>> -- justice rehnquist, we had just a conference where two of these 5-4 things where everybody had decideds one way, one was the other way, and they were very, very strongly felt and -- we all go out to have lunch. and i said, you know, it's sort of interesting, here we are, we're going to have a perfectly friendly lunch and pleasant. and just a few minutes ago we're down in conference. and he says, i know, he says, and all members of court in one case or the other thought the others were out of their minds. that's what he said. >> larry: and you don't bring that to the lunch? >> no, no, no. >> larry: how can you not? >> because you make an effort. if you're tempted to try to remember -- i mean, we've worked together for a long time. and just understand the job of the court is to make decisions. it's not surprising in this very big country that people feel differently about it. and this isn't pollyanna-ish. they do feel differently about it. and they've got to do their best to hold this institution together and make sensible decisions. we all know that. we know harmf fuful relationshi can

chief justice rehnquist emphasizes that political devices cannot serve to invalidate otherwise permissible. whatever we might feel about the person -- person sitting next to us, they have rights. even if we politically disagree, that is no reason to be a in a way that would infringe on those rights. furthermore, the first amendment's -- first amendment states that the powers of the government should reach actions only and not opinions. it is wonderful that we could all sit here and we are protected by the first amendment. with all sorts of misinformation about is llama -- is llama. that misinformation does not comfort -- many muslims themselves are misinformed about their religion. i feel that a major part of my responsibility in this country is to educate muslims about what the koran release has spread since i am a woman, we run class is in which we teach a muslim women about the rights that are guaranteed to them by their own religion. what is surprising about all this is that most of the women we teach our surprised that they have all these rights. there is a stereotype, a very negative

for example, chief justice rehnquist emphasize that political divisiveness alone cannot serve to invalidate permissible conduct. whatever we might feel about the person sitting next to us, they have rights, even if we politically degree -- disagree, that is the reason to behave in a way that infringes on those rights. furthermore, the first amendment states -- it does not state but implies -- that the powers of the government can wreak actions only, and not opinions. it's wonderful that that is here and some of us would disagree on certain aspects of the discussion, but we are protected by the first amendment in doing that. one wonders about the situation recently, much misinformation about islam, and others will talk about it today. but i like to point out that misinformation does not only come from non-muslims. it also comes from muslims. many muslims themselves are misinformed about their religion. i feel that a major part of my responsibility in this country is to educate muslims about what that iran release says. since i am a woman and i am committed to women's dignity and liberation,

senator biden and i -- then senator biden and i wrote chief justice rehnquist asking him to open up the proceedings and they declined. they did put out an audio the same day. the court won't on do that now. but i think if the public understood what the court was doing, there would be a -- they would be a lot more responsible to their sworn testimony. it has been well noted the supreme court watches the election returns and the public ought to have that kind of information. host: augusta, maine, david on the republican line. caller: i usually have a lot more preparation before i do this. i'm on again and off again caller. i have been calling in a few years. i used to like the old format where the interviewer asked a few questions and the guest answered and it was all gone calls after that. the last question was a bit long-winded. the other question about what are you doing after your senate career you completely didn't answer so she had to rephrase it. this is indicative of what the democrats do. watch a robert gibbs press conference. one thing that i have heard a lot this morning out of

for example, donnelly, chief justice rehnquist -- whatever we might feel about the person sitting next was, they have rights -- next to us. they have rights. furthermore, the legislative powers of the government can reach actions only, and not opinions. it is wonderful that we can all sit here and i'm sure some of us will disagree on certain aspects of the discussion, but we are protected by the first amendment in doing that. one wonders about this a tuition -- the situation with all sorts of misinformation about islam, i would like to point out that the misinformation does not only come from non-moslems. it also comes from muslims. i feel that a major part of my responsibility in this country is to educate muslims about what the correne release says. for example, since i'm a woman and i'm committed to women's issues and liberation, that our organization we run clauses that will teach women and hopefully eventually mend about -- eventually men about their rights. most of the woman that we teach our surprise about those rights. there is a very negative stereotype about islam that goes a