and today. >> host: and going on to harvard law school it did seem that maybe she was older, more confidant but she seemed to find her stride there and find a community there. maybe that was the difference. what seemed to make harvard law a better experience than princeton? >> guest: i think it was a challenging time at harvard. as elina kaygan race was a big issue at harvard at the time. many of her friends had discussions about situations of obligation where her friend said we were asking questions not about what it means to be a lawyer but a black lawyer. what can the law accomplish in terms of changing the country for better. it had been 30 years since brown verses board of education. but the country had hardly overcome its racial past. so they were asking what role they could fulfill as they climbed in the society and into the elite what should they do with their lives to have purpose. they should not make a lot of money and sort of forget. >> host: and michelle even at harvard law school tried to make a difference tried to change things on the ground talk a little about

she exploder that in her thesis and those questions remained central to her thinking at harvard law school and today. >> host: and then went on to harvard law school. it did seem that was a better fit for her. maybe she was old are or more confident, but seemed to find her stride there and just quite a community. and maybe that was the difference. what did seem to be -- to make harvard law a better experience for michelle? from princeton. >> guest: it was particularly challenging and really interesting intellectual time at harvard. as elean na kagan on the supreme court said all the talk had turned to race by the time barack and michelle were there hard vac all they not the same time. she and friends in the black law school student association had many conversation busy conundrums of purpose. 'conundrums of obligation, where her friend, verna williams, said we were asking questions about not just what it means to be a lawyer. what does it anyplace be a black lawyer? what can the law play-in terms of changing the country for the better? it had been by that point 40 years -- 30 years since b

guest. >> host: michelle even at harvard law school tried to make a difference, time -- try to change things on the ground. talk a little bit about that. >> guest:guess. >> guest: she was very active at harvard law school. she worked in the legal aid bureau are she and other students worked at -- as volunteer lawyers for clients in need. handling domestic cases for example. she would work on a housing case for some and perhaps you have been affected and according to her mentor at the time she was tenacious about that. she also worked with a couple of her friends to make the alumni gathering in the spring a little bit more purposeful not just recruiting where they would come in and recruit these terrific lawyers but in fact or would there would be a discussion like the ones they were having in the offices of the association what they were asking how can we do well and how can we do the right thing, to do good. >> host: after she left harvard law and she was highly recruited. she goes back to chicago. she does corporate law at a white firm in austin. how did she make that decision and d

. >> guest: it is good to hear from my professor from harvard law school again. thank you florida complement's the fact that the left disagrees is a badge of honor. i am not sure what i can joke about if i can joke about her be robotic. leighton up a little bit. >> host: why did you compare that caller to a professor's? >> i got along with most of my professors a couple who are known for not being tolerant of other political viewpoints one is from the senator from massachusetts but there was a lot of harvard law professor i got along well with one who had clinton had to pull her nomination because she was a radical but they are supposed to have an open mind about what i object is when elizabeth warren i all they dealt with her a a little bit we met at the top of the hotel because she was recording before harvard law school at the time in our initial conversation she read my profile she suggested there is knoll sought less side on college campus is easily discounted by anything ever done then she started to rush into -- representative rush limbaugh i asked if she

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around disinterested and unconcerned, and my friend, aaron francis, a young black man attending harvard law schoolve said this any better. i shed a tear because of how indicative that moment was of reality. it was a reflection of the fact that i cannot convince some people that a person's life is worth immensely more than a couple minutes of respect, that i just won't be able to convince people that something is actually wrong. america, in order for positive change to occur, this decision must be unanimous. everybody must be involved and improve together. i understand the stereotypes have persisted for years and govern people's actions and perceptions in numerous situations. however, even though i am black, i am still an american citizen. although it doesn't feel like that a lot of the time. i refuse to let the valiant work done by so many before me die before i have made an effort to keep their dreams alive. america, i am angry. i am angry at the fact that i live here and call this my home, but i am tried like an intruder. i'm angry i must change who i am to conform to your perception of what it

