[laughter] otherwise kennedy will choose john paul stevens to sign the majority opinion. it is senseless to talk about the roberts court and indeed with the exception of john marshall and possibly the earl warren, i think it is genuinely a mistake to refer to the court as belonging to the chief justice. one should look to the rhythms of american history or the rhythms of what is happening at the supreme court and divide your analysis the way, and that is what i have done in my 11 chapters. there is only one chapter-- excuse me, two. i in fact to chains chapters when john jane leaves the court because i think when he left the court in 1794, concluding that it was never going to amount to anything. that is one of the reasons why his reputation 200 years later is a lot lower than when he left the court, but, the congress state had just ratified the 11th amendment which overruled the first supreme court decision interpreting the constitution, so the court was deemed by everyone wrong, 041 and jay got out. but it is john marshall. he really does deserve primacy. he is the babe ruth of supreme court judging, a great ba

john roberts came on in 2005. he is a little more flexible on things and will let oral arguments go a little bit longer. his predecessor, chief justice rehnquist would often interrupt someone right when the red light went on, even in mid syllable. >> this is the chamber where brown forces -- where brown vs. board of education was decided. the most important decision in our history in defining presidential power was decided in that room by human beings sitting on that bench, after having listened to argument by others. the aura of this place is always present. it does not matter how badly a given loyd is doing. and there are some bad lawyers to appear before the supreme court that are just not up to the task. there is something about the feel of the place that tells you something really important is going on here. to my mind, it is very much difference from watching a debate on the floor of the house and senate, where you realize that what may be going on on the floor at any given moment really does not have anythi

nutter say he is no more cuts people whom have known the john roberts say he is no more conservative than he ought to be. the court under jon lovitz is an institution that is -- under john robertso isn't an institution the has longstanding precedents. he is a justice who once the court to move in more incremental ways, to take similar steps curricle there is that the mention -- that the mention. there are times when his conservative orientation, which is deep, leads him to want to push the court to try to take bold steps just this sense -- when he is on the winning side, he will determine who was wanted to write the opinion it will also guide the work courts and the public's. that is the most important role. he also has a ceremonial position. he runs the private conference of some. he is a member of boards in the town terex when it comes to actual all of the line. are you compare it to take the oath? >> i am. >> i solemnly swear hugs -- they love the court sets all of the land and the new justice can tip the ideological balance record. remember you could be a

tonight, we will show you interviews from chief justice john roberts and justice john paul stevens. justice roberts talks about the court, its role in society and the tasks of the chief justice. this took place in the supreme court. >> chief justice john roberts, as we sit in this room, surrounded by some of the famous people who were in this court before, we want to start with the history of the court. how much is the modern court like the court that the framers envisioned? >> i think it is still as they envisioned, one of the three branches of government. they did not give any thought at all as to where the supreme court should be based. in the basement of the capital did not seem suitable for one of the coequal branches of government. as for the court's responsibility, they eventually got this beautiful building of its own. >> we will be able to spend more time with the building and how it operates staying with the history of the court -- operates. that staying with the history of the court, who stands out? >> the great chief, john marshall. he was the first person to take the job

john roberts came on in 2005. he is a little more flexible on things and will let oral arguments go a little bit longer. his predecessor, chief justice rehnquist would often interrupt someone right when the red light went on, even in mid syllable. >> this is the chamber where brown forces -- where brown vs. board of education was decided. the most important decision in our history in defining presidential power was decided in that room by human beings sitting on that bench, after having listened to argument by others. the aura of this place is always present. it does not matter how badly a given loyd is doing. and there are some bad lawyers to appear before the supreme court that are just not up to the task. there is something about the feel of the place that tells you something really important is going on here. to my mind, it is very much difference from watching a debate on the floor of the house and senate, where you realize that what may be going on on the floor at any given moment really does not have anythi

after that, interviews with supreme court chief justice john roberts and justice john paul stevens. later, another chance to see the discussion on media coverage of financial markets. tomorrow, american university holds the second day of their annual campaign management institute. you will hear former republican and democratic strategist talking about how to frame issues and target voters. that is live at 10:15 eastern on c-span 2. ♪ >> this is "america and the courts." next, encore presentations from supreme court week special. first, supreme court journalist lyle denniston and joan biskupic on covering the courts. >> by and large, people that cover us like their work. they know their traditions. they know the schedule, and they do a good job

