opinion is that the dissent refers to the ginsberg dissent. the ginsberg opinion was a concurring opinion with the majority. this is yet another clue that they -- that that opinion, when the dissent with was first written, ginsberg was in the minority. >> yeah, we don't know exactly what went on here. i have great regard for professor campos, and i'm sure someone in the court have told him this, just as people have told jan crawford something a little bit different. i'm sure people have different agendas. but what he's right about is that this opinion is extremely strange. and a lot of legal experts reacted exactly the way i did, that he did, that something happened here that is very unprecedented. and i think it's really important to keep in mind how much political pressure was on the court for this case. the right has hated the supreme court for decades, going pack to the warren court, and especially roe versus wade, and now the left has been hating the court almost as much, if not more so, from bush v. gore and citizens united. had this dec

oof sequence here, but you have notes about doug ginsberg in the back. of let me ask you this question about this courts. is it being done right now the way you select judge, justices? >> well, my conrn in recent years is that since the bork experience of '87, presidents have been tempted basically to select individuals who are perhaps less qualified. i think people who have less of a paper trail, if you will. people who won't be as attacked by journalists or by democrats on the hill. there's safety in that, or fwlooes i think president bush thought when he picked david souter in 1990. the concern i have about that is that if you pick that way, that might get your individual through the nomination, through the confirmation process. but what are you going to get for the next 10 or 20 or 30 years up there? are you putting up there the best talent that you can put on the court? >> let's start with rehnquist-scalia. >> sure. >> you say that was the right way to choose. >> in my view, that was. >> and you were involved? >> i was involved. at that time, in 198

with bared ginsberg. -- ruth ginsberg. this particular matter is, as it always does, particularly now for supreme court appointees. >> absolutely. i do not want to get carried away. i think chief justice roberts did the right thing, but he is a conservative. we saw it in citizens united. and i think we have had a number of us. quite honestly, we are frightened last week at the possibility of this ruling, not just because it strikes down the health-care law, which would of been a disaster in a lot of ways, but it really has been this incredible presidents of support of a pattern of the court of overreaching. talk about judicial activision -- activism, which they did not like in the 1960's and 1970's. i am not a lawyer, but i am an american. that was a terrible decision. you have the cases where the court as kind of gone beyond what was even asked of it. they could have said in citizens united, that documentary, that is protected speech. they did not have to strike down all law. i think that the court is going to be for peop

only later in the process did that become the joint dissent, and justice ginsberg's clerks, you know,er opinion, so that it would be addressing the chief justice's arguments in the court's opinion. but the joint dissenters didn't bother to clean up their opinions to cover the tracks of the fact that, in fact, what we were really dealing, originally, was the majority opinion of the court, offered by chief justice roberts. which, again, i want to emphasize, the first 48 pages does not mention the opinion of the court. the dissent for the first 48 pages does not mention the opinion of the court. only in the tacked on section at the end does it mention the opinion of the court, because for the first 48 pages, it was the opinion of the court. >> so professor campos, just to clarify here, the distinction you seem to be drawing with the cbs report is that the roberts' defection occurred much later. that there wasn't the opportunity of a month of robert kennedy lobbying roberts. >> i'm not clear to what the precise timing was. what my source is very clear on is that most of that opinion was,

>> filner ginsberg, general manager of the san francisco recreation and parks department. i know people are eager to speak, so we are going to move quickly. thank you for considering what might be the most of veted and reviewed soccer field renovation in san francisco history. i want to thank each city department that has participated in this dialogue over the past three years. our job is to attempt to balance sometimes conflicting needs and values. we all love our parks. we love them and need them and want to use them in different ways. the feedback we have received about this project, both supported and critical, has resulted in an improved, but her project. throughout the many meetings, design revisions, and studies that have gone on. -- gone on, something has remained consistent. i want to remind you of our goal. our goal is to insure every child in this facility has a place to play ball. the city field foundation was started in 2006, in response to clear data that the city faced a critical shortage of play field facilities. san francisco needed 65 additional play fiel

ginsberg, why do you not share an office, and then we can activate your office? this must not only stop, it must be reversed. no fees at the arboretum. no outside milan suggestible, -- now outside festival. perhaps mr. ginsburg does not belong on rec and park. he is unclear on what a part is. president chiu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello. i live in district 9. i am a soccer mom, a teacher, and a runner. my son played the last season. this was at the last of the season. while everyone agreed that the field itself was not fantastic, and there are gopher holes, but it was better than what they played on the previous season, which was a very hard surface. the lines were drawn. those games were very difficult to referee. my major concern is the crumbs that end up in the eyes and mouths that end up in their mouth and hands. i know this to ensure you have to you have a tire to suffer adverse health effects, but we do not know the long-term effects. we once believed that asbestos was safe. we once believed that second- hand smoke was safe. this brings communi

