i don't think a lot of them are reading breyer's book. >> charlie: why not? >> you know, they -- >> charlie: have they heard it before? >> they are very respectful of each other's personal space, to use a term none of them would use, and i think justice breyer and justice o'connor had a real alliance on the court, but i don't think they did a lot of socializing off the court. i think the ginsburg-scalia relationship is much more the exception than the rule. >> people think that they roam the hallways and trade votes and back-slap and so on, and it's really not that kind of institution at all. it's really akin to nine little separate law offices, each with four clerks busily working on the cases. they communicate with each other by writing. to the extent they persuade each other, it's not through charm so elena kagan's famous ability to bring the harvard law school faculty together, no small thing, may not translate directly to this kind of thing where to the extent you're going to forge alliances it's not on the force of your personality it's the ability to s

>> certainly not stephen breyer.tephen breyer makes a point of going every year, this was true even before this and not just because he's selling books, this is a longstanding principle of his and suddenly it's going to be very interesting. there were six at the last one. how many show up this time? and frankly, i am somewhat sympathetic to roberts' position although i probably don't agree with it, it is awkward -- a lot of what goes on at the supreme court -- at a state of the union is political partisanship and you can see them squirming in their seats. if the president pays tribute to the troops, they all clap. but if the president says, "we need to cut taxes," they don't clap. so it's awkward -- >> they have to kind of coordinate. they look at each other to see if they're on the same page instantaneously to decide if something is nonpartisan enough that they can clap for it. it's tough. >> charlie: is the court opening up in terms of this sort of relationship between the justices and the public? >> i would say a

. >> "q&a" sunday -- justice stephen breyer. >> it is sometimes hard to avoid your basic values, how you see the country, how you see the relationship between law and the average person in this country, what you think law is about -- those basic, fundamental, legal and political values i think are part of you and they will sometimes influenced an approach where the question is very -- influence an approach where the question is very open. >> justice stephen breyer on sunday night's "q&a." ." this is "the communicators." we're on location at gov 2.0 in downtown washington, d.c. we're pleased to introduce you to dan reed, corporate vice president for microsoft, vice president for technology strategy among other things. what exactly is your job? >> i do a variety of things. my job is to envision what the future of technology will be. think about it broad societal implications. talk about those things around the world in a competitive way. this is the future. this is what it potentially means for us. let's talk about how we adapt to that future, how to plan for that future, how to exploi

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the danube river; the devastation after the floods in pakistan, and supreme court justice stephen breyer. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: two suicide bombers in pakistan hit a famed sufi muslim shrine today in karachi. at least eight people were killed, and 65 others were wounded. thousands of people usually visit the shrine on thursdays to pray and hand out food to the poor. more than 200,000 people have now been forced from their homes in southern china in the worst flooding there in 50 years. villagers on hainan island had to be evacuated by boat today. streets and homes were swamped by seven inches of rain in the last week. nearly 140 people have died in flooding across asia.

. >> this week on pelosi-reid, our guest is a says it supreme court justice stephen breyer. >> justice stephen breyer, if a young person came to you and said he liked reading your past and i want to be with you become, " would you advise him to do? >> i would like it to pay attention if you are reading about me, and i was like you to read about why the court is important to the public. for personal abies, i get that question. most of us do. and they are worried about their lives. i can understand that. the good guys and i got from david manning, dean of stanford, had a similar time in my life. he said, i need to tell you. you will not have the information that you would like to have when you make your career choices. we all make choices and we just have to choose. we do not have every information or piece of information we would like. but we make decisions. as long as we stay away from ridiculous decisions, there's no way to save what is better. you make your choice, what your career you would like to start out in, maybe who your family -- and in your life will build around your choice

. >> "q&a" tonight -- justice stephen breyer. >> it is sometimes hard to avoid your basic now used -- how you see the country, your basic values, how you see the country, what you think a lot is about -- those basic, fundamental, legal and political values, i think are part of you and they will sometimes influence an approach where the question is very open and where it admits to that kind of thing. >> supreme court justice stephen breyer and his new book -- tonight on c-span. >> now, discussion and president obama's first two years in office from today's "washington journal." it is just over 25 minutes. host: peter baker of " the new york times -- "the new york times." we're talking about these mid-term elections. everybody is auming they're a referendum, least a verdict on the first two years of president obama's time in office. we decided to take a serious look at what he has learned from these two years and what lessons he plight apdr -- might apply to the next two years. we had a chance to talk to both president obama in the oval office as well as probably two dozen of his aides

