justice breyer in a case which was the third of the trilogy which is basically the supreme court weighing in on the admissibility of scientific evidence or expert evidence more generally, justice breyer referred to making sure that the science works for the task at hand. this notion of the task at hand i think ought not to be forgotten. the neuroscience might work for certain tasks very well and for other tasks not so well. so i think we have to evaluate it on a case-by-case basis. i very much agree with anita's point that a lot of the neuroscience right now works quite well at the group level and has not yet been shown to work particularly well at the individual level, but having said that, i think that there is, again, a legal necessity issue that is presented. if you go back to graham versus florida it is true that justice kennedy and the supreme court, the majority of the court said that you cannot impose life without parole for a non manslaughter offense for an add less is sent and therefore, he drew the line's did in roeper versus simmons at saying that at less sent are simply diffe

so breyer says, you know, we're -- to uphold the d.c. handgun ban is to be consistent with the original intent understood from a pragmatic, not a grammatical, you know, position. well, you know, he wrote for himself, and that's his view of a kind of a workable constitution that works for today, and he has written a couple of books that are quite interesting fleshing that out. so it's, you know, it's a debate that's going on. it's a product i one. productive one. and i think it's interesting that justice scalia and justice thomas remain the only true kind of self-identified originalists on the court. other conservative justices, chief justice roberts, justice alito, they haven't signed up for that. i mean, they'll, they'll make obey sans to originalism, but they're not stuck there. so history is more important now in court arguments than it has been in recent years because of the force, justice scalia's force on the matter. and he's, obviously, a vote that people want to get. but originalism alone is not going to win the supreme court arg

justice breyer had an interesting opinion on that case and he joined stevens dissented and then he also goes separately to say look this is not a productive way to go about this. we need to look more pragmatically and we need to go back if we are going to go back to the framing we need not to get hung up on text and where the comma was and the way that it's worth it. we need to think what were the framers thinking? what was that all about? and he said colonial and postcolonial boston have a law against keeping ammunition in homes and why is that? it was a safety hazard because you could have a fire in buildings the would blow up the whole city of boston. so they had a safety concern. he said what is the reason why the district of columbia has enacted this strict gun ban in the country? for public safety. seeing the gun violence on the streets decided that what they needed was a handgun ban, so they said we will uphold the handgun ban to be consistent with the original intent understood from the pragmatic, not the grammatical position. he wrote for himself, and that is his view of the ki

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keep in mind three of the justices on the court who support abortion right us, ginsberg, breyer and kennedy, are in their 70s. diane? >> all right, jake tapper on politics tonight. thank you, jake. >>> and we turn next to healthy living. a thunderbolt today about fathers, mothers and autism in children. we've heard so often about the age of the mother as a risk factor in genetic disorders. but today, a study from the journal "nature" provides new evidence about the age of the father, and how that affects the risk. here's abc's medical editor dr. richard besser. >> reporter: autism. one of medicine's greatest puzz puzzles. has some new math, about older dads. dads like ray siegel. >> let's figure out if there's a genetic factor. >> reporter: his sons oscar and hugo are both autistic. for the first time, scientists are spelling out mathematically, how the genetic material in men's sperm changes as they age. their finding? unlike moms, dads pass on an average of 25 new munitions at age 20. increasing to 65 mutations at age 40. could that be part of the reason that older men are much more likel

pussy riot get their final day in court as a verdict looms in the trial over the car a virtual mob breyer in russia's major defeat a role that grabbed global attention. plus the un security council withdraw as the international monitoring mission in syria rebels there pledged to step up their fight and threaten to join forces with al-qaeda. is not in the russian capital you're watching r t r marina josh he's joining us our political asylum in ecuador of but now no way of getting there britain's gone out of its way to make abundantly clear it would take drastic action to prevent the whistleblower from taking that asylum from an outright denial of safe passage all the way to threats to raid the ecuadorian embassy and take him by force or his laura smith who was at the embassy on a day of drama reports. it was the day they'd been waiting for julian assaults holed up in london's ecuadorian embassy for two months and his supporters who turned out to cheer for him rain or shine since his legal battle against extradition to sweden first began more than eighteen months ago also there in large num

and after returning from army service, he worked at the breyer's ice cream plant in the 1950s.ow with that job and the g.i. bill, he put himself through rutgers university at night to become the first in his family to earn a college degree. and our first family picture, our first family picture was on his graduation day with my mom beaming next to him, six months' pregnant with me. now, mom also came from nothing. she was raised by a single mother who took three different buses every day to get to work. and mom spent the time but she was supposed to be a kid, actually raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. she was tough as nails, didn't suffer fools at all. the truth was, she couldn't afford to. she spoke the truth. lovely, directly and without much varnish. i am her son. i was her son -- i was her son as i listened on the edge of town with my high school friends on the jersey shore. i was her son when i married into that studio apartment with mary pat and a son who is now 26 years old. i was her son as i coached our sons andrew and patrick on the fields of m

and after returning from army service he worked at the breyers ice cream bill in the '50s. he put himself through rutgers university at night to become the first in his family to earn a college degree. [ applause ] and our first family picture was on his graduation day with my mom beaming next to him six months pregnant with me. now, mom also came from nothing. she was raised by a single mother who took three different buses every day to get to work. and mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actually raising children. her younger brother and younger sister. she was tough as nails. and didn't suffer fools at all, the truth was, she couldn't afford to. she spoke the truth. bluntly, directly and without much very anybody. i am her son. [ applause ] i was her son as i listened to darkness on the edge of town with my high school friends on the jersey shore. i was her son when i moved in to that studio apartment with mary pat, the marriage that is now 26 years old. [ applause ] i was her son as i coached our sons, andrew and patrick on the fields and as i watched w

