. >> former supreme court justice sandra day o'connor was nominated by president reagan in 1981 and served on the court for 21 years before retiring in 2006. recently she and three current u.s. justices, ruth bader beginsberg, sonya sotomayor and kagen shared storied and they talked about how life and work for women has changed over 30 years. the supreme court historical society and the freedom forum co-hosted this hour-long event. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen, i'm greg joseph, and i'm delighted to welcome you to the society's celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first term of justice sandra day o'connor on the u.s. supreme court. we are deeply honored to have with us this evening justice o'connor, justice ruth bader ginsburg, justice sonya sotomayor and justice elena kag agai kagen. this is the first time they've done this this evening. we want to thank jim duff, the ceo of the freedom forum and the freedom forum was making this magnificent space available to us at the museum this evening. jim has a history with the supreme court historical society dating back to his time a

we're very honored you're here with us this eefrk, justice o'connor. and we're also very, very pleased and honored that justices ginsburg, sotomayor and justice kagan are here with us on a very special night. it's all the more special because it's the fourth anniversary of the opening of the museum. we couldn't have done better to celebrate that i would say. we don't have a quorum, but we have enough to great cirque here tonight. i don't know if there's anything you might want to consider. we'll move on to some softer questions i think. justice o'connor, your nomination as the first woman to serve on the supreme court of the united states 30 years ago was certainly historic. it was also a very closely guarded secret. william french smith writes in his memoirs of hiding you and a clandestine meeting at dupont circle in front of a drugstore. >> he wanted to get me down to the white house to meet with the president. he had asked me to come back here and meet with some of the president's close advisers which i did. he had rented hotel space someplace downto

justice o'connor, you arrived at the court, i recall, in an atmosphere of civility. justice powell and others. it continues to this day. justice thomas spoke last week at the university of kentucky, which won the national basketball championship. [laughter] >> you noticed? >> any comment that he has never heard a harsh word or on kind word spoken in conference with the conference in which the nine justices meet? how important is civility in the work of the court? >> it is a small group of nine. i think it is exceedingly important that everyone be polite, kind, and pleasant to each other. i think that is vital. you have to disagree on the merits, but you can disagree agreeably. i think that is very important. the court does well on that score, i think. >> how is it preserved when there is turnover on the court? someone with the historical society has written in a book, "court watchers," that justice white gave you his chambers manual. to assist you. are there other ways - >> i never knew there was a manual. i never got one. it was the internal operating manual within h

trying to persuade nine people and now it's just trying to persuade eight people. >> yeah. >> justice o'connor, justice ginsburg, you both served as the only female on the court during a period of time, and you both i recall expressed hope for another female appointee during those times. it may be obvious, and obviously it -- it should be obvious given this conversation, but why is it so important to our country and to the court to have -- >> maybe you haven't noticed, but i think about 51% or 52% of the population are female. [ applause ] and i think they notice when their public bodies are dominated entirely by one sex. i think women care about that, and they should so i really think that's part of the deal. >> it is indeed. when you joined the court in 1981, the court heard 184 cases that term. it heard 82 cases last year. >> isn't that amazing? >> it just shows they are not working very hard. isn't that right? >> i was going to ask, as they would say in kentucky, did these young ones have it easy? >> they do. i mean, it was a devastating amount of work, i'll tell you, because you had to go

that is very challenging. >> i asked justice o'connor if she had a role model. pointed out in her own way that she was a trailblazer, probably didn't follow the pack. but i will ask the other justices, who is your role model? and please couple that with the question about how important it is to young women today to see you on the bench of the screen court? >> the senator and i are not always judges. very few or our lawyers. we never saw a woman teacher, and we never -- there was no title vii. they were upfront in saying -- voters were upfront in saying that they are not interested in a woman. the change has been enormous. >> guest. >> i couldn't get a job when i got out of college. >> i mentioned this to you before, justice ginsburg, one of my best friends had you for course in law school at columbia. he said you were the best professor he ever had. [applause] >> he must not have been in any of justice kagan's classes. i didn't know anybody outside of harvard. [laughter] >> it is so important. i think we all agree to see you on the bench and you are an inspirati

