she is replacing john paul stevens. i was in the senate when john paul stevens was nominated, nominated by a conservative republican president. it was overwhelmingly democratic senate, and he was confirmed in two and a half weeks. he made courtesy calls to a number of senators. that is not going to be the same for his successor. she has made courtesy calls. i think she has talked to practically every senator, but the questions will be significant. i am concerned with the trend becoming active in this court. we have seen a lot of long standing laws being overturned. you have basically saying men can be paid more than women. we had to rewrite the law. that was the first law president obama signed into law but we all feel women and men should get paid for the same kind of work. the turning back the award of the exxon valdez, i wonder if the supreme court would do that today after what has happened in the gulf, and the most egregious decision, citizens united, which says corporations can be involved in political campaigns, c

john paul stevens is a man of chicago, born and raised in hyde park. he attended the university of chicago laboratory schools. he attended the 1932 world series, which the cubs lost. [laughter] in fact, no one in this room was alive when the cubs won their last world series. [laughter] john paul stevens attended jakarta -- college in chicago, law school in chicago, practiced in chicago and served for five years, on the senate. even after he was dragged off to washington in 1975, he remained our circuit justice. this year, he became the second justice to reach the age of 90 while in active service. the other was oliver wendell holmes. [applause] his predecessors in his seat on the supreme court were louis brandeis and william o. douglas. for 16 years, he has been a senior associate justice. you may have read about him during the last few weeks. [laughter] i give you, justice stevens. [applause] >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much. fellow judges, friends, members of the seventh circuit breakebrd friends again, i am going to play my

i think it was also subdued because i'm sure the justices are saddened by justice john paul stevens' retirement. chief justice roberts read a letter that the justices had sent to him, expressing that sadness, and justice stevens read from the bench the letter he had sent to his colleagues about how much he enjoyed the friendships they had with him. i should also note that chief justice roberts didn't note the passing of justice ginsburg's husband and read about his long and highly favorable career in the law. >> brown: marcia coyle, thanks for this. we'll talk to you later in the program. >> thank you, jeff. >> ifill: as marcia noted today's gun ruling is likely to have far ranging impact on both sides of the debate. here to explain why are paul helmke president of the brady campaign to prevent gun violence and wayne lapierre executive vice president of the national rifle association of america. i'll start by asking you both of you starting with, wayne lapierre, what did the court do that was right? >> i think it's a landmark decision. i think the court the said the second amendment i

candid conversations with justice's current and retired." >> last month, supreme court justice john paul stevens and supreme court nominee elena kagan talked about the legacy of justice stevens as the retires. from the seventh circuit judicial conference in chicago, this is half an hour. >> what do you say when introducing this man? everything interesting has been said. quite frankly, everything not interesting has been said too. so i will be brief. john paul stevens was born and raised in hyde park. he attended the university of chicago. he attended the 1932 world series, which the cubs lost. in fact, no one in this room was alive when the cubs on one of their last world series. john paul stevens attended college in chicago, law school in chicago, practiced in chicago, and served for five years on the the seventh circuit. even after he was dragged off to washington in 1935, -- in 1975, he remained in service to chicago. this year, he read -- this year, he became the first justice to turn and 90 while in service. the other was oliver wendell holmes. [applause] his predecessor's aura louis brande

at the age of 90 john paul stevens is retiring. yesterday was the final day of decisions by the supreme court. we're talking about the 5-4 ruling decision that came down yesterday. from the supreme court -- elena kagan's approach is modest. today is the day of questioning of elena kagan before the confirmation. what do you expect in terms of the questioning by members of the judiciary committee? guest: it foreshadows their line of attack. not only for the past several weeks but in the opening statements yesterday, a the my think we should look for is the republicans arguing that her lack of judicial experience would get in her way -- one of the things we should look for. that her resume as a law clerk for a more liberal lion, thurgood marshall, an official in the clinton white house, and the of the harvard law school -- all those things make her ill suited for life on the law bench. they have revealed her in the local eyes as being a good political hack. the democrats will say that she is the first potential justice a judge is a wo

john paul stevens, last day of decisions as a justice. when suddenly, the hearings for elena kagan began at 12:30 p.m. today. you will be able to watch it on c-span. jess bravin from "the wall street journal" is up next to talk about those hearings. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> c-span is now available in over 100 million homes, bringing you a direct link to public affairs, politics, history, and nonfiction books. created by america's cable companies. >> let me say to the american people, this is a change of personnel but it is not a change in policy. general petraeus fully participated in our review last fall. and he both supported and helped design the strategy that we have in place. >> learn more about the president's choice to head u.s. forces in afghanistan. general david petreaus has been on c-span more than 40 times. watch his appearances at hearings, briefings, and other events on line, any time, at the c-span video library. washington your way.

