>> i understand, justice sotomayor. i don't believe it would. >> so this is a peculiar rule that you have asked us to adopt. the rule is where there is a special assessment, and will make all of the objectors better off they have to have a special notice that they can object. but the rule is we are going to take money that we already collected from them and suspended for a totally political purpose. we don't give them a special notice and they don't have to object. that seems totally backward by the understand why you get there and my suspicion to confirm is that is the only administered system that you can think of. >> is it going to make them all? they don't know whether this new assessment is indeed going to be divided the way the original one was not. they may want to challenge whether it is all going to be used for the accessible activities or not then you're telling me they might. >> at least the have to make an interest-free loan to the union until such time as they can challenge it. >> that's correct. >> it is p

sonia sotomayor will not be participating. technology show starts this .eek it kicks off this tuesday and las vegas. gadgets aren on storebefore landing shelves. >>> the prestigious new york film critics awards is monday. the annual ceremony honors the best in american and international cinema. year's winner include best picture, "the artist." >> the best car and truck of the named at the north international auto show detroit. namedree finalists were in december. 2012, the finalists are the focus, and the volkswagen passat. >>> let's take a look at some of our local sports teams have on this week. the capital start their week the west coast when on the los angeles kings. wednesday whenn the penguins come to town. to chicagod wednesday, a philadelphia friday. the 76ers' turnaround and come the verizon center on saturday. >> macy's inc. has announced close five of its stores, as well of four bloomingdale's stores nationwide. those nine are in the d.c. area. >> georgia johnson has shopped this mall for decades. >> before i ever l

. >> no hay que hallan tenido nombramien nombramientos hispanos empezando con sonia sotomayor, la primera tocar y sentir para demostrar que el presidente ha estado en nuestro lado. >> es cierto, sin embargo, cuando uno promete la reforma i migratoria en el primer aÑo y no habla con la comnidad y dice, mira, tengo un sinnÚmero de crisis eventualmente voy hablar con ustedes, esa falta de comunicaciÓn creo que le ha afectado. >> mira josÉ es la crÍtica nÚmero 1 y el argumento hipÓcrita nÚmero 1 que utilizan los republicanos cuando se debate contra ellos, porque a veces estas debatiendo contra un republicano que estÁ en contra de la reforma migratoria y te saco eso. >> ok, sacando de quiÉn lanza esa acusaciÓn porque tambiÉn la acusaciÓn lo lanza un senador estatal demÓcrata en arizona. gutiÉrrez que me ha dicho eso mismo, si limitar la hoja de trabajo del presidente, especÍficamente a eso, estÁ mirando la gestiÓn entera respecto al paÍs y con nuestra comunidad yo creo que el latino na y se demuestra que sabe que tiene un presidente y es reelecto en la reformo migratoria, van a seguir avanzand

. >> another dimension, it has been called to mind in this question that justice sotomayor was cross-examined in a rather aggressive way concerning her statement that a woman, i think she went on to say hispanic woman -- >> wise latina. >> you are running way ahead of me. could understand a lot of things much better than people, certainly such as i, and perhaps even you. so we are talking both about, so to speak on ethnic and cultural background and gender. they are affecting the way people understand what justice is. >> well, she -- i thought she answered the question pretty well. she got confirmed. the fact is that at the same time, the justice alito understands some of those cultural issues. it is interesting. the supreme court of the united states today has no protestants on the supreme court. isn't that interesting? we basically have catholics and jews. >> i have been very worried about that, i will tell you. [laughter] >> i mentioned it because i thought it was keeping you up at night. the fact is that i have no doubts that they each will do what they said in their nomination, which is

so did justice sotomayor who joined justice scalia's opinion but wrote separately. both of them noted many types of surveillance that don't involve physical intrusion. they talked about those like the cameras at intersections that are catching speeders. justice sotomayor even said that it may be time to pre-examine the premise that information given voluntarily to third parties is... that there's no reasonable expectation of privacy in that because we get so many information through internet transactions to the government for various reasons. >> brown: there's shifting even by the day, right, in terms of how much we give and routinely? >> exactly. yes, that's the tricky part for the court and why i think this is a narrow decision and the court is treading frr cautiously here because as as technology changes so do our expectations of privacy. and a rule laid down today may not come port with that expectation five to ten years. >> brown: so, therefore, how significant... how do you parse this in terms of significance when you get this kind of decision with different k