that is very challenging. >> i asked justice o'connor if she had a role model and pointed out she was a trail blazer, probably didn't follow the path of many, but i'll ask each of the other justices. who was your role model and couple that with a question about how important it is to young women today to see you on the bench at the supreme court. >> well, sandra and i come from the era where women were simply not judges and very few women were lawyers. >> if that. >> we never saw a woman teacher. we, there was no title 7, so employers were up front in saying that they really were not interested in hiring. a woman. for us, the change has been enormous. >> yes. total change. >> in our lifetime. >> i couldn't get a job when i got out of law school. >> well, we're all the better that you're now serving and i've mentioned this to you before, justice ginsburg. one of my best friends had you for a course in law school at columbia. said you were the best professor he ever had. >> good. >> he was not in any of justice kagan's classes. >> that's right. i didn't know anybody went to harvard. i d

we are very honored to have justice o'connor with us. e are pleased that justices ginsberg, sotomayor york, and justice kagan are with us on this very special night. it is special because it is the fourth anniversary of the opening of the museum. we could not have done better to celebrate that. we do not have a quorum, but we have enough to grant [unintelligible] [laughter] i do not know if there is anything you might want to consider. we will move on to questions. justice o'connor, your nomination as the first woman to serve on the supreme court of the united states 30 years ago was certainly historic. it was also a very closely- guarded secret. there are memoirs of them hiding you and a clandestine 9 meeting at dupont circle. >> he wanted to get me down to the white house to meet with the president. he had asked me to come back and meet with some of the president's closest advisers, which i did. he had rented hotel space some place downtown so that we could meet that day. the members of this cabinet, several of them, had come and were a

justice o'connor, who had been the majority and rejected the privacy and liberty argument rules on equal protection grounds which is what many people thought the court would do in this case so she provides the sixth vote. then you've got three votes in the minority justice scalia, chief justice rehnquist and justice thomas. justice scalia rights and announces from the bench if you meant to send in which he says basically that court has taken sides in the culture war and it isn't behaving in a very fashion that can be tied to the constitution and any way and this would mean a slippery slope to things like bigamy and widespread of semidey and he said a marriage. and then justice thomas writes for himself saying but while he believes they are silly to, to use his expression, quoting from an earlier justice, and if she were a texas legislator he would vote to repeal, he was a judge and not a legislator and there's nothing in the constitution he says protecting the right of privacy. so, he provides a third vote. >> host: of the kennedy scalia division on these is so interesting because ronald

tomorrow, on c-span2, justice o'connor, now retired, talks with three women who followed her on the court, ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotomayor and elena kagan. that will be live on c-span2 from the supreme court historical society starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> republican presidential candidates mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich speak at the national rifle association's annual meeting on friday. also addressing the nra, house majority leader eric cantor, texas governor rick perry and wisconsin governor scott walker. see that live on c-span friday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> over the next few hours here on c-span3, congressional hearings on the obama administration's budget request for 2013. up next, securities and exchange commission chair mary schapiro on her agency's proposed

justice o'connor talks to the women who followed her to the court. it will be live on c-span2 starting at 6:30 eastern. >>> indiana senator richard lugar is running for his seventh term and being challenged in the republican primary by state treasurer richard mourdock. see it live debate from minneapolis live on c-span starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> april 15th, 1912. nearly 1,500 perish on the ship once felt unsinkable. >> they struck the bell, three times. ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying that there's some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead, but doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout, after he struck the bell, he went to a telephone desk and calmed doled to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is they say. when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was, what do you see? and the response was, iceberg right ahead. and the response from the officer was, thank you. >> samuel halpern on the truths and myths of that night sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. part of "american history tv" this weekend on c-s

tomorrow on c-span 2, justice o'connor, now retired, talks with the three women who followed her on the court, ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotomayor and elena kagan. that will be live on c-span 2 from the supreme court historical society starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern. >>> the environmental protection agency is seeking $8.3 billion for next year. that's a 1% decrease over this year's budget. e.p.a. administrator lisa jackson recently testified about the budget before the senate environment committee. >> good morning. i'd like to begin by welcoming administrator jackson to this oversight hearing on the 2013 budget for the epa. epa is charged with implementing critical public health and environmental protections, including programs that address children's health, safe drinking water, water quality, america's lakes and rivers. epa's mission is to protect the public health, including children of families. the agency was established with bipartisan support as demonstrated repeated success in improving our family's health and in keeping the nation's air and water clean and safe. the president's

today on c-span2, justice o'connor retired talks to the three women who followed her to the court. it will be live on c-span2 starting at 6:30 eastern. >>> republican presidential candidates machine maria and newt gingrich speak at the national rifle association's annual meeting friday. also addressing the nra, house majority leader eric cantor, texas governor rick perry and scott walter live on c-span friday starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> martin luther king is a man of all the people i've met and talked with and spent time with over the years, is a man that i most -- the american individual that i admire most of all. of all of them. to me, he is my personal hero. why? because martin luther king put his money where his mouth was. [ applause ] >>> his career spanned over 60 years. cbs's mike wallace died this past weekend and age 93. watch any of his almost 50 appearances in the c-span video library, including his interviews with iranian prids rafsanjani and ahmadinejad. the c-span library, every c-span program thins 1987. >>> april 15th, 1912, nearly 1,500 perished on the ship

today, on c-span2, justice o'connor now retired, talks with the three women who followed her to the court. route bader ginsburg, soia sotomayor, and elena kagan live on c-span2 starting at 6:30 eastern.

