story." welcome to "inside story," i'm ray suarez. four supreme court justices are north of 75 years old. when the next president takes the oath of office they'll all be well, older. not wishing anyone ill health or impairment, it is reasonable to assume the next president who will serve from 2017 to 2021, will be able to put his or her stamp on the nation's highest court. david schuster takes a closer look. >> of the nine justices on the supreme court, four of them are over 74 years old. antonin scalia is 78, stephen bryer, a steadfast linl is liberal is 76 and be ruth bade rfertion bader gindburg iser ginsburg is is 82. if ginsburg has to retire, shifting the court to the right as it stands with ginsburg the court has four reliable votes to the right with chief justice roberts, there are four conservatives, and anthony kennedy, the swing vote over four of the five biggest decisions in the past ten years. ending affirmative action, and giving the presidential nomination to george w. bush. >>

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. >> and, today, five men and women in black robes got it right. >> reporter: hundreds gathered to celebrate the u.s. supreme court ruling allowing same-sex marriage in every state. like the mar kwee at the castro theater says, put a ring on it. >> i am feeling great. today is probably one of the best days of my life. i -- 29 years ago when we started, i never thought we would have a die like this. >> this is a night filled with emotion and pride. >> e're celebrating the fact that the marriage equality that all 50 states now actually started here in san francisco. so san francisco can be testifiblely proud. >> people are savoring this mar marriage equality moment heading into pride weekend with achievement to celebrate. it's not the end of the fight for equality. >> there are still countries where being gay is a death sentence. so we have a lot more to do, but this is a great start. >> tonight, there is a lot of momentum. >> that fire truck is gone now. you can see the party. this weekend is all about celebrating. pride organizes are x.ing people to be more proud than ever to celebrate an hi

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. >> five unelected black-robed lawyers resulted that is not the america that our founding fathers created. (laughter) >> jon: then why did they put that article in the constitution? so why would-- (cheers and applause) >> jon: this is the stupidest-- the founding fathers come up with this unbelievable idea for a country, right and some jack ass throws in something about pro equal branch of governments possesses judicial review over the legislation and the founding fathers come in the next day and said what the [bleep] with this idiot. what is this? i told you we had article 1 2 and 4 i don't know what 3 is. i don't know what that is. i didn't write that! even some on the supreme court seem shocked that there is a supreme court. >> john roberts quote, the majority's decision is an ago of will, not legal judgement. the right it announces has no basis in the constitution or this court's precedent adding just who do we think we are. >> jon: perhaps it's time we go back to when a supreme court was just a court with extra sour cream. did you know that that was the original court? the original s

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decided by the people of each state, and not imposed upon them by a group of lawyers sitting in black robes at the u.s. supreme court. that being said, those five lawyers get to impose it. under our system. and so our job is going to be to support the law of the land, and that, under the supreme court's ruling, is now the law of the land. >> on a debate stage the mike huckabees, the scott walkers and rick sand for up will say hell no maybe ted cruz as well. how are the republicans going to handle this now? >> i think it's something that most republicans are going to want to stay away from. even those who are saying that they disagree with the court. i mean i think we saw in 2012 that it was something that the field mostly wanted to stay away from. that mitt romney certainly wanted to stay away from. i think you do have to separate out obamacare from these -- these race and gay rights issues. on those issues, there is a much more straightforward not consensus, but idea that the party needs to rebrand and look modern and look like it's sort of forward looking. the democrats are very cleverry

what this really means and i think roberts puts it well five unelected black robe lawyers essentially by passed the legislative process, political process that is fundamental to our country and j jus made a decision that they had no authority or poier to make. >> on the subject of reading writes into the constitution that you say don't exist the supporters of the majority opinion say they interpreted equal protection clause to provide rights even though it is not explicit. you have to look at modern day america and try to understand what the founders meant. in this court in 2015 says the same way they interpreted that clause to provide equal rights for african-americans so many years ago they have interpreted it this way for gays and lesbians today. >> i think it is a fundamental difference. for several hundred years they had the opportunity to say marriage was misdefined and should have always had this opportunity. even previous supreme court cases that dealt with marriage or dealt with homosexuality never assumed there was a civil right of a person to redefine the very institution o

