. >> [inaudible] >> even justice sandra sotomayor made things very clear. it was clear they thought the justice department was overreaching and that the -- pre-emption was there. -- sonya sotomayor. i thought it was a clear victory. i think we will been a minimum of a 5-3 and maybe even greater on some of these things. [inaudible] >> [inaudible] it has been political sound bites and that's why they never raised it. thanks for coming. it's a great day. >> i am tom. we filed on behalf of the author of 1070, the second brief was on behalf of state legislators from 20 states who wanted their voices heard in support of 1070, and the court hearing went very well. looks like to us the majority of the court uphold key provisions. the obama administration has run away from its earlier incendiary rhetoric suggesting this is about racial profiling. it's clear to me this is a political lawsuit, that the administration says this lock conflicts with its political parties and has to be thrown out by the court. but that is not to the way our constitution works or how our f

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 sonia sotomayor and justice elena kagan. this is the first time the four of them have joined together for a public program. we are extremely grateful that they've done so this evening to join in this celebration. we also want to thank jim duff, the ceo of the freedom forum and the freedom forum for making this magnificent space available to us at the museum this evening. jim, long prior to his being ceo at freedom forum has a history with the supreme court historical society dating back to his time as administrative assistant to chief justice rehnquist and before that chief justice burger. i also want to thank society president emeritus frank jones for his generous donation to help support the events this evening. only because of illness, he is not with us this evening. our panel this evening consists of the four women who to date have served on the united states supreme court. even to summarize each of their careers with highlights would take far too long. i'll be very brief. justice sandra day o'co

sandra day o'connor on the u.s. supreme court. we are deeply honored to have with us this evening justice o'connor, justice ruth bader ginsburg, justice sonya sotomayor and justice elena kag agai kagen. this is the first time they've done this this evening. we want to thank jim duff, the ceo of the freedom forum and the freedom forum was making this magnificent space available to us at the museum this evening. jim has a history with the supreme court historical society dating back to his time as administrative assistant to chief justice rehnquist and before that chief justice berger. i also want to thank society president amare tus frank joenz to support the events this evening. frank was a distinguished president from 2002 and 2008 and only because of illness isn't with us this evening. our panel this evening consists of the four women to date served on the united states supreme court. even to summarize each of their careers with highlights would take far too long, so i'll be very brief. justice sandra day o'connor was nominated to the court by president ronald reagan on july 7th, 1981 and she was confirmed by the senate on september 22 t2, 1981. sh

sandra. >> the lawyers confused the women on the court. i think it might have been justice gipsburg and sotomayor that were confused. 20 minutes later, the same lawyer confused two men on the court. i think the second was purposeful. darned if he wasn't going to do it again gender-neutrally. >> that's the different that three makes. we haven't been confused. the three of us have not been. >> i thought it happened once and i think it was you and i. i am told you can't always hear where they are coming from. >> what were your biggest challenges? probably different kinds of challenges. you being the trail blazer. >> trying to write opinions to deal with the issues, but in a way that is useful and long lasting. that will be a challenge. many of the issues are issues that are ones where the total courts will be in disagreement and for a long time or the court wouldn't have had to take them. when you have to put down on paper permanently the tests that are you going to apply and see how it works, that's a challenge. every single time. you really want to do it well. you won't know until many years have

at 6:30 eastern, ruth pater ginsburg, sonia sotomayor, and elena kagan pay justice to for justice sandra day o'connor. we will have live coverage of that event on c-span 2 at 6:30 eastern. more camp in 2012 coverage this evening. the indiana republican debate between richard lugar and richard murdock, live at 7:00 p.m. here on c-span. >> for this year's studentcam competition, we asked students to create a video about what part of the competition was important to them, and why. today we are going to waukesha, wisconsin, to meet with the third prize winner, tyler johnson. your documentary was on women's suffrage and the 19th amendment. why did you choose this topic? >> it was always very important to my grandmother's mother that she could vote. it passed down to my grandmother. because she was able to live through that amendment, even though she was not old enough to vote at that point, it was still very much there in the family and household that they lived in. >> you covered some of the history of the suffrage movement leading up to the 19th amendment. what did it help you to understand