. >>> just over 30 years ago, president reagan elected sandra day o'connor to be on the supreme court. today, justice day o'connor spoke to the three women who followed her in the court. it will be live on c-span2 starting at 6:30 eastern. indiana's senator richard luger is running for his seventh determine, and he's being challenged in the republican primary by state treasurer richard murdoch. you can see the two debate live from indianapolis today on c-span starting at 7:00 p.m. eastern. tonight, american history dv takes a look at the presidency of richard nixon. at 8:00 eastern, an oral history of elizabeth holtzman, who considered impeachment charge against nixon. and at 9:30, david gergen who, as a speech writ writer for president nixon, wrote the president's resignation letter. april 15, 1912, nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded and they shouted an iceberg ahead, they struck the bells in the crow's nest three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying there's some object ahead. it doesn't mean dead ahead. but ahead of the ship and i

justice o'connor, who had been on the majority of bowers versus hardwick, was on equal protection grounds, which is what many people bought the court would do in this case. she provides the six vote. and you have three votes in the minority justice -- justice scalia and justice thomas -- justice scalia says basically that the court had taken sides in the culture war. it is not behaving in a fashion that can be tied to the constitution in any way. that is will mean a slippery slope to things like bigamy and widespread obscenity and he said gay marriage. justice thomas writes for himself, saying that while he believes these laws are uncommonly silly, to use his expression, and if he were a texas legislator, he would vote to repeal these laws. he is a judge and not a legislator. there is nothing in the constitution protecting the right of privacy. so he provides the third boat. >> it is so fascinating. the kennedy and scalia division on this -- remember that ronald reagan appointee is in the mid- 1980s? both of them catholics, born in the 1930s, had some similar backgrounds. on these types o

was about to get up and deliver his oral argument to the court someone whispers in his year justice o'connor just sent a baby shower gift to a clerk and her lesbian partner. if there are two moments that encapsulate this change that occurred in the country in that generation, those moments really do offer that, those examples. >> there was still a sharp divide on the court. the opinions are fractured in some sense justice kennedy rules for five justices on the grounds of liberty and privacy. in bowers versus hardwick of the head of the private argument on the equal protection ground which is what many people thought the court would do. so they provided the and then you've got three votes in the minority justice scalia, chief justice rehnquist and justice thomas. justice scalia rights and announces a vehement to send in which he says basically the court has taken sides in the cultural war and that it's not be giving in a fashion that can be tied to the constitution in any way that this would be a slippery slope to things like bigamy and widespread of semidey and she said they marriage and the

the justices were honoring the first-ever female justice, sandra day o'connor. it was a celebration marking the 30th anniversary of the start of canner's term. >>> we're getting breaking news from the west coast. two earthquakes rattled the area around baja, mexico this morning. the strongest was a 7.1. no word on possible damage. they follow a series of big quakes late yesterday, along the u.s. and mexican west coast. none of those three caused any damage. and we have no reports of any injuries, either. >>> also weather news. a rare tornado touched down in central california, the city of stockton. the twister's wind speeds hit about 90 miles per hour, strong enough to lift a shed off its foundation. sheet metal, splintered wood in all directions. but no injuries here. >>> and storms are pounding north texas along the panhandle. the swollen river washed out a highway near amarillo. the national weather service provided this picture of a firefighter standing in what looks like a pile of rocks. but, nope. these are drifts of hail, standing up to four feet tall. un

hughes and i had gone to chippendales, and i wouldn't even have mentioned it, except sandra day o'connor and justice ginsberg saw us there. but that sort of humor doesn't really translate to most countries, because most countries you can't roast the president like that, and so from -- a year after that at least on foreign travel, heads of state, when we were somewhere else, would take me aside and say, are you really a desperate housewife? >> had yumor is such an importa thing. >> sometimes it backfires. i can't remember which dinner, but there is a white tie dinner. >> the gridiron. where they take themselves -- pardon me -- so seriously, you, the press, and it was on april 1st, and i thought, a-ha and i worked with my hair dresser and a wore a red wig and came out in my evening dress and george says you're not going like that, are you? and i said, yeah. i am. so we went to the dinner, and some people thought i had cancer. and some people said who is that woman with the president? and nobody thought it was funny. i had gone to great trouble to get this wonderful wig and that. anyway, it backfired.

