at one point, he was upset to learn that rehnquist was a wasp. joking that he should switch religions. at another point, the president joked again, suggesting that rehnquist did a sex change operation. john ehrlichman responded "takes too long." in the end nixon's liberal opponent had denied him the big political payoff that would have come with naming a woman or an ethnic catholic to the court but in doing so, they helped cut a path for william rehnquist to be, justice, a justice who would prove to be one of liberalism's most intern critics -- and during critics during his 30 years on the bench. they help explain why many expected nixon's court to be more doctrinally conservative than it actually was. specific actions of the administration are perhaps even more revealing. this leads us to moment three. moment three is able 20, 1971, which again, was the day the supreme court announced its decision in swann. some background. president nixon's first solicitor general as we heard earlier was erwin griswold. i suggest this appointment was highly sig

can you describe your relationship with chief justice rehnquist? how did the two of you have such good chemistry? justice ginsburg: i would say it's cool at first. but sandra and i were talking about what to do about the ladies' room. the court is a very traditional institution, so it was the ladies' dining room. we came to him, we would like to rename it the natalie cornell rehnquist dining room. he had a very happy marriage his wife sadly died. he couldn't resist it being renamed for her. he had seen her suffering from cancer. the year that i had my first bout with cancer, he could not have been more supportive. after the surgery, he called me into his chamber and he said ruth, i'll give you something light for this assignment. i said, no, not this one, i'm ok now. wait until the chemotherapy and radiation start, then i'd like to be kept light. he said which case do you want? he said, that's the one i was going to assign to myself. [laughter] but he assigned it to me. then i watched his relationship with his granddaughters, when his daughter jane

william rehnquist was brilliant staggering intellect. he was deeply principled. he also had a humility that was the most startling aspect about him. he was unbelievably down to earth. william rehnquist would not have interacted people any differently if he had been a plumber. midwestern, born in milwaukee. when he was 18, he enlisted in the army. he was in north africa in world war ii. he was an enlisted man a sergeant. i thought that was a wonderful statement about a country that the chief justice of the united states was an enlisted man. one of his colleagues on the court had been a colonel in world war ii, and he used to kid him and say, il thank you. -- i outrank you. and the chief would say, not anymore. he was a wonderful man. i interviewed with him. he was a wonderful man. i interviewed him. the interview was very short. it was 17 minutes long. the chief -- he had been a law clerk at the supreme court. he clerk for robert jackson. he would typically interview 12 to 15 law students and to get the interview, it had to be at the top of your class in law schoo

can you describe your relationship with chief justice rehnquist? how did the two of you have such good chemistry? justice ginsburg: i would say it's cool at first. but sandra and i were talking about what to do about the ladies room. the court is a very traditional institution, so it was the ladies' dining room. we came to him, we would like to rename it the natalie cornell rehnquist dining room. he had a very happy marriage his wife sadly died. he couldn't resist that it be renamed for her. he had seen her suffering from cancer. the year that i had my first bout with cancer, he could not have been more supportive. after the surgery, he called me into his chamber and he said ruth, i'll give you something light for this assignment. i said, no, not this one, i'm ok now. wait until the chemotherapy and radiation start, then i'd like to be kept light. he said which case do you want? he said, that's the one i was going to assign to myself. [laughter] but he assigned it to me. then i watched his relationship with his granddaughters, when his daughter jan

how did your time with chief justice rehnquist come about? ted cruz: coming out of law school i had applied to the supreme court and chief justice rehnquist hired me. that was an unbelievable experience. he was an extraordinary man. william rehnquist was brilliant and was a staggering intellect. he was deeply principled. he also had a humility that was the most startling aspect of him. he was unbelievably down-to-earth. i am convinced that william rehnquist would not have interacted with any be -- if people any differently. he was born in milwaukee. when he was 18, he went to new york. he was in north africa in world war ii. he was an enlisted man, a sergeant. what a wonderful statement about our country. the chief justice the united states was an enlisted man. one of his colleagues, lewis powell, had been a colonel in world war ii and powell used to get him and say -- i outrank you. the chief would say -- not anymore. he was just a wonderful man. i interviewed him. the interview was very short. it was 17 minutes long. the chief -- he had bee