when you filled out your application to princeton harvard law school, did you list yourself as hispanicr cruz: sure. i listed myself as cuban-american. that is my background. al: let's stay on the immigration issue. if elected as president, would you repeal president obama's 2012 executive order on dreamers, young immigrants who came here and met certain conditions? would you repeal that? senator cruz: i have committed if i'm elected president that on the first day i intend to rescind every illegal and unconstitutional executive action that president obama put into place. one of the greatest negative consequences of the obama administration has been the injury to rule of law. we have never seen a president who so routinely declines to enforce the constitution or enforce the law. if you want to see -- al: will that include the dreamers, sir? senator cruz: if you want to see positive improvements on immigration or any other topic the right way to do so is to change the law. al: specifically, will that include the dreamers? senator cruz: every executive action the president has taken that

. >> when you filled out your application to princeton to harvard law school did you list yourself as a hispanic? >> maybe a little bit of truth but i you think stand. i mean this year jeb bush said he accidentally listed himself as hispanic on a voter registration form once. hmmmm. look, i get it jeb whenever i order from the movie tickets for a movie on-line i always petition the 11-year-old button by accident. it's an accident. they keep saving me $14 i don't know how that happens. anyhow the certificate you have continues. >> do you have a favorite cuban food cuban dish? >> i grew up eating cuban food all the time. my grandparents. >> what is your favorite dish? >> what is your favorite dish? >> no no no. i don't believe you're cuban. prove it by saying what yourive rit cuban dish s answer me fake cuban man! >> you know pick ario i grew up eating all the time. we it plan takens beans age rice. >> uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh. is it beans and rice or rice and beans. don't [bleep] with me. >> all right all right okay. maybe he's just having fun with him. but he's got to be satisfied with

harvard or yield. continued the standard law school for three years. basically went to high school, did a year or two of college and off to a nonstandard two years of education at the university of alabama. a former klansman from alabama is the guy who does more to retain lincoln's vision. what we call the warren court is actually the intellectual brainchild. this guy you might not have heard of went to harvard, william brennan and brandeis who went to harvard. in telling this story. or maybe the six themes of the warren court and none of them was in place in 1936 the year before hugo black as fdr's first appointee. hugo black is on the court as fdr's first appointee. mal apportionment and 45 of the state. one person one vote. here is jim crow apartheid over much of america. the bill of rights doesn't apply against the states that only the federal government. think about the important bill of rights cases. although once you think of not the federal government. there's organized prayer recitation of public prayer in the public school. freedom of speech

want to ask you in a historical matter when you filled out your application to princeton and harvard law school did you list yourself as hispanic? >> i listed myself as cuban-american. that's my background. >> he aced that. >> do you have a favorite cuban food? a cuban dish? >> i grew up eating cuban food all the time. >> what's your favorite dish? >> pico-rio. >> what? getting sketchy. i believe there is one last request. >> finally i wanted to give you the opportunity to welcome your colleague senator sanders and i would like you to do it in espanol. >> i am going to stick to english, but i appreciate the invitation senor. >> he said i rushed through the questions and that was a mistake. it lead to poor tone and timing. crews accepted the apology that he said was unnecessary. the two later shared an ice cream. >> you are not a hot chick. you are a smart hispanic nerd running for president. you are asked to do this. do you speak spanish? >> it would have been nice if he had a little more fun with it. i understand why he didn't want to. i am more disappointed in the fact that he said an apology

after the war, he attended harvard law school and joined the firm of caldwell downing.er 10 decades of growth as managing partner, that little outfit has become husch blackwell upstairs, employing more than 500 attorneys in 16 offices. in his "retirement," mr. matheny has become an important historian of kansas city. his seven books tell the story of his law firm, the hospitals in the west, and kansas city's experience in world war ii. these three men have been friends and partners for many years. and yet, characteristically of that generation that has justly been called “the greatest,” they never discussed there war experiences until ed began asking as research for his book, called “the pursuit of a ruptured duck: when kansas citians went to war.” they are learning new details from one another. we are fortunate to learn some of them in their presence tonight. i will start with you, mr. bloch. tell us how you wound up in 1944 at the airfield in england and what that first raid on berlin was like. mr. bloch: when d-day -- not d-day -- pearl harbor happened i was playing

