. >> i'd like to get back to martin ginsburg a little bit. stice ginsburg you were talking about the late 19th century and the role of the supreme court wives expected to play but your husband played an extremely important role internally at the court by being such a joyful participant in this bunchon held at the court four times a year. and are they pot luck? two or three of the spouses take the initiative to organize them? so my question to you, justice ginsburg, is do you remember your husband going off to his first spouse luncheon and what his impression was and what he made for that luncheon? justice ginsburg: he made veal tomato which was very popular. it's in his book. but this book jeff supreme was conceived by martha ann alito. and she thought the perfect tribute to marty would be a cookbook. so this has some 30 odd of his well over 150 recipes he had on disc. the choices were initially made by martha ann but my daughter looked at the table of contents and she said, mother, those are not the recipes daddy would have picked. i said, al

i think john marshall would have enjoyed martin ginsburg. the question, did he just love to share good food or did you think he was aware of it's important service you is doing -- he was doing to the court? >> i think both. his fondness for the kitchen shortly after i made my first meal. [laughter] to two he owed his skill women, his mother and wife. had i think he was spared to his mother but entirely accurate with me. he began cooking when he was in service. did -- iback -- dr. came back to give birth to jane. on page one, the basic stuff. he had been a chemistry major at so he treated this cookbook like it chemistry book. after two years in the service, he was already quite a good cook. >> he was a fabulous baker and made wonderful bread. he said there was not a decent loaf of bread in washington dc so he made his own bread. sotomayor, let's talk about your food traditions. growing up, and your autobiography, you read that she cooked rice and brings -- be ans. did you learn to cook this type of food? >> i'm not a bad cook, but i'm a horri

martin luther king, in this term, we saw justice kennedy affirm the right of public universities to use programs in the affirmative-action case, and the case about voting, justice ginsburg wrote the unanimous result in a six justice majority on the raising -- reasoning, a powerful majority on democracy. we are seeing a lot of i think very inspiring progressive cases coming out of the supreme court. that is with justice kennedy and current liberals on the court. whether that is because people are making strong arguments thatd in the constitution, is pushing them in this direction or not, that is from my perspective a great advancement. ont: of the conservatives the court, who do you see stepping up, justice scalia, someone who fills that role, so to speak? in oral argument, justice scalia was a presence. he asked a lot of questions. -- especiallyto so after taking on the role and being the primary conservative , he asked extremely good, insightful, and difficult questions. particularly the advocate on the more progressive side of things. he is very good at that. they translate into strong defense as we see in the affirmative-action case, a great example. he read his diss

martin luther king, in this term, we saw justice kennedy affirm the right of public universities to use programs in the affirmative-action case, and the case about voting, justice ginsburg the unanimous result in a six justice majority on the raising -- reasoning, a powerful majority on democracy. we are seeing a lot of i think very inspiring progressive cases coming out of the supreme court. that is with justice kennedy and current liberals on the court. whether that is because people are making strong arguments thatd in the constitution, is pushing them in this direction or not, that is from my perspective a great advancement. ont: of the conservatives the court, who do you see stepping up, justice scalia, someone who fills that role, so to speak? in oral argument, justice scalia was a presence. he asked a lot of questions. -- especiallyto so after taking on the role and being the primary conservative , he asked extremely good, insightful, and difficult questions. particularly the advocate on the more progressive side of things. he is very good at that. they translate into strong defense as we see in the affirmative-action case, a great example. he read his dissent fr