. >>, so we've mentioned chief justice rehnquist a couple times.u have a very warm relationship with justice scalia as kind of an interesting polar opposite. but it's perhaps less well known that you also had a very warm relationship with chief justice rehnquist, who among other things, took the meaningful step of assigning you the vmi decision and eventually himself wrote the majority decision in the hibbs case upholding the family leave provision of the fmla. can you describe a little of your relationship with chief justice rehnquist? how did the two of you have such good chemistry? >> i would say it's cooler at first, but it began to improve when we were talking about what to do about the ladies' dining room. the court is a very traditional institution, so it was the ladies' dining room. and we came to him with a proposal. he we said we'd like to rename it the cornel rehnquist dining room. he had a very happy marriage. his wife suddenly died. well he couldn't resist. he had seen her suffering from cancer. the year that i had my first bout with c

can you describe a little bit about your relationship with chief justice rehnquist? how to the two of you have such good chemistry? >> i think was cool at first but i learned to improve when sandra and i were talking about what to do about the ladies dining room. the court is very traditional institution, so is the date -- ladies dining room. we came to him with the proposal he said we'd like to rename it the cornell wright was dining room. the chief had a very happy marriage, his wife had recently died. and he couldn't resist. he had thought that he had seen her suffering from cancer. the year that i had my first bout with cancer, and could not been more supportive. after the surgery he called me into his chambers and said ruth, i'll give you something like this assignment. i said no i'm ok now wait till the chemotherapy and radiation starts then i be what that's like to be kept light sources which case you want? cite out which one and he said that's the one i was in i find myself. but he assigned it to me. i watched his relationship with his granddaughters. when hi

. >> you write about the supreme court as you know, you were a clerk for william rehnquist. why don't you tell our viewers here how you came to be watching -- it's an amusing anecdote. how you came to be watching hardcore porn with justice sandra day o'connor. you start a chapter with that anecdote so don't fault me for bringing it up. >> it's part of the book. so the term i was clerking was one of the very first internet porn cases and this was 1996 it was right when the internet was getting started. and a lot of the justices didn't know what this internet thing was. and so the court librarians did training sessions to show the justices this is how the internetworks. and they paired chambers up so it so happened that my boss chief justice rehnquist and justice o'connor were paired up together along with their clerks. we were in this little bitty room and the court librarian was doing a search with the filters all turned off. i remember the librarian typed in the word cantaloupe misspelled and with no filters, cantaloupe misspelled pulled up graphic porn. and we're sitting i

i can remember during the rehnquist years that there were some terms that were left leaning, other terms that were right leaning. this term the cases that came played out to the left side of the court. >> sreenivasan: all right marcia coyle from the "national law journal," thanks so much. >> oh, my pleasure, hari. take care. >> sreenivasan: isis has been attacking targets throughout the middle east and increasingly around world over the past few weeks and months. its leadership has asked for supporters to carry out attacks whereever they can, including some soft targets, places like city centers and resorts. yesterday, three separate attacks on three continents injured and killed dozens. itn's neil connery reports from the hospital where many of the injured were taken in tunisia after the attack at a seaside resort left at least 38 dead. >> reporter: this is the moment terror arrived in sousse. as the attack got under way hundreds of tourists, many of them british, ran for their lives. ross thompson and rebecca smith from coventry were both spurred. ross was shot in the foot but kept run

with justice scalia as polar opposites but he also had a very warm relationship with chief justice rehnquist to among other things took the step to us i knew the decision and himself wrote the majority decision upholding the provision. can you describe that relationship? how did the two of you have such good chemistry? >> it was rocky at first but we were talking about what to do as a very traditional institution we came to him with a proposal we would fight to read name it because the chief had a very happy marriage but he could not resist. [laughter] he had not seen her but the year that i had mine he could not have been more supportive. after the surgery he called me into his chambers i would give you something for this assignment i said i am okay. wait intel the radiation he says in which case do you want? i told him which one he said that is the one i was going to resign to year. [laughter] but he assigned to that to me. but their relationship with his granddaughter's almost a substitute father he wanted to keep in tune with the swedish heritage to take them to the festival's and they l

justice rehnquist, this is a story of a man whose life died in childbirth. he was left the sole caretaker of the child, wanted social security benefits that would help him be able to work only part time while his child was young. those benefits were for mothers, not fathers. so the court decided that case i think it was in 1975. it was a unanimous judgment. one, discrimination against the women as wage earner. her social security taxes don't get for her family the same protection. and then a few of them thought it was really discrimination against the male as parent. he would not have the opportunity to render personal care to his child. and then rehnquist all along said totally arbitrary from the point of view of the baby. why should the baby have the chance to be cared for by a parent, only if the parent is female and not male? but it's that realization that we will all be better off if we end the discrimination, if we end the era of women for the home and children and men are for the outside world. both should be in both worlds. [applause] justice liu: we