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it's like the administrations process to harvard law school. to get in you have to say you want to be a public were lawyer, when everyone knows you are going to be a commercial lawyer. the first thing we ask students at harvard to do is lie, and i presidents. >> i'm not sure. i was looking at the poll, coming back to president obama, who, as you know, has been dogged by stories that he is a closet muslim. at one point polling showed 18% of americans thought he was muslim. what is interesting is more than a third of americans don't demo what religion president obama is, yet he's been elect president twice. that tells you something a little different. >> we don't know the religion, but we know the church. that was a bad thing. i have to tell you. it's for me what tipped the balance against him, and for hillary clinton, when i supported her. i don't believe that you can willingly sit at the feet of a bigot like reverend wright, listen to him, have your children listen to him year after year and not have that have some impact on an evaluation of yo

. >> when you filled out your application to princeton and harvard law school did you list yourself as hispanic? >> i list myself as cuban-american. i grew up eating cuban food all the time. >> i wanted to give you opportunity to directly welcome your colleague, senator sanders, to the race. i would like you to do it, if you would, in espaniole. >> i'm going to stick to english but i appreciate the invitation, senor. >> senator cruz i think handled that about as graciously as anyone could possibly. halpern, i will not describe his conduct. his apology, well senator cruz said it was unnecessary. he took no offense. see what i mean about gracious? joining us now, pulitzer prize winning columnist for the "new york post" michael goodwin. democratic strategist fox news political analyst, julie radinski. good to have you both here. ted cruz was extraordinary. >> i called mark out when i saw this interview. i could not believe it. i'm no fan of ted cruz but you are absolutely right. >> are you a fan of mark halpern? >> not after this. the apology was kind of you know if people were offended t

you can have every police officer in america being a harvard law school graduate and you're not goingess this issue unless we give people some hope, unless we give people some opportunity. that means jobs, that means education. you can't turn your back on neglected parts of america. >> and we are coming to you live from burlington, vermont, waiting for senator bernie sanders to kick off his presidential campaign. first, we want to turn our focus to what is happening in baltimore, maryland and around the country. it was a violent weekend across america. there were dozens of shootings in cities struggling to overcome gun violence in strained relations with law enforcement. in chicago, 56 people were shot between friday night and monday 12 of them fatally. cleveland, ohio, has agreed to overhaul its police department. it's part of a settlement with the justice department over a pattern of excessive force and other abuses by law enforcement officers. in baltimore, 32 people were shot over the weekend. bringing the total homicide this number this month to 35. may 2015 is now the deadliest

at the nyu law school's brennan center an al jazeera contributor and harvard law professor. alan durschowitz is a "boston globe" contributor. thanks for joining us. why is it tavis that u.s. presidential candidates have to be religious christians or even claim to be religious christians and play the game to get elected? >> for one, you are assuming it's a game as opposed to the fact that this is their faith of choice. >> is it their faith of choice? >> i think for most people it is. i think the numbers bear that out. i think having said that, there is some agnosticism in all of us. we all have questions. i don't think it's a game. i think we play politics with our faith in campaigns, but i think that most of these persons who run for office are, in fact persons of faith. >> there is a pew poll that found 53% of americans would be less likely to vote for a candidate who is an atheist, most would fortunate someone who has never held office had a extramarital affair gay or lesbian or smoked pot what time does that tell you? >> america has been rooted in a kind of christology th

