[laughter] >> he says this is before breyer wrote his book. [laughter] >> so let's dampen our expectations. it's very nice here, for me, to be inside. it's terrific. and i associate your founders can i associate them in part from talk about that. they were always these great diplomats who set the agenda for the next 100 years. they were always walking in the woods. workday? and why are we here today? it is people outside that they pull the curtains are you can't see the woods where we really ought to be walking. but there we are. those people also set an agenda, and it is extraordinary, 50 years at least and probably longer, and that agenda had big words attached, democracy and peace and freedom, and that was going to be calm and prosperity. and that was going to work through cooperation. and who are we? we are in a sense, we could say foot soldiers, but that is too militant an image. we are the professional people. that's judges, too. we are the professional. who were in part designed to carry out that vision. maybe not all of you are. but ve

[applause] m a justice breyer is here to share his views on the court and foreign law -- >> justice breyer is here to share his views on the court and for law. 9/11 has tested our own nations insularity. within our country, throughout history, the question -- to what extent will we be influenced by others -- has proven to be polarizing in ways unknown to most nations in the international system. large continental states an important island states have the luxury of this detachment. even as the facts of technology and commerce, tourism and strategic warfare, have corroded the underlying reality, within the supreme court, the same cultural battles may be playing out. should boren law be used to interpret the u.s. constitution -- a foreign law -- for a long -- foreign law be used to interpret the u.s. constitution and if so, how? he was confirmed in 1994. it was a culmination of an illustrious career. he was going and raised in northern california. he attended a well-known public high-school in san francisco. it was important experience. he said it did that it is true that there were a lot of

but justice breyer, you have written that our constitution begins with the words -- >> justice breyer, you have written that our constitution begins with the words, "we the people, ," not we the people of haiti -- 1787. why is that important? >> we're in tremendous agreement. we're unanimous in 30% deal 40% of the cases. -- 30% to 40% of the cases. it is our job to patrol the boundaries of the constitution. we are there -- it is a document that predates the government. it was supposed to create a government that would work. that kind of workable democracy was supposed to last a long time. our job is to apply the words that created the government, d

justice breyer and i are pleased to return. we will pass along your kind wishes to our colleague, justice stevens, and we will certainly miss him. a wonderful man. we have with us today a number of members of the supreme court staff. we have the clerk of the court, mr. bill souter. we have marshall pamela talkin. and the counselor to the chief justice, jeffrey maneer. and make sure i'm looking in the right direction. and we have our public information officer, kathy arberg. and our acting budget manager, bonita akers. as i said, we are pleached to be here -- pleased to be here. we have submitted a statement for the record as is our custom. and you're right, mr. chairman. i may well be the longest serving member of this committee. i think it like 15 years now. and maybe i'll get off for a good time or good behavior. but the court's budgetary needs, as you've indicated, arear alluded to, are tiny but we understand this is a period of austerity. and we have as in previous years, been very serious about our responsibility to review

. >> justice breyer, thank thank u very much. i learned a lot from the talk. i've been put on the spot by our team because she couldn't find another professor added my degree. last night so i'm in this position is a political scientist at the fostering more political question. and then actually it turns out a little bit of a very and avoid the past. if you look at the critique of international law, the word sovereignty is that the corlett. i remember before copenhagen sean bakker graham bakker and sean hannity. if you unpack a more intelligent or thought through understanding of what that means coming and no, i would say john bolton will be able to make this argument quite cogently. it's not an abstract defense of sovereignty. it is an abstract defense of democracy that in a lock in liberal societies like ours, legitimacy resides when it truly democratically constituted people, that's the real sovereign. and by referring to international volume or importing rules made by potentially not legitimate, not democratic sources. so it could be dictatorship in the u.n

