supreme court, and that is just lyle denniston.laughter] not quite, but you are going to get there soon. we are very, very fortunate to have this outstanding panel. i'm going to turn things over to amy schwartz, who is the opinion editor over at "moment" magazine, and i will turn it over to her. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. welcome to tonight's discussion . my name is amy schwartz, and i am the opinion editor of "moment" magazine, and this -- magazine. the editor and chief is here but toiling away on a deadline, so making an appearance, and our wonderful partners, charles haynes and the freedom center of the newseum institute. we are looking forward to a wonderful evening. thank you also to the staff of both our magazine and the institute, who have done so much work to bring this evening together. our topic tonight is one that as recently as a couple of decades ago would have been widely considered taboo. our supreme court justices, are they influenced in their decision-making by the religious convictions they bring to the

supreme court, and that is just lyle denniston.laughter] not quite, but you are going to get there soon. we are very, very fortunate to have this outstanding panel. i'm going to turn things over to amy schwartz, who is the opinion manager over at "mlmoment" magazine, and i will turn it over to her. >> good evening, everyone. welcome to tonight's discussion about the supreme court decisions. my name is amy schwartz, and i am the opinion editor of "moment" magazine, and this is the premier magazine of to which culture and relisten. -- religion. the editor and chief is here but toiling away on a deadline, so making an appearance, and our wonderful partners, charles haynes and the freedom center of the newseum institute. we are looking forward to a wonderful evening. thank you also to the staff of both our magazine and the institute, who have done so much work to bring this evening together. our topic tonight is one that as recently as a couple of decades ago would have been widely considered taboo. our supreme court justices, are they

supreme court, and that is just lyle denniston. [laughter] not quite, but you are going to get there pretty soon if you keep going. we are very, very fortunate to have this outstanding panel. i'm going to turn things over to amy schwartz, who is the opinion editor over at "moment" magazine, and i will turn it -- let her introduce the panel. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. welcome to tonight's discussion , does religion impact -- how does religion impact supreme court decisions. my name is amy schwartz, and i am the opinion editor of "moment" magazine, and this is the premier independent magazine of jewish culture and religion. i also welcome you on behalf of editor in chief who is here but toiling away on a deadline, so making an appearance, and our wonderful partners, charles haynes and the freedom center of the newseum institute. we are looking forward to a wonderful evening. thank you also to the staff of both our magazine and the institute, who have done so much work to bring this evening together. our topic tonight is on

and i want to talk a little bit as lyle did.tice brennan, i think, it is to say the most ardent separationist in the modern history of the court, and i think he was that precisely he was catholic. that is where his catholicism took him. religion,d deeply in but he believed that it was private and personal and that having religion in the public square and in public life was divisive. sake, justice brennan was on the court from 1956 until 1990. he participated in decisions prohibiting school prayer and was vilified by the catholic church for doing so. aboutt strongly enough his views in those cases to write a separate 50-page concurring opinion in the second school prayer decision in 1963, a case called abington school district versus shep, and i was looking over that again today, about whether or not we could ever have an atheist on the court. justice brennan in his opinion in 1963 talks about the establishment clause embodied the framers conclusion that government and religion have discrete interests, which are mutually best ser

we're joined by senior republican and foreign relations committee and lyle next chairman bob corker of tennessee. senator, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> al: start with i.s.i.s. any chance the lame duck senate will vote on authorizing that war? >> this next week in the foreign relations committee we agreed this week to have a debate. we're hoping to have administration witnesses come up monday to have classified briefings tuesday and then debate the issue. there's no chance it will be on the senate floor but there are numbers of senators in the foreign relations committee that want to begin weighing in. i have been talking with the white house and with the state department and believe that they're really not quite ready. the whole issue especially in syria is such a complex one and i thinkallen is doingeneral alla good job in piecing together actions that could have a good outcome but we're not there yet. personally, i would like to take this up when they're fully ready, thought it through and are ready to come forth so the american people with understand how the outcome