. >> this week to our guest is supreme court justice stephen breyer. author of "making our democracy work," if a young person came to you now and said, "i really like reading about you and your past and your biography and all that, and i want to be what you've become," what would you advise them to do to start to learn the process of understanding the law? >> i would say, first of all, i would like you to pay attention. and if you're reading about me -- why, if you're reading about the court -- then i'd like you to read about why the court's important to the public, because that's really what i've tried to write about. but when i -- when people ask for personal advice, how can you be a member of the supreme court of the united states -- i get that question. most of us do, members of the court, usually from people in college, really, and they're worried about their lives, and i can understand that -- so i tell them two things. the good advice i got from bayless manning, who was dean of stanford at a similar time in my life, he said, i hate to tell you -

now, you mentioned what justice breyer said. how did the... there were only eight justices hearing this case, right? explain why. >> that's true. justice kagan. >> lehrer: the new one. >> the newest justice. she recused and stepped out of the case because she was involved in the case when she was solicitor general of the united states. >> lehrer: representing the u.s. government. >> that's right. the united states here by the way has participated in this case. the obama administration is supporting wyeth laboratories saying that this lawsuit is barred. so there are eight justices. there could have been seven. the chief justice had recused himself. >> lehrer: john roberts. >> in the initial stages because he owns stock in wyeth. he sold the stock in order to participate now. eight justices isn't great because you can have a 4-4 split. son would be. >> lehrer: i was going to ask you about that. if it does go 4-4, wyeth wins, right? >> absolutely. the lower court judgment stands. >> reporter: okay. what happened in the courtroom today? >> okay. m

and that's why i'm doing it. >> our guest has been justice stephen breyer. the name of the book is "making our democracy work -- a judge's view." thank you very much. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.org. "q&a" programs are also available as c-span podcasts. >> tonight on prime minister's questions, david cameron answers questions about budget cuts and the death of an aid worker in afghanistan. then we continue campaign coverage with president obama in ohio. then the kentucky senate debate between jack conway and ran a poll. later, all washington senate debate. >> the supreme court in january struck down limits on corporate spending in the elections. tomorrow, lawyers, political scientists, and journalist will discuss how the cases affecting midterm elections. the forum starts live at noon eastern here on c-span. >> middle

breyer, >> justice stephen breyer, author of "making our democracy

justice steven breyer. >> it's sometimes hard to avoid your basic values, how you see the country. how you see the relationship, between law and the average person in this country. what you think law is about approximate. those basic fundament legal and political values, i think are part of you and they will sometimes influence an approach where the question is very open, and where it admits to that find of thing. >> supreme court steven breyer and his new book don't on c-span >> on friday. ben bernanke made a case to boost the economy. speaking on the monetary policy conference. mr. bernanke said there are reasons to act. this is about 30 minutes. >> good morning. the topic of this conference, the formulation in a low inflation is timely indeed. brings inflation under control was the biggest issues. increased independence from short term political influences central banks have largely achieved that goal. in turn, the progress have increased the predict of the economic environment and improvements in economic performance. in emerging markets that have suffered very high inflation.

justice breyer will give a public interview with me in philadelphia later this month. you run into the justices here and there. but it's not a bob woodward beat. it's not an access beat. to the extent you have interactions with the justices, it is quite often not on matters of substance and you even wonder sometimes whether even that level of access is something that might influence your coverage a little bit because you might not want to write something a little bit mean about somebody who has just had coffee with you. >> charlie: so at the end of the day, covering the court, what questions are unanswered for you? >> oh, i would love to -- they have a private conference in which they make the decisions. nobody, even their clerks, is allowed in there, and just to see how they go down the row by seniority first, and the chief justice sets out the facts of the case, and then in order of seniority going to the most junior justice they chime in, that would be -- even once, even in the most mundane case available, to be a fly on the wall there and just to get a sense of how

eight years ago in a coup d'etat against president chavez and remember that just last year president breyer refused to renew a contract for a us military base in manta ecuador and so his country and his policies and government also come into conflict with very powerful u.s. interests there is a massive u.s. presence not just military but even more than military presence particularly the u.s. agency for international development which is just everywhere they have massive compound in both keep telling going to kill major cities a backward or and some of the groups that have come out calling for the president's resignation are known as groups receiving funding from these u.s. agencies like us air d n a national now for democracy you are with r.t. and still ahead for you in the program do you think or more than a quarter of a million young russian called to serve in the army annually this year's draft will see some changes and find out what they are. or ukraine's president once again has more power than the parliament the constitutional court has ruled that amendments to the country's law in uk

