and niomi rah who teaches at george mason university and served as associate counsel and special assistant to the president in the george w. bush white house. tom goldstein i will start with you. one of the themes of this term clearlys that to bement the extent to which we have seen the growth and solidification of what we have seen a roberts court. what does that mean. >> we're talking about the conservative majority lead by chief justice john robertse nuts hour in the evening, campaign finance, gun rights, cases you mentioned. the courts conservative did hold a majority and advanced the ball in that direction. but if you look beneath the surface i think in case we can talk b you will see the court's left had some successes as well. overall i think a mixed term. >> brown: a mixed term. paul butler what do you see? >> i see conservative judicial activism. i see conservative court that is bold, that's

i graduated from george mason in 2000 -- in 2009. i have been an outspoken conservative for my entire life. even though i went to a conservative high-school in the one of the most conservative towns in the country, which oddly enough is in the california, i started a conservative group at my school anyway. i always loved talking about politics and getting involved and paying attention to current events, but it was always just a fun hobby, something i enjoy talking about. but it was not really anything more than that. it was just sort of my thing. but when i went to george mason university, my attitude did not change much at first. now if any of you know anything about george mason, you probably do not associated with one of the crazy liber campuses like berkeley or the ivy league. in eect, you might even think of it as a conservative school. i know i did at one point. after all, it is the home of some of the greatest free-market thinkers like walter williams and brendan smyth. there is in even a free-market think tank on campus. it w

she attended george mason university.he has some fun projects that i walked kurt to tell you about. she worked diligently to bring conservative speakers to capa's -- to campus. she was named one of the top consistent -- conservative student activist in the country. please welcome her. [applause] >> thank you so much, phyllis, for inviting me back here today. yes was so honored. and i worked for it and policy institute, unless your honor to present phyllis with our lifetime achievement award for all she is done for the conservative movement. so i would like to give her one round of applause for everything. [applause] like a six-08 the lecture director with the clare boothe luce policy institute. our mission is to prepare and promote conservative women leaders. i did that by working with college students, to help the most conservative speakers at the campus. yes was so grateful to have this job. my favorite part of college was my own conservative activism. i graduated from george mason in 2000 -- in 2009. i have been an out

we will look at jobs in the economy with a representative from george mason university. a reporter will focus

i graduated from george mason in 2000 -- in 2009. i have been an outspoken conservative for my entire life. even though i went to a conservative high-school in the one of the most conservative towns in the country, which oddly enough is in the california, i started a conservative group at my school anyway. i always loved talking about politics and getting involved and paying attention to current events, but it was always just a fun hobby, something i enjoy talking about. but it was not really anything more than that. it was just sort of my thing. but when i went to george mason university, my attitude did not change much at first. now if any of you know anything about george mason, you probably do not associated with one of the crazy liberal campuses like berkeley or the ivy league. in effect, you might even think of it as a conservative school. i know i did at one point. after all, it is the home of some of the greatest free-market thinkers like walter williams and brendan smyth. there is in even a free-market think tank on campus.

she is also a professor at george mason, university. the great advantage of twit ser you get instant feedback. the point about no bid contracts and her son in her situation saying they not only sent him and then to the front lines but in jeeps with canvas tops. my helped helped put the armor on top of the damn jeeps. raffle on the republican line good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i'm interested in this subject because i'm retired military person. i had combat tours in vietnam and desert storm. i tried after 9/11 to get back in the military to help my country and i was told one i was too old and they don't need my services, which is fine. i currently am in law enforcement in pennsylvania. and when they send military folks, men and women over to these foreign lands to die, at the salaries which they make, which aren't very much compared to the public sector and then they send black water over to at $1000,000 to do security, it upsets me because i see our men and women dying every day and these troops that w

host: what is the center at george mason? caller: economic policy.e also have professors from the law school. we are a nonpartisan, nonprofit academic research center. host: is that the mercatus center where you do your s -- stimulus spending blogging? guest: is more than a blog, it is an official study. we actually tried to find out, based on actual data, where the money goes, how it has been spent, and what the factors are that lead to the spending. one of the things that i know, for every job created, the job costs $280,000. remember the claim that 90% of the jobs would be in the private sector? data clearly shows that four out of five jobs were created in the public sector, not the private sector. host: veronique de rugy is our guest. the first call for her is from val, sanford, florida. democratic line. go ahead. caller: i missed what i wanted to make a statement about, about the time that people should serve in the white house. i want to say that we have had two presidents, one had no brain and the other had alzheimer's. is just a mess. host: w

. >> i am from george mason university. what did you learn from the victims compensation fund and compared to what is going on in bp? >> what you learned from all of these assignments, including bp, is how diverse human nature is. the reaction of people is as diverse as semen nature itself. some people are angry. some are skeptical. some people are uncertain. some people are incredibly hopeful. thank goodness you are here to help. one size does not fit all, and he better be prepared for a wide range of emotional reactions to what you're trying to accomplish. >> other questions? there's the question right here. >> do you think that $20 billion will be adequate? >> well, and of $20 billion will be adequate. the good news is that bp has publicly stated that if it is inadequate, they will continue to honor all of additional financial obligations that confront them. i hope it is adequate, but remember, the $20 billion is not just for me and the private program. out of the $20 billion comes government claims. so depending on the