sotomayor: i should tell the story of "my beloved world." the publishing department called me up and said we really should do this event. and i said, michelle it's pretty hard for me to break away and do that event, i just can't say yes. and she persisted for a few more minutes and i stopped her and i said, michelle, i have a distracting little job. and it doesn't let me do that. she actually quoted those words and put them up on her desk. to remind herself that there were priorities sometimes in life and i have to do that sometimes too. but writing books is not a distraction for me. writing these particular books was an important mission for me. the middle school book, "the beloved world of sonia sotomayor" was a product of my cousin who is described in the book, my cousin myriam, a bilingual education middle schoolteacher in stanford, connecticut. she's been using my adult book for lesson plans for her students for a number of years. but she kept insisting she needed a middle grade book. because the parent book, now they've two kids books,

supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. we're expecting this to start shortly. running a little behind schedule here. also just a note that the senate is currently voting on the government funding and border security bill, 60 votes needed. you can watch under way on c-span2 live. word from the white house that president trump intends to sign the measure and will also declare a national emergency to build a wall on the southern u.s. border. we'll keep you posted here and on the c-span networks for the latest developments. waiting for u.s. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor in conversation here, live in washington, d.c. >>> i hope we're fashionably late this afternoon. the justice is getting mic'd up right now. we're about ready to begin. good afternoon, distinguished guests and colleagues. thank you for joining the law library of congress and the united states supreme court today for the 2019 supreme court fellows program annual lecture. my name is jane sanchez and i have the honor of serving as the 25th law librarian of congress. [ applause ] the law library

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[laughter] justice sotomayor -- >> he pulls rank. [laughter] >> justice to the mayor of years ago you wrote the best-selling my beloved world which is widely acclaimed, available in paperback. [laughter] required reading in school districts across the country and in the past year you published two more books, this time for younger readers, one called turning pages, illustrate it by [inaudible] and the other called the beloved world of sonja sotomayor and he managed to do this while also having a busy important day job. [laughter] what motivated you to write this book? >> i should tell the story of my beloved world. the publication department of my publisher, random house penguin, called me up one day and said we really should do this event. and i said, michelle, it's pretty hard for me to break away and do that event and i just can't say yes. she persisted for a few more minutes and i stopped her and said michelle, i have a distracting little job. [laughter] and she quoted those words and put them up on her desk. [laughter] to remind

sotomayor: i should tell the story of "my beloved world." the publishing department called me up and said we really should do this event. and i

just as qualified as sotomayor and kagan. without a doubt who you would expect any republican president to pick, and look what happened then. the goal was to hold open the seat for 2020. that didn't work. so, in 2013, harry reid decided to change the rules to require a majority vote for circuit court judges. i remember senator schumer called me up and it before and said, we're going to change the rules, and i couldn't understand why, because there were very few judges waiting. well, it was a power grab. it is, over time, going to change the judiciary. i worry a lot about what is coming. if you don't have to reach across the aisle to get any votes, judges are going to be just more ideological than they would be otherwise. incumbent upon us to make sure when we put somebody forward, they really do represent the law from a constitutionally conservative point of view, not some ideologue with an agenda. that's what i like about you. you don't want that ideologue right or left. so it is going to put pressure on all of us to make su

justice sotomayor: why, if it's not punitive against him? it's the property that is being charged with having been involved in a crime. wesley hottot: i see your question, your honor. i think that if someone had done nothing wrong. let us say that someone steals my car as i'm walking into a target, commits a bank robbery, and the police seize that vehicle, quite righteously. i mean as a practical matter, of , course, the police are going to return the vehicle to me. but if the state were to go so far as to institute forfeiture proceedings against that person, there would be several serious constitutional problems with that. and it may be that in those circumstances, where i'm entirely blameless, that the court would hold that there is a substantive due process right to reject that forfeiture or the court would find it to be grossly disproportionate to the gravity of the nonexistent defense. so i think bennett can be easily reconciled with this case, particularly when the court looks at justice stephens' dissent in bennett. which as two other

>> so let me make two points, justice sotomayor. the complete response letter is not a statute that can be read in the same way as a texturalist would read a statute. it has to be understood against the backdrop of the statutory and regulatory background. >> but the statutory background basically says the only way that you advise someone to change a label, as i understand it, is that if it's minor changes. this would be a major change. so by regulatory standards, they would have been acting improperly if they had approved your language with telling you make some cosmetic changes. because they didn't think this was cosmetic. >> i respectfully disagree and i think the united states disagrees that's how -- >> doesn't mean they're right. i read the statute. i don't read them. >> but looking at the statute, under 35504-a the secretary has a statutory obligation if it bleench bleenchgs a warning is warranted to work with the manufacturer and it if it disagrees with the pro he posed changes it's obligated by the statute and shall have disc