earlier this year, he along with justice breyer dissented from the court's opinion on in florida vs. powell, which was a deviation from the miranda warnings. it made it unclear as to whether an accused could have a lawyer with them to out the entire interrogation rather than just before the interrogation. that is the first case. the second case, south dakota vs offerman, was a 5-4 case. that case involved a fourth amendment case. it involved whether warrantless inventory searches and and how did automobiles were permissible. the court found yes in a 5-4 case. justice stevens joined in that opinion. of course, again, much like with miranda, justice stevens had for the overwhelmingly majority of his career played guardian for the fourth amendment. the other case is the united states vs. martinez which involved fixed checkpoints near the border with mexico. pulling cars over -- it also raised the question of whether it was permissible to decide who was going to be detained for additional time if making such a determination based on mexican ancestry. that was fine. justice stevens joined

sonia sotomayor, stephen breyer, samuel alito, elena kagan, ruth bader ginsburg, anthony kennedy, johnantonin scalia, and clarence thomas. for more than 5 years, americans have visited the vietnam war memorial in washington to hop more to the americans who lost their lives in that war. today the wall was visited by geophysicist there is to examine new cracks in its black granite panels. experts say there's no chance the panels will fall apart and there are no plans right now for any repairs. as people age, some lose their hair, others height, and now a british study says that some also lose their sense of humor. the study finds that infants laugh as much as 300 times a day but by the time they're teenagers it's down to just six and by the time they're 60 they're laughing just two and a half times a day. so what are seniors doing instead of laughing? the study says they spend on average 1:41 everyday worrying. and now to some sad news tonight. gospel music has lost its queen. albertina walkier died today of respiratory failure. the life long chicago resident was 81. congressman bobby ru

eight years ago in a coup d'etat against president chavez and remember that just last year president breyer refused to renew a contract for u.s. military base in manta ecuador and so his country and his policies his government also come into conflict with very powerful u.s. interests there's a massive u.s. presence not just military but even more than military presence particularly the u.s. agency for international development which is just everywhere they have massive compound in both quito i'm going to kill major cities of ecuador and some of the groups that have come out calling for the president's resignation are known as groups receiving funding from these u.s. agencies like us air d.n.a. national now for democracy. well still to come on our program time to make a decision a court in ukraine as to. whether to get back to the president's palace. or not more. and more than a quarter of a young russian man called up to serve. this draft see some changes that. most americans see the wars in iraq and afghanistan as not acting then directly that's the view of u.s. defense secretary robert ga

. >> reporter: justice steven breyer then struggled out loud, whether we need boundaries on hateful or free speech. >> i think the first amendment might not leave this alone. >> and a grandmother whose grandson is killed by an i.e.d. attack. and is approached by an anti- war protestor. >> someone approaches her and speaks to her in the most vile terms about her son. he was killed by an i.e.d. let me explain it for you. i am so happy this happened. is that protected by the first amendment? there's no false statement involved. and it's purely speech. >> it may give rise to some fighting words claim. >> she's not in a position to punch this person in the nose. she's an elderly woman. >> she's a quaker, too. [ laughter ] >> reporter: yes, there is even laughter inside the supreme court. but chief justice john roberts reigns in the justices and asks his own questions, this one for the westboro baptist church. >> mr. snyder was selected not because of who he was, but because it was a way to get maximum publicity for your clients cause. >> that is not accurate, with all due respect. >> the he

why should members -- [indiscernible] justice steven buyer asked can -- breyer asked can a person putnything on the internet or tv about a private individual? >> this isn't just about speech. it's about harassment, targeted harassment at a private person's funeral. >> reporter: the nine members of the u.s. supreme court will now decide whose rights are greater, the freedom of speech of a tiny radical church based out of kansas-- >> going straight to hell on your crazy -- >> reporter: or a grieving father trying to bury his son in a solemn ceremony? >> all we wanted to do was bury matt with dignity and respect. >> reporter: a very emotional day for albert snyder. he is now back home in york, pennsylvania. he once was a resident of westminster, maryland. he waits along the rest of the nation for this decision from the u.s. supreme court which should come in the spring. i'm mary bubala, back to you on television hill. >> if the high court does reinstate a $5 million lower court judgment against the westboro baptist church, snyder hope it is will go bankrupt and put an end to the protests

