it is anthony kennedy, john paul stevens or ruth bader ginsberg, the answer is b. at 89 years old, john paul stevens is the oldest and longest serving member on the court. he was nominated by president ford. his first day on the supreme court was september 19th, 1975. >>> we begin this morning's head leans with a look at redskins training camp. if there is one thing the redskins have been known for it is the strength of the team's offensive line. the hogs as they were affectionately known were feared around the league but lately the offensive line has been a source of problems for the team. the current offensive line has turned in to a m.a.s.h. unit, one full of injuries to stephon heyer. and thomas is out with pain in his knee, the same one he had surgery on. that is three-fifths of campbell's bodyguards out of service. >> i'm not that concerned. not as bad as i thought it would be. take a few days off and see how i am in a couple of days. >> we have plenty of beef over there. coach them hard. as long as a guy is tough, i will coach him. >> other notes from camp, t

. >> actually what john paul stevens said was, he didn't like that is took place at the white house. that's where the last justice alito and chief justice roberts were sworn in. he thought it looked too much like a political event for the incumbent president. so i don't think justice stephens or any of the other justices were concerned about public oath taking. they were concerned about the location. so the fact the ceremony was moved to the white house was a visual representation of the separation of powers, and the fact that justice sotomayor, though she was certainly appointed by president obama, is in no way beholden to him, is not responsible to him, is not part of the executive branch, part of the judicial branch, and i think that, the message that was sent by holding this ceremony at supreme court rather than the white house. >> yeah. and in fact, president obama himself wanted to see this swearing intake place at the court rather than the white house. look at the timing of this. 11:00 a.m. on a saturday. why this particular time? >> well, there is a great desire, a part of bo

justice john paul stevens has observed the work of federal judges from the days of john marshall to the present, like the work of the english common law judges, sometimes require the exercise of judgment, faculty that inevitably calls into play notions of justice, fairness and concern about the future impact of the decision. wise use of discretion. justice benjamin cardozo wrote that the judge, even when he is free, is still not wholly free, he is not innovate at pleasure, he is not running at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or goodness, he is to draw his inspiration from consecrated principles. he is not to yield to spasmodic sentiment too vague and unregulated benevolence, he is to exercise discretion in formed by tradition, miss the guys by analogy, disciplined by system and subordinated to the primordial necessity of order in the social life. quite enough, in all conscience, the field of discretion that remains. as alexander hamilton explained in federalist papers, courts were designed to be our guardians against what he called those ill humors which the arts of divining

. >> also here today, justice ruth bader ginsburg and john paul stevens welcoming their newest colleagueoining her spp he. she has three members of her family at least in the audience. i mentioned governor david patterson of her home state is there. also other legislators and other individuals. >> look at this picture. you have a black president of america introducing a latino supreme court judge. >> and a really overwhelming warm reception. i don't remember applause like that for previous supreme court justices. >> let's listen to the president. >> we honor the newest member of our highest court who i'm proud to address for the very first time as justice sonia sotomayor. >> thank you. >> we are also honored to be joined by justice sotomayor's new colleagues. we have justice ginsburg who is here, as well as justice stevens. and so i just want to thank both justice stevens and justice ginsburg, not only for being here today, but for your extraordinary service on the court and i know you'll be giving justice sotomayor some good tips. i also want to thank everyone who has worked so hard to

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