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elana kagan was the bass for the men and women who argue before the court now when she herself was solicitor general. there are plenty of professional and personal interactions. >> host: what is your next book? >> guest: i don't know. i want to do something. it so much fun. do you have an idea? this is more of a political history than a biography. i'm running out of the ones with really great personal stories. i have got to think long and hard. the other reason you think long and hard as he spent to much time doing it. you want to choose wisely. >> host: "breaking in" is the name of joan biskupic's most book, "breaking in: the rise of sonia sotomayor and the politics of justice." >> and "civil rights and the making of the modern american state," megan ming francis examines the civil rights movement and specifically the naacp effect and the american political landscape in the early 20th century. this event corded at ucla as an hour. >> i am going to introduce and again. we've known each other for quite some time. you'll been it for the professional and personal. on a professional tip, megan m

justice elana kagan said arresting someone for violent words might go too far.e typically say it requires a kind of buffer zone to ensure that even stuff that is wrongful may be permitted because we don't want to chill innocent behavior. they were, in fact, a true threat to harm another person, which the court has historically not protected speech. justice samuel alito was concerned about permitting violent content if it's claimed it's rap. this sounds like a roadmap for threatening a spouse and getting away with it. >> that's how domestic violence groups feel, worried if elonis wins, it will open the flood gates on victims. >> all of those abusers out there who really, who didn't want to let go, who wanted to be able to hold on, who wanted to be able to continue to exert their power and control over their victims lives will now have been provided an additional method of doing that by the court. >> it's now in the hands of the court, a decision expected this spring. >> there was a lot of talk in the courtroom about context. at one point, chief justice john rober

he spent new year's eve with justice ruth ginsburg and most recently with elana kagan. they know him. when i have conversations with them, they refer to him by the first name. they pay attention when he speaks, just like a lot of the regulars out there. she has certainly -- let's see, sixtysomething arguments before the justices. he has some different quirks of which watches she wears, how they benefit, so it's fascinating to watch and then watch how the justices respond. they respond especially to many of the former soldiers generals, just like that flaxman who was the solicitor general for bill clinton and ted olson was for george w. bush. >> host: does he play to the justices? >> guest: they ought not to argue to justice kennedy in the swing vote position. or they know which justice might be the swing vote in that particular case aired something like same-sex marriage that he's doing now for the pension case. these lawyers know who they need to convince. >> host: how often and yutaka little bit about this in "breaking in," how often can the justices have personal rel