and i want to talk a little bit as lyle did.ce brennan, i think, it is to say the most ardent separationist in the modern history of the court, and i think he was that precisely he was catholic. that is where his catholicism took him. religion,d deeply in but he believed that it was private and personal and that having religion in the public square and in public life was divisive. sake, justice brennan was on the court from 1956 until 1990. he participated in decisions prohibiting school prayer and was vilified by the catholic church for doing so. aboutt strongly enough his views in those cases to write a separate 50-page concurring opinion in the second school prayer decision in 1963, a case called abington school district versus shep, and i was looking over that again today, about whether or not we could ever have an atheist on the court. justice brennan in his opinion in 1963 talks about the establishment clause embodied the framers conclusion that government and religion have discrete interests, which are mutually best serve

i realized at that moment that the problem of sexual violence in india is not a lyle issue rather a cultural problem. that sort of where this whole idea of trying to address sexual violence and in particular the patriarchcal views that surround it. the huge problem in india and other cultures if you are a woman who is raped, the culture around you, the families, community, police, try to discourage you from trying to get justice. i've interviewed rape survivors and gang-rape survivors it's an uphill battle. the culture works against them. one woman who was raped said there was an officer sitting next to her with a semiautomatic weapon. how can a girl try to get justice if they know for the rest of their lives they're going to be under this shadow. this is what this comic book is trying to challenge and address. >> there have been more protests across the u.s. in police killings of unarmed black men. demonstrators protest against the deaths of deaths in fergus ferguson, month m and i, missouri, and new york. >> in berkeley, california, a group of people protesting the grand jury decision in t

wildcats lyles with the long outlet pass to devin booker for the dunk making it 39-32. kentucky wins 58-50. the wildcats are still perfect a lot of people thinking they might finish that way now 13-0. >>> a little football action now for you. and the sun bowl arizona state and duke and a lot of meaning for me and sports producer kevin because we both went to asu. blue devils with the trickery right there somehow get the touchdown in. that goes to isaac and that made it 31-30. but after the 96-yard return asu comes back, quarterback kelly to richard and that is it. hoist the trophy, asu wins, they win it by the count of -- [ applause ] > like i had something to do with that, thank you, 36-31. >>> penn state bowling for the first time since 2011. taking on boston college, at yankee stadium. how cool is that? right to overtime bc30-24 after the eagles missed and extra point christian with his fourth temperature pass of the game to kyle carter tying the game at 30 so all they had to do was get the point for the lions. that goes in, nittany lions 31- 30. they had been banned

your cell phone is fully charged >> filming for the new james bond movie could delayed after reef lylestole nine range rovers modified for the movie which are work an estimated $1 million waiting if tran part to the alps for filming. the bond films are famous for the spy cars and is due out next november. >> a new list is out detailing the best and worse cities for an active lifestyle. according to the list, the best for active cities is oak -- omaha, nebraska and portland oregon and pittsburgh, pennsylvania. what? how can that be? the worst cities for exercise were laredo and jersey city and newark, new jersey. >> cruise aid a dog in a recare out situation that got its head stun in a pipe in boise, idaho after a baby dog did not return home after a walk with her owner. it wasn't physical the next -- wasn't until the next day the neighbor found the stucking do and the dog was removed from the pipe and is expected to be okay and is recovering in the hospital. >> ouch. just ahead a mother's special encounter caught on camera. >> big mama. >> a panda is reunited with her this is jim. a ma

eight minutes to play wildcat tyler lyles with the pass to booker for the shot.win 13-0 now. >>> arizona state and duke, we went to arizona state me and my sports producer. blue devils with the trickery. what is he doing? what's going on? we weren't scared. then after 96-yard return, to richard right there to give the sun devils the lead for good as they blow 'em out! 36--- all right, just win by 5, 36-31. [ laughter ] >>> penn state bowling for the first time since 2011. taking on boston college and yankee stadium. very, very cool. right to overtime bc leading 30- 24 after the eagles missed an extra point and christian with the fourth touchdown pass of the game to kyle carter and all they need is this and they get it from sam. he puts that one right through the uprights. penn state wins 31-30. they have been banned from bowl play games for the last two seasons. they wi. >>> 3rd quarter south carolina leading miami 17-6. edwards from three yards out. two-point conversion cuts the gamecocks lead. carolina in the 4th quarter thompson from two yards outputs south ca

