chhef justice hughes is represented. even the sculptor is represented in that freeze.t under the pediment sculptures are the words, "equal justice under law." it was approved by chief juutice use. the words have taken on a larger meaning since then. -- chief justice hughes. >> is a stateeent of the fact that judges ought to be independent, the law ought to be blind and not recognized based on their color, religion, or background. . >> who for more innormation, go to c-span.org/supreme the space court -- supremecourt. an interactive timeline on the court's hiitory. -p get your copy of "the supreme couut -- home to america's highest court." it is part of a dvd set along with hard documentaries on the white house and the capitol building. order at c-span.org/store. books for you. "abraham lincoln," "the supreme court," and "who's buried in grant's tomb?" each with a unique contemporrry perspective and perhaps something new to you about lincoln, the nation's highest court, and the gravesites and lives of america's presidents. to order, go to c- span.org/books. each one als

justice hughes, during the depth of the great depression.he said, the republic indoors and this is the symbol of its faith. if the court has helped preserve the nation, it is the separation of powers that has preserved the supreme court of the united states. make it always be so. thank you very much for your attention this evening. i hope to speak with yyu at the reception. [applause] >> thank you, professor perry, for what i consider to be a fascinating discussion. and i will publicly express my innocence, because until he began to speak, i had no idea that any justice of this united states supreme court had ever been involved in the political process for the appointment of another. of course, i am sure nobody else was doing this, but i was present court and trying to a mansion-- trying to imagine. i know it is not allowed. given the controversy that as -pevolved and the confirmation process, i am trying to imagine. -- any member of the court getting involved in that process. thank you, justice roberts, once again, for hosting this evening

chief justice hughes is represented. even the sculpture is represented in that frieze -- the sculptor. >> there was a phrase that was approved by chief justice hughes, but the words have taken on a larger meeting since then. >> equal justice under law is really a statement that judges are to be independent, that the law should be blind in certain respects, and this is not based upon their race or their, or their religion or their background, and the sense that communicates is that one can stand before the court and expected to be treated fairly. >> i do not want legalism. i just want the conclusion. p> in a moment, the justices in what could potentially sway them in cases that come before the court. >> this can alter how you view it right on the spot. >> actually -- >> 8%? >> your honor. >> persuasive council can make the difference. [captions copyright national cableesatellite corp. 2000] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> for more information, good to c-span.org/supremecourt. there is a photo ga

all of those questions, but from there, one of the first people hired in the campaign was chris hughes who developed facebook sites. we really let young people develop the programs to communicate with young people. it was not me or others in the campaign in the older category trying to figure this out for it was empower young people who got this and frankly were part of it and did it to figure out how to do that. it was letting go a little bit. managers tend not to be very -- tend not to be very good at that. we did not want middle aged people trying to figure at how to connect with young voters. that was pretty rare to a campaign them. >> the 2008 campaign became a model for speaking in franc terms to young voters. many campaigns have used that as a model reason -- more recently. talk about how you engaged young voters. you got 15% of the vote. this is not just a progressive thing. what did you do during the campaign? >> before the campaign, i was working at the massachusetts republican party. they actually had a republican party there. [laughter] scott brown was a state senator when

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. >> simon hughes. >> mayor join him in paying tribute to the soldiers who have lost their lives -- may i join him in paying tribute to the soldiers who have lost their lives and those who served? i just ask one question about the implication of the policy. will he review the work of our domestic government departments to make sure returning troops have the full support for their mental, emotional, and physical needs, including the housing after they served in afghanistan. >> we have said we are going to examine every part of the military covenant. housing is clearly a key part. we need to go on improving housing. when you think of the combat stress that has been placed on the cnn year after year -- on the young men, year after year, we need to recognize this is something we need to go through the rest of our lives, and we need to learn from countries like america, and actually, the hon. member is working between the ministry of defence and the department of health. >> can i ask if you would meet with a small delegation sometime in the future to discuss this issue. i am on a panel looki