. >> justice steven breyer then struggles out loud. >> i think the first amendment might not leave this alone. but if it's not going to leave this alone, there's where we need a rule. >> reporter: and justice alido gives a scenario about a grandmother whose grandson is killed by an i.e.d. in iraq and is approached by an anti-war protestor. >> someone approaches her and speaks to her in the most vile terms about her son. he was killed by an i.e.d. now, what i.e.d.s, do, let me describe it for you. and i am so happy this happened. now, is that protected by the first amendment? there is no false statement involved. and it's purely speech. >> it may give rise to fighting words. >> it's an elderly person. she's really not in a position to punch the person in the nose. >> she's a quaker too. [ laughter ] >> yes. there is even laughter inside the court. but chief roberts reigns in the justices and asks his own questions. this one for the westboro baptist church. >> mr. snyder was selected not because of who he was but because it was a way to get maximum publicity for your client's particular m

breyer asked, can the internet put anything on the internet or tv about an individual?> i hope they realize this is a case not just about speech, but harassment, targeted harassment, at a private person's funeral. >> reporter: the nine members will now decide whose rights are greater. the freedom of speech of a tiny radical church out of kansas -- >> going straight to hell ♪ >> reporter: or a grieving father, trying to bury his son in a solemn ceremony? >> all we wanted to do was bury matt with dignity and respect. >> reporter: it was such an emotional day for albert snyder. he now waits along with the rest of the nation, for this landmark decision on freedom of speech from the u.s. supreme court. i'm mary bubala, live in washington, d.c., back to you on television hill. >> thank you very much, mary. several baltimore veterans went to the supreme court in support of albert snyder today. we'll hear from them tonight. >>> a baltimore jury struggles through a verdict in a high- profile trial. they're considering the slaying of former councilmember ken harris. derek valcour

justice steven breyer asked, can a person put anything on the internet or tv about a private individual>> i hope they realize, this isn't just a case about speech. it's about harassment, targeted harassment at a private person's funeral. >> reporter: the nine members of the u.s. supreme court will now decide whose rights are greater, the freedom of speech of a tiny radical church based out of kansas -- >> going straight to hell ♪ >> reporter: or a grieving father trying to bury his son in a solemn ceremony. >> all we wanted to do was bury matt with dignity and respect. >> reporter: so the supreme court is now deciding whether a private figure can sue if he is the target of hateful speech, a decision on this issue is not due likely until this spring. i'm mary bubala, reporting live outside the u.s. supreme court. kai, back to you on tv hill. >> all right, mary. thank you. we will be checking back in with mare nea little while. -- mary in a little while. >>> flames shoot out of the ground. it's a gas main on fire in columbia. bge crews are working to find the leak. until they do, the fire

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. >> thank you, justice breyer, and i'm taking that we're speaking of the intrusion claim and i believe i could offer you a comparing contrast on two extremes. on the one hand, you have the body of law that has the beheading of the captive audience. you can read all those cases from which ugged conclude that it is very narrow, very limited and there must be some actual physical sound, sight intrusion if you're talking about invasion of privacy. at the other extreme for comparing and contrast is what they seek in this case, what the trial judge gave them in this case which is in an unspecified period of time that each individual will call their mourning period, no one any time, any place, any manner may say any word that that mourner says caused me emotional distress. >> why aren't the members of the family of the deceased catholic audience. the funeral? >> if we were right outside the door like the other expressers were in these exhibits, they might have been. your body of law about captive audience when you peel the colorado shank, that -- taking the picketting where they specifically

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justice scalia replied: justice steven breyer seemed to sum up the views on the bench called protestersobnoxious but said we would need a rule or approach or need something to help guide the justices in determining when to limit free speech in a case like this and most analysts here, shep, felt that the snyder's' attorney did not give that to the justices. >> shepard: james rosen live from the supreme court. when do we expect a decision. >> sometime next year. >> shepard: taking aim tonight at 11 latin american countries after they filed court documents that support the u.s. justice department in opposing the immigration law. appeals court objecting to the country's action in their filing, officials from mexico and 10 other latin countries expressed concerns that the law could lead to racial profiling or harm their diplomatic relations with the united states. in a statement today, governor brewer fired back saying and i quote: well, you may remember a judge put the most controversial parts of that law on hold back in july. at the time, governor brewer said the fight is far from over. tr

justice breyer. i believe i can demonstrate a compare and contrast. you have the law that come under the body of law. you can read those cases from which you conclude it's narrow, limited and there must be some actual physical, sound, sight intrusion. if you're talking about invasion of privacy. at the other extreme, for compare and contrast is what they seek in this case. what the trial judge gave them in this case, which is, in an unspecified period of time. the individual will call their morning period. no one, any place, any matter they say any word that mourner says caused me emotional distress. >> why around the members of the victim a captive audience? >> they might have been if we were outside. your body of law about captive audience, in colorado, madison, taking the picketing, where they said. this is isn't about content. you got to be, again i'll use the term "up in your grill". confrontati confrontational. you can't be a captive audience to someone you can't see. >> picketing a person's house is not protected. >> directly in front of can be