what this really means and i think roberts puts it well five unelected black robe lawyers essentially by passed the legislative process, political process that is fundamental to our country and just made a decision that they had no authority or poier to make. >> on the subject of reading writes into the constitution that you say don't exist the supporters of the majority opinion say they interpreted equal protection clause to provide rights even though it is not explicit. you have to look at modern day america and try to understand what the founders meant. in this court in 2015 says the same way they interpreted that clause to provide equal rights for african-americans so many years ago they have interpreted it this way for gays and lesbians today. >> i think it is a fundamental difference. for several hundred years they had the opportunity to say marriage was misdefined and should have always had this opportunity. even previous supreme court cases that dealt with marriage or dealt with homosexuality never assumed there was a civil right of a person to redefine the very institution of

arkansas governor mike huckabee called this a new low for the court and that a simple majority in black robes are circumventing the law. business woman carly fiorina said it is outrageous the supreme court once again rewrote obama care to save it even though it isn't working for the majority of americans. and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum says if you want to get rid of obama care you must elect a conservative president. bret? >> takes awhile to get that all in. mike thanks. >>> well today's decision continues what has been by all accounts a very good week for president obama. congress has approved two major items in the president's trade agenda setting up the real prize, a pacific rim trade pact. also there has been no significant pushback on a change of policy regarding ransoms for americans taken hostage by terrorists. but iran remains a thorny issue with nuclear talks coming down to the wire. more on that coming up. >>> first, to capitol hill and new information about thousands more e-mails in the irs targeting scandal destroyed during the investigation. thousands of e-mails va

decided by the people of each state and not imposed upon them by a group of lawyers sitting in black robes> but division over how the republican party moved forward. they indicate they will use the ruling as a rallying cry, some pushing for an amendment to the constitution. >> today's decision was a trafesty. it was not constitutional. it was five lawyers imposing their own radical vuls on this nation. >> jeb bush saying good people who have opposing views should be able to live side by side. it is now crucial that as a country we protect religious freedom and the right of conscience and also not to discriminate. expect many republicans to say religious liberty. >>> i'm george howell. this is cnn "newsroom." thank you for joining us. it's evening again. time for the perfect night time snack. ♪ beautiful on the tongue, easy on the conscience. kellogg's®. see you at breakfast, tonight.™ woman: for soft beautiful feet i have a professional secret: amopé and its premium foot care line. the new amopé pedi perfect foot file gives you soft beautiful feet effortlessly. its microlumina rotating hea

we were reminded this week that behind those black robes of the supreme court justices lurks one of theered. antonin scalia, i'm looking at you, in this week's state of the cartoon-ion. being on the losing end didn't stop justice antonin scalia from making his mark with his patented six scalia berms. we manual him. what's a euphemism for horse hockey? renaming obamacare to -- and perhaps the most memorable word smithing. jiggery pokery. it took him in a direction suggesting that one ask the nearest hippie. comparing the verdict to the mystical fortune cookie or saying before he would associate himself with justice anthony kennedy's prose, i would hide my head in a back. in the end, scalia was not happy with the outcome of the cases, but we expect he was quite pleased with his decents. >>> thanks for spending your sunday with us. fareed sa car ra gps starts right now. >>> this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zack ya. >>> we'll start with the latest global terror attacks and what to make of them. we will focus o

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>>> to the politics lead he wears a black robe. to many liberals chief justice john roberts wears a cape today. how did a man whom senator obama voted against end up saving obama care from crumbling yet again? also in politics -- >> look i give up a lot. i give up hundreds of millions of dollars in deals -- >> donald trump going all in on the presidency and saying it's costing him millions. but is he as serious as that scowl suggests? a sneak peek from my one-on-one interview. >>> good afternoon everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. breaking news on the national league. the multimillion dollar manhunt in new york for escaped killers richard matt and david sweat is now on day 20. you're looking right now at live pictures from inside the courtroom where the arraignment of prison guard gene palmer who was arrested yesterday for aiding in the escape of the two fugitives will take place at any moment now. there's also some new information on how the prison was run. a former maintenance supervisor at the prison telling cnn th