>> justice sotomayor, on behalf of eloise, our wonderful former law clerk and the supreme court fellow commission we are so grateful for you for being here and we know that you will always be brave, be bold and be you. [applause] [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] on newsmakers, randi weingarten, president of the american federation of teachers, talks about strikes. strikes our last resort. teachers do not go on strike unless they have tried everything else. and what you see is that there has been 10 years of historic s,sinvestment of state protecting their disinvestment thesing privatization and disparagement of teachers. and at one point or another the straw was going to break the camel's back, and i think you saw after the women's marches in 2017, the activism on fighting to make sure we protected pre-existing conditions from the work inrable, terms of gun violence as we are at the year anniversary of teachers start

kagan and sotomayor or qualified. i wouldn't have chosen them, but they were qualified. they represent people that the democratic president would pick from. as to the four nominated on the republican side, i found them exactlyqualified, in the type of person that a republican president which is from. which takes us to the federalist society. your organized around the idea principlestional that i share, and it should not be news that when a republican president wins, that you would be the type of people they would talk to. about who would be a good person from our philosophy point of view. where do you think the democrats go? --t you think they talk to who do you think they talk to? they have their constituencies that monitor judges, people that they feel are rising stars in terms of the more liberal judicial philosophy. that's the way it works. i keep trying to tell everybody elections matter. but, i'm afraid we are in a dark area now -- period now. elections, when it comes to judges, never ends. the rules have changed against my will. i was in the gang of 14 that stoppe

supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. people are taking their seating, expecting the conversation to start shortly. you're watching live coverage on c-span3. >>> again, c-span 3, live at the library of congress for a conversation with u.s. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor. we're expecting this to start shortly. running a little behind schedule here. also just a note that the senate is currently voting on the government funding and border security bill, 60 votes needed. you can watch under way on c-span2 live. word from the white house that president trump intends to sign the measure and will also declare a national emergency to build a wall on the southern u.s. border. we'll keep you posted here and on the c-span networks for the latest developments. waiting for u.s. supreme court justice sonia sotomayor in conversation here, live in washington, d.c.

. >> stephen: so, i understand sotomayor was a bit of an inspiration for you. in what way?what i was going to wear because i knew my nieces were watching, and i wanted them to kind of be able to have an image in their mind, and, so, i wore white for the suffragettes and people like shirley chisolm who paved the way here. and when sonia sotomayor was having her confirmation hearings, the consultants kind of told her to wear a nude nail polish because wearing a bright color would attract more scrutiny. and so she wore bright red nails. ( cheers and applause ) and i figured, why not? you know, that was another great tradition. ( applause ) >> stephen: now, after-- i think it was after your first week in office there, you instagrammed this. can you tell us what's going on right here? >> so it was a really busy day, and i got home super late and i just wanted to eat ice cream and maybe skip dinner. ( laughter ) >> stephen: and you were asked online what flavor ice cream you were eating there. >> it was americone dream. it was. ( cheers and applause ) hey! oh, man. >> stephen: th

[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> justice sotomayor, on behalf of eloise, our wonderful former law clerk and the supreme court fellow commission we are so grateful for you for being here and we know that you will always be brave, be bold and be you. [applause] [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. si

little representation on the court or i supported kagan's nomination so to mayor long - - justice sotomayor or anne ginsberg and all of them that are extremely well call one - - qualified nominees who deserve to have their seat. >> alluding to the fact of anti-semitism conspiracy, or whatever with those real-world presenters also from anti- israel. >> i made the point the assault on globalism international banks is a recipe for new anti-semitism but your point is anti- israel radical ideas on campus leads to the same result and i agree with you 100 percen 100 percent. that we jews cannot afford whether the enemies are on our right or left. anti- zion is the modern state of anti-semitism. if you scratch them long enough very quickly will discover and anti- semite. i can understand the argument against israel if you don't believe in the concept of the nationstate and then argue against britain or any nationstate. that's a different organization but the one state that should be wiped off the map that has no legitimacy happens to be the jewish state. then you have to make a pretty convincing ar

. >>> coming up here on c-span 3, we will have remarks by supreme court justice sonja sotomayor, she will be discussing her life and career in about an hour at the lieu library of congress in washington, d.c., live at 3:30 eastern time here on c-span 3. you can also stream our live coverage at c-span.org, or use our free c-span radio app. >>> illinois's the land of lincoln, certainly springfield is the city of lincoln. his home is here. the old state capitol where he gave the house divided speeches here. his old law offices are here. and of course he is buried on the outskirts of town in oak ridge cemetery so lincoln is very important to the city of springfield. >> on the road. exploring the american story. this weekend we visit springfield the capital city of illinois. >> illinois had it made and when they built this building when they knew they would build a new capitol they wanted something that i would say shock and awe, they wanted something to show that illinois, man, we are it and that's what this building is and that's to what to some extent it represents. >> with the help of

then, supreme court justice some yes sotomayor talks about her life on the court. after that, c-span interviews some of the newest members of congress. carrying the body of former michigan u.s. congressman john dingell. longtime dean of the house was brought to the u.s. capitol,. representative debbie dingell the congressman, greeted some of the mourners gathered outside. the congressman's body was flown to dearborn, michigan for a funeral

one of them is from the honorable supreme court justice sonia sotomayor.mistake politeness for lack of strength." the other one is from lady gaga. she says, "do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. tell them to put on the sunglasses because we are going this way, baby." i have several women, powerful women quotes. but i chose sonia sotomayor because she, as well as the other woman on the court, hold position in the land of america. they are supreme court justices. lady gaga is an icon in america, in the world. when people like that talk and have something to say, especially these women, other people listen. so, these are the type of strong smart women that are amplifying and backing up other women. and my final quote is from me. dr. mo, says that define your high heel footprint and find your purpose. >> next, we take you inside thel city press where author talks about the culture of los angeles. >> when i was putting together to tell peoplee "t wasn't so much an "aha moment so much as it was a gridlock moment. i was sitting in gridl

