you see charles evans hughes and recalled his final role and turning backed thheats to the independencediciary. things like that. from time to time, i find it useful reminder of the role of the court and the role of thee chief justice. >> as time goes forward, this building will remain time was. as the work of the institution inside will be tied to past presidents and tradition, but in many ways it is a forever changing plays defined by the human being serving there is -pjustices. all trying to interpret the document over 200 years old in the context of an ever-changing world. treating you really cannot judge pustices uuless you know the materials that they are wwrking with. you cannot say, this is a ggod decision, this was a good court simply because you liked the results. it seemed to you that the person that deserve to win one. that is not the bids is that -- businesses that justices are in. >> we do not get it right all the time. it is a human institution and it has the same susceptibility to error that ther human institutions have a. what i think the court does do is to try all the

charles evans hughes, the courts leader over the new deal, announced that he was stepping down in 1941 fdr wanted to appoint his attorney general robert jackson. as he delivered it, he spoke with the outgoing chief and the associate justices who urged him to act with dispatch.. he called juice to a white house meeting were he chief declared that justice stones of record gave him first claim on the altar. honor. roosevelt consulted ustice frankfurter for one more comparison of the stone-jackson candidacy. ff preferred thh attorney general because of their close friendship, but the sitting justice observed -- stone had seniority and to do some experience. an official independent and a new dealer, frankfurter asserted at stone's republican credentials were an asset. is the entry into world war ii seemed a near certainty, frankfurter advised roosevelt that a bipartisan pick for chief justice would serve the president and the court well in the days ahead. fdr advice to jackson that he could inform stone of his approval. stone's nomination met with unanimous acclaim. harlan stone urns anothe

there are the two instrumental justices in this building, william howard taft on one wall and charles evans hughes above the fireplace, looking at each other through time. >> i like to go sometimes on a quiet night to the connerence rooms, because the portraits on the walls are all of my predecessors as chief justice. to some extent, you look up at them onnthe walls with a degree of a lot and an appreciation of what they did. they are eager looking down on me with either bemusement or amazement. each of them has the story to tell, not even personally but the institution of the court. you look up at marshall and appreciate the court functioning as a court, moving the court from a situation where each justice wrote his own opinion. instead of saying, no, we are going to have an opinion of the court, which was crucial in having it in its present form, write to the most unfortunate of my predecessors, the author of the dread scott decision, and you have to understand that he thought he was going to e

charles evans hughes announced that he was stepping down in roosevelt wanted to appoint his attorney general, robert jackson. as a result of the liberated, he spoke with the outgoing chief and all of the associate justices who urged him to act. he called cues to a white house meeting. the retiring chief advocated stones promotion. roosevelt consulted justice frankfurter for one more comparison of the stone-jackson candidacy. he preferred the attorney general because of their close friendship, but the sitting ducks were obvious. stone has the art -- still hhs seniority in his favor. frankfurter asserted that stone's republican credentials were asset. into worlds entry war ii, frankfurter a biased fdr that a bipartisan pick would serve him well in the turbulent days ahead. fdr promised a future supreme court appointed to be disappointed jackson. stone's nomination met with unanimous acclaim. for his nomination recommendation, but as a cheap and associate justice, stone earned another award. it is a bipartisan price. in the documented illustrations of his suggestions to the president, s