you've seen this happen with clarence thomas. justice scalia is wrong on a number of issues if you are a liberal, but clarence thomas isn't just wrong. he is a sellout. he has got psychological problems. that is what the reaction typically has been. that's usually coming from black elite. independent tree of journalism or politics i get a different reaction. there is a naacp rank-and-file and i think they are wide differences. and it is unfortunate to me that many of the media, many in the media continue to run to the house sharpton speak on behalf of blacks and over the past decade the interest of the jesse jackson and al sharpton is diverged wisely from what the black underclass in particular needs in terms of the public policy. >> host: before we go to break and after we come back we are going to talk about more of these issues that you dare to touch in this book. does it bother you when you hear the community rise up against you for what you say? >> guest: that would be a little melodramatic. no one likes to be called names.

she became a household name during the 1991 confirmation hearings for supreme court justice clarence thomas. she is now a professor of policy law and women's studies at brandeis university. she is also the subject of a documentary that's out on dvd, "anita speaking truth to power" and professor anita hill joins me now. nice to have you here. >> thank you for having me. >> talk about the film and what you think the lesson of that episode was that you hope comes through in the film. >> i think there are a lot of lessons, but one of the first comes from really why i did the film, and that is there is a generation of young people who were born and are now going into the workplace or are already in the workplace experiencing sexual harassment, and i want them to understand what the history is, and really, how the processes by example should not work, and if they do experience it, w things might be better for them. >> and for you what was the glaring lesson of what did work and did not work? >> the lessons of what didn't work, or the part that i think didn't work was that we had a panel of judges

you have seen this happen with clarence thomas. justice leah is wrong thomas isn't wrong.he's got psychological problems and you get a lot of that. that is a reaction when we engage in the business of pending tree or journalism or politics i get a quite different reaction. that's just common sense. so there is a disconnect between the naacp and the rank-and-file and i think they are wide differences and it is unfortunate to me that many in the media continue to run to the jesse jackson and al sharpton speech went over the past decade the interest of the jesse jackson and al sharpton i think they verge widely from what the black underclass and particular needs in terms of all of the policies. >> when we go to the break and come back we will talk about these third world issues that you dare to touch in this book. but does it bother you you are a black man, does it bother you when you hear the black community rise up against you? >> guest: that would be melodramatic. >> host: you said they called you names. >> guest: no one likes back, but i think these things need to be said

that was clarence thomas, if marshall had hung on until clinton, there would have been no citizens unitedve action landscape of this country would have been totally different. so if justice ginsberg asked me as a friend, what should i do? i would say the last thing you want is to have a republican president appoint your successor. think about the difference between thurgood marshall, one of our great liberal justices and justice clarence thomas, one of our conservative justices. >> it's been 5-4, one way or the other for a very long time. >> justice marshall would have switched the vote in citizens united. >> wow. eric segall, good to have this conversation. >>> here's a question for you -- did facebook go too far? >> we're just finding out about the mood-altering study from 2012. where the social media giant manipulated the counts. >>> now some are saying facebook could be in a lot of trouble. thank ythank you for defendiyour sacrifice. and thank you for your bravery. thank you colonel. thank you daddy. military families are uniquely thankful for many things, the legacy of usaa auto insu

. >> host: in the book, you cite supreme court justice clarence thomas and you talk about affirmative action. talk to me about that and how i guess the spouses philosophy. >> guest: again whether you are talking about clarence thomas or shelby steele they say let's look at the track record. what is working and what isn't working and when it comes to something like affirmative action but the evidence shows is that affirmative action is mismatching kids with schools than what i mean by that is that often sets up kids to fail. it takes smart kids who might do well and funneled them into a more selective school and that more selective school but are more likely to drop out altogether or switch to an easier major. a quick example is a study at m.i.t. several years ago. black students enrolled at m.i.t. and scored in the top 10% on mathen s.a.t. scores. regardless of color. we have some very smart kids but they were in the bottom 10% and class scores so you take these very bright kids who would just be hitting it out of the park at a less selective schools but they are at m.i.t. struggling