. >> tonight, chief justice john roberts and associate justice john paul stevens, interviews with supreme court justices, 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. and get your own copy of our original documentary on the supreme court on d.v.d. it's part of c-span's "american icons" collection, a three-disc set, including programs on the white house and the capitol, one of many items available at c-span.org/store. >> tonight expanding broadband to rural and underserved areas of the country, an update from blair levin, the f.c.c.'s broadband initiative executive director on "the commookt fors" on c-span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: greg stohr, harvard law school graduate and reporter for bloomberg news, supreme court reporter for bloomberg news, here to talk about the supreme court and their 2010 agenda. the 2010 term. we'll start with -- at the beginning of this most recent term, there was talk about a possible retirement among the justices. where is that now? >> the talk centered on justice john paul stevens, the oldest justice at age 89, and there's always talk about him because of his

john roberts and samuel alito.justice marshall said being solicitor general was the best job he ever hadñr, and he had se good jobs. i hope we learn this evening if our panel agrees with justice marshall's statement. let me begin by asking the most recent occupant to briefly explain the job of solicitor general, and if possible, describe what an average day is like in the life of the solicitor general? >> there probably is not an average day, and that is part of what makes the job so interesting and fascinating. the basic responsibility, in a nutshell, i think, is probably to start with the most public role of the solicitor devereaux, and that is his representation of the united states of america, which most often means the executive branch, but his representation before the supreme court of the united states. and i would think that one way of capturing the job is that the solicitor general in many ways sits at crossroads of the separation of powers, at the court, defending constitutionality of an act of congress o

but these accolades do not define the man that is john robert wooden. his world-renowned journey began in a small midwestern town, martinsville, indiana, under the tutelage of his father, joshua. >> when i graduated from grade school from the eighth grade, dad gave me a card that had on it one side a verse that said four things a man must learn to do if he would make his life more true. to think without confusion clearly, to love his fellow man sincerely, to act from hornest motives purely and to trust in god and heaven securely and on the other side was a seven-point creed and these things dad said, son, try to live up to these. that's all he said and one was be true to yourself, help others, drink deeply from good books, especially the bible, make friendship of fine art, work at it, make each day your masterpiece and build a shelter against a rainy day and give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day. >> michael: a three-time all state high school basketball player, wooden atended purdue university with his eyes not on xs and os but

and two current justices served in the office of the solicitor general, chief justice john roberts and associate justice samuel alito. now, justice marshall said that being solicitor general was, quote, the best job he ever had, and he had some good jobs. i hope we'll learn this evening if our panel agrees with justice marshall's statement. gentlemen, let me begin by asking paul as the most recent occupant of the office of the solicitor general to briefly explain the job of the solicitor general in today's justice department, and if it's possible to do so, to describe what an average day is like in the life of the solicitor general. >> well, i'd be happy to try, ken. i think as to the average day in the life of the solicitor general, there probably isn't an average day, and that's part of what makes the job so interesting and so fascinating. the job's basic responsibility in a nutshell, i think, is to probably start with the most public role of the solicitor general, and that is his representation of the united states of america which most often means the executive branch of the united

bush opponents of john roberts and justice alito, he's gone from disallowed active to center speakingonly to his acolytes beyond the marble walls to someone out in the majority and likely to stay in the majority for a while because as you know that justice is most likely to retire in upcoming years of the liberal's. >> host: well, congratulations for a wonderful book. i encourage everybody to read it. i told you i have four copies and i hope to have a lot more. >> guest: great, thank you. >> host: -- we leave -- before the senate is to read the amendment democrats announced