scalia and ginsberg were very consistent in how they viewed the question of federal authority.or whether it was the commerce clause. roberts had an opinion that seemed really to rest uneasily within itself, and up i think that has prompted many conservative justices to view him as trying to do something other than be consistent on principle. >> jonathan, what's at stake in the supreme court? the composition of the supreme court in this presidential election in the next presidential term? what retirements might we expect? >> well, it's hard to say. first of all, i think for the last ten years people have been calling and asking is it true that, you know, justice ginsberg is leaving tomorrow? >> she's 79 years old. >> yes. but the poor woman the people have been writing her departure commentary for over a decade. she just said just recently i'll be 80 next year, and i don't think that's that old. she is 79. the average life expectancy in the united states is 78, to give you a measure. and you have scalia who is 76, you have kennedy who is 75 and breyer who is 74. they have lifest

i agree with phil ginsberg on how difficult it is to find a place to place -- a place to play soccer. we have to schedule and you only get a small space. we might go to a park. my son's team will have center field and someone will have right and left field at the same time. this is not optimal. i am -- i want to push this active recreation plan. i do not think you have one for the city. i did not see an overall plan for it. i continue to seek transactions that you do at the board level that take away active recreation space and that worries me. washington is an example. what has gone on at justin herman plaza will we put in a new plaza when we took out and we did that old one, we would like a perfect -- a playground and now we have to play for-pay for it. we live in the most dense neighborhood in the city and have the least amount of recreations space. you have a greater opportunity to go after this space and approve it. it is bittersweet. we're considering leaving on a trip and we will get other neighborhoods to move to in the u.s. because san francisco is not a good place and this i

i think he was unaware until that day that ruth ginsberg was coined to deliver on oral dissent. she really delivered a zinger at him and the court that suggested they were blind to the idea that women were being underpaid. they had no idea that the men were making a lot more. the court was, in effect, countenancing that, and congress needed to step in and change the law, which they did. i am told that alito found that a welcome to the supreme court. [laughter] >> another fight with an oral dissent, the plea bargaining cases back in march -- i was out of the country, so i did not see the decisions or press can't bridge -- press coverage at the time. it strikes me that maybe after health care of those might be the most important decisions of the term, in the sense of how much future litigation they will spawn and how many people they will affect, since plea bargaining is involved in 95 plus% of all criminal cases, federal and state. -- 95-plus percent of all criminal cases, federal and state. these see that as a case that will be important in the future? >> we played it really big

ginsberg mention the rec and park bond on the november ballot. we need to support that so that we have beautiful rec centers and play fields for everyone throughout the city, because it is an important part of making the city livable -- lovable and healthy for everyone. thank you for being here, everyone. i am proud to be here with you. [applause] >> the center on the board of supervisors basketball team and the greatest -- and the supervisor who has not missed a park and recreation opening because of his commitment to youth, families, and to open space, scott wiener. [applause] >> thank you, phil. you know, we have a lot of different neighborhoods in this city that are so different from one another in a lot of ways, and sometimes rugged broken down into this neighborhood, that neighborhood. but as we go around the city, the one thing that is exactly the same in every single neighborhood is that people want rec centers. they want public space. the what libraries. the one great parks. we all want a sense of community and being able to be with othe

there seems to be one sickle whereas you point out, ginsberg got knocked out of the supreme court for people would go come on? grow up. there is a shift in what is and is not a disqualifying factor but you do have two individuals now who were -- they wouldn't dispute this kind of plane vanilla boring shall i say in the consequence of excessive vetting. >> i think it's a consequence of sarah palin. >> right. >> i think the romney vet is occurring in the shadow of what happened with palin. and i think he is a conservative guy, the campaign is conservative. he wants to play it safe. i think they are all worried about what happened with palin. but that doesn't mean in 2016 you'll see this sort of conservative selection plan. >> that's right. i think look back at some of the vice presidents who have become president, president johnson, he would have never survived the vetting process such as the one that people go through today, and yet he was a great president in many respects. >> yeah, although it would be funny to see some people ask him these questions now. but i think you are right, y

>> my best buddy is ruth bader ginsberg. >> and you disagree with her on just about everything. >> just do you do when you're not presiding in the supreme court? >> i like to play tennis and in my later year, since i'm circuit justice for the fifth circuit, i have gotten into hunting. so i do a lot of hunting of various animals. >> you have been hunting with dick cheney? >> i did indeed. >> what was that like? you lived to tell the tale. >> he's a good wink shot. >> humans or animals? >> ducks. >> you got into trouble over that. they said it was a potential conflict in something you were presiding over. how carefully do you think -- before you accept an invitation to go hunting with dick cheney, how hard do you think about that as a potential conflict? >> well in that case, i accepted the invitation long before the case that was the alleged source of the conflict was before the court. and nafs nothing -- cheney was not personally the defendant. he was named because he was the head of the agency that was the defendant. and justices have never recused themselves because they are friends w