sandra day o'connor became the first woman appointed to the u.s. supreme court. tomorrow the former justice takes part in a discussion looking at her career. she'll be joined by ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotomayor, and elena kagan, the three women who followed her to the high court and still currently serve. the event's hosted by the supreme court historical society and the freedom forum. and you can see it live at 6:30 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span 2. also tomorrow, live coverage of the indiana senate republican primary debate between senator richard lugar and challenger richard mordock who serves as indiana's treasurer. the hoosier state holds its primary on november 8th. you can listen on c-span radio. >>> april 15th, 1912. nearly 1,500 perish on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, once the lookout cited an iceberg up ahead, they struck the bells up in the crow's nest three times, ding, ding, ding, which is a warning saying that there's some object ahead. it doesn't mean dead ahead. it means ahead of the ship. and it doesn't say what kind of object. what the lookout then did once he struck the bell, he went to a telephone nest and called down to

sandra day o'connor to be the first woman on the u.s. supreme court. tomorrow, on c-span2, justice o'connor, now retired, talks with three women who followed her on the court, ruth bader ginsburg, sonia sotomayor and elena kagan. that will be live on c-span2 from the supreme court historical society starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> republican presidential candidates mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich speak at the national rifle association's annual meeting on friday. also addressing the nra, house majority leader eric cantor, texas governor rick perry and wisconsin governor scott walker. see that live on c-span friday at 2:00 p.m. eastern. >>> over the next few hours here on c-span3, congressional hearings on the obama administration's budget request for 2013. up next, securities and exchange commission chair mary schapiro on her agency's proposed budget. and then, u.n. ambassador susa

the panel include sandra day o'connor as well as a provider ginsberg and sonya sotomayor, elena kagan. it will be moderated and a discussion of memories as well as reflections on saturday o'connor's appointment to. the supreme to coming up next, we will look at regulations regarding mortgage service companies and we will be right back with a reporter to talk with us about that. >> april 15, 1912, nearly 1500 perished on the ship called unsinkable. >> once the lookout bells were sounded, they cited an iceberg head that struck the bells three times, which is a warning saying that there's some object ahead. it does not say what kind. of kind what the look out and then did was he went to a telephone message and called it down to the officer on the bridge to tell them what it is that they saw. and when the phone was finally answered, the entire conversation was what do you see? the response was iceberg right ahead. the response from the officer was thank you. >> the truths and myths about that night, sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern this weekend on c-span 3. >> martin luther king is a man of al

sandra day o'connor to be the first woman on the u.s. supreme court. today, on c-span2, justice o'connor now retired, talks with the three women who followed her to the court. route bader ginsburg, soia sotomayor, and elena kagan live on c-span2 starting at 6:30 eastern.

later in the day, supreme court justices ruth bader ginsberg, sonya sotomayor or, and elena kagan in a tribute to justice sandra'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 introduce today's session on pros

sandra, not 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 would not have taken them.

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

sandra day o'connor on the u.s. supreme court. [applause] we are deeply gracious to have justice o'connor, justice ginsberg, justice sotomayor, andstice kagan, the first time they joined together for a public program, and we're grateful they have done so this evening to join in this celebration. we also want to thank jim duff, the ceo of the freedom forum and freedom forum for making this space available to us at the museum this evening. jim, long prior to his being ceo at freedom forum, has a history with the supreme court historical society dating back to the time of his administrative stance and before that, chief justice berger. i also want to thank society president frank jones for his generous donation to support the events this evening. frank was a distinguished president from 2002 to 2008 and only because of illnesses he is not with us this evening. our panel this evening consistents of the four women who to date served on the united states supreme court. even to summarize each of their careers with highlights would take far too long, so i'll be very brief. justice sandra day o'connor was nominated to the court by preside

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 assistant to chief justice rehnquist and before that chief justice burger. i also want to thank frank jones for his generous donation this evening. he was the distinguished president from 2002-08, and only because of illness is not with us this evening. our panel consists of the four women who to date have served on the u.s. supreme court. even to summarized each of their careers would take far too long, so i will be brief. justice sandra day o'connor was nominated to the court by president ronald reagan on july 7, 1981, and she was confirmed by the senate on september 22, 1981 to