justice sotomayor recused herself from this case because she dealt with it in a lower court, which meanshere could be a tie decision. any decision is not expected to come until early summer. diane, that means stay tuned. >> okay. thank you, cecilia. >>> and now, it was rev your engines day. the 2012 north american auto show in high gear in detroit. amid big news, today, of even more mojo for cars made in america. japan's powerhouse automaker, honda, moving its high-end luxury brand right here to ohio. and that means american jobs. here's abc's chris bury with the hot, new cars in detroit. >> reporter: at this year's big show, the mo in motown stands for "momentum." 40 debut models. the chevy tru, and code. the new dodge dart. all introduced with the glitz and glamour so missing during detroit's doldrums. what's the message? >> i think the message is the car industry is alive in detroit and in america. >> reporter: the new year, looking up after a strong 2011. car sales up 10% for the year. americans buying nearly 13 million cars and trucks, the most since the dog days of 2008. even forei

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but the great thing about this is that the other justices the justices in the concurrence and also sotomayor suggested a willingness to to really take a good hard look at these electronic surveillance issues and in fact she said that she was willing to reexamine precedent and yet case and i think that we're going to look back five ten years from now and say this was probably one of the most important cases that she wrote a decision. do you agree yes and that precedent that she said that she was willing to reexamine is this idea of the third party doctor and which is if you give a piece of information you give an item to someone else and then trust that data to that person then you lose your expectation of privacy and she said that she was willing to reexamine that and here's why that's so important because in today's world with cloud computing with a lot of of web based applications you're giving so much of your data away a third tour google to facebook to these other companies that's the third party and it's so important that doctrine to this question and this is this blue this is a headlin

guest: sonia sotomayor recused herself because she was involved in this case at a lower court. host: john, democratic caller. caller: always an honor to be first on c-span, greatest free conversation in the world. i keep looking for my invoice in the mail and i will pay you guys when you send it. how does this affect the internet? personally, i have no problem with nudity, no problem with language. that is part of the free discourse of living in the nation. i don't think the supreme court has any business whatsoever editing language and nudity. if i want to show my body parts on the internet, or if something raises my ire enough to use what you consider profane word, that is part of the understanding that i need to impart to you. between 6:00 at 10:00, a family hour on television, that is one that thing. but on the internet, facebook, anywhere else i want to go, i really don't feel like the supreme court has any business -- in fact, they are being unconstitutional in regulating this. host: let's hear from our guest. guest: actually, the fcc does not have authority to police the

is some discussion in the opinion especially the court of concurrent opinion by justice so to -- sotomayorso i think police will be loathe to use a gps tracking device without a warrant, but we don't have a clearcut law coming from the supremes this time of around. it's unfortunate. i think it's a missed opportunity. >> i hear disappointment from you, sunny. >> i am. you know i'm a legal geek. >> i know you are. sunny hostin on the case. >>> think about it. three months ago joe paterno stood on the sidelines of penn state. then his career came to an abrupt end and now joe paterno is gone. many of you are reflecting on his career. we wanted many of you to hear his own words. you're going to hear him next. as up to 12 hours. salonpas. >>> as you certainly heard by now, the winningest coach in major college football died on sunday. the initial cause was lung cancer, but many people would say joe paterno died of a broken heart. we all know the story that ended his storied career at penn state university. >> there's really no fun involved. it's just drive, drive, drive and you've got to do it.