congresswoman jackie spear presented josh rehnquist with seven military medals and a silver star. he fought in the invasion of nor handet and battle of the bulge. when the war ended he was glad to go home and he never got the medals. >> my uncle had the job and i was only interested in coming home. too much electricity where i was. >> two decades ago, france honored breslin with the medal of liberty. >> it's the image of president obama that is sweeping the internet and it's not with the meetings with some world leader and it's the child of the child of one of the staff members. that is mr. obama playing with ella harper rhodes the daughter of deputy national security adviser ben rhodes. the picture was taken in the oval office yesterday and posted on the white house facebook page. the caption only had one word, rugrat rugrats. >> spencer christian is checking the weather which apparently is heating up quite nicely. >> it is indeed. >> we'll get summerlike heat and here's a look at live doppler 7 hd, but the heat isn't really on yet and speaking of the heat, the thunderstorms are

can you describe your relationship with chief justice rehnquist? how did the two of you have such good chemistry? justice ginsburg: i would say it's cool at first. but sandra and i were talking about what to do about the ladies room. the court is a very traditional institution, so it was the ladies' dining room. we came to him, we would like to rename it the natalie cornell rehnquist dining room. he had a very happy marriage, his wife sadly died. he couldn't resist that it be renamed for her. he had seen her suffering from cancer. the year that i had my first bout with cancer, he could not have been more supportive. after the surgery, he called me into his chamber and he said, ruth, i'll give you something light for this assignment. i said no, not this one, i'm ok now. wait until the chemotherapy and radiation start, then i'd like to be kept light. he said which case do you want? he said, that's the one i was going to assign to myself. but he assigned it to me. then i watched his relationship with his granddaughters, when his daughter janet, who ha

if chief justice rehnquist could see this court today, he would be filled with sorrow at what has become of the supreme court of the united states. the obligation of fidelity to the constitution and fidelity to law matters. we are not living in a platonic og gar canoligarchy with philosopher kings governing us who believe they can to write the laws, interpret the laws, enforce the laws. that's not the american system of governance. at the same time, mr. president crocodile tears are flowing here in our nation's capital over the supreme court's decision to illegally rewrite obamacare which has been a disaster since its inception. but one day a full outrage from the washington cartel won't fool the millions of courageous conservatives all across our country. they know that far too many career politicians -- democrats and republicans in this nation's capital -- are quietly celebrating the court's decision. if they believe this issue is now settled so they don't have to address it, they are sorry mistaken. -- they are sorely mistaken. i have made repeal of this disastrous law a top priority

think of this when the army spying case was decided in the early 1970s, a motion to recuse justice rehnquist. he said i think i can be fair. quite famously there was the incidence where justice scalia went hunting with the vice president and participated in case where the vice president was involved. and justice scalia wrote an opinion saying i can be fair. i can give other examples. it's much better when there's questions about whether a justice should be recused to submit other than to that justice. >> i think it's possible to put larry's comments side by side and think about the way in which the justices are ubiquitous figures at law schools and on c-span and one place we don't see them in their oral argument capacity. i do find that distressing and difficult to explain. it seems like justices before they join the court are often attracted to the idea of televising the proceedings. it's an argument where we need cameras in the courtroom but why hasn't it happened? it seems as if the justices are going to go around and give talks, then they should be seen in their capacity. and i don't thi

looking for chief justice william rehnquist come one of the greatest chief justice's ever to serve ournation. i have spent the majority of my a double life litigating before the united states supreme court, both on behalf of the state of texas and on behalf of private parties. what this court has become is heartbreaking. if chief justice rehnquist could see this court today he would be filled with sorrow at what has become of the supreme court of the united states. the obligation to the constitution and the building of the law matters. we are not living in a platonic oligarchy with philosopher king governing us who believe they get to write the laws of entropy the laws come to enforce the laws. that's not the american system of governance your the same time, mr. president, crocodile tears are flowing here in our nation's capital over the supreme court's decision to illegally rewrite obamacare which has been a disaster since its inception. but one day a full outrage from the washington car down will not fool and millions of coverage is conservatives all across our country. they know tha