. -- justice hughes. william howard taft, the only person to serve at the judicial and executive branches, -- his chiee rival was chief justice warren burger. -- chief justice warren burger. his visson and leadership in planning this study are unparalleled, but sadly he did not live to see his completion. he was an unhappy chief executive having been persuaded to run for president by theodore roosevelt who then lost a third- 1912. that allowed woodrow wilson to win the presidency. as the sole president to serve on the bench, taft is the only person ever to engineer his future appointment from the white house. several biographers suggest that president tapped suggested white to the bench instead of use because white was only 48 and would serve a longgenough to as a justice. president warren harding nominated president taft. once the ascended, chief justice taft began participating in every presidential decision to fill vacancies on this court.%+ he said, i look forward to having you on the bench with me. p

as always, i want thank vice chairman thomas and george hugh graham for taking the lead on this hearing. today's hearing on credit ratings is part of our larger investigation into the causes of the financial which economic crisis that continues to bring so much hardship to our nation. credit rating agencies have played a pivotal role in our financial markets. their good housekeeping seal of approval ided decisions by individuals and institional investors alike. financial institutions looked to ratings to make determinations about their capital requirements, and these ratings enabled the issuance of trillions of dolla worth of subprimeortgage securities. today we're examining moody's corporation as a case study. we will have questions about why what things went so very wrong. i shoulddd that this hearing is just one aspect of our investigation. our staff has already combed thugh 430,000 pages of documents and interviewed dozens of witnesses on moody's alone. to be blunt, the picture is not pretty. from 1998 to 27, moody's revenues from rating complex financial insuments like mortgage sec

pepin and hugh capet or both usurpers. those are the facts. >> with regard to the former two kings, they laid claim to the throne through female ancestors. they made much of those claims to justify -- >> that was an ad hoc rationalization, designed to justify the usurpation, was it not? but it is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight -- >> it is easy to say with the benefit of hindsight. >> ad hoc is always with the benefit of hindsight. >> touche as my french colleagues might say. [laughtee] the french never saw to apply that alex law in a succession until they saw -- the phallic law until they saw to get rid of henry's ancestor. there's a foundatiinal body of law for the french. it is a fairly random body of six century law which the french who were living in the netherlands. >> i guess you could say that about the common law for us, could you not? >> the phallic law had never before been cited until the french saw to the dispossessed edward iii. the battle agincourt was a small, but important part, to be sure. the h

hugh had uncommon compassion. to his family, he was a model and mentor of fairness, honesty, and respect. he believed in responsible stewardship of the animals that were in his care and the land his ancestors had worked for over a century. to his neighbors and to his friends he was known as a kind and gentle soul. you could count on him to help you in time of need. if he happened to find an immigrant suffering in the relentless heat, he was the kind of man who would give him the water or the food that they needed, whetherrhe was trespassing or not. robert prince was not a man to harbor malice for anyone. he just wanted to feel that his family could be safe in their own home, on their own land. robert france was one of the good guys. robert france was one of us. ladies and gentlemen, let us be silent for a moment in honor and respect for the lost life of a good and decent man. my fellow members of the nra, which the world watching us grieve, let them see and hear us welcome and embrace robert prince's wife susan, h

hugh is joining us from asland, virginia. i would like to give you a reference from a "wall street journal" article from 1983. you can in google creativity 777.com. web sites have the opportunity to transform the entire global business environment if they are utilized correctly. host: john is joining us from abbeyville, south carolina, democrats line. caller: i want to comment about the article on the war in congress. i am a victim of this war. my unemployment will be cut off. i wish that the people in washington were fighting for my position. host: we were focusing on the editorial that congress is in a war zone and nothinn can get done unless both parties can get along. guest: letting unemployment insurance benefits lapse now when there are five unemployed people for every job vacancy is pretty close to criminal, in my view. i would like to see and i hope it is the case that finally the majority leader would take a bill to extend unemployment benefits and get that bill passed and then they could go back and fight about ever

hugh is joining us from asland, virginia. i would like to give you a reference from a "wall street journal" article from 1983. you can in google creativity 777.com. web sites have the opportunity to transform the entire global business environment if they are utilized correctly. host: john is joining us from abbeyville, south carolina, democrats line. caller: i want to comment about the article on the war in congress. i am a victim of this war. my unemployment will be cut off. i wish that the people in washington were fighting for my position. host: we were focusing on the editorial that congress is in a war zone and nothinn can get done unless both parties can get along. guest: letting unemployment insurance benefits lapse now when there are five unemployed people for every job vacancy is pretty close to criminal, in my view. i would like to see and i hope it is the case that finally the majority leader would take a bill to extend unemployment benefits and get that bill passed and then they could go back and fight about ever