. >> reporter: in the minority opinion, justice samuel alito said reducing the prison population will lead to a grim a roster of victims. >> let's don't go overboard. we have limited financial resources in the state of california. >> reporter: that is why republicans say they have not guaranteed the funding for the state realignment of prisons. they say if that realignment plan passes, inmates may not have to leave early to get the population down to 110,000 in two years. in stead for all violators and low-level offenders, they would be sentenced to county jail instead of the state prison. rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >> the maximum-security cell block is on lockdown tonight after riots last night. prison officials say close to 200 inmates were involved. no guards were injured but four inmates were hospitalized with stab wounds. a similar incident happened last week at folsom prison. >>> now to some developing news involving an accident with a tour bus. the driver lost control and cost over the church onto the side of the road. 14 people were hurt -- crossed over and onto the s

extraordinarily heated debate between the conservatives and liberal justices, and dissent justice samuel alitos, quote, game building the safety of the people of california. he added, i fear that today's decision, like prior prisoner release orders, will lead to a grim roster of victims. now justice alito referenced a smaller release in philadelphia back in the 1990's that resulted in thousands of rearrests and almost 10,000 new crimes. but justice kennedy downplayed that threat to the public, he said that was overblown and suggested that the state of california could take up to five years to cut the prison population and could also decide which inmates they were going to let go. kennedy acknowledged that even doing those things still would mean an unprecedented release of prisoners. >> mitchell: you mentioned five years, jan. how soon could these prisoners actually be on the street? >> reporter: the court said if they can go back to the lower court and say, look, we need five years. so this does not mean prisoners will be out on the street tomorrow. they may have some extra time to work somet

wing supreme court nominees and the end democrats in the gang of fourteen gave in and allowed samuel alito to be confirmed to the supreme court a decision that's led to disastrous consequences in the years since then and there was the gang of twenty back in two thousand and eight when lawmakers were brought together to create a new energy plan for america one that was supposed to limit offshore drilling and end all the oil subsidies kill the eleven men have died on the deepwater horizon rig blew up or the residents of the gulf war still dealing with all that oil and poison the well back again. and in two thousand and seven there was the gang of twelve entrusted with creating a comprehensive immigration reform bill that worked out brilliantly hey in just the last five years we've seen very well just how bad game rule in congress is and yet here we are in the midst of economic turmoil on the doorstep of default and we are relying on another gain to lead us out of the wilderness a gang i might add that's received over a million dollars from each of the major industries big oil wall street big

proposed but this really takes it to a new low this has rendered it practically irrelevant justice samuel alito jr and right in the opinion of the majority that is eight out of the nine justices said that quote destruction of evidence issues probably occur most frequently in drug cases because drugs may be easily destroyed by flushing down a toilet. this isn't an issue for drug users this is an issue for people who live in areas with police officers and use toilets if a cop once again your door for whatever reason professional ambition run amok a personal vendetta to steal something they can get away with in court and all they have to do is say they are to toilet flushing and other might be destruction of evidence this sends them president in power supplies who have struggled against restrictions on their ability to serve civilians as outlined by previous to this this will decisions for years the reason this one is so huge is that it doesn't just apply to home invasions by police if suspicion of destruction of evidence is the new standard for forcible entry this applies here vehicles will and b

he works to support the confirmation of john roberts and samuel alito, and served as president georgethics officer. and anyone who has any doubt about your nomination should i think read this article. so, madam chair, with your permission, madam chair? with your permission i ask that article be entered into the record. [inaudible] >> i would ask that richard painter, professor richard painter from the university of minnesota, his blog post today be entered into the record. >> so ordered. >> ninety. and let me just read one little thing from it. liu's opponents have sought to demonize him as a radical extremist and worse. however for anyone was actually red liu's writings, or watched his testimony, it is clear that the attacks fill with caricature and hyperbole reveal very little about this exceptionally qualified measured in mainstream nominee. i want a boy to think about that. -- i want everyone to think about that. this is a guy who participate in samuel alito's and chief justice roberts nomination for the bush administration, and please, i would ask anyone who is considering voting

[applause] >> later today, remarks from supreme court justice samuel alito on supreme court practices and traditions. he said that preparations for cases often involve reading over 500 pages or more of legal briefs and documents. he spoke recently at a bar association of st. louis luncheon. you can see his comments today span.00 here on eastc- tomorrow on washington journal, the political editor and the founder and editor of thinkprogress.org discuss politics and the political race. sheila krumholz talks about the political action committees that could impact the 2012 election. "washington journal" is live at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> people often say to me, how much of your time you spend writing and doing research? that is a great question. nobody ever says, how much of your time do you spend thinking? that is probably the most important part. >> in part two of the interview with david mccullough, his writing process and greatest, -- latest, "the greater journey." you can download this as a podcast online. all this weekend on c-span, commencement addresses. we will now have to the