. >> justice sandra day o'connor, the first woman on the supreme court, noticed this issue and came up with a plan called icivics. icivics is a fun, interactive way for students to learn about our government while playing computer games. her goal is to revive the teaching of civics in american schools to help prepare the next generation of kids to participate as citizens in a democracy. >> we want to be able to say yes, this is my government, this is how it works, and i'm able to communicate with them. and help make it what i want it to be. so that's why it's important, and you need to start learning that in school, i think. >> would you rather be remembered as the first woman on the supreme court or the woman that brought a love of civics to children? >> well, i'd like to be remembered for both things. do i have to do one or the other? good. i really think it's so important that young people learn how our government works, because i grew up, i wanted to be part of my community. i wanted to be part of what happened in the place in city, town, area in which i lived. and to do that, i ha

his first supreme court justice sandra day o'connor had a pro-choice opinion.didate could get away with that today. >> he campaigned against raising tax buzz when he eventually did raise taxes, susan, he said that his feet were in cement on taxes. and then when he signed it, exactly, he said the sound you hear is the cement cracking around me. he made deals on bugs. >> you know, it's a narrower republican party now than it was then. it's also true republicans supported reagan even when they didn't agree with him. he had the support of the hawks and social conservatives. to president obama's point about whether he could win in today's gop, absolutely. when you have a figure that's big like that, and in a way president obama is that way in the democratic party, partisans are willing to forgive you on some issues if they're for you in the whole. >> michael, he was a better politics, just point for point, better political, retail politician. >> he could have sold the wallpaper off the wall and probably did at some point in his acting career. another part of this we

court justices ruth bader ginsberg, sonya sotomayor or, and elena kagan in a tribute to justice sandra day o'connorwas the first woman appointed to the court. she was appointed by president ronald reagan in 1981. live coverage starts at 6:30 eastern. >> they depart beneficial where rosen says the u.s. will continue to be involved in developing afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal. he is represented to afghanistan and pakistan and was part of a discussion hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. this 90 minute event was moderated by former national security advisor stephen hadley. >> good morning. my name is george moose, i'm the vice chair of the board of directors here at the u.s. institute of peace. i'm pleased to welcome you here this morning. before we begin i would like to ask all of you to turn off your cell phones and your pagers. because they interfere with our own electronic systems, including those that are streaming today's session live over the internet to our many listeners in our virtual audience out there. this morning i have the honor to introduce today's session on prospects for pea

[applause] >> coming up, supreme court justices ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotomayor, and elena kagan paid tribute to sandra day o'connor. the former justice is celebrating the 30th anniversary of for appointment to the u.s. supreme court. live coverage on c-span2 at 6:30. on c-span, at 7:00, more campaign 2012 coverage. the indiana senate republican debate. that is live on c-span beginning at 7:00 eastern. taking as up to 7:00, "washington journal" spotlight on magazines focused on the national review's article on john allen. this is 30 minutes. host: president obama has promised to withdraw troops by 2014. what is in john allen's mind? guest: general allen is a troop leader. he said, i'm not above americans fighting this war anymore. i am about turning this war over to the afghans. he is focused on turning the war over to the afghan security forces. host: here is what our guest writes -- host: tell us more about who general allen is. he is not as known as general petraeus and other leaders. guest: john allen is a marine troop commander who came from april school and was looking to go to princeton but decided he would

. >> justice sandra day o'connor noticed this issue and came up with a plan called icivics.is a fun way for students to learn about government. her goal is to revise the teaching of civics in american schools to help prepare the next generation of kids to participate as citizens in a democracy. >> we want to be able to say, "yes, this is my government. this is how it works. i am able to communicate with them and make it what i wanted to be." that is why it's important. we need to start learning that in school, i think. >> would you rather be remembered as the first person -- the first woman on the supreme court? >> both. do i have to do one or the other? the good. i think it is so important that young people learn how our government works. when i grew up, i wanted to be a part of my community. i wanted to be a part of what happened in the plays, the city, the town, the area in which i lived. to do that, i had to know how it worked. each of us needs to know that and it is more fun for you to know how things work and that there is something you think that needs to be changed i

