as a person who represents the bronx, new york, a special hello to sonia sotomayor. i was born where her parents were born, in puerto rico, and we take great pride in her ascension to the supreme court. >> speaking of justice sotomayor, she may be playing on our congressional softball team this year, just so you know. that way you will have to come to our games. she and a couple of the other cabinet secretaries who are female have indicated a desire to play on the team. >> talk about the branch is getting together. i will have to show up. >> i would now like to recognize justice kennedy. you'd be so kind as to keep your comments to under five minutes, we will have more time for questions. thank you so much. >> it is a privilege to appear before you with my colleague. we will have lunch together tomorrow and they will be pleased to hear that you send them warm regards. you mentioned the independence of the judiciary. we talked often of separation of powers and checks and balances. we use them as interchangeable terms. separation of powers means each branch of the gove

sonia sotomayor did not participate. this is an hour and 15 minutes. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the state ask that the court sess liability and assign a new common law reality in climate change and by applying a general standard of reasonableness to determine for each defendant, what if any, its share in green house gas emissions ought to be. that would require the courts not to enforce policy choices placed into law by the other branches but to make those choices themselves. and the federal common law shouldn't be expanded and that the case have different points and have the same basic powers of principles that accomplish that the case ought to be dismissed. >> they do all flow from the same basic argument. and i'm concerned why you think we should focus on prudential standing basically which cuts off our jurisdiction at our own whim as opposed to dealing with this on the merits. in other words, you say this is too generalized for the court to address. >> mr. chie

supreme court justice sonia sotomayor said that movie was so influential on her, it was part of the reason she decided to go into law. sidney lumet was 86 years old. he died in his home here in manhattan and what a great filmmaker. >> i had no idea he made "the wiz." >> yeah, how about that. >> seems like an outliar. >> and the last movie, "before the devil knows you're dead," fantastic. almost as good as the first. >> all of his movies touched on social issues of the day. that really stood out in all of his films. >> right. >> that he never won an oscar is a tragedy. >> it really is and he said he wanted one, and he deserved it. >> he definitely deserved it. >> and he did. >> coming up, in or out. we've got some new details on the royal wedding invitation list. this is a touchy issue, as we said before. how many of your exes would you invite to your wedding, one, two, more? >> zero. >> zero? that's what bianna voted for. we now know how many are on prince william's list. >>> and dropping the "l" word. i won't say bomb. it can make or break a relationship. but who's usually using it first?

and, of course, as a person who represents the bronx new york, a special hello to sonia sotomayor. we are very proud of her in my congressional district i was born when her parents were born in puerto rico and we take great pride in her ascension to the supreme court. thank you so much. >> speaketh justice sotomayor, she may be playing on our congressional softball team this year, just so, you know. that way you will have to come. to working and root us on. i know she and a couple -- she and a couple of the other cabinet secretaries who are female have indicated a desire to play on the team. >> talk about the branch is getting together. i'll have to show up. >> i would now like to recognize justice kennedy. if you would be so kind as to keep your comments to five minutes or under we'll have more time for questions. thank you so much. >> chairwoman emerson -- are we on? i assume it's on. members of the committee, it's a privilege to appear before you with my colleague justice breyer. the chief justice and all of my colleagues send greetings to you. we have lunch together tomorrow an