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you have seen this happen with clarence thomas. justice scalia is wrong on a number of issues if you are a liberal but clarence, susan just wrong. he is a sellout. he's got psychological problems. you get a lot of that. black conservatives get psychoanalyzed. >> host: they do. allen west. >> guest: that's what the reaction typically has been. now that is a reaction usually coming from black -- when i engage average blacks who aren't in the business of punditry or journalism or politics i get quite a different reaction. it's just common sense of course. who thinks differently? so there is this disconnect between your naacp national urban leg and rank-and-file blacks. i think they are wide differences and it's unfortunate to me that many in the media continued to run to the jesse jacksons and the al sharpton to speak on behalf of black swan over the past decades the interest of the jesse jacksons and al sharpton's has divert widely from what the black underclass in particular in terms of public policy. >> host: before we go to break a

that situation is the people that voted on it, not all white. >> the bottom left-hand corner, clarence thomasledo, scalia, kennedy and mr. thomas. so harry reid, color blind. >> off by 20%. >> or just wrong. he is just wrong. don't know why. >> right. the war against the judicial branch continues and it's unsettling 'cause i never remember it being like this. 11 minutes after the hour. straight ahead. >> we just heard from a democratic congressman upset with president obama's handling of the immigration crisis. up next, the other side, republican senator john cornyn with what his party plans to do if the white house won't act and act fast. >>> and what do these three celebrities have in common? come on. come to your screen. they're about to be extinct. we'll explain this general injury phenomenon. ♪ ♪ introducing nexium 24hr finally, the purple pill, the #1 prescribed acid blocking brand, comes without a prescription for frequent heartburn. get complete protection. nexium level protection™ the summer that summers from here on will be compared to. so get out there, and get the best price guara

this guy clarence thomas clearly not one of the five white guys you referenced.ool of the week. k.g. you're up. >> that wasn't good. all right. so let's talk about the united states of america and how amazing it is. >> we never do that. we constantly bash america. >> i want to talk to you about something i'm proud of and it's incredible and speaks to the greatness of this country. we have the united states naval hospital ship, the uss mercy and participating in the world's largest maritime exercise rim 2014 and this marks the first time in the 24 history that a hospital ship has joined the mission. keep in mind they can house up to 1100 medical personnel, ct scanners, four radioology machines. that's what this country is capable of in disaster relief. >> i just wanted to say, i think i have to speak up on behalf of all of us, this show -- >> don't speak for me. >> okay. the reason this show is a success is because of you all. you are loyal viewers. you get in twouch us about a lot of things. you don't hold back particularly with me. we couldn't have been here wit

would run into this wall of opposition in iowa, led by a former aids to supreme court justice clarence thomasing to make a name for themselves early on. i don't think they have to do a lot to smother his presidential prospects at this time, but i assume it's good for fund raising for the group attacking him being none as the first group to do this. >> on the program, his presidential prospects have been zero for many, many months now. that's the official judgment of the anchor desk here. >> it's not box office -- >> at this particular anchor desk, the results are in on the chris christie presidential campaign. david corn, thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> sure thing, lawrence. >>> coming up, president obama started a program this year called my brother's keeper, which has brought renewed attention to an oakland, california program that provides brotherly and fatherly guidance to some public school students there. that's next. i don't just make things for a living i take pride in them. so when my moderate to severe chronic plaque psoriasis was also on display, i'd had it. i finall