rehnquist taxes for questioning. >> thank you, chairman and ranking member for holding yet another hearing on this matter. it feels a little bit like the movie groundhog day where the same things keep happening over and over again. you are back here again. we have had several hearings on this matter before the subcommittee on security breaches caused by improper screening most recently in april we have been tsa administrator carol way talking about the steps that have been taken to make airport and airline employees creating more secure. earlier this month we have the report about official be able to get banned items through security checkpoints 95 percent of the time. we have your report revealing that the tsa failed to identify the 73 active workers was linked is terrorism setting a lack of effective controls. i know in your report you conclude with this statement will with our recent report we had another security vulnerability. i agree with you. tsa does need to address these issues. as the chairman as the chairman noted it has been almost 14 years. some of what i see in your report ca

supreme court and chief justice rehnquist hired me and that was an unbelievable experience.was an extraordinary man staggering intellect. deeply present that was the most startling aspect unbelievably down to earth i am convinced he would not have interacted people any differently if he was a plumber. born in the walkie the 18 he enlisted in the army and was in north africa and world war ii and was listed as a sergeant what a wonderful statement the chief justice was not an officer to say i would already q he would say not anymore. [laughter] he was a wonderful man. so the chief himself was a law clerk with the most exceptional justices to ever serve on the court. he would typically interview 12 law students you had to be at or near the top of your class with strong recommendations. but he was so smart he did not need a law clerk he could do the job with his eyes closed. said the interviews he was looking for people he would not mind spending every day with for one year because she spent a lot of time city is getting to know you. the toughest question if i would be willing t

. >> yeah, i basically -- you know, i tried to see chief justice rehnquist because there was some hintf the fisa court who ironically told me she could not talk to me because it might prejudice her consideration of a future case, and in retrospect she was already briefed into it and of course, prejudice issing case in which one side received anyway, my main issue to her, if she had listened to me, encrypt u.s. names, the capability is there, do automated tracking and give it to the court, you know, have a court review of that, i think the future -- what -- it would have given the fisa a court a lot of power and we could have avoided a lot of this. everybody i went to listened silently and did nothing. so i retired and then myself as well as some of my come padres including tom drake who is here today, bill benny, loomis, decided at least we would try to address the abuse that became rampant at nsa. the waste of money and the killing of programs that were much more advanced and appeared to be much cheaper also. >> and more privacy protection. >> and more privacy protected, uh-huh. and s

motion to recuse justice rehnquist.the innocents were just a school you went hunting with the vice president. i can be fair and give other examples. it's much better when they are questions. submit to someone other than that justice. >> i think it's possible to put his comments side-by-side and think about the way the justices are ubiquitous features. one.that we don't see them. the oral argument capacity. i find that distracting and difficult to explain. justices explain. justices before they join often attracted to the idea of televising the proceedings. it is an argument about needing cameras in the courtroom but why hasn't happened. if they if they are going to go out and give talks and they should be seen in their capacity command i don't think i don't think that it is because people would be embarrassed about the proceedings of the court. the justices ask a question. i i don't think that they have anything to fear by allowing cameras. the argument is that justice is another lawyers are going to plead to the galley

it was decided by justice rehnquist, unanimously opinion and it considers a circumstance similar to this. that is under the fair labor standards act, the government can do what it does here. it demands employment records. the reason this court said that that comports with the fourth amendment, there is a balance. that is that the government has to issue a subpoena to which the employer can object. and that accomplishes two things. the first is, without burdening the government it interjects the possibility of judicial review. that way you know the enforcement -- >> what would be the nature of the objections? mr. rosenkranz, in answer to my question, there is no notion of probable cause, reasonable cause. the hotel owner is required to keep these records. that's not disputed that they are required to keep them. the police don't have to have any reason. what would be shown by that hearing? >> your honor, this court's consistent line of precedence, there are six case that is have dealt with the subpoena rule have said the following. that is the concern when you have a scheme like this one t

think of this when there is decided by the supreme court and there's a motion to recuse justice rehnquist because he participated in the issue as attorney general of the united states. quite famously there is the instance where justice scalia went hunting with vice president and participated in a case where the vice president was involved. just as scully of road a piece i can be fairer. it is better in this questions about whether he justices recused to submit it to somebody other than the justice. >> so i do think it is possible to put barry's comments side-by-side and think about the way the justices are ubiquitous figures that law schools and on c-span in one place we don't see them is in the oral argument capacity and i do find that distressing and difficult to explain. it seems like justices before they joined the court are often attracted to the idea and as you say is an argument about we need cameras in the courtroom for why hasn't it happened? it seems the justices are going to go around and give talks, then they should be seen in their capacity. i don't think it is because people

the army spying case, there's a motion to recuse justice rehnquist because you participated the issuee said i think i can be fair. there was the instance where justice scalia went hunting with the vice president and then participated in a case where the vice president was involved. he wrote an opinion saying i can be fair. it's much better when there is questions about whether a justice should be recused, to submit it to somebody other than that justice. >> ist's possible to put larry's comments side-by-side. their ubiquitous figures at law school and c-span. i do find that distracting and difficult to explain. it seems like justices before they join the court are often attracted to the idea of televising the proceedings in the court. we need cameras in the courtroom, but why hasn't it happened? if they are going to go around and give talks, they should be seen in their capacity. i don't think it's because people would be embarrassed about the proceedings. the justices ask good questions. i don't think they have anything to fear by allowing cameras in the courtroom. if the argument is

