ruth ginsberg may have been one of them, but i can't remember for sure. which they -- in which meeting they demanded they focused on the skrukconstruction industry. you don't mean to suggest we would end up with a plan that hire 50% women as operating engineers on steel girders in new york? yes. it was sort of, if you build it, they will come, to use the phrase from a movie. if you demand 50% women, they'll come. i said, wait a minute, there's no showing that women are available to perform jobs such as this. i think that's sort of ridiculous. they went out quite angry, and i was subsequently described in "esquire" magazine and "the washingtonian" as a notorious mail chauvinist pig. and i had been abrupt and rude to women that came to talk to me about this.chauvinist pig. and i had been abrupt and rude to women that came to talk to me about thimal chauvinist pig. and i had been abrupt and rude to women that came to talk to me about thie chauvinist pig. and i had been abrupt and rude to women that came to talk to me about this. one of the my assistants wrot

ruth debater ginsberg and elena kagan live at 6:30 eastern. >> april 13th, 1912, >> caller: hundred perished on a ship called unsinkable. >> the look of bills were sounded. the look out cited an iceberg and struck the bells and the crows nest three times which is a warning saying there's an object ahead. it doesn't say what kind of options. what the lookout did after they struck the bill is went to the telephone and called down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. when the film was finally answered the entire conversation was what do you see? response was iceberg right ahead. response from the officer was thank you. >> samuel halpern on the truth and myth of that night at 4:00 eastern. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> now a debate over civil liberties and the role of the aclu. this forum, benjamin cardozo law school with health care, same-sex marriage and national security. we will show you as much as we can enjoy our live event at 9:00 eastern. >> we had a grander larger subject tonight as soon as i sat down in this chair. i remember the

she will be joined by ruth bader ginsberg, sotomayor and elena kagan. you can see it live at 6:30 p.m. eastern at c-span 2. also today live coverage of the indiana senate republican primary debate between senator richard luger and the challenger who serves as indiana's treasurer. the primary is held on may 8th. that debate begins live at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span or listen on c-span radio. >>> and as congress continues its two week recess, all this week on c-span 3 we're showing you american history tv in primetime. tonight from our oral history series a look at the life and career of president nixon. you'll see programs on the impeachment charges brought against the president, the oval office meeting with elvis presley and an interview with david guerra again who began his political career on the nixon speech writing team and later wrote the president's resignation letter. that all begins tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span 3. >>> april 15th, 1912, nearly 1500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sound the lookout s

but she and justices stephen breyer and ruth bader ginsberg did voice concerns that even those here illegally be caught up in the sb-1070 net. justice breyer presented a hypothetical case of a new mexico man arrested while jogging in arizona without sufficient i.d. can you represent to us he will not stay in jail and defence for a significantly longer period of time than he would have stayed in the absence of section 2b of the law? opponents of sb-1070 say they are encouraged. >> it became clear through the court of today's argument, that the justices are concerned about a system of mass incarceration that is going to catch u.s. citizens and immigrants who are lawfully in the united states. >> though arizona governor jan brewer is feeling optimistic. >> i think that we will succeed and looking forward to june. >> justice elena kagan didn't take part of the case because she served as solicitor general when they prepared the case against arizona. if this ends in a tie, the ninth circuit provision striking down key provisions of the law will stay in effect. bret? >> bret: shannon bream live outs

supreme court justice ruth better ginsberg said if i were writing the constitution today i wouldn't use the u.s. constitution as a model either. most pointed to the constitution in canada as a more relevant model today. i am just wondering before i begin my formal presentation, how many of you today think that the u.s. constitution would serve as a good model for constitutional creation in other nations? anyone? a lot of you. a whole lot of you. can you tell me why? is the microphone out there? i saw a lot of hands go up. right over here. >> it has been around 2 is 36 years. >> so the fact that it has been around a long time means to you that it works. okay. i will use you as a foil for a second. how many of you think our government on the federal level is working fine and dandy these days? oh dear. not one hand goes up. how many of you think our constitution works just fine? hands are going up? is there a disconnect their? who says no? tell me why? can you tell me why? i already have the microphone. [inaudible] >> going on in the national dialogue. even if you are on opposite sides peo

[applause] we are honored to have with us this evening justice o'connor, justice ruth ginsberg, sonya stoudamire and elena kagan. this is the first time they have come together for a public program and we're grateful they have done sort to join in this celebration. we also want to thank the ceo of the freedom forum for making this magnificent space available to us. prior to being ceo has a history with the supreme court historical society dating back to his time as an minister of assistant.dt. -- frank was a president from 2002 to 2008. our panel this evening consists of the four women that come up to date, have served on the supreme court. even to summarize each of their careers would take far too long, so i will be brief. wasice sandra day o'connor nominated to the court by president ronald reagan on july 7, 1981, and confirmed by the senate on september 22, 1981, to succeed justice stuart. she retired on january 31, 2006. justice ruth bader ginsburg was appointed to the court by president william clinton on june 14, 1993 and appointed and confirmed by the senate and assume her role

when ruth bader ginsberg, who has every right to do it, again, i -- >> she asked a question like the stion? >> well, ruth bader ginsberg realed and even ezra klein said this in "the washington post" at some point that she was going to have to carry the argument for the solicitor general because the solicitor general wasn't doing his job for the white house. ezra klein said she felt it was her job. now, i don't see this as a negative. i have the greatest respect for all members of the supreme court. i just question those on the left now saying that the right is doing things it's never happened before. of course, the right says that about the left when -- and just wait until anthony kennedy upholds the law. >> i don't know how he's going to go. >> and wait for the hell to rain down from the heavens from the right. >> which is more likely, that a liberal votes to strike it down or that kennedy or roberts votes to uphold it? >> what is more likely? >> well, we all know the answer to that. >> ok. but that doesn't solve the question that -- >> that's just more politicized then. >> oh, that'