by the way i checked, clarence thomas not a white guy. they're talking about, setting stage for continued war on women. let's face it, republican candidates still not figured out how to very well articulate these cultural issues, whether contraception. whether it is gay marriage. they're just not good at it yet. so they will seize this terrain as best they can to try to draw the distinction and make republicans look cold. >> stacy? >> i believe this is religious freedom issue. the government can not force private businesses to go against, to violate their religious beliefs. next thing we know, we'll have kosher markets selling pork. you can't do that. >> of course it's a religious freedom issue, but the problem that is difficult thing to articulate and sell to a problem more easily attracted to war on women argument. >> bill clinton, agrees with you, stacy. bill clinton agrees with you. in fact the democratic party agreed with you, when bill clinton signed the crux of this court ruling into law. get this straight. democrats now want to re

a were also unlikely bedfellows, clarence thomas, samuel alito, stephen breyer and sonia sotomayor. that was not that a typical. in lots of difficult and divisive cases, you get these unusual alignment. there was a decision the book deals with in some detail where he attended the lead a 5-3 majority, kagan was recused, striking down most of arizona's show me your papers and the immigrant law. scalia wrote a dissent that called the court's decision mind-boggling. he went out of his way and outside the record of the case to attack obama for something unrelated to the case. his use of executive power to favor the immigrant children known as the dreamers. the "washington post," which usually selects the president or a senator or a cabinet member for the honor bestowed on scilly its worst week in washington price. partly because his also outvoted in the obama characterization that came down three days later. those are just some examples in the book deals with film, swenson, gives you a way to understand them. it's not just the unusual alignments in cases decided by sort of a bare majorit

yes, clarence thomas went on to the court, but there was a revolution among women in this country, andlux of women elected to the house and to the senate ever up until that time. >> so you made noise. you made some noise. >> eleanor holmes norton and tamika mallory will be answering your questions online. you can submit your questions by visiting thereidreport.msnbc.com to post a question or tweet your question with #gentogen. the answers will be posted to our website on friday. feature in your car is you. add vanishing deductible from nationwide insurance and get $100 off for every year of safe driving. which for you, shouldn't be a problem. just another way we put members first, because we don't have shareholders. join the nation. nationwide is on your side. and we're new to the pacific northwest. the rain, the mud -- babam! it's there. the outside comes in. it's kinda nasty so you start the towel-mop shuffle. where are you sun?! [ doorbell rings ] oh, wow, it's a swiffer wetjet. this puts my towel mopping to shame. whoa! ewww. sunshine is overrated, now we can get messy. [ laughs ]

clarence thomas, samuel alito, stephen breyer and sonia sotomayor. that was not that atypical. in lots of difficult and divisive cases, you get these unusual alignments. there was a decision that the book deals with in some detail where kennedy led a 5-3 majority. kagan was recused. striking down most of arizona's show me your papers anti-immigrant law. scalia wrote a dissent that called the court's decision "mind-boggling." he went out of his way and outside the record of the case to attack obama for something unrelated to the case. his use of executive power to favor the immigrant children hone the a as dreamers -- known as dreamers. the washington post which usually selects the president or a senator or a cabinet member for the honor bestowed on scalia its worst week in washington prize. partly because he was also outvoted in the obamacare decision that came down three days later. those are just some examples, and the book deals with them, explains them, gives you a way to understand them. it's not just the unusual alignments in cases decided by sort of a bare majority that

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then you've got the mute clarence thomas who sits there and contributes absolutely nothing. i think this is the worst supreme court in the nation's history. i believe your massachusetts caller and your michigan lady caller were spot on. it's an overreaching court, way beyond what is expected. we've got three branches of government. the executive, which is supposed to execute the laws. the legislative, the congress, which is supposed to make the laws, of course, what do we say about this congress? biggest do-nothing in the history. that's why the supreme court is overreaching and we need to regulate them big time. thank you for taking my call. >> host: to the topic of cameras, a viewer on twitter says the courtroom is not their private system. it is the venue in which they make decisions affecting everyone. we demand cameras. on facebook, karen posted this morning, 800 or so before this program, my decision of the supreme court, politically motivated, shortsighted and disappointing. make your thoughts known on one of those two social sites as well. conversations tend to conti