they were not bad the behavior blast with the kkk, refused to recuse himself that looks a lot like a duck gate white with dick cheney but that is the type of behavior that was called out by the other justices and the media and this seemed that the world at that time and faults were giving interviews and can you reflect the metal was it just a matter of those who make sending messages from nuremberg, were they making bad choices for getting caught making bad traces that are justices, there is never a scandal in a more or bad behavior. it seen as a shocking but it was all out there right now weather.com -- whatever is unhappiness it should be injured girl. >> whether resents i had was this huge contrasts between the supreme court justices today and the justices of 70 years ago who were badly behaved and found that al and in the newspapers and it raised eyebrows but to what was going on because they were ambitious, political, they did things that ambitious people do. it is not a surprise today's supreme court are careful and boring lawyers. [laughter] i do mean that insulting but they w

how do you get state-wide organization at the time, you join the kkk and he did that. his specialty was anti-catholic speeches. the klan hated catholics and jews and especially with anti-catholic speech, it got him into the united states senate. he sent a quasi resignation letter to be kept secret to the grand dragon that he signed "in the sacred unfailing bond, hugo black." and when roosevelt nominated him to the supreme court, it was a fast confirmation process without vetting. he was a senator and they like each other over there. they still do. as a result of that, the fact that he'd been a klan member did not come out for another two weeks and when it did, you know, all hell broke loose. people were outraged, understandably, and he had to go on the radio and he made a speech, did not apologize for being a klan member and said some of my best friends of jews and catholics, some of my friends are black. the public said, okay, i guess you're not a klan member anymore and the poll numbers changed a little. white protestants seemed to think he was okay. amazingly, later

i am thinking of the example of hugo black, it comes up after he is confirmed that he's a kkk member. he gets on the radio and explained himself. americans listen and they change their mind. some do. but to the extent to which there was a dialogue between the public and the president and the court about the court then that seems to have been priced, and in its place we have this weird stage moment either at the confirmation hearing were that weird state of the union moment with the president. but it seems that this course has not improved in the modern media. it seems it is the great read am i right in saying that? >> guest: i agree with that statement and i feel that it was messier before and you would see that in the supreme court justice's being asked to do jobs for the president. so flexible after pearl harbor was a commission like the 9/11 commission and the chairman of the commission was a sitting supreme court justice owen roberts who was a justice of someone who voted in many cases in favor of roosevelt and the president called him up and said you know, would you like to do th

volume thinking of the example of hugo black that comes out after he confirmed that he's a kkk member he gets on the radio and explains himself. americans listened and change their mind, but it is -- some do but least the extent to which there was a dialogue between the public of the president and the court about the court this they have the broadest and have cautioned weird staged a moment or the state of the union moment with the president put it seems the discourse hasn't improved in the modern media. it seems it's degraded. am i right in saying that? >> guest: i agree on that assessment and i think it was messy before and he would see that for example the supreme court justices asked to do jobs for the president tsks. after pearl harbor there was a0w commission like the 9/11 commission and the sherman was a sitting supreme court justice who was a republican justice who voted in many cases in favor of roosevelt and the president called him up and said would you like to do this? he had been recommended by felix frankfurter who i think should get a when roberts to new do this and it

in the same way the kkk, even though the reality comes from a strain of american history, not a very proud one, the reality is the kkk and other extremists in the united states did not perpetrate their crimes because they felt they were second-class citizens. they perpetrated their crimes because they felt they were first class citizens and wanted to oppose and radiology -- and ideology. host: steven emerson is our guest for the next 18 minutes, the it director for the investigative projects on terrorism and the co-author on some of the following books -- "jihadi inc.," "american jihad ," and "terrorists: the inside story of --" fairfax, virginia george, on our line for democrats. caller: my first question is about this assange business. people have been saying that he should be illegally murdered. if it is terrorism, rupert murdoch should be charged with terrorism. -- should be charged with murder. c-span is part of the problem because if i was running c-span, i would not invite you on this show. i have to make a quick comment. in england about four or five years ago, a person was s

the kkk claim they accept visa visa has denied them.a of course not. if there's a legal action going on reason to believe they're getting classified information illegally that could hurt the country been the has the right to pull that and say no. with chelates king get contributions and other wastes ended a check do something else to blame these are mastercard they're entirely authorized they have a legal basis to deny transactions to the web site. there is no merit. it will cost which he leads a lot of money and may be close them down. that's what it's become a joke mail. don't believe anything and you talked about this before watergate retired agent took down nixon administration he was he went to the post he classified information he it took down the nixon administration change history. >> now he go to nick which he likes. which the leaks. >> go to the post to go to the time to show me the documents don't put it on the internet that's a cowardly. >> is there na >> you can't release to which the leaks for publishing the information is

one neighbor building what appears to be a kkk snowman. look at it again. believe it. there's a noose on it. it's disgusting, it's appalling. >> it's a disgrace to our neighborhood and it's something we definitely don't want here. >> are you outraged? guess what? we're told this is not the first time the neighbor caused a stir. he raised flags and there's a law banning noose hangings so he has to take it down. >>> homes selling at a discount of 32% over homes that are not in disclosure. the home deals are so good, they say, one in every four home buyers is opting for a foreclosure. >>> and check this out. these are states where average foreclosure discounts average 45%. look at ohio. that is almost half off. a big day. dow finishing in the green. coming 24 hours after a great day yesterday. stocks shooting up 250 poins. investigators seem to be happy that in november the private sector hired the most workers in three years. that is great news. >>> next -- chuck norris fact number 1273. he watches so many bad guys on tv, texas is making him a ranger. you hea

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the kkk were terrorists for years. nobody's doing anything about that. we are going to become impoverished. becoming a third troubled country already. our credit is no good anymore. -- we are becoming a third world country already. looking at truth and try to balance things so everybody can benefit will help us. that's the answer. somebody talks about the gulf the. we don't care or about people being wealthy. they can go undercover and work against all the good things that will happen for the people in the lower classes and nobody can tell who they are because the money has been stamped with their name. host: the department of homeland security has created a second -- 365 reports have added information to ongoing cases. let's go to raleigh, n.c. on the independent line. caller: good morning. a lot of people are not thinking about something. everybody is worried about terrorism. half of the gangs in america are natural born latino gang members with the context to bring drugs and the people into the country. we need to stop the birthrate that we have in am

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