definitely an iupmportantme court justice. >> michael dorf, orin kerr, ilya shapiro and walter dellinger, thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> nawaz: now, to the african fotion of mali and the ongoing s to preserve priceless records of the past, from the library of the fabled city of timbuktu. the city was overrun in 2012 by al qaeda, who destroyed manuscripts dating back centuries. the militants are now gone, but the turmoil remains. and time may be running out to save these irreplaceable doments. from timbuktu, special correspondent monica villamizar reports. >> reporter: these people are saving a world of knowlee, a world nearly lost forever. they are digitizing tens of thousands of ancient manuscripts rescued from near destruction tiduring the al qaeda occu of timbuktu five years ago. al qaeda destroyed monuments and libraries that were seven centuries old. the militants implemented lamic sharia law, and banned anything considered "sinful," like the manuscripts, which were seen as pagan writings' many were burnt. despite the deadly conflict, abdel kader haidara naged to save around

ilya shapiro is a seniorfellow in constitutional studies at the cato institute and editor—in—chief ofls virginia. thank you so much forjoining us on saturday evening. in your opinion from what you have seen from the evidence, do you think harvard discriminates against asian—americans? discriminates against asian-americans? the data seemed damning. qualified applicants have grown exponentially, but the ratio has maintained at a certain level. it seems there are certain qualitative scores based on personality, likeability, these kinds of things, so they are rated lower than other ethnic and racial groups. the court still has to decide. it is early in the litigation. it looks bad for harvard university. full disclosure, i spent time there. i am a princeton man. there is some bias. other ivy league is have similar methods. african americans, 1a.6%. in your view, they would have to take away from one of these other minority groups. what do you want harvard to do? to take more qualified applicants. it is ironic it is harvard in the crosshairs of this lawsuit. it is a very prestigious univer

that was ilya shapiro from the cato institute.ta and evidence makes clear that harvard college does not discriminate against applicants from any group, including asian—americans, whose rate of admission has grown 29% over the last decade." there have been extraordinary scenes in the afghan capital kabul, where taliban militants have joined eid celebrations, embracing security forces. it's the result of the ceasefire which the government would like to extend. the peace was broken, however, after an attack by islamic state killed 20 in eastern afghanistan earlier on saturday. here's anbarasan ethirajan. for many afghans, these are extraordinary scenes. taliban militants crossing over front lines to celebrate eid with officials and soldiers. the two sides were fighting each other just a few days ago. the unprecedented development was due to a three—day ceasefire declared for the muslim religious festival of eid. in some places, soldiers were hugging taliban fighters and exchanging eid greetings. dozens of unarmed taliban fighters als

. >> ilya shapiro from cato. there are any trends in justice kennedy's modest libertarianism? does he rule now in way that's different than before 9/11 or before he had several years of experience on the court? what are tendencies there. >> one of justice kennedy's former clerks made an observation along those lines, very astewed observation that is took justice kennedy quite a long time be comfort able with the power that he had as a member of the u.s. supreme court now. if you look at the articles that talk about his pompous rhetorics and his extra judicial activity which you might say has become too comfortable with that power. that was a very astute observation of the clerk. took kennedy two or three years to get comfortable with time on the court, and his concurring opinion in the flag-burning case was a very good example of that. kennedy kind of bared his soul and said he kind of regrets writing it. was kind of a public display of hand-wringing on his part. couple of years down the line, i think when he had been more comfortable withbag member of the court, he probably w

so ilya shapiro is a veteran of cato. you have thoughts on this? >> i sort of feel like whatever the opposite of a skunk at a garden party is, a cheshire cat at a wake. the only major case i agree with is wayfair, the internet sales tax, physical property taxation case. we can talk about that if you want. i'm a fan of the dormant commerce clause, the only think in which i disagree with justice gorsuch, but regardless, on janus, i think to understand this case, we have to differentiate and understand the difference between workers and unions and the public versus the private sector. which is why i think we'll agree as advocates if this is exported to the private sector. first of all, this case was not brought by the chamber of commerce or a collection of companies or anyone standing in for those kind of interests. it was brought by a worker. a previous one years ago that deadlocked was brought by a teacher in the public sector. claiming two things. first, i don't like what this union is collective bargaining for me. forget free riding. i'm a forced