>> we have quite a few exemplars running this century with allen ginsberg and walt whitman. poetry has been an impressive part of american history and they have been committed to writing and reading poetry. >> what about religious? >> although not with the religion but we felt that was more representative for america and a particular religious book. look at the values of america looking at the religious books. i started here over 30 years ago and assistant to the law library in. you cannot keep the away. i run to work every morning. being here with many scrips common musical scores, will hold gambit of knowledge in america it is a thorough and a privilege. you will have trouble getting me to retire. >> open to the public? >> yes. through the end of september. review cannot come to washington we have a virtual exhibit on the website and asking people from all over the world to comment on the books we selected but also why it should not be or why you think something should be added. we have heard from over 5,000 people so far and we encourage people to go to the website to fin

ruth bader ginsberg steps away for whatever reason. what does he put in place? what does he play? go far right conservative or do the justice kennedy or now the justice roberts, middle of the road? >> kimberly: put in a far right conservative to balance out the unsteady equation. >> greg: put in carrot top. anybody is better. >> dana: i think you choose who you think is the best possible choice. i think that is how the decision was made initially. i guess they have to see. >> bob: george put rick sutcliffe in whsuitorwho became. >> eric: there are a lot of people who would say that those are two bad choices. by president bush. >> dana: nobody said roberts was bad choice when he was nominated. >> eric: ask them now. >> dana: but you couldn't find anybody then. >> greg: chris matthews said you'd be compared to bad guy in dredge scott decision. >> bob: does congress have a right to pass a tax or not? >> dana: congress does if they know what they are voting on. >> eric: i'm not sure that the supreme court should change something to call at it tax. coming up, politics behind the "fast

. >> eliot: a sharp and powerful critique from marc ginsberg. a former u.s.r to it's go time! >>every weeknight cenk uygur calls out the mainstream media. >>the guys in the middle-class the guys at the lower-end got screwed again! i think you know which one we're talking about. >>overwhelming majority of the county says: "tax the rich don't go to war." i just wanted to clarify. here we are on the "full court press" this tuesday, june good to have you with us. >> announcer: on your radio, on tv, the "bill press show." new on current tv. if you have copd like i do you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these

certainly from what justice ginsberg wrote, you would think that liberals on the court had won until thehan on very end. >> you can see the depth of the anchor going on upstairs in the supreme court. they are usually good about not letting any of us know what is going on up there. but now we hear leaks about the liberation. that is very rare. this is usually the kind of information you don't find out until 20 years later. but we're finding out a week after the decision. so there's really some anger in that building. >> i am curious about what you all think is meant by the carefully chosen phrase "specific knowledge of the deliberation." >> would you assume that? -- why do you assume that? >> if she meant to tell us it was a justice, the direct knowledge, she leaves ambiguity. >> lots and lots of people knew this, which is a way to protect your sources. >> one thing that is really dangerous is to try to parse the exact meaning of the reporters were without asking a reporter. all we know is the >> would you are doing what sources europe to be specific enough to show what you were doing

. >> eliot: a sharp and powerful critique from marc ginsberg. a former u.s. ambassador to morocco.oining me. >> this court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the billionaires' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't affect you? think again. it starts at $59 for the entire year for back up. put in code stephanie for your subscription. 18 minutes after the hour. >> eliot: romney puts the dip if diplomacy and americas that chicken fights over same-sex marriage. we'll have our week review coming up. and stay tuned for "the war room" with jennifer granholm at the top the hour where jennifer will go in-depth with mitt romney's wave of gaffes on his summer european tour. democratic consultant carl fresh will dissect romney's blunders. and more "viewpoint" coming up next. the irs is going after political groups hiding behind the social welfare label. >> eliot: two things i love got wrapped up in the ugly side of politics this week. first, chick-fil-a. great sandwich and good lemonade. but now we see the bigoted views from the top of the company. time to boyco

a few extent was of poetry in the stand with each two centuries we've got walt whitman and allen ginsberg suite try to be clear that poetry has been an impressive part of american history and that america has been very committed to writing and reading poetry and i think that continues today. >> what about religious books? >> we have a holographic bible. a lot of the books while they wouldn't necessarily be associated with a religion have a kind of do good talent to them and we really felt that that is more representative of america van our values than what be a particular religious book. so we try to get the values of america for the spiritual sort of persona rather than looking at a particular religious books. >> robert shaffer, how did you get your start here the library of congress? >> my goodness i started over 30 years ago as the first special assistant to the library and its full refresh of law school. i absolutely fell in love with the library of congress, and 30 plus years today as today, you cannot keep me away. i run to work every morning. and i think that working here and being