committee members and nominee elena kagan herself, if confirmed, kagan will succeed justice john paul stevens retiring after 35 years on the court. here to talk about it is james carville, cnn political contributor and democratic strategist and a conservative talk show host and organizer with the tea party coalition and back in l.a., stephanie miller, host of her own program and we go to las vegas with the libertarian talkative half playing at the hotel and casino in vegas. they also have a series on showtime. james, these hearings are pro forma unless someone speaks out on an issue. this is going through the motions, isn't it, james? >> pretty much. we do this every time we have one and everybody postures and at one of the hearings then senator biden asked a 24-minute question or something. we're going to have this. she's going to be confirmed and as she well should be and four republicans and one democrat will vote against her. it will be about the way it ends up. >> larry: dana, how do you feel? the previous conservative appointees took the middle road. she hasn't been questioned yet. they

in each of those decisions in every one, justice john paul stevens led the dissent. now, justice stevens is noo fir brand liberal. he was appointed to the seventh circuit by richard nixon. he was elevated to the supreme court by gerald ford. by all accounts, he was considered a moderate. and yet, he didn't hesitate to tell corporations that they aren't a part of we the people by whom and for whom our constitution was established. and he didn't flinch when he told the president that he executives is bound to comply with the rule of law. general kagan, you've got big, big shoes to fill. but before i turn it over to you, i want to talk a bit more about one of the decisions i mentioned. i want to talk more about citizens united. now, you've heard a lot about this decision already today. but il want to come at it from a slightly different angle. there is no doubt that the roberts court's disregard for a century of federal law, the decades of supreme court's own rulings is wrong and shocking. it's torn a gaping hole in our election laws. of course, i'm worried about how riz

committee as member's question her about her career experience as she aims to replace justice john paul stevens retiring. watch it live beginning at 12:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> i want to say to the american people this is a change in personnel, but not a change in policy. general patraeus full report is a bit in our review last fall. and he both supported and helped design the strategy that we have in place. >> learn more about the president's choice to head forces in afghanistan. but general david patraeus has been on c-span more than 40 times. watch his hearings and briefings and other events on line. >> tonight on c-span2's "book tv" -- the author spent 45 days in a dark cell. he writes about it in open court captive." -- in a "captive." find the entire weekend schedule at booktv.org. >> earlier this week, president obama replace his top commander in afghanistan, firing general stanley mcchrystal after he and members of his staff criticize the vice-president and members of the administration in a rolling stone magazine article. the president named general d

committee as she is questioned about her career and experience, as she aims to replace justice john paul stevens who is retiring. watch the hearings live beginning at 12:30 eastern on c- span3, c-span radio, and c- span.org. watch each today's -- day's reair at 9 eastern on c-span 2. >> in his weekly address, president obama outlined some of the provisions in the financial regulation bill passed on friday. it includes the creation of an agency to oversee mortgages, credit-card agreements, and other financial products. he is followed by the gop weekly address delivered by house budget committee senior republican paul ryan, who criticize democrats for failing )jjip @ >> i am traveling to toronto to meet members of the g-20. i hope we can build on the progress we made at last year's g-20 summits by coordinating our global, financial reform efforts to make sure a crisis like the one for which we're still recovering never happens again. we have made great progress towards passing such reform here at home. as i speak, we're on the cusp of enacting the toughest financial records since the great depress

hearings getting underway tomorrow for elena kagan to root so -- to replace the social justice john paul stevensan article about elena kagan, known for her keen intellect and her ability to reach across the aisle. it is not enough to confirm or as the next supreme court justice? there is another story "kagen is unqualified to sit on the u.s. supreme court." ted poe says elena kagan has never been a judge, never seen the courtroom from the bench, never had the judge's responsibility, never instructed the jury, never made any point of law. she has never tried a criminal, civil, or even a traffic case. she has not decided any constitutional issues. tuesday, the confirmation hearing for general david petraeus. the weekly standard -- obama finds a general. there's an editorial supporting the confirmation. that hearing begins on tuesday morning at 9:30. we will be covering both of these events. the elena kagan hearings continue through thursday. we have a special web site that will allow you to watch the hearings in a number of different ways. c-span.org/kagan. live coverage begins at 12:30 tomorrow.

