so even though it took congress five months longer than it would have taken earl warren to integratelunch counters and even though the negotiation with moderates caused them to water down the 1964 built in some ways , it was still worth it. >> .. >> .. i think that is a lot and i think we walked law something by kicking it over to these undemocratic. >> the chapter is beautiful and goes along with your chapter on justice of the mayor some ways in that the daley machine for all, in a way the transsexualism disgusts boomers because it's not idealistic but also because the transactional is him model of politics in a city machine has accountability which boomers can't stand and so the daley machine, if you come to the daley machine with a problem from your neighborhood or from your ethnic neighborhood the daley machine will ask you how many votes can you deliver at who you represent and if you represent someone significant the daley machine often finds a way to make the resources go where they are needed and go where the people want them ultimately and make the bargains between different

i never knew that at the same time congress was deliberating that act, earl warren at the supreme court was preparing to issue a ruling that would have accomplished essentially the same thing. the supreme court had just heard what was known as the sit in cases where the black activists came to private cafÉs and restaurants that had white only policies and when they called and said leave my store they shooed them saying this is a violation of the 14th amendment on the same argument as brown the board. the fact that you are a private establishment makes no difference. so if the supreme court had ruled in favor of this which earl warren was prepared to do, that would have accomplished the same thing as integrating private businesses and cafÉs. he withheld those decisions and he thought if congress is going to pass this act and take the heat off me, let's wait and see what congress does and of course congress did pass the act and spared earl warren having the issues of the controversy. but that revelation that that is an alternate path of history that could have taken, that really made me c

supreme court had ruled in favor of the civil rights activists in the sitting care cases which earl warren was prepared to do, that would have accomplished the same thing as the civil rights act of 1964, integrating businesses and private cafcs. and in the end, pro-warren withheld those decisions because he didn't want to get the court in trouble if he didn't have to. he thought that congress is going to pass this act and take the political heat off me, let's see what congress does and congress did pass the act and earl warrenhaving to issue those controversial rulings . but that relation, that's an alternate path of history that it could have taken was the act is never past and other lunch counters are integrated by supreme court decisions, maybe well, with that have been better? on the one hand it would have come down in february rather than the summer would have been five months of integrated lunch counters and people not having the indignity of being able to eat next to their fellow citizens . obviously the supreme court option have that going for it, it would have been faster but i th

if i can find it, right here is earl warren.hat was the last time it rained until 2006, when our grand marshal was sandra day o'connor. another sitting justice of the supreme court. we have a rule, we will never again have a sitting supreme court justice as grand marshal of the parade. here is richard nixon, the first of two times he was a grand marshal. this was when he was a senator. we are going to see gerald ford and, somewhere buried in here, is a guy named ronald reagan when he was governor of the state of california. if we look up above, we don't always have living grand marshals. kermit the frog, mickey mouse, we had sully sullenberger who landed the plane and saved 128 people in the hudson river several years ago. and that brings us to the time when we should go out and take a look at the queen and court room talk about the rose queens. let's take a look at the portrait on the wall of the rose queen. the 101st for the 130th parade. this is queen louise. this is basically the way we refer to the queen. just "queen" and t

and spare earl warren with those controversial rulings.the revelation that this is an alternate path of history that could have taken where the act was never passed and southern lunch counters by supreme court resolutions, would that have been better, come down in february rather than summer and 5 months of integrated lunch counters, to wheat next to their fellow citizens. so obviously the supreme court option has that going for it but we would have lost the opportunity to make a democratic statement against segregation as a nation. even though it took congress five months later to integrate lunch counters, even though the negotiation with moderates caused them to water down in some ways it was still worth it in order to have america fix its race problems democratically and that has been lost under boomer domination of civil rights, they prefer to sort out these problems in the courts and lost transactional compromising spirit that democracy and legislative wrangling and that is a lot. we lost something by kicking civil rights to these und

this was one of earl warren's very last cases. he retired in june 23, 1969, two weeks after the decision. some up the warren court for us. ? >> the warren court was noted for being, upholding a lot of civil liberties, uncivil lights -- on civil rights particularly. it is interesting with this brandenberg case because, it is at the very end of the warren court, and certainly marks a very strong marker of protecting speech, but to some extent, the credit for the development of the free-speech principal has to go to the earlier justices of holmes and brandeis, because although this was a warren court decision, the principles they adopted and established in this case were developed further in rich detail in those earlier decisions. >> one of the other interesting stories is about justice hugo black, who wrote one of the concurrences. he was in one time a member of the ku klux klan. he left in 1925. we told you that the 1920's was the height of clan membership. he was a former u.s. senator from alabama. when he was appointed to the cou

if they had had earl warren, would it have made a difference in that chamber where so many minds are made up? >> look, brian, i don't think this is a persuadable jury pool to say the least. i think it was a testament to just how poor of a job mr. castor did that one of the republicans actually flipped. senator cassidy of louisiana basically saying that castor was so bad, he had no choice but to vote against him and the rest of the president's legal team when it comes to the matter of whether or not this is constitutional, especially in contrast to a really great presentation by the democrats, particularly by the rep from colorado. look, i don't expect, you know, to your last segment that there will be too many more moments of conscience, but the president is not sending his best. and the presentation by the democrats was moving. i expect them in 16 hours to the extent they use them in the coming days to be compelling. maybe they can drag one or two of these folks across the line just because they feel so ashamed by the president's actions and by how poor his legal team is. >> eugene,

i never knew that the same time congress was delivering that act, earl warren at the supreme court was preparing to issue a supreme court ruling that would have accomplish essentially the same thing. the supreme court had just heard what was known as a sit in cases where black activists came to private cafÉs and restaurants that had white only policies, were evicted with the owners called the police, and these to the owners of those private restaurants saying this is a violation of the 14th amendment on the same argument is brown people were pretty the fact that you are a private establishment makes no difference. of supreme court had ruled in favor of the sit in cases, when she was prepared to do, that would've accomplished something as a civil rights act of 1964 integrating private businesses and private cafÉs. and he withheld those decisions because each adult with the court court into trouble if he didn't have to. he thought if congress is going to pass this act and take the political heat off me , let's wait and see what congress does. and of course congress did pass the act and s

white and thurgood marshall and we will talk more in history and a particular year this is one of earl warren's last cases he retired two weeks after the decision so some of the warren court. >> it was particularly noted for upholding civil liberties ciand civil rights particularly with desegregation and criminalal rights. it's interesting with the brandenburg case because it is at the very end of the warreny court and marks a strong marker protecting speech but to some extent the credit for the development of the free-speech principle has to go to the earlier justices of holmes and brandeis because this was a warren court decisions and then principles they adopted and established in this case really were developed further in which detail with those earlier decisions. >> also with a justice in this case was justice black who wrote a concurrence and in fact at one time in early history he was a member of the kkk. he left in 1925 earlier we told you the twenties was the height of plan membership in the united states a former senator from alabama. when he was f appointed 1937 that there was an inv