. >> justice breyer, thank you. i am curious. i covered the court a long time ago for about eight years, ending 25 years ago. in eight years, there was a wide range of views on the court and in the country. this issue came up not once. i am curious as to whether you are surprised at the strength and passion of this issue and its recent development. >> by that you mean the issue of referring to other constitutional precedents? i do not know. i am not an expert. i do not know. one thing i hope you got out of this is i am not an expert. i see the cases that come up before us and i see where it is useful sometimes to refer -- not always, and maybe only in a few. then i see cases where you have to refer to what is going on a broad. i want people to be aware of that because it is a change in circumstance. it seems to me the change in circumstances is simply reflective of what is happening in the world at the level that we work on as professionals. that is what is happening. it might be because of congress. it might be a lot of reasons.

justice breyer and i are pleased to return. we will pass along your kind wishes to our colleague, justice stevens, and we will certainly miss him. a wonderful man. we have with us today a number of members of the supreme court staff. we have the clerk of the court, mr. bill souter. we have marshall pamela talkin. and the counselor to the chief justice, jeffrey maneer. and make sure i'm looking in the right direction. and we have our public information officer, kathy arberg. and our acting budget manager, bonita akers. as i said, we are pleached to be here -- pleased to be here. we have submitted a statement for the record as is our custom. and you're right, mr. chairman. i may well be the longest serving member of this committee. i think it like 15 years now. and maybe i'll get off for a good time or good behavior. but the court's budgetary needs, as you've indicated, arear alluded to, are tiny but we understand this is a period of austerity. and we have as in previous years, been very serious about our responsibility to review

tephen breyer receive -- justice stephen bryer received his law degree -- breyer received his law degree from stanford. in 1967, he began his academic career at harvard law school where he taught until 1994. he also taught at harvard university's kennedy school of government from 1997 to 1980. -- he also served as the chair of the judiciary committee. president party in -- president carter appointed him to the u.s. court of appeals and he became chief judge in 1990. he served as a member of the u.s. sentencing commission from 1985 through 1989. on may 14, 1994, president william clinton nominated him to serve on the supreme court. he took the oath of office on august 3, 1994, nearly 16 years ago. finally, our moderator is james c. duff. jim and graduate from the university of kentucky honors program or he was elected to phi beta kappa. he received his j.d. from georgetown. he served as chief assistant to judge rehnquist. from 2000 until 2006, he served as managing partner of the washington, d.c. office of a law firm. he has taught constitutional law at georgetown since 1999 and has serve

he said this is before breyer wrote this book. your founders -- and they were always great diplomats who set the agenda for the next 100 years. there are always walking in the woods, were they not? it is beautiful outside. you pulled the curtains and you cannot see the woods where we really ought to be walking. but there we are. those pieces will -- those people also set an agenda, and it is extraordinary how long it has lasted. 50 years, at least, and probably longer. it has big words attached -- democracy, peace, freedom, and prosperity. and that was going to work through cooperation. who are we? we are, in a sense, we could say foot soldiers, but that is to militant -- too militant. we are the professional people who are in part to carry out that vision. maybe not all of you are. very few presidents of countries know what to do. i would like at least 12, but not even one ever has. -- one to, but not even one ever has. we're professionals. the question is what we do to participate in this. it is a good image. cooperation in many

i also, think justice breyer is absolutely right that a lot of us do it individually. it depends on the people you know. so if you know more people, say at the university of georgia, or george mason, from -underscore comic university of missouri, you have a tendency to rely on facts about a young person. and it's very individualized. so the broader they met is in the least resistance you have two people, the more chances you have of bringing some individuals and who are now on a large scale or significant skill. >> and i'm grateful for your same. my husband was a brilliant attorney got into two schools, university of missouri and a yale. he applied to a mite too. and he said the university of the 30 uproot it could be as good if not better than any other lawyer. and that's a terribly silly risky. and nonetheless, i just think it's important to note just beyond the ivy leagues because there's so many young people who simply can't afford to go to the ivy league schools were brilliant and deserve to have opportunities. and i'm glad to see the sensitivity toward bringing i