. >> yeah, i basically -- you know i tried to see chief justice rehnquist because there was some hint from hayden that he hav -- that they may have talked to him about it. i tried to see the head of the fisa court who ironically told me she could not talk to me because it might prejudice her consideration of a future case, and in retrospect she was already briefed into it and of course, prejudice issing case in which one side received anyway, my main issue to her, if she had listened to me encrypt u.s. names, the capability is there do automated tracking and give it to the court, you know, have a court review of that, i think the future -- what -- it would have given the fisa a court a lot of power and we could have avoided a lot of this. everybody i went to listened silently and did nothing. so i retired and then myself as well as some of my come padres including tom drake who is here today, bill benny, loomis, decided at least we would try to address the abuse that became rampant at nsa. the waste of money and the killing of programs that were much more advanced and appeared to be m

when the spying case was decided in the early 70's, was a motion to reduce justice rehnquist because he participated in the issue when he was the assistant attorney general of the united states. he said he thought he could be fair. the instance in which justice that we went hunting with the vice president of them participated in a case where the vice president was involved. he said he can be fair. i can give other examples. it is better when there are questions to submit them to somebody other than the justice. >> i do think it is possible to larry's comments side-by-side and think about the way that justices are ubiquitous figures at law schools and on c-span. and the one place that we do not see them is in their oral argument capacity. and i do find that distressing and difficult to explain. it seems like justices before they join the court are often attracted to the idea of televising the proceedings in the court and as you say, linda it is a shopworn argument that we need cameras in the courtroom but why hasn't it happened? it seems that the justices are going to go around and gi

tatum and justice rehnquist recused himself and he then he said i think i can be fair. justice scalia went hunting with the vice president and then participated in a case where the vice president was involved. justice scalia wrote an opinion saying i can be fair. i can give other examples. i think it's much better when there's questions whether a justice should be accused to be submitted to someone other than that justice. >> i think it's possible to put larry's comments sort of side by side and think about the way in which the justices are ue big twuss figures at law schools and on screep and sort of one place where we don't see them as -- in their oral argument capacity. justin: and i do find that distressing and sort of difficult to explain. it seems like justices before they join the court are often attracted to the idea of televising the proceedings in the courts. as you say linda, there is an argument we need cameras in the courtroom but why hasn't it happened? it seems like if the justices are going to go around and give talks, then they should be, you know, seen

attention in the case called donovan versus loans here and it was decided by an opinion by justice rehnquist has unanimous opinion in considers a circumstance similar to the end that is under the fair labor standards act government can do what it says and that is demand employment records. the reason the court said that comports with the fourth amendment is there's a balance and that is the government has to issue a subpoena to which the employer can chart. without burdening the government it interjects the possibility of judicial review and you know the enforcement officers -- >> when he answered my question, he said there is no notion of probable cause, reasonable cause. the hotel owner will take these records. and police don't have to have any reason. what would be shown? >> your honor, the consistent line of precedents, six cases have dealt with the subpoena rule. that is the concern when you have a scheme like this one that doesn't tell the officer how often are when to search if the officer will do two things forbidden by the fourth amendment. one is in a harassing win is in a harassin

it was a motion to recuse justice rehnquist because you participate in issue when he was assistant attorneyneral of the united states and he said i think i can be fair. quite famously those instance where justice scalia went hunting with a vice president at the participate in the case where the vice president was involved. just a school he wrote an opinion saying i can be there. i think of other examples. it's much better when this question to whether a justice should recuse to submit other than to someone other than that justice. >> i do think it's possible to put larry's comments sort of side by side and think about the way in which the justices are ubiquitous figures at law schools and on c-span, answered one place may be that we don't see them in their oral argued capacity. i define that distressing answer of difficult to explain. it seems like justices before they join the court are often attracted to the idea of televising the proceedings in the corporate as you say it is a sort of argument about cameras in the courtroom but why hasn't it happened? is simply put the justices are going