host: greg stohr with us until 8:30. all this week on c-span, we're breg you interviews with supreme court justices, part of our documentary at 8:00 eastern and midnight eastern all this week. and justice sotomayor will be later in the week. i wanted to ask you, from your observations so far, what do you make of her? guest: she is a very active justice. she's very engaged. she asks as many questions as anybody up there. with any justice, you're going to have a learning curve. she does not seem to be at all inhibited. you know, gets right in there. it's a little early to say for certain how she's going to come out from a philosophical standpoint, but so far the signs you see from questioning makes it seem like she'll fit in the liberal or liberal to moderate camp of the court. host: have you seen any opinions yet? guest: there was one written opinion. the word was workmanlike. it was not an especially interesting case. usually the first opinion they'll have a relatively noncontroversial opinion. hers was unanimous. you kn

joe from baltimore for greg stohr. good morning. go ahead. caller: yeah, i'd like to talk about immigration t. has to do with the supreme court justice version. i think that the way you could, you know, not the immigration, but the people coming in, i think a good way to stop them is if you put about 5,000 marines down at the border a half a mile part from each other with machine guns, you'll stop everything that u need to stop. host: well, the court doesn't have any immigration cases, but they do have a case coming up on guantanamo do, they not? guest: they do have a case on guantanamo that actually touches on the immigration laws. the question there is whether inmates who have been there for seven years or so, whether in the case of some who have been cleared for release, who everybody agrees are not dangerous, whether they can be released into the united states. this is a case of a number of uighurs, muslims from an area in china who say that if they get sent back to china, they would be tortured there. so far the united states has not bee

joe from baltimore for greg stohr. good morning. go ahead. caller: yeah, i'd like to talk about immigration t. has to do with the supreme court justice version. i think that the way you could, you know, not the immigration, but the people coming in, i think a good way to stop them is if you put about 5,000 marines down at the border a half a mile part from each other with machine guns, you'll stop everything that u need to stop. host: well, the court doesn't have any immigration cases, but they do have a case coming up on guantanamo do, they not? guest: they do have a case on guantanamo that actually touches on the immigration laws. the question there is whether inmates who have been there for seven years or so, whether in the case of some who have been cleared for release, who everybody agrees are not dangerous, whether they can be released into the united states. this is a case of a number of uighurs, muslims from an area in china who say that if they get sent back to china, they would be tortured there. so far the united states has not bee

for greg stohr. guest: it is probably the same case. i have been waiting for this decision to be made this term, and i haven't heard anything about it. the corporation still have as much of a voice as individual citizens. guest: of this case would ease sensually give them -- this case would be essentially give them the same ability of individual citizens to spend money as long as they are not coordinating this spending. it there still would be restrictions if they were donating to a campaign or coordinating advertisements to a campaign, it would essentially say that like, as with individuals, you can spend what money you want to advocate for or against a candidate. host: a couple of twitter comments. that term is being used by a couple of viewers. is that a legal term? guest: it is largely excepted across the law that a corporation does have rights just like an individual. it has first amendment rights, in this case, it has other rights. one other note in the case, during the argument, justice sotomayor's first argument, she questioned

. >> on "washington journal" monday, greg stohr looks on the high court docket next year. and a look at how president obama is handling economics with dean baker and peter a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> this thursday on c-span, a day of tributes of world leaders, including the dalai lama, ronald reagan and colin powell. and in innovation and entrepreneurship. >> up next the life and career of william f. buckley, jr. the author of two books, he passed away in 1982. this event is about an hour. >> good evening everyone, and welcome to the new york historical society. i am president and c.e.o. at the society. tonight's program, right time, right place, is part of bernard and louise schwartz and thank them. tonight's program will about a little over an hour and you with purchase programs in the museum store. our moderator tonight has written for a variety of publications, his book, legacy: paying the price for the clinton years was a best seller. he wrote fist first cover story in 1969 at 14 years old. and became the magazines youngest senior editor, and mr. brookhiser tells

. >> on "washington journal" monday, greg stohr reporter for bloomberg news looks ahead on the high courtases on the docket next year. and a look at how president obama is handling policy with dean baker and peter morici and as always today's news and your phone calls starting at 7 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> now available c-span's book, a -- abraham lincoln, a great read for any history buff, it's a unique take on lincoln, from lincoln's early years to his life in the white house and his relevance today. abraham lincoln in hard cover at your favorite book seller, and available on audio. see more at c-span.org. >> now a discussion of policy. . slavin the national securityç assista managing and writer for the washington times and jonathan broder defense fortune policyç writer. let's beginç with some of the news of the morning. associated press reporting another crackdown of iranian security forces opening fire killing at least three in tehran. barbara slavin, your reaction? >> not surprised at all. what we have seen since june 15 is that the iranian people are using every official h

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