gabriela blum is professor of human rights and humanitarian law at harvard law school. she specializes in public international law, international negotiations, the law of armed conflict and counterterrorism. she's also the co-director of the hls brookings project on law and security and a member of the program on negotiations executive board. benjamin wittes is a senior fellow in governance studies at the brookings institution and the editor-in-chief of law fair. and join ising -- joining our authors, we have the professor of entrepreneurial legal studies and faculty co-director of the berkman center for society and also the henry l. shadegg professor of law. i will happened it over to benjamin. >> thanks so much. thanks for having me, and thank you all for turning out. this is quite overwhelming. i want to -- gabby and i started out thinking we were writing a book about the governance of catastrophic risk, and rather to my surprise anyway -- though i'm not certain to gabby's -- we ended up writing a book that was as much a book of political theory as anything else which

and alan desh wits professor of law at harvard law school. alan just a quick response to that very passionate eyewitness. and people so often think that they see things that never happen. this just shows you how unreliable eyewitness testimony can be. as we saw in mike brown and other cases. >> and they're not lying. they honestly believe they saw it because they're used to the narrative that's gotten into their head ask they confabulate. they fill in the blanks by the narrative that they're been brought up to believe. she honestly believed that she had seen a policeman shoot. she saw a policeman running and somebody else running. and that's why videos are so important. because videos don't have any history or culture or background. they're objective and neutral. >> and that's why the call for body cameras on police officers across the country. >> right. >> there's so much anger just under the surface, liz. how do people in the community and the police learn to trust each other, so this doesn't happen? >> the police need to be lawful in their

person who's at the top of our national life she graduated from princeton, she graduated from harvard law schoolalmost everywhere in culture for her beauty poise, and public spiritness what does she have really to complain about? >> a lot, if you listen to that speech. and she went on to say, as potentially the first african-american first lady i was also the focus of another set of questions in addition to those subjected that other first ladies were subjected to saying was i too loud too angry, too emasculating too soft too much of a mom, enough of a career woman. i hate to tell her, but those same questions have been asked about many of the former first ladies. does anybody remember what happened to teresa hines cary and hillary clinton? many of those questions were asked. >> i went back and looked at the favorable/unfavorable ratings and nancy reagan was much lower than michelle obama, so she's playing into this nefarious notion there was this racist resistance to the obamas in 2008 when i think everyone of good will in the country putting his politics aside was delighted at the symbolic ste

she went to harvard law school graduated. she is a very smart lady. we're going to continue our conversations down the road guys. thanks very much. that's 40 me. thanks for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> "outfront" next breaking news. sacked. tom brady suspended for four games without pay for his role in deflategate. the patriots fined a record $1 million. the team stripped of draft picks. fair? >>> plus george zimmerman back in the news. the man acquitted in the death of trayvon martin shot today. >>> and an explosive new article charging the united states covered up what really happened in the osama bin laden raid. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening to all. i'm erin burnett. we begin "outfront" tonight with very late-breaking news. record breaking punishment from the nfl tonight. new england patriots star quarterback tom brady is suspended for his role in deflategate. that's using purposely deflated footballs in the championship game. the nfl suspending brady for four games. he will not be paid. that's nearly $2 millio

we're going to go to harvard law school professor charles ogletree. professor, what did you make of what we heard today? this jury unanimously finding all of the necessary conduct and heinous cruel conduct in their view to justify the application of the death penalty to this defendant. >> it's very disappointing there's no question about that. here's the problem. we think about the death penalty, you'll be punishing a person with an execution, within a few days. my sister was killed in california more than 30 years ago. i've been against the death penalty before during that and after that. i think that people here in massachusetts particularly are dis dissatisfied with capital punishment and say this is not a way to go. i think that this will be something that we'll regret having done because it's the wrong way to punish tsarnaev. the way to punish him is to make him spend life imprisonment, which is a long time, and have the victims -- and there are a lot of victims. i certainly apologize and support those victims. but the whole idea is to see him su