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. >> today on america & the courts, supreme court justice stephen breyer and clarence thomas discussed next year's budget before a house appropriations subcommittee. it ought about cameras in the courtroom, the diversity of law clerks, and cases involving health care legislation. "america & the courts," is tonight at 7:00 eastern here on c-span. but in his weekly online address, president obama talks about financial regulation that would create a part -- a consumer protection agency and established new rules governing the practices of wall street firms and government sponsored entities. after that, republican house whip eric cantor talks about the federal tax filing deadline and criticizes better it -- criticizes government spending and higher taxes. >> there were many causes of the turmoil that ripped through our economy over the past two years. but above all, this crisis was caused by the failures in the financial industry. what is clear is that this crisis could have been avoided, if wall street firms were more accountable, if financial dealings were more transparent, and if consume

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--breyer.hen the radio and tv correspondents dinner. >> three former staffers of former senator bob dole look at like a step -- legislation he sponsored. that is tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3 then, at 12:15 p.m., a look at the future of american culture that is tomorrow on c-span. this weekend, john dean is our guest. the author of 10 books, including an upcoming addition, and we will take your phone calls sunday, at noon eastern. >> and now, former congressman and current head of the national endowment for the humanities talks about understanding culture and the arts. he talks about his efforts to bring stability to public discourse this is moderated by the former head of the national endowment for the arts. the aspen institute is the host of this event. last about an hour -- it lasts about an hour. >> good afternoon. welcome to the aspen institute. i am the director of programs and the arts. it is my pleasure to welcome you to one of our cultural round tables. i would like to than

otherwise, justice breyer will choose among them for you. who had a hand up? what brave soul. >> thank you or that enlightening talk. and a first-year student here -- i am a first-year student here. can you describe the role of customary international law in regards to the provision you discussed regarding treaties and whether it can be customary international law if the united states does not accept it? perhaps the crystallization of the death penalty as part of customary international law. thank you very much. >> as to the death penalty, i can give you the answer. >> it automatically comes on and off. >> i am not very mechanical. [laughter] as to the death penalty part of your question, i can say i do not know. we have never had anything involving customary international law that i recall. i can give that as a reason for not discussing that. there would be other reasons as well. the question of customary international law -- my first reaction is that it is not a treaty. whether or not it is relevant -- that is why i gave some examples. i wanted to see that t

laughter] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> if we could ask everybody to remain seated under justice breyer and the dean can exist? if we could just remain seated. thank you. [silence] [silence] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> host: live later this afternoon, a discussion on conservatism and what free market systems must do to survive in today's global economy. from the american enterprise institute, live coverage at 5:30 eastern on c-span. >> if you have a process where it takes years to get an answer and your wogged down in the courts, which is what is threatening our industry right now, that's not a good answer for anybody. it doesn't make the agency effective. >> verizon vice president for policy and former congressman tom tauke on calling for the government to take a fresh look on communicators policy. tonight on the communicators, on c-span2. >> i know what the challenge is, and we're in a unique position to go to war. what we need is policymakers in washington is to develop a road map so we can get it done. >> something about energy po

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otherwise, justice breyer will choose among them for you. who had a hand up? what brave soul. >> thank you or that enlightening talk. and a first-year student here --

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it depends on which rights justice breyer lives and which ones he does not like. >> it depends on which ones are implicit in the phrase. i do not put something in the free speech clause that i think is not covered by freedom of speech. i have the job of writing it down, and i have to write it down in a way you can understand. if you think i am wrong, you can complain like mad and i will see it in the paper eventually and begin to take it in. if i am writing and trying to look the history of, i would say you have not a clue, and that is one reason i think in a democracy, it is better to look to the purposes, and why also, purposes are sometimes hard to figure out. try it erisa. try the language. there really complex. but often you can find purposes, more often than not by along shattuc-- by 8 long shot. the reason the purpose is not manipulable, and i see ralph lancaster here, there is a good joke that explains it. why is this funny? y'all know this joke. there are a couple of people flying in a balloon in maine, and they are lost. they come down and see a former and one shouts of " wher