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just as sonia sotomayor questioned whether that framework already in place solves the problem. chance to object. it just won't be at the moment of the special assessment. it will be the following year." adding, "they do get a chance to object. the question is the timing. " a number of justices including antonin scalia ask why the process should be allowed. saying -- >> in california, the seiu represents 95,000 employees. 45% of them are nonmembers meaning that it could have an impact on how seiu collects and uses dues money for political purposes. at the supreme court, shannon bream, fox news. >> bret: no grapevine tonight so we can bring you more primary coverage from here in new hampshire. but first, another trip to see the action on primary day. >> it's busy here outside of ward one. a lot of people coming and going. gale fisher, you just voted. >> i did. >> it's important to you? >> it is. >> can i ask who you voted for? >> i voted for romney. a tough decision. i made my decision at the last minute but i voted for romney. >> it's big deal here. >> it really is. >> yeah. >>

. >> not taking into account the fact that as justice sotomayor said the justice 5 operate as an injunction against the use of a non free cleared plan. >> we're taking that into account. that is what is going on here. ask yourself a question. what is the remedy that the texas court in this case -- what is the violation the texas court is trying to remedy? i think your question proceed on the assumption that if the violation of section 5, that is not what motivated the court's opinion. look at page 96 of the joint appendix. texas was clear. they need to get pre clearance. this is not about joining them from implementing the plan. the constitutional violation being remedied here and the only thing that gave the texas courts and the authority was the one person one vote violation with the old plans. >> that is what they said they are doing. i counts eight times in the house plan, the state house plan, several times in the senate plan. it is fairly clear in the u.s. plan, they say things like the courts began by considering the and contested districts from the enacted plan that embrace district

. >> brown: briefly, i understand that justice sotomayor took herself out of the case, recused herself. >> she did. >> brown: that's because she was involved in the lower case? >> right. she sat on the lower federal appellate court when this case was moving through that court. >> brown: that means there's a potential for the tie. >> there always is when there are only eight justices. i have to say that it did seem as though there could be a split decision here. >> brown: marcia coyle, as always, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> ifill: now, an update on the turmoil in syria, as that country's embattled president fights back. we begin with a report from john ray of independent television news in cairo. >> reporter: 300 days of violence and counting. a death toll passing 5,000 and mounting. and yet a confident president paraded before his nation and vowed that victory at any price is close. >> this will not be possible unless we hit the murderous terrorists with an iron fist. there will be no compromises. terrorism and no mercy to those who use weapons to create discord and division. >>

do you think justice sotomayor is not white? she looks white to me. >> guest: well, she's a puerto rican lady. i don't know how she defines herself. but let me tell you what i see is the problem here. no doubt as i've said many times before, anybody can be a good american. i think any group can be assimilated. but here's -- there's three problems, ralph. one is the enormous numbers of people coming into this country who have never before been assimilated into any western country, never been, never -- >> host: well, that was true years ago. 1912 the highest -- >> guest: okay, but now we get to the second thing. >> host: okay. >> guest: the process of assimilation, the melting pot, the parochial schools, the fact that we listen to the same radio, watch the same tv, rooted for the same team, all these things the melting pot has been rejected for multiculturalism. people are told keep your own faith, keep your own traditions, don't assimilate, be different -- >> host: they do that for protective reasons. >> guest: okay. they do it f

. >> no, not the -- >> sonia sotomayor? >> yeah. i grew up on a farm.reat movie star flipper. it is a ponzi scheme. help is on the way, brother. amen, brother. love you, brother. today has been awesome, girl. the coolest thing. i'm a doer, not a talker. and save a pretzel for the gas jets. ♪ i would fly higher than an eagle ♪ ♪ for you are the wind beneath my wings ♪ >> adios, mofo. ♪ did i ever tell you you're my hero ♪ >> texas governor rick perry. see you on down the road. part two will be tomorrow because we couldn't fit it -- no, just one part. >> incredible. >> he finished strong. >> he did. much better in the debates, be uh y but you won't see that in our fondest. >> stephen colbert is here, jim clyburn, andrea mitchell, and gene robinson having a couple of irish coffees at the bar. we'll be right back in charleston. [ male announcer ] new starbucks blonde roast is another way to look at the bean. another way that reveals the lighter, mellower side of our roast. being blonde is nothing new but blonde roast is something new. something subtle. some