someone pointed out to me the other day, quite astutely, that justice john paul stevens, who she would be replacing, had not been seen as a liberal icon, however he is now. one thing people say saykagan is -- about kagan is that she tries to bridge the divide, is a consensus builder. there is a pretty stark divine right now on the supreme court. from what we have seen so far, she will not be sitting on one side of the spectrum consistently. for folks who wanted a scalia of the left, we may have to wait more. however, we do not know how she will be yet. host: we have gone over a number of controversial issues. which are most likely to invite the best exchanges? guest: for sure we are going to hear about abortion rights, gun rights, as we did with justice sonia sotomayor's confirmation process. i think we will hear about campaign finance. she argued that for the government and was defeated on that score. in terms of the political dynamics, republicans and democrats are focused on that. this is a midterm election year. social issues tend to draw the most heat, if not cast the most light c

as justice john paul stevens pointed out in his dissent, the decision, and i quote, would appear to afford the same protection to multinational corporations controlled by foreigners as to individual americans, end quote. you know, it's a sad state of affairs when swift voting has entered the language as a verb. unfortunately, the supreme court's decision makes swift voting easier for the special interests. large multinational corporations will be able to create shadowy groups and pour millions and millions of dollars iito supporting or defeating candidates. if b.p. doesn't like somebody, they could create americans for sensible energy and run attack ad after attack ad after attack ad. and while we cannot undo the court's decision, we can and must try to minimize its impact. that's why the bipartisan legislation before us today is so important. the disclose act will go a long way toward restoring openness and transparency in our political process. and i want to commend chris van hollen and mike castle for their work on this bill. the legislation does several important things. it requires th

today -- today justice john paul stevens' resignation from the supreme court takes effect. i appreciated your recognition of his service to the country in your opening statements. general kagan -- he was the first person i -- the first supreme court nomination i was able to vote on. as a very young and very junior member of the united states senate. but you spoke eloquently about the rule of law securing the blessings of liberty about the constitution. and about the respect of all three branches of our democratic government. and i appreciate your pledge to look at every case modestly in connection with principal aiple with accordance of law. so beginning our questioning, i talked about this, each senator each senator will have a 13-minute round and we'll go alternating back and forth. so i will begin the first round. so in general, kagan, you spoke yesterday about your parents, children of immigrants, person of families to attend college. i was struck when you said that your mother didn't learn english until getting ready to go to school. the same with my mother and my wife

have the wisdom and the courage that the justice you have been nominated to replace, justice john paul stevens showed time and time again in drawing the line against an executive branch that sought powers that endangered the individual rights and freedoms that our constitution guarantees. ms. kagan, of course, judging isn't easy. it's not just a matter of calling balls and strikes. because judges and particularly justices in the supreme court are called upon to apply constitutional values that as justice suter said recently may exist in tension with each other, not in harmony. you'll have the opportunity to show the american people that you have the right combination of qualities and qualifications to make a good justice. i wish you well in that task, and i look forward to the conversation you will have not only with me but with my colleagues and with the country. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you very, very much, senator feingold. senator kyle? >> congratulations solicitor general kagan and welcome to the committee. i first know in agreement, we do know more diversity on the court. it's b

john paul stevens. if you want to live forever, being a judge is a good way to go. [applause] 45 years from now, a lot of what this will be will be who he put into positions on federal courts to make a difference in people's lives long after he is off golfing or whatever retired presidents do. >> i think the case is a very, very important case. the rules that it overturns is a civil-rights case. if you say district judges get to determine whether or not this is possible, find the case that changed this country in the 1940's in 1950's were you think that would be a horrible not come. we can challenge segregation, which is the law of the land. marriages.llenge discriminatory- we can challenge -- just go down the line and if you say we are going to lead the two judges decide whether or not it is impossible thing even before discovery, that is a devastating decision. the consequences of who is on the court is the gift that keeps on giving. the consequent is absolutely devastating. it seems to mean that the democrats in congress ought to remember that when the republican