over four powerful dissents, the most brilliant of which was probably that of elena kagan. now, maybe i'm biased, she was a student of mine -- [laughter] but that's balanced by the fact that the chief justice was a student of mine. and i see a few of my students in the room. so i've had a great time teaching, and that gives me a kind of look into the approaches that various people are likely to take. one of the things about that case that distressed me most was that all nine justices -- including the supposed liberals -- went out of their way to say that the supreme court had been right 31 years ago when it upheld legislative prayers in marsh v. chambers. now, that's the beginning of difficulty for the separation of church and state. so they were counting angels on the head of a pin when they should have been saying that the pin was rusty to begin with. anyway, the more i read from the book or give away its insights in advance, the less you'll be tempted to -- [laughter] to read it yourself. but let me just since this was advertised as a reading from the book, let me read a

over for powerful dissents, the most brilliant of which was probably that of elena kagan. maybe i'm biased. she was a student of mine but that's balanced by the fact that she was chief justice of a student of my. i see a few of my students in the room, so i've had a great time teaching, and they give me a kind of look into the approaches that various people are likely to take. one of the things about the case that distressed me most was that all nine justices, including the supposed liberals, when out of the way to say that the supreme court had been right 31 years ago when it upheld legislative prayers in march versus chambers. now, that's the beginning of difficulty for the separation of church and state. so they were counting angels on the head of a pin when he should've been saying that the pin was rusty to begin with. anyway, the more i read from the book or give away its insights in advance, the less we'll be tempted to read it yourself. that let me just, this is advertised as a reading from the book, let me read a little bit, a couple of paragraphs from the chapter

. >> elena kagan, one justice who is very liberal has ruled and wrote another opinion that she agreesthe idea that you cannot reinterpret a statute and you have to read the language of the statute. >> how soon will they rule? because i have to tell you that this affects one sixth of our economy. and tens of millions of people's lives. >> just. >> but right now the subsidies are not going away. and people are not going to lose their subsidies right now. lou: i cannot tell you how many advocates for amnesty and open burgers i have heard. open borders. section 1825, isn't it time artisan and? barcode to crime. >> it is a crime and it always has been. >> bush and obama wouldn't prosecute. >> and prosecuted and reentered after deportation in many cases, someone comes in illegally and they come back again after deportation, there's criminal charges but no one is getting punished. >> why shouldn't you break the law? and people wonder why we are faced with this crisis center southern borders. it's good to see you. i think the word is resplendent. thank you folks. not to the quotation of the e

liberalth bit -- justice, elena kagan, was out of the case. they felt justice kagan probably was relieved in part to be out of this case because it was a very thorny issue. a difficult issue. among thed passions justices. it will be in the book. >> i will read the book. there was one sentence in her dissent that particularly caught my attention. for eight or 10 pages about the benefits of affirmative action and the great decrease in diversity that has been the result of anti-affirmative action legislation in place of like california, she has a sentence and says, to be clear, i don't mean to be clear that the re-sensitiveopting sensitive -- that's the only time i can think of somebody saying seven like that. does anybody remember another situation like that? do you think there's anything inappropriate about that? >> the union case, two days ago, it ends page long -- with, never mind. [laughter] >> i think what was so interesting about the dissent by the societal mayor -- justice sotomayor was it was very personal and directly called out the chi

the fourth liberal justice, elena kagan, was out of the case. they felt justice kagan probably was relieved in part to be out of this case because it was a very thorny issue. a difficult issue. it inspired passions among the justices. it will be in the book. >> i will read the book. there was one sentence in her dissent that particularly caught my attention. after going on for eight or 10 pages about the benefits of affirmative action and the great decrease in diversity that has been the result of anti-affirmative action legislation in place of like california, she has a sentence and says, to be clear, i don't mean to be clear that the virtues of adopting race sensitive admissions should inform the legal opinion before the court today. that's the only time i can think of somebody saying seven like that. does anybody remember another situation like that? do you think there's anything inappropriate about that? >> the union case, two days ago, has a 10 page long -- it ends with, never mind. >> i think what was so interesting about the dissent by the