justice sotomayor recused herself from this case because she dealt with it in a lower court, which meanse decision. any decision isn't expected to come until early summer. cecilia vega, abc news, washington. >> i don't know what i think about this rule. seems like it's kind of full of [ bleep ]. you know. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. what word am i looking for? seems like it's all [ bleep ]. blanked up. i don't understand the whole thing, paula. >> keep it clean. >> i'm trying to keep it clean. >> i have no problem with them trying to clean it up. i just think there needs to be a little consistency. >> really? that's what you i? >> yeah. >> i think it's all [ bleep ]. >> you know what? clean it up. we'll clean it up. >> we'll clean it up. >> when we come right back. ka ♪ >>> all right, everybody, welcome back. it is time for our -- boo-yah. favorite story of the day. you know we love facebook. i'm kind of a facebook addict. you're more of a twitter girl. >> tweeter. >> but i think it helps you keep in touch with friends. even stalk your ex-girlfriend -- >> ex-boyfriend. >> yeah. >> but did you

justices scalia, alito and sotomayor are not there tonight. >> the joint chiefs will be showing up. they will not be applauding tonight. we will measure between those who applaud and those who do not feel they are part of the political process. >> and many of the justices have spoken about how uncomfortable they do feel. especially that moment two years ago, when the president called them out on the supreme court decision. and there you have it. [ applause ] >> a hug from gabby giffords, representing so much, just standing in that room. and when she smiles. and now, the president of the united states. handing his speech to the speaker and the vice president. and is about to begin his state of the union address. [ applause ] >> members of congress, i have the high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you, the president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. [ applause ] thank you. please, be seated. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, distinguished guests, and fellow americans, last month, i went to and

[applause] this is the place of legends like injustice when sonya sotomayor and mario rivera and it was also the home of the future superstars like the members of the high school latin band. [applause] the ps 32 chorus and the cultic dreams dance. r&d fantastic? [applause] now, it is a city that is the capital innovation, and this one has given us some of the world's great authors, architects not to mention the pioneers of hip-hop and salsa. [applause] let us host the green bay packers see plenty of salsa dancing on sunday. the [applause] the bronx have always been a guru of innovators and that we can see most recently in the students here at the academy for collaborative studies, who built a m. -- [applause] they built this award winning message and have the message right. hauer about the robot club? they deserve a round of applause. [applause] now, it's an honor to be introduced by a teacher like ishmael. what an inspirational story. and by the bronx president, with ruben diaz, jr.. thank you so much. [applause] no matter what you read about reubin, we work together on an awful lot of

. >> justice sotomayor section 5 is clear that the new map drawn by the texas legislature, the new mapscannot take affect of their own force, but that doesn't answer the question of whether a judge having to impose a remedial math to address what i'll concede is a one-person, one vote problem with the benchmark maps can look to the new maps which also remedy the same one person, one vote problem for guidance. >> but you are asking for more than guidance. you are asking for deference. you are saying they have to start with the new map even though that map hasn't been approved. >> that is right your honor. >> the old map which had been approved. >> we are in fairness, we are asking for to be used as the starting point for drawing up the new map. >> doesn't that turn section 5 on its head? >> i don't think so we'll your honor for a number of reasons. one is the obligation to go to the preclearance board or to go to the attorney general remains fully in place of the only question is what is going to inform the district court with texas to exercise remedial authority to remedy the one person

[applause] this is the place of legends like injustice when sonya sotomayor and mario rivera and it wasf the future superstars like the members of the high school latin band. [applause] the ps 32 chorus and the cultic dreams dance. r&d fantastic? [applause] now, it is a city that is the capital innovation, and this one has given us some of the world's great authors, architects not to mention the pioneers of hip-hop and salsa. [applause] let us host the green bay packers see plenty of salsa dancing on sunday. the [applause] the bronx have always been a guru of innovators and that we can see most recently in the students here at the academy for collaborative studies, who built a m. -- [applause] they built this award winning message and have the message right. hauer about the robot club? they deserve a round of applause. [applause] now, it's an honor to be introduced by a teacher like ishmael. what an inspirational story. and by the bronx president, with ruben diaz, jr.. thank you so much. [applause] no matter what you read about reubin, we work together on an awful lot of things and it's