i'm justice breyer and i are pleased to return. will pass along your dear colleague justice stephens we will certainly miss him. he's a wonderful man. we have with us today a number of members of the supreme court staff. we have the clerk of the court, mr. bill souter. we have martial tamala thompson and the counselor to the chief justice, jeffrey fear. i am looking in the right direction. and we have our public information officer, kathy r. berg and our act and budget manager, we need to act dress. as i said, we are pleased to be here and we have submitted a statement for the record as our custom. and you're right, mr. chairman, i may well be the longest-serving member. i think it's like 15 years now. maybe i'll get off for a good time for good behavior. the court's budgetary needs as you indicated or alluded to a tie, but we understand this is a superior austerity and as we have in previous years and very serious about our responsibility to review our budget needs. and i emphasize the word made to be with god to look at this as a

we had eric holder who came to pick up the conference, justice breyer who came and talked about mandatory sentencing, et cetera. we hope the two of us can contribute to raising the level of awareness and to raise the debate level to the point where we can make a difference. >> host: thank you. >> guest: i want to add to what bill has such your question. can mr. obama -- president obama talk about race and racism. and it's almost like none of us have color can talk about race or racism. one, as john mitchum as news magazine said on "meet the press," white people get queasy and let people talk about race or racism. >> host: why, janet? why despite all the changes on the progress that we've made that we still speak the issue of race under the table in some dark corner, not to talk about it. >> guest: i think it's shame. i think we really know our history and how unfair it's been. the white unearned advantage, the twin evils of white supremacy and black inferiority and you realize that these are not only evils, but lies, when he checked the history to see that the enslavement of black people

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i also think that justice breyer is absolutely right, that a lot of our hiring.here are only four to each of us a year. there is no system, we all do it individually. it depends on the people you know. so if you know more people, say at the university of georgia or george mason or other schools, you have a tendency to rely on their advice about a young person applying. and it's individualized. the broader that net is and the more changes you have of bringing individuals in who are now excluded on a large scale or significant scale. >> and i am grateful for you saying that. i look at my husband who is a brilliant attorney, who got in two schools, university of missouri and yale. and chose to go to university of missouri to prove that he could prove to be a better than yale lawyer. that's silly and risky. but i think it's important to move beyond the ivy leagues. because there are so manyro pee that can't afford to go to the ivy leagues schools and they are brilliant. and i am glad to see the sensitivity of bring in more diverse schools. >> this reminds me of a tho

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who look at what they did and there are somehow just kind of-- [inaudible] i had that same thing breyer was just struck. [inaudible] in a weird way part of me is what motivates me in finding a story is a believe that if i can find a great story, if i can find the girl, then i can tell you a great story. part of my motivation is i just want to get the gold because it is a lot easier if i can find the gold in the treasure. [inaudible] >> i read that a lot. [laughter] >> somebody asked me the other day at-- [inaudible] >> it would be a very very boring decisions. >> what is your confidence in the future of publishing in the magazine industry, the publishing industry, the magazine industry to be able to support the kind of long stories you are talking about, the six years, the reporting you do going around the world with "the new yorker" and other magazines that you have funded. what does the future hold for that kind of reporting when you talk about going back to world war ii and before? >> i am very optimistic. because all that has appeared to go away is the kind of, is the viability of t

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clarence thomas and stephen breyer testified on capitol hill thursday. this is about 11 $5. -- 1.5 hours. >> the committee will come to order. just a personal note, numbers 42 is an honor of april 15 1947. we honor him today. i thought it be fitting to honor numbers 42. a good story about him being the last player to win. >> what is the yankees record so far? >> you are out of order. owlet i to note that there has been a change at the courts which has special meaning to the court and to the american society in general. she comes from the south bronx. it is the area i grew up in. her parents were born in the same island of puerto rico that i was born in. it was a special time to become a part of the fair procedures. this morning we gather to hear about the 2011 budget. we have the honor of the joined by two distinguished justices of the supreme court regarding appropriations request. as we do so at a time when the court's undeserving member has announce that he will retire for the summer. i know that i speak for every member of this committee when asked t

for some reason, on our court, justice souter and justice breyer are always confused for each other.tell a story where someone stops justice souter in the parking lot and says, oh, justice breyer, it is nice to see you. what is the best thing about being on the supreme court? justice souter says, i would say it is the privilege to work with justice souter. [laughter] i do not think -- and we should not be celebrities. it is one reason we were black robes. we're supposed to be anonymous. that is why justice, the statue, has a blindfold. you're not supposed to think the way we decide cases depends on our individual personalities. in the best of all possible worlds, it would not. and we all try to work to that end. >> professor? >> thank you. [inaudible] you have spoken repeatedly about your role as a consensus- builder. today, i think the public conception is that the court is quite divided. having had several years on the supreme court, i am wondering what you think about your achievements as a consensus- builder. what grade would you give yourself in this academic setting? but it is