this is temperature third incident involving a malaysian air lyle the malaysian airlines flight from march that's still missing. that from bay jing carrying 239 passengers and crew. then there's mh 17. it was shot down over the ukraine this summer. today, more questions and heart ache from those who want to know what happened to their loved ones. >> reporter: there are 47 friends and family here. they're sequestered from the media. we did see a few of them earlier and they were, as you can imagine, very distraught. they're looking for answers trying to find out exactly what happened. officials know where and when it dropped off radar. that should give them a better idea, but we're going on 14-hours now since missing and still no sign of the plane: guys back to you. >> heartbreaking. katie, thank you. >> mike bettis has been monitoring the weather there. >> it's not unusual. the suddenly trade winds produce stormy weather. you can see that on the satellite map. all between where it was expected to land in singapore and the flight track would take it through the seas. the problem is we

he is a lyle guy -- a loyal guy. he stood by government. he'll stand by caucus as long as it did not get worse. >> one person that was not stood by is congressman michael grim who pleaded guilty to tax evasion. he was under a 20 count indictment and the voters decided he was better than the democrat. and there was the congressman grim wanting to hold on. and john boehner convinced him no, he may get sentenced to prison time. for the sake of the house, he had to get out of here. did he embarrass the republican party? >> we are looking at a thug here who was a huge embarrassment. he was under the house financial services committee, and committed income tax evasion. he needs to go. i think that was part of the deal. it usually is when there's a deal made with a sitting member of the house and senate. where the resignation is part of the plea. my assumption is that with this. >> when the new congress takes session, president obama almost seems relieved that he is not facing another election he's more aggressive. and some domestic policy signall

this is temperature third incident involving a malaysian air lyle airliner this year. this is bringing back memories of the mh370 that disappeared in march and still missing. that was carrying 239 passengers and crew. men mh 17 traveling from amsterdam to kuala lumpur shot down over the ukraine this summer. today more questions and more heart ache from families who just want to know what happened to their loved ones. >> reporter: there are 47 friends and family here. they're behind this corridor sequester ed from the media. we saw a few a little earlier. they were as you imagine very distraught. they're looking for answers, trying to find out what happened. officials know where and when it dropped off radar. that should give a better idea of where it is in the java sea. going on 13 to 14 hours since it's missing and still no sign of the plane. back to you. >> heartbreaking. katie, thanks. >>> mike bettes has been monitoring the weather situation overnight. what was it looking like when the plane vanished. >> there were storms in the area. it's not unusual this time of

lincoln was angry that the chases were not in attendance, but both fanciful tales seem manufactured, lylely in retrospect and for effect. chase certainly played on mary lincoln's vindictiveness in her rendition of the rivalry in later years particularly when mrs. lincoln's unpopularity peaked in the post-war years. kate chase and miry lincoln were introduced at the first white house levee in 1861. kate was escorted by charles sumner who later became a favorite and a confidant of mrs. lk. this young eligible daughter of a wealthy cabinet member enjoyed a wide circle of admirers. anne richardson french, wife of sculptor daniel chester french, described kate as a professional beauty. she was tall and slim with an unusually long white neck and a slow dibeliberate way of turning it when she glanced about. french concluded both chase's striking appearance and her distinctive manner demanded that when she appeared, people dropped back in order to watch her. when she returned to the white house for the lincolns first state dinner on march 28th battle lines were clearly being drawn as the story is r