>> sotomayor and kagan, both activist judges to me, i would suggest that that is an example of my concern about -- i believe the supreme court should not be making legislative decisions and telling americans how to live, whether it live up outp -- whether it is about prayer in school, whether you can celebrate christmas. those are decisions that should be left to the states or to the individuals to be making. his justice department, who is defending this ministerial exception, i believe that is a direct attack on people of faith and churches, basically saying that you cannot, um, discriminate, if you will, someone who does not believe hiringou believe, and firing of ministers and others staff. it is like boys down speed i wrote -- is like boy scouts. i wrote a book about the scouts five years ago, and gets to the issue of whether scouting should be able to restrict it in open the gate scoutmaster -- an openly gay scoutmasters. a private organization -- that should be their call. and yet you have than spending substantial amounts of money defending a lawsuit saying no, you have to -- those

guest: sonya samar -- sonia sotomayor recused herself. host: john is a democratic caller. caller: it is and honest to be first. i keep looking for mike invoice in the mail -- for my invoice. thank you. personally, i have no problem with nudity or with language. that is part of the free discourse. i don't think the supreme court has any business whatsoever editing language or nudity. i think it is a first amendment matter. is something raises my ire enough for you to consider a profane word -- between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on television, that is one thing. but on the internet or facebook, i did not feel like the supreme court has any business -- they are being unconstitutional in regulating this. guest: the fcc does not have any authority to police the internet. there are rules of things like child pornography. there are not any rules say you cannot take a picture of your body parts and put them up on youtube if you liked, if youtube will accept them. justice alito said, "is is making any sense? are we going to need these rules in a few years?" caller: good morning. i wa

i, like many men i know, would not vote for a woman for president based on the well- established sotomayorules. when she made the other pregnant comment, that she is much more capable of rendering good decisions because she has more background because of the fact that she was a minority woman. i would suggest that there is no woman who has ever been subject to the draft or received a draft notice. i do not see how women can qualify on the same basis as men do for that reason. i would look for someone until such time as women decide to do this and get under the draft. the next, if the guest is successful, it is something akin to what happened with title 9. that is you just destroyed man's opportunity until you get every woman playing the sport that she wants to do. host: you have given us a lot to work with. guest: we no longer have the draft for men. i am not sure that several decades' worth of sexism and anti-female treatment in the military should perpetuate itself and disqualify women from becoming commander in chief. i think it speaks to the notion that there are some people who will n

. >> but you are not taking into account the fact that, as justice sotomayor said, section 5 itself operatesan injunction. and it's an injunction against the use of an unprecleared plan. >> justice kagan, i think we are taking that into account. i mean -- and i think that's at the heart of what's going on here. you have to ask yourself the question -- what is the remedy that the texas court in this case was trying -- what is the violation, rather, that the texas court was trying to remedy. the appellees proceed and i think your question proceeds on the assumption as if the violation is a section 5 violation. but that's not what motivated the court's opinion, and you can -- i mean, look at page 96 of the joint appendix, where the court specifically says -- look, texas has always been cleared. they need to get preclearance. so this is not about enjoining them from implementing the plan. the constitutional violation that is being remedied here and the only thing that gave the texas court any authority is the one person, one vote violation with the old plans. >> that's what they said they are do

. >> but you are not taking into account the fact that, as justice sotomayor said, section 5 itself operatess an injunction. and it's an injunction against the use of an unprecleared plan. >> justice kagan, i think we are taking that into account. i mean -- and i think that's at the heart of what's going on here. you have to ask yourself the question -- what is the remedy that the texas court in this case was trying -- what is the violation, rather, that the texas court was trying to remedy. the appellees proceed and i think your question proceeds on the assumption as if the violation is a section 5 violation. but that's not what motivated the court's opinion, and you can -- i mean, look at page 96 of the joint appendix, where the court specifically says -- look, texas has always been cleared. they need to get preclearance. so this is not about enjoining them from implementing the plan. the constitutional violation that is being remedied here and the only thing that gave the texas court any authority is the one person, one vote violation with the old plans. >> that's what they said they are

. >> brown: briefly, i understand that justice sotomayor took herself out of the case, recused herself. >> she did. >> brown: that's because she was involved in the lower case? >> right. she sat on the lower federal appellate court when this case was moving through that court. >> brown: that means there's a potential for the tie. >> there always is when there are only eight justices. i have to say that it did seem as though there could be a split decision here. >> brown: marcia coyle, as always, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >> ifill: now, an update on the turmoil in syria, as that country's embattled president fights back. we begin with a report from john ray of independent television news in cairo.