whatever public reassurance there is in finding that these unimpeachable -- almost unimpeachable black robed, life-tenured, article 3 judges are deciding things. that should reassure people that there's no politics involved. even that is undercut by the whole -- by some of the suggestions that the court has been a rubber stamp that it's political. i'd deny both of those charges and we can spell it out if you need to. but it's the fact that judges are doing it. on weaknesses, in my view, the biggest problem is where i began. the biggest problem is when fisa -- it's not deciding a case it's doing something different. and i don't think the judiciary should be doing that. >> so let me ask you about this issue about the court being a rubber stamp. and a lot of that argument comes from what the courts have approved. a lot of courts have pointed out that that's not a very accurate understanding of the role the court has played because a number of modifications are issued and there's a back and forth process between the government and the judges to get things right and that's why you see such a high

decided by the people of each state and not imposed upon them by a group of lawyers sitting in black robes at the u.s. supreme court. that being said those five lawyers get to oppose it under our system so our job is going to be to support the law of the land and that under the supreme court's ruling is now the law of the land. but i don't agree with the way it's been done. >> reporter: still, he says he's under oath and has to abide by new jersey supreme court's 7-0 ruling on gay marriage. now he will do the same when we asked him will it be a major issue during the presidential race his answer to me, don't know. from trenton, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> more now on this. we are also hearing from republican presidential candidate and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum, who released a statement reading in part today five unelected justices decided to redefine the foundational unit that binds together our society without public debate or input. he goes on to say now is the people's opportunity to respond because the future of the institution of marriage is too important to not have

. >> they are politicians with black robes.ounting on and the court will do to some degree. they are going to make it tough, mostly for gop republican states, that's the irony here. >> your response to that dan? >> it's sort of funny to say the court is beholding to folks. they had a prime opportunity in 2012 to strike down the law before it took old and refused to do it. anybody that knows what the court is going to do is fooling themself but there is an opportunity to get the policy right if the court does the right thing this time. >> what is the right thing? if the law -- i mean where is it breaking the law? i mean is it unconstitutional to have any kind of subsides in our society? i mean is that where it is mike? they have to answer that question? >> look they have to do physical gymnastics, if you look at this logically, legally, president, they don't get there. >> all right. gentlemen -- >> they will find a way to get there. >> we'll talk about it when the decision is made. good to have you with us tonight on "the ed sho

we were reminded this week that behind those black robes of the supreme court justices lurks one of thencountered. antonin scalia i'm looking at you. being on the losing end of two important decisions didn't stop justice scalia with making his mark with his patented scalia burns. we imagine him working to perfect zingers on the obamacare decision. what's a euphemism for horse hockey? renaming obamacare to, hmm. and perhaps the most memorable wordsmithing. jigry pokery. his distinction for the court's decision on same-sex marriage took him in a florid direction saying one should ask the nearest hippie. comparing it to the aspirations of the fortune cookie. saying before he would associate himself with justice kennedy's prose i would hide my head in a bag. in the end scalia was not happy with the outcomes of the cases but we suspect he was quite pleased with his dissents. >>> thanks for spending your sunday with us. "fareed zakaria gps" starts right now. >>> this is "gps," the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i am fareed zakaria. >>> w

and you walk in there and you see middle-aged women in long black robes and their daughters in cutoffs and lowrider jeans and jewelry in their belly buttons. the population has not decided -- i think, the somali have not decided if they are here to stay. they've been here for decades. and -- but they still believe somehow that there will be a return to their disastrously war-torn country. in the meantime they are doing the best they can. we have many listeners among the somalis to our shows. i don't know if i should introduce a somali character and what he or she would do in lake woe begone. i could have a somali woman who would come as an intern to the lutheran church. that would be interesting. that would be interesting. a conversion and a young woman who was in training to become a pastor. that's a possibility. but we have all these listeners because they learn from english from listening to "a prairie home companion." we don't make references to politics on the show. we don't make obscure pop references at all, pop references are obscure now. and we talk slowly. and we pronounce ou