he says marijuana is still ill lyle and since banks are federally licensed the banks here are in a bindines to the feds, the banks just say no to marijuana businesses. there are no checking accounts, no payroll service, no loans and dangerous amounts of cash. which means heavy security. they used to say that weed caused paranoia but for the pot baron, the fears comes from the banking crisis. >> oh, my gosh. you're not going to believe this. >> what? >> we just lost another bank account. >> what? >> yeah, they sent one letter just now that said we've exceeded our monthly cash deposit of $50,000. i got that letter yesterday and this one now says they're officially closing our bank account. >> are you serious? >> yeah. the bank is the toughest thing i've had to deal with. we have zero bank accounts now. >> god. so what are we going to do now? we don't have the atm working. chase just got shut down. now this one so how are we going to pay employees? >> cash. all of our bills have to be cash. they won't let me deposit anymore. we can't write checks. they won't accept them. the fact i can't w

lincoln was angry that the chases were not in attendance, but both fanciful tales seem manufactured, lylely in retrospect and for effect. chase certainly played on mary lincoln's vindictiveness in her rendition of the rivalry in later years particularly when mrs. lincoln's unpopularity peaked in the post-war years. kate chase and miry lincoln were introduced at the first white house levee in 1861. kate was escorted by charles sumner who later became a favorite and a confidant of mrs. lk. this young eligible daughter of a wealthy cabinet member enjoyed a wide circle of admirers. anne richardson french, wife of sculptor daniel chester french, described kate as a professional beauty. she was tall and slim with an unusually long white neck and a slow dibeliberate way of turning it when she glanced about. french concluded both chase's striking appearance and her distinctive manner demanded that when she appeared, people dropped back in order to watch her. when she returned to the white house for the lincolns first state dinner on march 28th battle lines were clearly being drawn as the story is r

and finally, from the cardinals, we have lyle sendlein. bird." [ cheers and applause ] there you guys go. your nfl superlatives. we have a great show! give it up for the roots. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we have got a great show tonight! from "night at the museum: secret of the tomb," the very funny ben stiller is here. >> steve: come on! [ cheers and applause ] come on! >> jimmy: i love ben stiller. she is one of my favorite actors out there right now. she stars in the new movie, "the gambler." the lovely, the talented brie larson is stopping by. [ cheers and applause ] she's great in that movie. and he's one of the funniest guys on the planet. he's going to do stand up for us tonight. we have stand up from comedian damon wayans is gonna be here doing stand up. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: oh, my! >> jimmy: yeah. that's great. i'm so excited. he's one of the funniest guys ever. guys, we have, we have exactly three shows left before we go on christmas break, which means it's time for a new tonight show tradition. it's time fo

>> his name is lyle. he knows who he is. >> college where? >> cornell.ut that's the sort of thing, my site is irreverent and my writing is irreverent at times. and i wanted to capture that on the website so it wasn't just another right wing, you know, staid, boring website. it also says, "i always knew -- >> it also says, "i always knew that kid was going places." s.e.'s dad. yes, my dad gave me that one. -- >> yes, my dad gave me that one. that was a good one. >> who is your dad? >> his name is ken. he's from kentucky, grew up blue collar, maybe even collarless, moved around a lot, put himself through school, went from a stock boy in a warehouse to become a vice president of a major fortune 500 company over 40 plus years of working for the same company. >> which one? >> it was officemax. it was originally boise cascade and then it merged with officemax. so he's sort of my role model in terms of hard work, personal responsibility, sort of taking responsibility for your obligations and for where you're going in life regardless of the hand that you were de

on cuba have denied cubans access to technology that has empowered individuals around the globe so lyled increase telecommunications connections between the united states and cuba. businesses will sell goods that enable cubans to communicate with the united states and other countries. these are the steps i can take as president to change this policy. the embargo imposed decades is codified in legislation. these changes unfold live look forward to engage in congress in an honest and serious debate about lifting the embargo. yesterday i spoke with raul castro to finalize alan gross's release and the exchange of prisoners and to describe how we will move forward. i made clear my belief that cuban society is constrained by restrictions on its citizens. in addition to the return of alan gross and the release of our intelligence agent we welcome cuba's decision to release a substantial number of prisoners whose cases were directly raised with the cuban government by my team. we welcome cuba's decision to provide more access to that its citizens and to continue increasing engagement with inter