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more broadly he is writing about a hearing by justice breyer and justice thomas -- by the way, you can go to our video library and type in supreme court and you can see the hearing from last week. he writes about same day audio release. congress is pushing for televise proceedings. just a bit more from robert barnes's article. senator specter, a longtime advocate of cameras at the supreme court said last week televise proceedings would show what the public already thinks -- that the court is an ideological battle found jiggle battleground. that is from this morning's "washington post." on to detroit. mark, republican caller. u.s. policy on iran. caller: i don't think the president knows what he is doing. also, i do respect him as a president. but i still don't think he knows what he is doing because he does not have the experience. host: upper marlboro, maryland. independent caller. caller: but the -- the u.s. -- u.s. is not far in its farm policy because of aipac's influence. as the u.s. stood against the third reich and ruled the world for the next century or generations -- so its st

in a little more than an hour, supreme court justices breyer and thomas testify on capitol hill abouthe budget proposed for the next year. after that, president obama's plans for nasa and the future of human spaceflight. after that, we will be air the discussion -- reair the discussion of the fort hood shooting. in "washington journal," we will talk with sharon brown of ohio. robert sloan is an author of an article that says wall street is a key to democracy. also, more about the future of nasa with the head of the space policy institute at george washington university. live every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> this weekend, the first of three british election debates. for the first time, prime minister gordon brown, david cameron, and nick clegg will face off in the states. watch them in their entirety for three consecutive weekends sunday at 9:00 eastern pacific on c-span. >> now leaders of the group to party express on this year's congressional election. this is about an hour 15 minutes. >> more than 10,000 people joined us to celebrate america. get home i would like to welcome you b

justice stephen breyer told a house subcommittee that he expects it within the next four years. more from the week in review section of "the new york times", also available online at nytimes.com. we will take a short break. we will talk about the economy and international adoption. first, a look at some of the issues and guests making up the sunday morning program. bobbie jackson. >> the topics will include financial reform and other legislation, the economy, party politics, and iraq. the guests on ""meet the press" ," include treasury secretary geithner, marsha blackburn. on abc's this week, bill clinton. the guests on fox news sunday include iraq's top military commander, and john mccain. on "face the nation," scott brown. and on ccnnn, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell, mark warner, and an economist. you can listen to all five of the sunday morning talk shows starting at noon eastern on c- span radio. nationwide on xm satellite radio. and follow us on facebook and twitter and c-span.org. >> this weekend, on c-span 1'2's "book tv." the first of three british election de

his second year he may have the opportunity for other supreme court picks which would line up with breyerotomayor so if you have an opportunity-- [inaudible] >> i am sure mr. chairman you are going to have that opportunity you are so but i will pass along what you said. >> well, that concludes the hearing. thank you very much. let me join senator graham for doing a very good job. >> thank you sir. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] ..

whether breyer talking about foreign or domestic policy, the obama-pelosi-read agenda defies logic and common sense and will leave as less secure and more in debt and more be sold to foreign countries and under the thumb of big government. it is out of touch. it is out of date, and they are running out of time. [applause] because americans across this great country, they're standing up and speaking out for common- sense conservative solutions. and they're telling washington to just back off. some of us, registered republicans, some from the tea party movement, some used to be called reagan democrats, and some are like my friends and family, independents, lovers of this great country, so proud every day to be americans, and very, very concerned about the path we're now on. all of them deeply concerned about our country. and frankly, some of them are little bit skeptical, concerned about our party, about our own gop. for years, the federal government grew and individual freedom shrunk for americans to believe dying conservative first principles. this was quite concerning and disheartenin