. >> when you filled out your application to princeton, to harvard law school, did you list yourselfcuban american. that's my heritage. >> you got a favorite cuban dish? >> i grew up eating cuban food all the time. >> what's your favorite -- >> you know -- >> you want to give you the opportunity to welcome your friends in spanish. >> i'm going to stick to english. i appreciate the invitation. >> he has since apologized said he got the tone wrong. what's going on there? >> well, what if you had asked that question of african-american candidate? what black foods do you like? to me, it just seems so obvious, and it's part of the got you journalism we should expect. it happens to conservatives, especially who is a classic reagan conservative like cruz. it doesn't surprise me at all. we should expect a lot of this. it will happen to jeb bush. you will see more questions of bush that i think they'll try to trip him up. cruz handled it as well as he can. we got rid of literacy test in english but now we have a literacy test in spanish. that's fine. >> i love what ted cruz said no reason to

harvard food law society. >> hi, welcome. we're so glad you're all here today. my name is ona. i'm a staff attorney at the food law and policy clinic here at harvard law school. for those of you who don't know, clinic provide action based learning opportunitys for law students to get real lawyer experience and our students are working with nonprofit organizations, advocacy groups to improve the food system in their community. we have an excellent panel of experts here today to talk about how recovering nutritious food that would go to waste is a key strategy to achieving fod justice. to my left is emily broadleaf she is my boss. she is recognized as a national leader in the legal and policy efforts to reduce food waste. doug rowe is the former president of trader joe's. doug has been a long term client of our clinic and we are proud to be supporting his innovative effort in food recovery. sasha is the executive director of food for free am cambridge based nonprofit that recovers fresh food to distribute those in need. in 2013 they recovered 1.5 million pounds of food and served 25,000 individuals. food for free has begun an exciting partnership with harvard un

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he formally taught at harvard law school where he was a professor of human rights and humanitarian law and director of the human rights program. he's a member of many distinguished boards and american journal of international law and department of states fiftiesadvisory committee at international law and foreign relations and published widely at academic journals and elsewhere and his book socializing states which he co-wrote had the certificate of merit. then we'll hear from julian. distinguished professor of law at hofstra law school. focuses on the relationship of international law and skopbs doingsal law and also conducted an academic research on a wide range of topics including china's relationship with international law. he's received many honors including membership in the american law institute. he's the co-author of the u.s. constitution and has written numerous academic articles, book chapters, sim pose i can't as well as writing in numerous popular journals from the "wall street journal" to the los angeles and "new york journals from the "wall street journal" to the los ange

law school president obama. the good news is he's very consistent. class of 89 from harvard law school. he was class of 91.e've known each other a long time. a very consistent statement by the president. he likes to rail on that sort of stuff. the irony is they do expect him to be on the speaking circuit 20 months in my guess is many hedge fund managers will hire him and hopefully get them to come to the so-called rinse. stuart: there's two different issues here. please called hedge fund managers wonders of life's lottery. the other side of the court is hedge fund managers get paid through interests. they pay a much lower tax rate on income than those that uni and kennedy and cheryl are. do you have a problem with that? >> well, i have a problem with that and i don't have a problem. you have to understand the way that taxes the way capital is taxed in the united states. if we tax capital differently than we currently tax that come our legislature has to make the decision. you can't just wear one if you want to tax it it differently you will upset the oil and gas industry. driven to change the nature of com

she went to harvard law school graduated. she is a very smart lady.s down the road guys. thanks very much. that's 40 me. thanks for watching. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >> "outfront" next breaking news. sacked. tom brady suspended for four games without pay for his role in deflategate. the patriots fined a record $1 million. the team stripped of draft picks. fair? >>> plus george zimmerman back in the news. the man acquitted in the death of trayvon martin shot today. >>> and an explosive new article charging the united states covered up what really happened in the osama bin laden raid. let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening to all. i'm erin burnett. we begin "outfront" tonight with very late-breaking news.

