mr. o'connor. >> mr. chief justice, may it please the court, the big issue that starts in this case that whether after completing the task related to a traffic stop whether an officer without individualized suspicion can hold the driver for a dog sniff. specific question in this case is whether officer strubel was entitled to piggy back an already completed traffic offense with probable cause onto that traffic offense for an investigation of mr. rodriguez involving nothing more than a hunch. that is the question of the case. >> but that remains -- that wasn't reached by the court of appeals. the district court as you pointed out rejected the argument that there was probable cause saying it's nothing more than a hunch but that was not reviewed by the court of appeals so that could still be open. >> the decision of the court of appeals, your honor, absolutely. that was a diminimus ruling. they did not reach the question as to whether there was e minimus ruling. they did not reach the question as to whether

mr. day.' c-span: now was your father testing him? >> guest: oh, he di--well, of course. c-span: has--has your husband, john o'connor, had any mountain oysters since that day? >> guest: oh, we used to have more than our share, i'm afraid that was one of the things that cattlemen sort of thought were a delicacy. and, actually, my mother knew how to prepare them and cook them, and they weren't too bad. you know, when i grew up everything was deep fried. you deep fried the steak. you could have a perfectly good t-bone steak, and any cowboy worth his salt would want it chicken fried. and you fried the chicken, too and fried the bacon and fried the eggs and fried everything. and so you fried the mountain oysters, too, dipped in a little milk and egg and bread crumbs, and they weren't too bad served with some cocktail sauce. c-span: now you have had three sons, brian, scott and jay. >> guest: yes. c-span: how old are they, and where are they? >> guest: oh, they're pretty old now. they're all in their--the youngest is about to become 40. and the oldest and the middle son live in the phoenix area scott and brian. and our so

mr. basic knowledge where it should be assumed. an elementary civics test along the lines for every new citizen and a hint when 96 percent you know, something is missing. justice o'connor has called this the quiet crisis in education and. president reagan told us if we forget what we did, we will not know who we are. and also remarking every child in this country should be instructed in the principles of freedom. [applause] but to appreciate this wisdom of and it helps to know who justice o'connor and president reagan and john adams of hour. [laughter] [applause] but for too many of our kids those days sadly do not ring a bell. this is an issue that should unite us these are our children in they will have to vote whose sid sid your chairs and to stand at this podium. how can we expect them to protect the principles on which this country was founded if we're not preparing them for that task right now? it is time to make this right in there is a bipartisan bill called the american civics will. send it to my desk i will sign it immediately. [cheers and applause] it's also time to take charge of our public schools in and take responsibility for their results. for too long