ruth bader ginsburg, elena kagan, sotomayor and stephan briar voted to uphold the mandate. that's hard to believe because religious freedom is the mall mark of the constitution. if you sincerely believe that abortion is morally wrong you have the the ability to opt out. these four justices would deny you that right. absolutely contradicting the constitution. again, that's frightening. the other matter decided today by the supreme court is that the can't force people to join unions. intrusion. again it was a-4. liberal justices believing the feds should be able to force american workers into a union situation. talking points is concerned that if one more liberal supreme court justice is appointed, one more, freedom in america will be compromised forever. you know what? most americans do not understand that at all. on a practical basis, what are these four liberal judges thinking about? do they not standard that the obama administration has screwed up just about everything. do they not understand that the federal government in washington is not solving the nation's problems.

president obama was in the minority with his left tilt approach to kissing supreme court nominee elena kaganft-handedness. many famous movie kisses start with a right tilt. he plays it both ways in "notorious." babies in their last few weeks in the womb tend to turn their heads to the right. when it comes to rejecting affection, tim howard is still blocking, in this case blocking a fan's hug. it's no fun being rejected all puckered up with no place to go. jeannie moos, cnn, new york. >> all puckered up with no place to go. only jeanne could come up with that. thanks for watching, anderson's next. >>> good evening, i'm wolf blitzer. breaking news out of the middle east. air strikes over gaza right now. the operation now has a protective edge as more rockets fall, casualties rise. also tonight, what is one of the devices that scared officials so much they amped up airport security for flights coming into the united states? the answer, and the danger can fit in a pocket and is carried in billions of pockets worldwide. plus, he's charged with

majority that held this ban from michigan but he did vote for it and the fourth liberal justice elena kagan was out of the case and some felt that justice kagan and formerly was a solicitor general and had a hand in some lower court litigation on this probably was relieved in part to be out of the case because it was a very thorny issue, very difficult issue and certainly inspired passions among the justices as played out in that room that morning, so yes, art, i have talked to her and it will be in the book. >> okay. i'll read the book. there was one sentence in her dissent that particularly caught my attention after going on for eight or ten pages about the benefits of affirmative action and the great decrease in diversity that has been the result of anti-affirmative action legislation or constitutional amendments in places like california, she then has a sentence and says, to be clear, i do not mean to suggest that the virtues of adopting race sensitive admissions pol y policies to influence the court today and that's the first time i remember someone writhing more than a passing sentenc

casesciding how to argue from the supreme court, elena kagan served as solicitor general. [applause] >> diane, if i recall, that was a lot longer than the introductions frank used to give me. [laughter] it is such a pleasure to be here. dinners ate these the worst time of year, i have to say. but i wouldn't miss them. thank you for inviting me once again. the word back on washington, she is already doing an awesome job. not that everybody doesn't miss frankie and the extraordinary service that frankie did for so many years. think you again for that, frank. again for that, frank. diane, or taking over this responsibility and doing everything you are doing. i start thinking about this event and what am i going to talk about? you guys always invite such great people. my favorite people. i say, that's ok, i will introduce don. i think i will introduce the chief justice or i will introduce justice stevens or whoever. and that is my task tonight. and it is really a pleasure. there is no lawyer that i respect more than don. it is great to be able to share a little bit with you to

president obama was in the minority with his left tilt approach to kissing supreme court nominee elena kaganie kisses start with a right tilt. cary grant plays it both ways in "notorious." german reseveners think it's a womb thing. babies tend to turn their heads to the right. u.s. goalkeeper tim howard is still blocking, in this case blocking a fan's hug. it's no fun being rejected, all puckered up with no place to go. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> like she pinched his neck or something. what is the back story? don't you want to know. we were talk about this, the age-old, this how are you doing, you go in to do the cheek kiss and same direction, becomes an accidental makeout session. >> happen a lot to you? >> how many of your makeout sessions are accidental? >> the only time i'm going to get a kiss, okay? just kidding. >>> all right, jeanne moos only the way jeanne moos can. >>> coming up next on "new day," japan getting hit with one of the strongest storms it's seen in decades as powerful as a category 3 hurricane. live report coming up from the region. humans. we are beautifully imperfe