. >> tonight, we'll show you interviews from chief justice john roberts and john paul stevens. justice roberts talks about the history and procedures of the court, its role in society and the task of the chief justice. this interview took place in the east conference room of the supreme court. >> the court today, the modern court, how much is it like the court that the framers envisioned? >> i think it is in many respects, it's still as they envisioned, three branches of government under article three. it play as much more important role in society, in government than they may have expected. the easiest way to get a sense of that, they envisioned a capitol building for congress and a building for the president, but didn't give any vision of where the supreme court is based. it was based in a boardinghouse and then the basement in the capitol, which doesn't seem suitable for one of the three co-equal branches of government. but as the court's responsibility, as the responsibilities have expanded, they eventually got this beautiful building of its own. >> and we'll be able to spen

chief justice john roberts acknowledged remedying the effects of past intentional discrimination is of compelling interest. roberts held that the compelling interest of remedying past intentional segregation was not applicable to the school district plan in this case because the school systems were not under court ordered desegregation plans when they carried out their integration plan. the supreme court ruling altered the constitutional law governing voluntary school desegregation. it is important to note that the ruling does not apply and has no affect on court ordered school desegregation plans. for many latinos the promise of an effective, quality public education remains elusive. despite mendez and brown latino students have never experienced an overall decline in racial isolation. in fact, drastically limited opportunities. for latino school children decreasing racial isolation holds the promise of improved academic opportunities as well as greater political and civic engagements. all significant goals as the latino community grows into its role as the largest community group in

. >> chief justice john roberts tonight and john paul stevens, interviews with supreme court justices, 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and get your own copy of our original documentary on dvd. it is par un cspan's american icons collection, a three-disc set. it is one of many items available at c-span.org/store. >> tonight, expending broadbent to a underserved areas of the country. -- expanding broadbent 282 underserved areas of the country. >> this thursday, a day of tribute to the u.s. and world leaders including the dali lama, ted kennedy, ronald reagan, walter cronkite, colin powell, and robert byrd. new year's day, a look at what is ahead for the new year. russian prime minister vladimir putin discusses his future from his annual call-in program. austan goolsbee on the global economy. the creator of the segue and a founder of "a guitar hero." plus, the art of political cartooning. about one in every 110 children have autism. that according to the latest estimate from the centers for disease control and prevention. the study was based on medical and school records of nearly 2800 child

will bring it interviews with the supreme court justices, starting tonight with the chief justice john roberts and also john paul stevens. we spoke earlier about his possible retirement. are there already interest groups working on the side, bubbling up names of possible replacements for justice stevens? guest: that has been a permanent campaign in the last few years. barack obama and -- and his advisers started coming of names not only before the vacancy but before he took office. he interviewed, i believe four candidates. certainly people will look at other candidates. among them are at the solicitor general, certainly somebody who would be at the top of the list. and certainly the opposition is doing roadwork, too, already building of a case for opposing her or whoever the nominee will be. host: louisville, next. bill from kentucky on the democrats' line. caller: the first time i have never picked the phone up and called in. listen, i got one question. just have a question regarding what happened in afghanistan, hamid karzai, and the whole situation that occurred in their election system. i

bigger and badder than ever, as in this educational rap video from producer-director john papola and economist russ roberts>> ♪ john maynard keynes, wrote the book on modern macro ♪ the man you need when the economy's off track, whoa. ♪ depression, recession now your questions in session ♪ have a seat and i'll school you in one simple lesson. ♪ >> reporter: the counter-tenor, if you will, is friedrich hayek. >> ♪ this is hayek, winner of the nobel prize. >> reporter: a colleague of keynes, during world war two and hero to conservatives ever since we've been going back and forth for a century. ♪ i want to steer markets. i want them set free. ♪ there's a boom and bust cycle and good reason to fear it. ♪ blame low interest rates. no, it's the animal spirits! >> reporter: russ roberts is, like hayek, a government spending skeptic who acknowledges, however, that grand master keynes is today's economic force to be reckoned with. robert skidelsky, a member of the british house of lords, is keynes' famed biographer, interpreter, and author of "a new appreciation, "keynes: return of the master. " we invited lord sk

john roberts and samuel alito.e best job he ever hadñr, and he had se good jobs. i hope we learn this evening if our panel agrees with justice marshall's statement. let me begin by asking the most recent occupant to briefly explain the job of solicitor general, and if possible, describe what an average day is like in the life of the solicitor general? >> there probably is not an average day, and that is part of what makes the job so interesting and fascinating. the basic responsibility, in a nutshell, i think, is probably to start with the most public role of the solicitor devereaux, and that is his representation of the united states of america, which most often means the executive branch, but his representation before the supreme court of the united states. and i would think that one way of capturing the job is that the solicitor general in many ways sits at crossroads of the separation of powers, at the court, defending constitutionality of an act of congress or some executive branch policy, and you really see t