i went to undergrad at duke university and law school at harvard. after clerking for a judge, i came out here and have been in here for the last 14 years. i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area because that is where my family is, but i was always interested in sanford cisco in terms of the city culture, the amazing lgbt community -- i was always interested in san francisco. i am an attorney. i started off in private practice, doing complex litigation. in 2002 i moved to the san francisco city attorney's office, where our work on the trial team, doing trials for the city and doing my own cases and supervising a team of attorneys as well. another huge issue confronting the city is the deferred maintenance on our infrastructure. we have a lot of infrastructure that has been deteriorating because we have not maintained it properly from our roads to our sewer system to muni. we need to be much more diligent about maintaining our infrastructure. i have been interested in politics since i was a kid. i have worked on campaigns since i was

at nyu law school here in the city and a coed tor of the widely red and influential justice security blog, which focuses on civil liberties and national security. ryan formally taught at harvard law school where he was a professor of human rights and humanitarian law and he's a member of many distinguished boards, and journals including the american journal of international law. he's also a member of the united states department of states advisory committee on international law, and a member of the counsel on foreign relations. he's published widely in economic journals and elsewhere, and his book "socializing states: promoting human rights through international law" was awarded the american society of international laws 2014 certificate of merit for preeminent contribution to creative scholarship. and then we will hear from julian cou. he's the professor at law school. he focuses primarily on the relationship of international law to constitutional law. he's also conducted a academic research on a wide range of topics including china's relationship with international law. he's received many honors including membership in the american law institute. international law, the cons

from harvard law school. of your written testimony will be entered into the record in their entirety. i ask that each of you summarize your testimony in five minutes or less. to help you stay within that time, there's a timing lights on your table. when the light switch from green to yellow, you have one minute to conclude your testimony. i shouldn't say this to law enforcement personnel, but it works like a traffic light. the light turns red, it signals your time has expired. whether it turns yellow first, that means speed up. sheriff clark, you may begin. >> good morning mr. chairman honorable members on the committee of the judiciary. thank you for the opportunity to state my view which is backed by 37 years of experience from ground level concerning police accountability, aggression toward police, public safety concerns, and what might be the right thing for us to work on now. since the events that led to riots in ferguson, missouri, police use of force has become scrutinized nationally. police use of for

from harvard law school. all of your written testimonies will be entered into the testimony in their entirety and i ask that each of you summarize their test -- summarize your testimony in five minutes or less. there is a timing light on your table. when the light switches from green to yellow, you have one minute to conclude your testimony. it works like a traffic light. when it is ready, it signals that your time has expired. sheriff clark, you may begin. mr. clarke: good morning, mr. chair, and honorable members of the community of the judiciary. thank you for the opportunity to state my view, which is backed by 37 years of experience from ground level concerning police accountability, public safety, and the right thing for us to work on. since the events that led to riots in ferguson, misery, police use of force has become scrutinized nationally. use of force should be scrutinized, locally that is. it should be examined in terms of factual data and circumstances that led to the police action and not from

from harvard law school.ecord in their entirety. i ask that each of you summarize your testimony in five minutes or less. to help you stay within that time there's a timing light on your table. when the light switches from green to yellow you have one minute to conclude your testimony. and i shouldn't say this to law enforcement personnel, but it works like a traffic light. when the light turns red it signals your five minutes have expired. but when it turns yellow first that means speed up. sheriff clark, you may begin. >> good morning, mr. chair and honorable members on the committee of the judiciary. thank you for the opportunity to state my view which is backed by 37 years of experience from ground level concerning police accountability aggression toward police public safety concerns, and what might be the right thing for us to work on now. since the t events that led to riots in ferguson, missouri police use of force has become scrutinized nationally. police use of force should be scrutinized locally tha

from harvard law school. all of your written testimonies will be entered into the testimony in their entirety and i ask that each of you summarize their test -- summarize your testimony in five minutes or less. there is a timing light on your table. when the light switches from green to yellow, you have one minute to conclude your testimony. it works like a traffic light. when it is ready, it signals that your time has expired. sheriff clark, you may begin. mr. clarke: good morning, mr. chair, and honorable members of the community of the judiciary. thank you for the opportunity to state my view, which is backed by 37 years of experience from ground level concerning police accountability, public safety, and the right thing for us to work on. since the events that led to riots in ferguson, misery, police use of force has become scrutinized nationally. use of force should be scrutinized, locally that is. it should be examined in terms of factual data and circumstances that led to the police action and not from