i think stephen breyer out beautifully and citizen soldiers of all the great books hero.was really about company, robert. it is about looking out for your friend. i think great statements about idealism and all the rest did not mark when it came to that to actual content on the ground and there was this great desire to get home. >> yes, sir. at that. >> he told me once that he said i'm not a brave men. i'm not a military man. i just didn't want to make excuses the rest of my life. >> what's incredible to me, and i didn't get a chance to read this, one of my favorite quotes of mr. cronkite is the great admiration he had for fly boys which i think later translated into great admiration for astronaut's. but at one point in 43, early 44, your chances at getting back from of combat missions were no better than one in six or seven to imagine that. imagine having to cover those kids. you see them at breakfast, they would fly off and at least 10%, maybe 20% wouldn't come home to some rates even more catastrophic than that. let me say that i'm not the only person who rolled their

[applause] in the past, we have had justice breyer andd justice justice scalia were here. we have had many schools around the country that have the dvd of that hearing. people stop me on the street who have seen the dvd. it is a chance to learn. it is a learning experience. we tried to do that periodically to hear. justice o'connor was appointed to the supreme court by president reagan in 1981. she served on the court until her retirement in 2006. i recall we talked about this in the back with barry goldwater from arizona. justice o'connor would make a great justice. he was right. she has been a leading voice for the portance of civics education. he currently serves on the board of icivics -- she currently serves on the board of icivics. justice, you are pleased to see the number of students? >> [inaudible] i think it would be instructive for young people to have a chance to do that. >> and justice, you are bringing a lot of students to washington. we are streaming this on our website. i think discussions like this serve our democracy. as public officials, we owe it to all

mind that three justices on the court right now who support abortion rights, kennedy, ginsburg, and breyern their 70s. jaek t jake tapper, abc news. >> paul ryan dodged the question a little built. interesting report. as u.s. house member from wisconsin, paul ryan co-sponsored 38 anti-abortion measures including some that make no allowance for rap etch. since getting elected he has not voted against any bills backed by national right to life committee. that gives hem a lifetime voting score of 100%. this issue underscores just how important the women vote is going to be in this election. >> it's interesting that the real war on women, in my estimation, is the disparity in compensation. remember that report that surfaced in april, this past year, the white house alone, the female employees are paid 18% less than their male counterparts. and, something that is very sensitive to me, because this is something i have experienced along the way through my career. i have been undercut as much as 30% for the same job that the male held. to me, that's the real, that's, that's a war on women as well.

in the past we have had justice o'connor -- i was telling her earlier that justice breyer and justicealia were here coming and we have had so many schools around the country and we now have a dvd of that hearing, and in the state of vermont i had people stop me on the street who have seen the tv, and it is the chance to learn -- it is a learning experience, and we try to do that periodically here. of course justice o'connor was appointed the supreme court by president ronald reagan in 1981 and she serves on the court during her retirement in 2006i recall we talked about this and barry goldwater from arizona came to see me as he did others to praise justice o'connor and say she would make a great justice and she's absolutely right. she is the leading voice for the improvement of civics education, currently serves as the chart of the board of directors for an organization which promotes some education in our nation's schools. justice, you're pleased to see a number of students were here. >> i think it would be very instructive for young people to have a chance to do that. >> you are bri

after returning from army service, he worked at the breyer's ice cream plant in the 1950s.ut himself through rutgers university at night. to become the first in his family to earn a college degree. our first family picture was on his graduation day with my mom beaming next to him, six months pregnant with me. now, my mom also came from nothing. she was raised by a single mother who took three different buses every day to get to work. mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actually raising children. her younger brother and younger sister. she was tough as nails. the truth was that she couldn't afford to. she spoke the truth. bluntly and directly. and without much furnished. i am her son. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] i was her son as i listened on the edge of town with my high school friends on the jersey shore. i was her son when i moved into the studio apartment to start a marriage that is now 26 years old. i was her son as a coach our sons on the fields and as i watched them cry is our daughter, marched in the labor day parade with the soccer team.

and after returning from army service, he worked at the briers -- breyers ice- cream plant in the 1950.i. bill. he put himself through rutgers university at night to be the first person in his family to earn a college degree. our first family picture was on his graduation day with my mom beaming next to him pregnant with me. mom also came from nothing. she was raised by a single mother who took three different buses every day to get to work. and mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actually raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. she was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. the truth was she could not afford to. she spoke the truth, bluntly, directly and without much garnish. i am her son. [cheers and applause] i was her son as a listened to the darkness on the edge of town with my high school friends on the jersey shore. i was her son when i moved into that studio apartment with mary. i watched with pride as a guard daughters marched with their soccer teams in the labor day parade -- and i am still her son with the rules the she taught me,

[applause] in the past, we've had justice 0'connor, i was telling her earlier that justice breyer and justice schee ya were here. we had so many schools around the country now have the dvd of that hearing, and i even -- the state of vermont have people stop me on the street who have seen the dvd, and it's a chance to learn, it's a learning experience. we try to do that with periodically here. of course, justice 0'connor was appointed as supreme court by president region in 1981, she served on court until retirement in 2006. i recall, we talked about this in the back when then barry gold water from arizona came to see me and others to praise justice 0'connor and say that she would make a great justice and he was absolutely right. she's been a leading voice for the importance of civics education, currently serves board of chairs icivics which promotes civics education in the nation's schools. i hope justice you are pleased to see the number of students who are here. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] sitting in on a senate hearing.e i think it would be very instructive for young peop