host: john roberts interviewing the secretary of state, saying she is pleased with the effort by nato. the count of troops will be 7000 additional troops from nato. guest: that is what consultation does. whenever it consulted with nato that much before. -- we never consulted with nato that much before. we never really consulted with them. when you do, you get some degree of consensus. when you do that you make them part of the solution. that is what we are seeing now. they have a say in the decision that comes out for the alliance. general mcchrystal is a nato officer and a u.s. officer. there is a nato chain of command as well. how to get nato to understand that is extremely important. it is just not true assets. we have training -- it is just not troop assets. all of that needs to be addressed. nato has the resources to do that. host: we have a caller from miami on the republican line. go ahead with your question. -- we have a caller from wyoming. caller: i was drafted into the military in the 1970's. we were working with the of iranians then and i know what the situation must. -- i

host: cnn's john roberts saying the secretary of state is saying she is pleased by the efforts of natalfficials are saying of the count of troops will be 7000 additional troops with more to come. guest: that is what consultation does. we never consulted to the degree we needed to with nato. i spent my and time behind the iron curtain, and we never really consulted with them. when you do, you get some degree of consensus that is required. when you do that, you make them part of the solution. that is what we are seeing now. they have a saying -- the mission sheet that is coming out general mcchrystal is a nato officer as well as a u.s. officer. how to get nato, 28 nations come to understand that -- by the way, it is not just troop assets. we have trading, military developmental stuff that needs to go on. -- we have training, military developments of that needs to go on. i think nato has the resources to do it. host: good morning, from wyoming, on the republican line. caller: good morning, gentlemen. host: go ahead with your question for the general. caller: the comment i have is i was dra

interviews with chief justice john roberts and justice john paul stevens who takes you on a tour of hischambers. >> now a look how technology is impacting consumer privacy. panelists from the business and academia and public policy groups and discuss benefits and risks associated with information-sharing. federal trade commission hosts the discussion. it is an hour. >> hello, welcome to panel two. this morning we heard a lot of conversation from jim harper and what consumers really want and what about disclose you are and transparency. we'll get the answers from this distinguished group of panels. this panel will draws address what we know about consumer expectations with with respect to use of information. we heard surveys present little value on this issue because they don't actually measure real consumer behavior. on the other hand, there is general agreement that consumers don't understand what happens behind the scenes. they browse or they search on line. they visit web sites or complete a survey. relying on consumer behavior to understand consumers expectations and use of their in

an interesting and effective attorney arguing it and i'd have gone to court just to listen to john robertsrgue a case. >> and it may be worth adding that different justices use oral argument in different ways. and that, you know, we're talking as though all nine justices use it to the same ends and i think, you know, going back to charles' discussion of bush v. gore, there are arguments who made up their mind 2 seconds walking in. i don't know that justice roberts changes his mind a whole lot based on oral argument. i think he uses for different ends. as charles said you get into a situation where advocates are literally ignoring questions from justices or to take justice kennedy's questions or justice o'connor's questions because there's a feeling there's justices to tease out something they're working on. and so i think different justices really do go into oral argument with a different degree of open-mindedness. i think one of the reasons clarence thomas says he doesn't speak at oral argument is he says there's no point in them at all. >> thanks. i'm afraid we're going to need to wrap i

tonight interviews with chief justice john roberts and justice john paul stevens to take you on a tour of his chambers. >> the communicators on c-span2. >> this thursday on c-span a day of tribute to u.s. and world leaders including the dalai lama, ted kennedy, walter cronkite, colin powell and robert byrd. new year's day look at what is ahead for the new year. vladimir putin discusses his future. presidential adviser austin ghoulsbe. innovation and entrepreneurship and the art of political cartooning. >> michele malcolm is our guest on in-depth. >> now abb see look at the top stories from british parliament. it is about an hour. >> welcome to the record review. a look at the big events over the last three months. in this program the economy. they argue over how to balance the books using public money to claim everything from clearing lots to buying houses. they try to put the expenses behind them. is this the future? members of parliament show how it is done. >> now is the time to be heard and it is time to hear answers. >> the one subject that dominated everything in recent months, m