representing 41% of the population have sued the federal government over obamacare which caused justice breyer to make the statement, obamacare, a good candidate for review by the supreme court of the united states. so it's just not tennessee, georgia, pennsylvania, but there are 19 states here that are saying something. so your point about people listening, boy, oh boy. i yield to my good friend from georgia. mr. gingrey: i thank the gentleman for yielding and of course i'll yield the time back so the gentleman from pennsylvania can continue to make his point. but he's right on target in regard to what's happening in the states and the commonwealth of pennsylvania, the great state of georgia, we have one more day, tomorrow in the state of georgia, we have a 40-day session and tomorrow is the last day. they passed a budget for fiscal year 2011, which begins on july 1 in the state of georgia. and had to cut almost $1 billion. now, that has been extremely painful. i'm sure it's painful in the state of pennsylvania. but i want to commend the governor of the state of georgia and my colleagues in t

his second year he may have the opportunity for other supreme court picks which would line up with breyerginsburg and sotomayor so if you have an opportunity-- [inaudible] >> i am sure mr. chairman you are going to have that opportunity you are so but i will pass along what you said. >> well, that concludes the hearing. thank you very much. let me join senator graham for doing a very good job. >> thank you sir. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> today, house majority leader hoyer prospects of the democratic party maintaining their majority through the 2010 election. he also talks about the possibility of the senate passing of financial regulation spilled. it will be at 10:00 p.m. eastern. >> the russian president visited washington to attend the nuclear weapons summit, and spoke at the brookings institute about the economy and foreign relations. this is one hour, 15 minutes. >> good afternoon, everybody. it is my great personal honor on behalf of all the brookings institution, the host for this extraordinary event, medvedev, the president of the russian federation. as

whether breyer talking about foreign or domestic policy, the obama-pelosi-read agenda defies logic andmon sense and will leave as less secure and more in debt and more be sold to foreign countries and under the thumb of big government. it is out of touch. it is out of date, and they are running out of time. [applause] because americans across this great country, they're standing up and speaking out for common- sense conservative solutions. and they're telling washington to just back off. some of us, registered republicans, some from the tea party movement, some used to be called reagan democrats, and some are like my friends and family, independents, lovers of this great country, so proud every day to be americans, and very, very concerned about the path we're now on. all of them deeply concerned about our country. and frankly, some of them are little bit skeptical, concerned about our party, about our own gop. for years, the federal government grew and individual freedom shrunk for americans to believe dying conservative first principles. this was quite concerning and disheartening to

and there have been proposals such as wind people heard as a horizontal kind of regulation breyer regulateto companies or cable companies and broadcasters but the infrastructure companies and regulates logical software companies and then the content riding on top of the infrastructure so comcast didn't would get the protection google would get but it wouldn't get different kinds of protection and those arguments have been made and i think that's where i would come to this. >> i will agree with you. that it is two sets of interests that have to be balanced. part of the debate suggests the of the free-speech interests is the content provider and the point here is the list cares about mediation and we need someone to build with add and if you do a fair reading it means to have a balanced pious and there's a different content provider who has a free-speech interests here which is the one that needs a different kind of service or architecture of the network and a redesign it to excess of what we are demanding more from that work and doing more with its when we should expect to see the network i

republicans on senate judiciary committee made a staff and the right direction during the justice breyergs and i didn't hear the ad hominem direct or indirect accusations during the robins and speed of the hearing so that's good. could be better. but the bottom line is i think adds the process will be for the foreseeable future and i don't have broad sweeping suggestions for how to fix it. >> thank you. >> well, thank you perhaps in the. having this panel. i think we've done this a couple of years and a round. i use the when he was a reporter and i remember your stories about the d.c. circuit. this guy actually knew the judge as and made a real efforts in trying to bring to live above that serkin's, it sounds or parochial but the d.c. circuit to many of us is probably the most important circuits. just look but they did yesterday in fcc case so i really private steve for kind of setting the standard for reporters. much of 5i think i had to say has been covered by bill and writer of, but just to say that in and run them to a supreme court nomination is all is to mean a very exciting time.

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