court gathered at the supreme court historical society mark the 30th anniversary of retired justice sandra day o'connor posing initial term. she was asked if it was her goal to become a justice. here's what she had to say. >> was a goal of yours to become a justice? >> heavens no. it certainly was not. [laughter] i was not sure what i ought to do, because it is alright to be the first to do something, but i did not want to be the last woman on the supreme court. >> thank goodness for that. >> if i took the job and did a lousy job, it would take a long time to get another one. it made me very nervous. >> you paved the way for some great justices. when did you? first think? -- when did you first think about it? >> he sent kenneth starr and some other people to arizona to talk to me. they would not say what it was for. it could've been some cabinet post or something like that. if they would not tell me. we had some nice visits, but they did a lot of homework out there. they have gone through all my papers. i observed in all three branches. so i had a big paper trail they had to go through, i guess. >> who

court historical society will mark the 30th anniversary of san read a o'connor's appointment to the supreme court joined by three justices currently on the court. ruth debater ginsberg and elena kagan live at 6:30 eastern. >> april 13th, 1912, >> caller: hundred perished on a ship called unsinkable. >> the look of bills were sounded. the look out cited an iceberg and struck the bells and the crows nest three times which is a warning saying there's an object ahead. it doesn't say what kind of options. what the lookout did after they struck the bill is went to the telephone and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. when the film was finally answered the entire conversation was what do you see? response was iceberg right ahead. response from the officer was thank you. >> samuel halpern on the truth and myth of that night at 4:00 eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> now a debate over civil liberties and the role of the aclu. this forum, benjamin cardozo law school with health care, same-sex marriage and national security. we will show you as much as we can

. >> and how did your interview with retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor help you understandbefore we interviewed her, i didn't know what i civics was and we got an interview, she told us. i didn't notice about the issue that our students don't know about our government and she started explaining it and then what she does and stuff. and i learned. >> what was your favorite part from creating this documentary? >> it has to be interviewing the students because they really didn't know about our government. and i got some pretty funny answers like when we asked who the vice president was. >> what was the most important understanding you took away from all of your research and creation of the documentary? >> i actually got to learn about our government and i didn't know what our five freedoms was. and i really didn't know what the president does or the vice president and i didn't understand that a lot of students don't know about our government. >> what would you like others who watch your documentary to learn? >> i would just want them to notice the fact that our students don't k

. [ applause ] >> just over 30 years ago, sandra day o'connor became the first woman appointed to the u.s. supreme court. tomorrow the former justice takes part in a discussion looking at her career. the three women who followed her to the high court and still currently serve. events hosted by the supreme court historical society and freedom forum and you can see it live at 6:30 p.m. eastern on cspan 2. also tomorrow, live coverage of the indiana senate republican primary debate between senator richard lugar and challenger, who serves as indiana treasurer. the hoosier state holds its primary may 8th. is begins at 7:00 p.m. on cspan, or listen on cspan radio. april 15th, 1912, nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called "unsinkable." >> once the lookout bells were sounded, once the lookout sighted an iceberg ahead. they struck the bells, in the process, three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying there is some object ahead. doesn't mean dead ahead. means ahead of the ship. doesn't say what kind of object. with the lookout, after they struck the bell, he went to a telephone nest and called down to the officer on the bridge to

. >> justice sandra day o'connor notice this issue and came up with a plan called icivics.is a fun way for students to learn about government. her goal is to revise the teaching of civics in american schools to help prepare the next generation of kids to participate as citizens in a democracy. >> we want to be able to say, "yes, this is my government. this is how it works. i am able to communicate with them and make it what i wanted to be." that is why it's important. we need to start learning that in school, i think. >> would you rather be remembered as the first person -- the first woman on the supreme court? >> both. do i have to do one or the other? the good. i think it is so important that young people learn how our government works. when i grew up, i wanted to be a part of my community. i wanted to be a part of what happened in the plays, the city, the town, the area in which i lived. to do that, i had to know how it worked. each of us needs to know that and it is more fun for you to know how things work and that there is something you think that needs to be changed i

coming. [ applause ] >>> just 30 years ago san da day o'connor became the first woman appointed to the u.s. supreme court. today the former justice takes part in a discussion looking back at her career. she will be joined by ruth bader ginsberg, sotomayor and elena kagan. you can see it live at 6:30 p.m. eastern at c-span 2. also today live coverage of the indiana senate republican primary debate between senator richard luger and the challenger who serves as indiana's treasurer. the primary is held on may 8th. that debate begins live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span or listen on c-span radio. >>> and as congress continues its two week recess, all this week on c-span 3 we're showing you american history tv in primetime. tonight from our oral history series a look at the life and career of president nixon. you'll see programs on the impeachment charges brought against the president, the oval office meeting with elvis presley and an interview with david guerra again who began his political career on the nixon speech writing team and later wrote the president's resignation letter. that all begins tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span