whatever public reassurance there is in finding that these unimpeachable, almost unimpeachable black-robedenured judges are deciding thing, that should reassure people that there's no politics involved. even that is undercut by the whole -- by some of the suggestions that the fisa court has been a rubber-stamp, that it's political. i deny both of those charges and we can spell it out if you need to but it's the fact that judges are doing it that is its biggest strength. on weaknesses well we're going to get to, that i think. but in my view the real -- the biggest problem is where i began. the biggest problem is when fisa does oversight instead of deciding between competing views of the case with the adversary in the case it's not doing what judges are supposed to do. it's not deciding a case, and it's doing something different. it's doing some policy oversight and i don't think the judiciary should be doing that. >> so let me ask you a question about this issue about the fisa court being a rubber-stamp, and a lot of that argument comes from the number of applications from the government th

all dressed demauerly in sort of black robes. and the conversation was really insightful. full of passion for what they're doing. they wanted us to understand what they're about and how important it was. so, this king solomon center for innovation and government started as an idea in 2013 reved up in 2014, initial studies. 2015, they published a catalog of the 227 agencies that they found. of the kingdom's government. they thought to actually survey what is the government here, what does it look like? >> dug down into how they're working. best practices. how is it serving the people? what's work, what needs to be thrown out, abolished, disaggregated. who are the best leaders? they have published on this and are doing more work and these young saudis are fired u. up and evidently feel released and em poured to do it. again, biggest strength, i don't know. but the date of i think merits some analysis, some gathering of analysis. come from the work of the other just touched upon by a small case by one of our staff. a young lady, stephany houser ali, who couldn't join us today

and there i was in this plain black robe which seemed to say, vocational school. so i made my way into the great gothic chapel there and i've got this introduction even more fulsom than john's, which sounded so much like a eulogy. and then i made my way up to the pulpit. you have to cross over the nave, and you have to climb this steep stairway, two-part stairway, up to the pulpit, which is up against a wall a stone wall. the applause lasted about halfway up. and so the first thing that the audience heard from me was heavy breathing. and i launched into this speech, which was funny. i mean, it was conceptually funny. and there was -- and there was nothing, people looked sort of studious and their eyes were closed, some of them. and there was a little bit of laughter way off in the corner. but not much. and, and it dawned on me about three minutes into this 20-minute speech that my voice was bouncing around in all of this gothic grandeur, i could hear things i had said 15 or 20 seconds before. so that the people who are sitting out in front of me could not hear a s

he's going to say big deal just nine people in black robes, who cares?bsolutely block it out. first of all, they are life tennered. secondly he has 16 months to go. we ran the president of the president inaccurately stating and summarizing the decisions united -- >> he voted against the confirmation -- >> he was correct saying the president is not true. half the supreme court no longer goes to the state of the union addresses given by this president. he has shown them such disrespect -- >> it may backfire. they hear what he's saying in attacks. >> i don't think it will backfire. they couldn't care less what he says. >> justices have voted against the administration. i don't care what kilmeade says you're welcome with your washington ways -- >> meanwhile, can does your child have a summer internship? we might need one for brian. tell them to leave this at home. >> omg. i had no idea you were so funny irl. >> text lynn go is a big don't. she's got things to help your teen stand out. next. >>> and in 1970 this jackson song was number one in america. ♪ ♪ fac

of our closets if i wouldn't find a robe what is happening it 234ik9 cleaning and i'm jewish the white people and the jewish supervisors that are displacing the black and latino foeksz of san francisco and it continues to happen that's why supervisor wiener is the queen of ethnicity. >> sir address our comments to the board as a whole. >> i'll be happy to address my comments as a whole. >> no whole but to the board. >> find a way to dan brown and black people it's a shame that the black supervisors have to be told that we're down to 4 percent african-american and nothing is being done 8 thousand latinos and really nothing is done i'm not fooled this will pass today, there are 3 white people that will vote against it we have two black people that will vote against it. >> sir you don't know what our votes are. >> i do airbnb over many issues why don't you stop the clock. >> the clock is stopped you're putting anti statements are not true i appreciate if you'll in the mention that. >> i'll be curious to see if you're telling me the truth they put act out the hit champion with christine the one percent bought you, your bought and paid for like a more t