and then, a discussion with peter morici a of the university of maryland. and lives -- liz garbus talks about her film, "shouting fire." >> how is c-span funded? >> locally funded. >> donations? >> government. >> c-span didst funding for taxes. >> a funding thing. >> how is c-span funded? 30 years ago, america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, with no government mandate or government money. >> and now, from the annual judicial conference of the fourth circuit court of appeals, a conversation with chief justice john roberts, followed by discussion by a group of legal analysts on the decisions of the supreme court, who complete their term monday. this is about two hours, 40 minutes. >> could we have you take your seats, please? good morning. we have a very extra special program this morning, and it will focus entirely on the supreme court. chief justice marshall worried that the supreme court's role in the tripartite government would not be fulfilled if the court continued issuing multiple opinions, one from each justice, as was the custom

then a discussion on the economy, unemployment and world financial markets with peter morici of the university of maryland. and later, liz talks about her film, shouting fire, stories from the edge of free speech. that's live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> sunday on c-span 2's book tv. former reagan analyzers on why the president believed destroying nuclear weapons would bring and end to the soviet union. >> nicholas talks about his two years in pakistan. he sits down with ralph peters. and next weekend for the holiday, three days of book tv starting friday morning at 8:00. including a historian and author. life, sunday from george washington's mount vernon estate. the entire schedule is on line, including streaming video and easy to search archives. >> and now, washington national's president stan kast en at the national press club. he talks about the team which moved to washington in 2005. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national bless club. i am a reporter with u.s.a. today and the president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for jour

host: our guest has been peter morici. thank you for your time and inside this morning. . . why did you decide to do this documentary? >> well, you know, my joke is that free speech was inherited inout ro. my father is a free speech, first amendmentment lawyer, who spent his career defending many famous first amendment cases. he was involved in the pentagon papers case. so the kind of discussions we had at our dinner table greing up ranged from lenny bruces right to offend to the nazi's right to march in a suburb. so, really, this is something that's been with me for a long time. and i made it for h.b.o., and sheila, who is the head of documentaries said to me one day when my father was representing done eye muss for his wrongful representation lawsuit, why don't i look into making a film. and i think the time was now because during wartime and when the nation feels its national security is threatened, it's a time when there's a push toward conformity in speech. and this was a time, what we saw over the country in high schools, plays about the iraq war being banned, universi

university of maryland economist peter morici will join us next sunday at 9:00 to give us a broad overview. in a couple of minutes john taylor will join us. if you want to send a tweet to talk about the federal reserve you can do so at c-spanwj. some political stories here in washington, senator john ensign, republican of nevada, returning to washington but the headline, questions on the affair linder. also this morning of "roll call, " mensign to face the music. pointing out he is expected to address his gop colleagues at a weekly luncheon today to try to turn the page on a high-profile sex scandal that is the real is rising political career -- career. while no one knows exactly what he will say to its fellow senators the move is increasingly familiar one for about of republicans, including senator david vitter and former senator ted stevens and larry craig, while facing scandals of their own, going before the conference to discuss their respective situations. it also this morning, related to the shakeup of the republican leadership, talking about senator john thune wants to replace ensig