. >> just over 30 years ago sandra day o'connor became the first woman appointed to the u.s. supreme court. tomorrow the former justice takes part in a discussion looking at her career. she'll be joined by ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotomayor, and elena kagan, the three women who followed her to the high court and still currently serve. the event's hosted by the supreme court historical society and the freedom forum. and you can see it live at 6:30 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span 2. also tomorrow, live coverage of the indiana senate republican primary debate between senator richard lugar and challenger richard mordock who serves as indiana's treasurer. the hoosier state holds its primary on november 8th. you can listen on c-span radio. >>> april 15th, 1912. nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, once the lookout cited an iceberg up ahead, they struck the bells up in the crow's nest three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying that there's some object ahead. it doesn't mean dead ahead. it means ahead of the ship. and it doesn't say what kind o

at 6:30, supreme court justices pay tribute to former justice sandra day o'connor. former successities is celebrating the 30th anniversary of her appointment to the supreme court, the first woman appointed to the court. we will have that on use at 6:30. on c-span at 7:00 eastern, coverage of the indiana debate between lugar and mourdock, that is life at 7:00 p.m. >> this year's student cam competition asked students across the country what part of the constitution was important to them and why. today's third prize winner selected the 19th mend. >> the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied on account of sex. >> the courageous women marched, they fasted, and they were arrested. >> congress sheff power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. >> police, batons, hit them all over their bodies, including their heads. they changed america. >> the 19th amendment to the ups constitution was ratified on august 18, 1920. the amendment was the cull makes of the women's suffrage movement which was fought at state and national levels to ac

later in the day also on c-span 2, supreme court justices paid tribute to former justice sandra day o'connor appointed to the court. she was nominated by ronald reagan in 1981. live coverage starts says 6:30 eastern. >> april 15 1912, nearly 1500 perish on a ship called unsinkable. >> this struck the bells three times which is a warning. it is not say what kind of object. he called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was, what the sea? i spurred right ahead. the response from the officer was, thank you. >> this weekend on c-span 3. >> the united states will continue to be involved in securing afghanistan after the 2014 withdraw. he is the representative to afghanistan and pakistan and was part of a discussion hosted by the -- >> good morning. my name is george moose, i'm the vice chair of the board of directors here at the u.s. institute of peace. i'm pleased to welcome you here this morning. before we begin i would like to ask all of you to turn off your cell phones and your pagers. because the

republican justices and the majority, the four democratic appointed justices not, they will throw out the delicate balance that sandra day o'connor built in, there goes affirmative action. the voting rights act section five which is pretty clear and provision which are very much in the news, both because of the voter laws that charles mentioned, involving id but also redistricting, and that's a pretty clear signals from chief justice roberts from previous decisions that it's just a matter of time and probably the time when they throw out the private voting rights act. if you think that racial issues for african-americans have been high before, just wait if we get those decisions coming before the election. >> and have the arizona case on immigration. >> yes. and just a point on the asian americans. we had goodwin liu nominated a smart features as you will ever find for court of appeals rejected on a filibuster by republicans. we have got the energy secretary, an asian-american, nobel prize winner who has been a punching bag for republicans because of the solyndra and other issues. we may see if those issues become heightened, and

justices not. there will drop a delicate balance of sandra day o'connor built-in. there goes affirmative-action.frequent provision which are very much in the news both because of the voter laws charles mentioned involving id and also districting and clear signals from chief justice roberts from previous decisions that it is just a matter of time and this is probably the time they throw out section 5 of the voting rights act. if you think racial issues for african-americans have been high before just wait if we get those positions before the election. >> they have the arizona case. >> sir the case as well. just a point on the asian americans. we had good one --goowin liu an asian-american, nobel prize winner who has been a punching bag for republicans because of solyndra and other issues. their hind, create a different level of consciousness among asian americans drawn along partisan lines. >> you already had the act in michigan they ran during the super bowl. >> tell us about it. >> hockstrow is running for senate and ran an ad that has the chinese looking woman save very scary that china is tak