caller: i cannot say with certainty who said it, but i am going to be guessing john or robert kennedy. i mean, i do not think that barack obama was elected because of national white guilt. i think he and his campaign did a pretty good job of notç makig him the black presidential candidate, the presidential candidate who was black. i think that was not a defining characteristic, and for most voters was not a defining characteristic. caller: he carried the demographic under-30 voters by the biggest gap ever, a gap that you do not see. the appeals to a generation of americans who are frankly tired of talking about race. it is boring to them. they think racism is wrong, let's move on. they are more liberal than their elders, but they think social security ought to be addressed, they would not say as michael moore did that it was a fictitious war in iraq. this young generation, the millennials, we call them, they went early for this guy and they got him elected. sometimes -- when i was young, they said do not trust anybody over 30. finally that came true. these young people did not trust

caller: i cannot say with certainty who said it, but i am going to be guessing john or robert kennedy i mean, i do not think that barack obama was elected because of national white guilt. i think he and his campaign did a pretty good job of notç makig him the black presidential candidate, the presidential candidate who was black. i think that was not a defining characteristic, and for most voters was not a defining characteristic. caller: he carried the demographic under-30 voters by the biggest gap ever, a gap that you do not see. the appeals to a generation of americans who are frankly tired of talking about race. it is boring to them. they think racism is wrong, let's move on. they are more liberal than their elders, but they think social security ought to be addressed, they would not say as michael moore did that it was a fictitious war in iraq. this young generation, the millennials, we call them, they went early for this guy and they got him elected. sometimes -- when i was young, they said do not trust anybody over 30. finally that came true. these young people did not trust u

the guests on nbc's meet the press, secretary clinton and robert gates and john mccain.eek with host and texas senator john coryn, on face the nation from cbs, you will hear host bob shefer along with secretary gates and clinton. and senator james jones and whip kyle and chair diane feinstein, you can listen to all stations here at c-span radio, and nationwide xm 132, and you with listen to us on the web and follow us on facebook and twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is andrew ross sorkin from "the new york times", thank you for being with us. guest: good morning steve. host: let me begin with your observations in dubai two years ago, you said that the bankers were to be blessed and looking for more people to bless them. that was two years ago and there were plenty of signs back then that dubai was building a financial mirage in the desert, how so? guest: there were two issues, one was just being in dubai and walking around, it was hard to imagine this was a sustainable proposition. their buildings are building into the sky, everything fancier

in texas, john cornyn and kay bailey hutchinson. in utah, robert bennett and orrin hatch. in wyoming, john bo rah sew and michael enby. please remember these names. these are people who have stole health care for this country -- who have staaled health care in this country. they watched as day after day, month after month, people get sick and even die because they have no health coverage. i assure each and every one of you that have done anything to obstruct health care, people will remember. maybe not the people who die, but the people who loved them. the people whose names i read at our website, namesofthedead.com. these are people who are gone but the names, the list grows every single day until we solve this problem. then in the end, when we do solve this problem, and it's inevitable, every other industrial country in the entire world has health insurance for everyone, when we do join the ranks of those countries, people are going to remember who made that happen and show kindness and love to them. people are going to remember who blocked it and they'll show undying hat

robert smith. to deny the allegation public, however, would have been to slander the reputations of his father-in-law, john wales, who purportedly was the father of sally hemmings. his beloved wife's memory and either his own brother randolph, or his two favorite nephews, the carr brothers, who admitted their paternity of sally's children to jeff randall. as a man of devotion and family honor, jefferson chose to suffer in silence. 12, the hemmings true believers. like professor annette gordon reed, have turned the debate into an obsessive agenda on the color of sally's skin and slave status. gordon reed's assessment, it must be taken on face value because white historians had previously ignored it are not facts, but racial canards and misinterpretations of the evidence itself. moreover, that is an intellectually dishonest argument. to paraphrase one historian, quote, i'm afraid that professor gordon reed, despite her admiral under an admirable qualities, is the worst thing to happen to thomas jefferson since james callender. this latest have taken diversity and created a hostile environment in the academic

