paraphrasing supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg, who pioneered this concept, she made those statements and judge ginsburg's citation of it in cases and her defense of it in speeches is really -- has really led to this controversy which scalia and thomas have responded. so on the contrary, reliance on foreign law create creates conf. consider sotomayor's opinion in c.e.o. v. c.e.o. in the interpretation of a treaty. one of the few instances in which reliance on foreign law may be perfectly permissible. judge sotomayor repeatedly criticized the majority judges on the panel as parochial for consulting american dictionaries to understand the meaning of the -- of "custody" as determined by the hague convention on international child abduction and then she relies on foreign interpretations of those words instead. yet the majority rightly rebuked judge sotomayor for relying on the scattered and divergent foreign legal cases on this subject. the majority even cites the supreme court precedent that warns against relying on foreign law, creates a state of confusion. third, the reliance on foreig

coming up talk with ruth bader ginsburg.ou can get more thoughts on america and the courts starting at 7:00 tonight. host: north miami beach, florida on the republican line. go ahead. caller: the last caller, he was right. i'm glad that the people here in america are listening to the calls. i've been listening to you guys for a very long time. thank you for c-span. it is not about oil. it is not about any of those things. it is about freedom. i believe the iranian people have the same rights as all of us. the instanity that goes on not only there but here. when you start labeling -- it just saddens me going forward again, thank you, again. i'm not well. i just need to say thank you. host: leave it there. missouri on the democrat line. caller: good morning. i wanted to express that even though it may not have been maybe the choice that we would have liked to have seen as a nation but they ran an election. if there is any propriety as far as some fault in the election, they can always call in, i believe, the u.n., and jimmy ca

next, remarks from supreme court justice john roberts followed by a speech by justice ruth bader ginsburg. later, the former bush administration justice department official talks about judge sonia sotomayor's nomination to the supreme court. >> tomorrow, we will talk to john nagl about the withdrawal of troops from iraq. then the president of the center for international policy talks about the situation in honduras and colombian president uribe's visit to the u.s.. later, dalia lithwick. each morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern with the day's news. a look at iran's presidential election and what is ahead in tehran. >> next, a conversation with u.s. supreme court justice john roberts on some of the court's decisions. he is joined by judge harvey wilkinson. serving on the fourth circuit court of appeals. it is over 30 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

friday, justice ruth bader ginsburg reviewed supreme court cases from this term at the second circuit judicial conference in bolton landing, new york. the second circuit court is the one that supreme court nominee judge sonia sotomayor currently serves on. [applause] >> i'm very glad to be with you, and wish i could stay longer. but monday is d. day at the court, the day that all dissenting opinions must be in circulation. so sadly i will leave this afternoon and go right back to my work table. i wanted to start by mentioning that beyond our business as usual, there were at least three extraordinary events at the court this term. can you hear me in the back? ok. the first was that in january the country welcomed a new president and vice-president. and just days before the inauguration president obama and vice-president biden revived a tradition i had not experienced in my then over 15 years as an associate justice. they visited the court for a lively conversation that all present enjoyed and appreciated. second, on may 1st, justice sutor formally advised the president that he would le

after that, we will hear from justice ruth bader ginsburg. >> the supreme court also made several other announcements today. victims of the september 11 attacks may not sue saudi arabia or saudi princess over alleged funding of terrorism. it upheld a lower court's decision that they are protected by sovereign immunity. foreign governments cannot be sued in u.s. courts. they delayed their decision in a case whether a documentary critical of hillary clinton should be considered subject to the same restrictions as campaign advertisements. new arguments will be heard in september. the court rejected the movie and television industry's bid to block a new and digital video recorder system that could make it easier for viewers to record programs and skip commercials. they claim that it violates copyright law. >> this weekend on "book tv" discover and unfamiliar side of the nation's first president as we are live from the mount vernon estate on the ascent of george washington. joint are three-hour conversation on sunday. it is part of our three-day holiday weekend starting on friday morning on

now, sandra day o'connor and justice ruth bader ginsburg weren't being prejudiced or biased or discriminatory. of course not. and i hope that all americans are encouraged by the nomination of judge sotomayor, hope they join together and celebrate what it says about america being a land of opportunity for all. she is the first nominee to the supreme court in 100 years to have been nominated to three federal judicial positions by three different presidents. it was president george h.w. bush as a republican who nominated her to be a federal district court judge. president bill clinton then nominated and the senate confirmed her to be on the second circuit court of appeals, the circuit that covers my own state of vermont. she actually, mr. president, you may be interested in knowing this, she has the most federal court experience of any supreme court nominee during the past 100 years. this is a remarkable person. she's the first nominee in more than 50 years to serve as a federal trial judge and then as a federal appellate judge at the time of her nomination to the supreme court. in fact, with ju

just ruth bader ginsburg said she would support television and the cameras as long as it was gavel to gavel. justice alito noted that when he was on the third circuit, he voted in favor of tell televising the proceedings. >> if confirmed, he would want to consult with his colleagues about it. >> chief justice roberts left the question open. strenuously objects and such an objection has been launched by justice souter. can i tell you the day that you see a camera come into our courtroom, it is going to -- it is going to roll over my dead body. close quote. quite a dramatic statement. well, justice souter has announced his retirement. and perhaps in the absence of that kind of strenuous objection, it would be a good time for the court to reconsider the issue. i intend to ask judge sotomayor in her confirmation hearing whether she agrees with justice souter, justice stevens in televise -- that televising the supreme court is worth a try. whether she agrees with justice breyer, that televising the proceedings is a valuable teaching advice. whether she agrees with justice kennedy, that tel

[applause] >> about six years ago rick bitter ginsberg was a lecturer -- ruth bader ginsburg was a lecturer, and she talked about how lonely it was to be a woman on the supreme court bench, so i know he will do the right thing. i also have to tell you our students last year provided 85,000 hours of legal services to the most vulnerable d.c. residents through our critical program, which is the most extensive in the country. they are here to make a change. thank you, senator leahy. you rock. [applause] >> senator's remarks on the role of a federal judge. we will hear from republican senator, jeff sessions, ranking member of the senate judiciary committee, and dick durbin of illinois. this is almost 40 minutes. a new justice to the supreme court of the united states brings to our minds a core question both for the senate and the american people, than is what is the proper role of a federal judge in our republic? answering this question is not simply an academic task. it's fundamental to what we will be doing here. how the american people and their representatives and their senators, the ones w

that is one of the things that justice ruth spader against rick -- bader ginsburg was upset about. host: let me read to you a part of what "the washington post" said this morning. host:

that is one of the things that justice ruth spader against rick -- bader ginsburg was upset about. host: let me read to you a part of what "the washington post" said this morning. host: w so? guest: there's a feeling that the white firefighters and the one latino who brought the title 7. did not have the ability to make a claim that they had been harmed. they need to be a will to say that because you threw out the test results, we did not get something. what they did not get was the possibility of maybe being promoted. it was not as if it was a foregone conclusion. they suffered no real harm. one of the things that some of the papers are arguing is that something bad knees to happen before you get relief from the court. here, they just were not at the point where something had harmed them so they could go into a courtroom and seek relief. there was a sense that if the litigation had been allowed to proceed, had they acted in some way, this would have been a much better stage of the litigation for the court to step in. host: whether it is this decision, the retirement of david soute