later in the day, supreme court justices ruth bader ginsberg, sonya sotomayor or, and elena kagan inbute to justice sandra day o'connor, who was the first woman appointed to the court. she was appointed by president ronald reagan in 1981. live coverage starts at 6:30 eastern. >> they depart beneficial where rosen says the u.s. will continue to be involved in developing afghanistan after the 2014 withdrawal. he is represented to afghanistan and pakistan and was part of a discussion hosted by the u.s. institute of peace. this 90 minute event was moderated by former national security advisor stephen hadley. >> good morning. my name is george moose, i'm the vice chair of the board of directors here at the u.s. institute of peace. i'm pleased to welcome you here this morning. before we begin i would like to ask all of you to turn off your cell phones and your pagers. because they interfere with our own electronic systems, including those that are streaming today's session live over the internet to our many listeners in our virtual audience out there. this morning i have the honor to intro

justice ruth bader ginsberg was appointed by president william clinton on june 14th, 1993, and she waspointed and confirmed by the senate assuming her role on august 10th, 1993. justice sotomayor was appointed by president obama on may 26th, 2009 assuming her position on august 8th, 2009. the following year, justice kagan was appointed by president obama on may 10, 2010 and assumed her position on august 7th, 2010. we're honored and grateful to bring all of them together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ground breaking tenure as it began with justice sandra day o'connor. turn off cell phones and blackberries, and i'll turn the program over to jim duff. >> thank you very much, greg. we're delighted that the stream court historical society is having this celebration of justice o'connor's 30th anniversary of her appointment to the supreme court here at the museum. we're honored you're here with us this evening, justice o'connor and pleased and honor that justices ginsberg, sotomayor, and kagan are here with us tonight. it's the opening night of the museum, and couldn't have done b

he was quoting risk gaidar -- ruth bader ginsberg. when asked about a country that was to form a constitution, her advice was "if i was you, i would not look at the united states constitution. i would look at the constitution of south africa." i heard earlier speakers talk about how important this who serves us on the supreme court, and the supreme court justices need to understand that our constitution is our constitution, and it means what it says, and we have to protect it and we have to defend it. [applause] and the owes the that i take as a senator and the oath that they take as the justice of the supreme court to defend the constitution means just exactly that. it does not mean to rewrite the constitution. it does not mean to stake out something you like better. it means to defend our constitution. the constitutional government in the country today almost has ceased to function. this is a big generational election, a big debate about who we're going to be for a long time. i am in the minority in the senate. i would like to be in

eastern, ruth bader ginsberg, sonia sotomayor, and elena kagan will pay tribute to sandra day o'connor at the newseum washington bridge she is celebrating the 30th anniversary of her appointment to the supreme court, the first woman appointed to the supreme court and we will have live coverage at 6:30 on c-span 2. on c-span at 7:00 p.m. eastern, the coverage of the indiana senate debate between richard lugar and challenger state treasurer richard murdock live on c-span at 7:00 eastern. secretary of state hillary clinton traveled to the naval academy in annapolis, maryland yesterday to talk about u.s. strategy in asia-pacific region and she spoke at an annual foreign affairs conference bringing together students from the u.s. and other foreign countries. this year's conference was titled "eclipse of the west." it examines america's relations with china. this is just over one hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, please rise. >> please be seated. good evening, brigade, and distinguished guests and welcome to those george ennis for the 52nd annual may be academy conference. it is my honor to int

. >> supreme court justices ruth bader ginsberg, sonia sotomayor, and alain mcgagin -- elena kagan.justice o'connor was nominated by president reagan in 1981 and confirmed in the senate with a vote of 99-0, becoming the first woman to serve on the court. she stepped down in 2006 after serving for 25 years. >> pretty thing. i'm greg yoseph, president of the historical society and i'm delighted to welcome you to the society's celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first term of justice sandra day o'connor on the u.s. supreme court. [applause] we are deeply honored to have with us this evening justice o'connor, justice ruth bader ginsburg, justice sota -- sonia sotomayor, and justice elaine at cater -- elena kagan. this is the first time that four of them are together for a program and we're extremely grateful that they have done so in joining in the celebration. we also want to thank jim deaf from the freedom forum for making the space available to us this evening. long prior to being ceo at freedom forum, he was with the historical society gain back to being administrative assist

ruth." >> i once saw an argument where the lawyer confused two women. i think it was when you were on the court. i think it may have been justice ginsberg and justice sotomayor who are confused. 20 minutes later, they confused two men on the court. i take it was purposeful. i think he realized he had done it once and darned if he was not going to do it again with the gender neutrality. [laughter] >> we have not been confused -- the three of us have not been confused. then i thought it happened once i think it was you and i. i am told you cannot always hear were the voices are coming from. and giving them an excuse. >> what were your biggest challenges in joining the court? you probably had different kinds of challenges. justice o'connor, you being the trailblazer -- >> you write opinions that not only deal with the issues, but in a way that is useful and will be long lasting. that is a challenge. it really is. many of these issues are issues that are ones for the lower courts that have been in total -- where the lower courts have been in total disagreement, sometimes for a long time. things that matter or are important or the court woul