strategy part of the witnesses are defense secretary robert gates, joint chiefs of staff chairman mike mullen and secretary of state hillary clinton. john kerry of massachusetts years this hearing. is about three hours. >> the hearing will come to order. secretary clinton, secretary gates, and admiral mullen, we welcome you here today. thank you very much for joining us and we appreciate your coming to share more details about the president's plan and for consulting and partnering with congress on the decision obviously of enormous consequences for our soldiers, our security in their country. this is a decision that the president of the united states has made but ultimately the all of us share responsibility for its consequences. given the complexities of our challenge in the seriousness of the sacrifices the head and the absence of strategy over much of the last 80 years, i believe the president exercised importantly leadership by taking the time he needed to make the right decision even as political pressure mounted in different directions. his words in your testimony showed that the administration has confronted tough realities, care

john maynard keynes that government plays a key role in managing the economy. samuelson himself seemed to know and remember everything, everyone. nobel bob solow was among his best friends robert merton, one of his students. and last year at a boston university conference with both them, he was his usual dazzling, endlessly amused and forever young self in refusing to speak to the topic: "wt retirement means to me." >> what retirement means to me! i never obey instructions on what i should talk about because only after i grow up will i generate notions about what my own retirement will mean to me! >> reporter: samuelson sat down with me before the panel, just a month after the crash of '08 had begun in earnest. >> i'm really very realistic about the mess that we are in. people compare it with the great depression. but the wall street shenanigans this time are much worse and people like me, who lived through the great depression as a young, budding, kind of bright economist are in great demand ( laughs ) because the other people ( laughs ) don't have a clue as, as to what this kind of situation is. >> reporter: well, what did wall street do this time that it didn't do last time

knew afghanistan strategy part of the witnesses are defense secretary robert gates in joint chiefs of staff chairman my molin. john kerry of massachusetts chairs the senate foreign relations committee. this is almost three hours. her. >> the hearing will come to order. secretary clinton, secretary gates and admiral mullen we welcome you here today. thank you very much for joining us. and we appreciate your coming to share more details of the president's plan and for consulting and partnering with congress on the decision obviously of enormous consequences for our soldiers, our security and our country. this is a decision that the president of the united states has made but ultimately all of us share responsibility for its consequences. given the complexities of our challenge in the seriousness of the sacrifices the head and the absence of strategy over much of the last eight years, i believe the president exercised importantly leadership by taking the time he needed to make the right decision even as political pressure mounted in different directions. his words and your testimony showed that the administration has

john kyl. this is 25 minutes. rising to pay tribute to my chairman and longest-serving senator in the history of this country, the senior senator from west virginia, robert has reached a milestone among many in his career. it is an extraordinary record of service and dedication an patriotism to the country and reflects the values of the people of west virginia and the people of this great nation. extraordinary service measured not just in length, but accomplishment. but the length is impressive, indeed. 20,744 days of service as a member of the congress. 56 years and 10 1/2 months. and over that time senator byrd has cast 18,500 roll calls, more or less, witnessed the inauguration of 11 presidents and has been successful in 15 out of 15 elections. that's impressive, indeed. for over 60 years he has represented the people of west virginia tirelessly and with a great deal of energy and a great deal of success. he started in the west virginia house of delegates, was elected to the west virginia state senate and then went to the united states house of representatives and, finally, came here to the united states senate where he is currently serving an unprece

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has attained the apex of his legal career in part because of having the vote of chief justice john roberts and the second u.s. the soucy justice, samuel alito both appointees of george w. bush but they certainly have given him votes that he didn't have 21st art it out. justice john paul stevens who is likely to be our next retired justice who is going to turn 90 in april but is so sharp, it will be a real loss to the nation when he does leave. he is quite active still let the court. he said to me, that he really admire scalia forest bashum, what he has been able to to to the law but one point in one of our conversations he said, some of it has been destructive. as many of the you know thubron the opposite sides of bush v. gore. justice scalia voting for richard george w. bush and justice stevens riding a strong dissent on behalf of the arguments from then vice president al gore. finally i will mention one other colleague of his and that is justice thomas to a lot of people say what is he really like? he does not talking dahlen korte. but i have to say he is quite talkative. he is quite ope