." >> supreme court justice samuel alito gave a speech in st. louis listing the 10 top things you don't know about the supreme court. he said that while oral argument often lasts one hour, preparation often takes reading over 500 hours of legal briefs. the speech was part of america's law day celebration. this is 40 minutes. any attorneys or nonattorneys who have managed to infiltrate the room. thank you for that wonderful introduction. dwayne was one of the stars of our law school class and it wouldn't have surprised any of his classmates to learn, had they been able to foresee this fact that today he would be one of the real stars of the federal judiciary. so i want to thank dwayne for the great introduction. i want to thank all of you for the warm welcome and i want to thank the bar association for all of the courtesies that have been extended to me. it's a great pleasure for me to be here and have this opportunity to talk to you this afternoon for many reasons. among other things, i welcome this opportunity to congratulate your bar associati

the lack of judgment displayed in professor liu's 2006 testimony regarding the confirmation of samuel alito as an associate justice of the united states supreme court. throughout extensive written testimony and during an appearance before the senate judiciary committee, professor liu unfairly criticized then-judge alito and his long judicial record as, among other things, having shown -- quote - "a uniform pattern of excusing errors and eroding norms of basic fairness." in particular, in the final paragraph of professor liu's written testimony, which served as a summary of his entire analysis on then-judge alito, was nothing short of an inflammatory attack. he wrote -- quote -- "judge alito's record envisions an america where police may shoot and kill an unarmed boy to stop him from running away with a stolen purse, where federal agents may point guns at ordinary citizens during a raid, even after no sign of resistance or the f.b.i. may install a camera where you sleep on the promise that they won't turn it on unless an informant is in the room, where a black man may be sentenced to death b

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the lack of judgment displayed in professor liu's 2006 testimony regarding the confirmation of samuel alito as an associate justice of the united states supreme court. throughout extensive written testimony and during an appearance before the senate judiciary committee, professor liu unfairly criticized then-judge alito and his long judicial record as, among other things, having shown -- quote - "a uniform pattern of excusing errors and eroding norms of basic fairness." in particular, in the final paragraph of professor liu's written testimony, which served as a summary of his entire analysis on then-judge alito, was nothing short of an inflammatory attack. he wrote -- quote -- "judge alito's record envisions an america where police may shoot and kill an unarmed boy to stop him from running away with a stolen purse, where federal agents may point guns at ordinary citizens during a raid, even after no sign of resistance or the f.b.i. may install a camera where you sleep on the promise that they won't turn it on unless an informant is in the room, where a black man may be sentenced to death b

next, remarks from supreme court justice samuel alito.hat preparations meant reading legal briefs and documents. he spoke recently at at a metropolitan bar of st. louis' lunch. this is 40 minutes. >> fellow judges and attorneys, and a non-attorneys who have managed to infiltrate the room -- [laughter] i hope there are a few of you. thank you for the wonderful introduction. he and i were law school classmates, it seems like a couple of years ago. he was one of the stars of our law school class. it would not have surprised many of his classmates to learn, had they been able to foresee this fact, that today he surely would be one of the real stars of the federal judiciary. i want to thank him for the great introduction and all of you for the warm welcome. and i want to thank the bar association for all of the courtesies that had been extended to me. it is a great pleasure for me to be here and have this opportunity to talk to you this afternoon for many reasons. among other things, i welcome this opportunity to congratulate your bar associat

. >> supreme court justice samuel alito talked in st. louis and that even though oral argument lasts only one hour and the research is a large part of the work. this was a part of the law day celebration, that recognizes the role of the law in america. >> of the attorneys here to infillerate the rome, and many of you here. and thank you wayne for that introduction, he was one of the stars of our law school class, and it would not have surprised any of his classmates that he would be one of the real stars the federal judiciary. i want to thank dewayne for the great introduction, and thank you for your warm welcome. and thank the bar association for all courtesies that have been extended to me. it's a great pleasure for me to be here and have this opportunity to talk to you this afternoon for many reasons. among other things, i welcome this opportunity to congratulate your bar association for its century long commitment to provide equal access to justice. i am sure that many of you know that the inscription on the front of the supreme cour

next, remarks from supreme court justice daniel a levo -- samuel alito. he spoke recently at a bar association at the metropolitan st. louis' lunch. this is 40 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you to any non-attorneys who have managed to infiltrate the room. [laughter] dwayne was one of the stars of our law school. it would not have surprised any of his classmates to learn, had they been able to foresee this, that today he would be one of the real stars of the federal judiciary. so, i want to idwayne for a great introduction. i want to thank all of you for a warm welcome. and i want to thank the bar association for all the courtesies extended to me. it is a great pleasure for me to be here and have this opportunity, to talk to you this afternoon for many reasons. i welcome this opportunity to congratulate your bar association for its century long commitments to providing equal access to justice. i'm sure many of reno that's the inscription on the front of the supreme court building reads "equal justice under law." that is the highest to deal of our

. >> supreme court justice samuel alito gave a top-10 list of things you don't know about the supremeourt to the bar association of metropolitan st. louis earlier this month. he said that while ord -- oral arguments are one hour, preparations often involve reading over 500 or more pages of legal briefs and as a large part of the justice of work. his remarks were part of the association's law day celebration celebrating the role of law and american society. this is about 45 minutes. >> it would not have surprised any of his classmates to learn, have they been able to foresee this fact, that today he would be one of the real stars of the federal judiciary. i want to thank dwayne for the great introduction and all of you for the warm welcome and i want to thank the bar association for all of the courtesies that have been extended to me. it is a great pleasure for me to be here and have this opportunity to talk to you this afternoon for many reasons. among other things, i welcome this opportunity to congratulate your bar association for its century-long commitment to providing equal acces