in the oath, i tell a story of justice o'connor.justice o'connor and justice souter having a conversation in the hallway. and o'connor boiling with frustration, about how, and she said, why is it that our party is destroying the country? why are we spending money that we don't have? why are we engaged in this war in iraq with no end. barry goldwater she said, never gave a dam who slept with. [laughter] and that was the party who does give a care. and, you know, stephen breyer said that after the court, the seattle and louisville, the segregation cases, he overturned those and he said, it is not often in law that so few have done and undone so much. that was even before citizens united, which i think is the defining case so far of the roberts court. remember, the conservatives of the 60s and 70s. the moderate republicans in the report, the core idea of conservatism at the supreme court was judicial restraint. the idea that courts should, if at all possible, that they should defer to the elected branch of government. they should not o

justice o'connor and chief justice rehnquist were both from the small state of arizona. i think that reflects the fact we are still launder a country that is caught up in the geographic differences among us and you could say the same thing for religion. right now as you may know, justice stevens retired two years ago as a protestant on the supreme court and we now have the supreme court of six catholics and three jews. how does that happen? in some ways you could suggest that it happens but it certainly reflects is we don't see that much anymore about the accounting by religion we still force are very aware of race and ethnicity and gender, so the fact that there are now three women on the court, you know, that says something. that's approaching a kind of normalization of the notion that the women can rise to the highest ranks in the legal profession. i think we're still waiting for more diversity in the court, and race and ethnicity. but the point i actually want to make the wingback to how the court knows what it knows is until elena kagan succeeded justice stevens two

the crowning achievement of justice sandra day o'connor's career was the 2000 case out of your state of michigan, the grudder case that said that universities may use race in admissions to graduate school. there is a case that directly challenges the grudder case based on what i've seen, it's very likely that the supreme court will overturn grudder and prohibit any sort of affirmative action in admissions. that's one. the other is the future of the voting rights act. section five of the voting rights act says that certain states, most of them in the south, have to get any changes in their voting system precleared by the justice department. that's one of the reasons why governor scott attempts to restrict voting failed because the justice department challenged it. that is being -- that is very much at risk. and the third is the whole range of issues marriage. the defensive marriage act possibly proposition 8 there i think justice anthony kennedy who has usually been siding with the conservatives in recent years may side with the liberals. and i think the defensive marriage act is in a

>> rehnquist did and the energy on the court was really much more with justice o'connor, o'connor was really running that court in the last decade or so, and that rehnquist didn't push as hard or as effectively as he could have. roberts will certainly not make that mistake, and at the age, you know, he is not even close to 60 years old yet, he has got plenty of time and energy to push the court but again if obama somehow gets three appointments it doesn't matter how effective is as a spokesman he will no longer command a majority, someone that makes a great use is based on who their colleagues are. >> rose: what is the most brilliant mind on the court today? >> john roberts, definitely john robert, oh, yeah. >> rose: what if i had a vote of the nine would he get -- of the 9, would he get nine votes? >> first of all you have to tell me is it a secret ballot? you know, let me think. i think, i bet he would, i bet he would he is a respected figure. >> suppse there a secret ballot and asked them about the different judges and their abilities. what would be surprising that they might say?

justice o'connor, no one would hire her. so she volunteered to work for a county attorney and said, if you think i am worth it at the end of four months, you can put me on the payroll. that is how she got her first job. >> for those not aware, justice o'connor is coming next year. your husband was someone who was extraordinary on many levels. he supported your career and is quoted as saying his greatest single accomplishment was supporting you. he also said, i learned very early on in our marriage that ruth was a terrible cook and for lack of interest, was unlikely to improve. [laughter] so he said, out of self preservation, i decided i'd cook.learned t to you have talked about this a lot, but what did it mean to have him as your life partner? >> i was blessed for 56 years married to a man who's go -- who thought my work was as important as this -- who thought my work was as important as his, and was a great chef. our arrangement in our early years was that i would do the everyday cooking and he would do the weekend and comp

. >> there's also a fascinating story about sandra day o'connor saying when justice was retiring, it'sy that's destroying the country. >> the last three justices to leave the court, john paul stevens, all republican appointees who left deeply alienated from that party. and that scene in the supreme court corridors, the justices, they respect each other's space a lot. they don't go into each other's offices a lot but they have a lot of conversations in the corridors. >> it's like "60 minutes." >> it's a lot like "60 minutes." and o'connor went on and on to suter about how it was the republicans running up deficits and barry goldwater never cared who you slept with. and we didn't get involved in these foreign adventures, you know, under good republican presidents. o'connor, stevens, and suter a left completely alienated from the modern republican party and they were replaced by modern republicans who are much more congrd to talking more about it down the r lot mo tonight. isha? >> anrs nd teachers back to work today and end a six-day strike. instea union leaders say the mayor is using th

o'connor, stevens, and suter all left completely alienated from the modern republican party and theyreplaced by modern republicans who are much more conservative. >> the book's "the oath" and congratulations. >> thanks. >> look forward to talking more about it down the road. thanks very much. >>> there's a lot more we're following tonight. isha? >> anderson, a chicago judge declined to send teachers back to work today and end a six-day strike. instead, the hearing is scheduled for wednesday. union leaders say the mayor is using the courts to bully teachers into approving a tentative deal to end the strike. school officials say state law prohibits strikes over non-economic issues such as teacher evaluations. >>> in new york, rallies and nearly 150 arrests as protesters gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of occupy wall street. most of the violations were for disorderly conduct. and anderson, washington national zoo welcomes a baby panda. don't expect a name for months. zoo officials will follow chinese custom and give it a name after 100 days. i'm thinking hay. >> you're thinkin

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his case came up in justice o'connor's first year on the court. she wrote the decision saying that the state college for nurses had to admit men who were qualified. first, when i brought that decision home to my husband, he said, ruth, did you write that? [laughter] and second, it was her appreciation that you better believe there's something you can do for a field that had been nominally female to get more men to be doing the job because, when men get into the field, pay increases. [laughter] you asked about male plaintiffs. this was accidental. but it turned out that hogan's case tried to get into the women's college was the principal for the women wanted to attend vmi. >> have you gotten letters from women who have cents -- who have since attended vmi? >> yes. and from parents. one night prize most was from a man -- one that i prize most was from a man who graduated from vmi. he said -- by the way, only 15% of the graduates enter the military. most of them have careers in business and politics. and you need an all-boy network to help graduates

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>> reporter: something a lot of are a >>> this is kevin tibbles on chicago's south side, felicia o'connor was already sleeping when the strike happened. she leaves for work at 4:30 each morning and usually drops 6-year-old michaela off. >> they don't know anything, i don't know anything. we're just out here blank, now i have to go to work. >> reporter: and felicia now is trying to find a safe place for her daughter, some schools opened half the day, with nonunion staffers. parents in a bind were also able to leave their children at some 60 area churches, and number of clubs and community services. some kids attend a program called safe haven in a local church. >> there is so much violence going on in the city of chicago, going up, we want our kids to be in a safe place. >> reporter: the local girls and boys clubs open of the early, helping the children. >> great staff members, supervised the fun activity and education, as well. >> reporter: it was at the girl's and boy's club that they found a refuge for michaela. >> if my child is not in school getting the education she needs, you know,

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my name is michael o'connor. i am a small business person. i just finished two terms on the small business commission and i'm a resident of district 5. i witnessed the above and beyond call of duty that -- approach that then supervisor mirkarimi took to our district. we saw him shoring up nightly in the middle of the night -- shelling out nightly in the middle of the night to homicide scenes because he wanted to put these incredible passion into our district up to the front. he worked as hard as anyone in this building. as a former commissioner, i would ask that all five of you really look at yourself. you cannot call in this vote. you cannot go upstairs -- you have to go with your conscience on this. this man is a good man. he made a mistake. none of us are perfect job but under no circumstance candies votes be called in. -- canby's votes be called in. i quit my commission because i and another commissioner, we both great, because we saw on our commission votes being called in. he has a right to stay as our sheriff. >> my name is jim. i've h

and i think o'connor is actually a great example of the opposite.'d been a leader in the arizona legislature, she had raised and spent money in politics. and when mccain-feingold came along, she was willing to defer to congress because they were the ones who were actually facing this power of money, this flood every day. and to understand how it corrupted the system and it resulted in backdoor legislative changes in favor of major donors. she took that because she had been in the legislature, and that, to her, was plausible. but i think the supreme court, at least five of the justices, you know, have it in mind that these are incumbents somehow trying to protect themselves rather than incumbents who are trying to protect themselves from being corrupted, from being bought, or because they object when they see other people and party committees being bought. >> when you say they're ideological, what do you mean by that? >> well, it seems to me that the supreme court majority and citizens united ignored, essentially, a hundred years of american history,

david souter 69, sandra day o'connor 75.a tradition of when justices usually retire, be it age, or time served? >> well, they're like most human beings. a lot of factors weigh in. there is -- there was a tradition where justices would tend to retire during the term of a president that was at the same party that appointed them. but we know neither justices souter nor stevens did that. they were both republican employees and went out during president obama's term. life circumstances can drive retirement decisions. so it's really not scientifically predictable or politically predictable. >> do you see any most likely candidates if another seat opens up under president obama? >> you know, i think if president obama, first of all, justice ruth bader ginsburg i think the pressure to replace her with another woman appointee would be enormous. we've made progress in getting a third of the court female and i don't think president obama or any president would want to go backwards on that. so some potential people for justice ginsburg,

o'connor attended this party just off wall street for traders under the age of thirty. it reeked of affluence. shiny cars easy to fool people hitched guns were like only clubs were under god these sums can be invested in complicated vehicles in secret outside the prying eyes of wall street regulators soon all of the traditional investment firms have been through there's no wonder so many of these young people wanted him and at the time. i personally spent five years in a private equity and then made the decision instead of going back to business school to move over to the public side so that was a conscious decision on my part i think most people probably get involved because there is an opportunity to move up the ranks and make more money at an earlier age in hedge funds and there isn't private equity which is the natural progression after a couple years in an investment bank program well if you're going to be in the investment world the best way to and you're a good investor the best way to make money is to have a hedge fund because you get compensated much compensate

sandra day o'connor, david suitor, john paul stevens. one more dramatically than sandra day o'connor, who, of course, was the symbol of the republican party for years, ronald reagan's first appointment to the court. but the new justices, alito, roberts, reflect the modern republican party. and that split between the moderate vanishing species of republican and the more modern conservative republicans is played out in court. >> what happens -- go ahead. >> i was saying the book is fantastic. there's so many interesting things in the book and i heard your talk last week and learned so much. >> thank you. >> right up to the minute on this health care stuff. you talked about how this health care decision got carved up and how the conservatives lost roberts. i thought that was fascinating. >> or is it a win in a way? >> well, it was a loss for the conservative cause. i don't think there's any doubt about that. in the short run or the long run. but john roberts, in addition to being very conservative, is also a strategic thinker. and he viewed