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you did not say that, just a sotomayor -- justice sotomayor said that. the argument was made that she is biased. when you look at her life i did not believe that. when i look at your life i think you are a very fair and squared away person. hirono. sen. ernst: -- sen. hirono: since you became a legal adult have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature? hon. rao: no. sen. hirono: have you faced discipline or entered a settlement related to this -- misconduct? hon. rao: no. sen. hirono: as a law professor you continue to be critical of affirmative action programs. in a 2009 law review article you argue that such programs and i am quoting confirm and reinforce traditional association between race and disadvantage and impose --t you term digna torry harm, what does that mean? hon. rao: that is an article about different conceptions of dignity in constitutional law. is used by they u.s. supreme court and other constitutional courts in other countries, it was an attempt at an academic t

i voted for everybody, because i thought sotomayor and kagan were qualified. that's who i'd expect a democratic president to look at. some people like sotomayor and kagan, who have a pretty well-defined philosophy that's more in the less conservative camp. the federalist society, they're imported on our side, a bunch of conservative lawyers. they do have influence. they do have input, and i expect, i don't know how democratic nominee comes up through the system, but i would imagine different groups on your side have input, too. and we are where we are. so i'm think being doing a resolution, going back to the 60-vote rule for the next president, because i think the biggest mistake the body made was abandoning that, because right now, we don't need any of you all and there will come a day you don't need any of us, and if i have to pick up a few of you all, we're going to pick somebody a little bit differently, and vice versa, but i don't know what's going to happen if you get a republican president, say a democratic president, and you got a republican senate. i

recently he brought his plate down and you could see major leaders from sonia sotomayor to lindeman well to many others that can to the island to keep the spotlight. like this may make the news for a few weeks but then they forget us. we need support for puerto rico continuously. if there have been boards that have been heard, this goes across party politics. this is one of those issues that everybody is together. you can tell the story differently but at the end, it is about bringing justice to puerto rico, allowing us to have opportunities. the inequality i was able to ways we can get it better. we can provide our children. many of those that live here moved because of you. you are just a plane ticket. many still have their families back on the island who want the best for them. many, if they find the proper conditions, would not return. that is what we are working for. raising their voices are on the nation for the battle of their people. can i see an opportunity in the island? we need greatness for all the support. everyone but the support we had from the federal government, puerto r

we have an update, our own marianna sotomayor on capitol hill witnessed mark meadows and rasheed th -- rasheedida tlaib g it out on the house floor. >> what it spoke to i think is the fact that there was a lot of miscommunication about how that type of an action would be perceived by some other members there, how it might be perceived by the broader public, and really spoke to how complicated some of these conversations are around race in general, but specifically right now. and i had the ability to follow up with congresswoman lawrence who also spoke out there yesterday, andrea, who said she was quite offended by what happened and she didn't back down, she said this is a real problem, you cannot hold up one person and make them a broader example. we also heard from the woman who was standing there this morning, she said she does not feel like she was a prop. so very complicated and a lot of heated emotions around it, andrea. >> thanks so much, kristen, for your perspective, you were up there. pete williams, happy birthday pete williams. kristen welker, chuck rosenberg, mimi rocah, th

five justices in a preliminary ruling, the four liberals, sotomayor, kagan, ginsburg and breyer, joinedopped the application of the law for the time being. brett kavanaugh, who, remember, said he had a big, open mind about abortion during the confirmation hearings wrote an opinion saying, no, that law should be allowed to go into effect, joined by clarence thomas, samuel alito, and neil gorsuch. the interesting part of the ruling is that at least for the short-term, chief justice roberts, who has been against abortion rights in the past joined with the more liberal members. >> very interesting. that's our final thought there. thank you. what a -- did you guys ever -- >> it's only 10:29! there could be lots more news. >> no, seriously, i said i'm going to start by saying, what in the world is going on? that's all i have to do every night. >> i feel like we're living in a novel. like, what's going to happen tomorrow? >> the world's richest man just released a long blog post about his genitalia, that's the world we're living in -- >> his -- >> i'm sorry, his semi-erect manhood. >> because

you know, several of these recent nominations -- and you can even add justice sotomayor really there who represents something different. nominated at points in time when the president is relatively popular and that president's party is in charge of the senate. but that's not the moment we're in right now. and that's part of the explanation for where we are right now. >> how does lewis powell fit in your analysis of being a njudge even though prominent lawyer, bar association president, good school, prominent law firm but -- in your analysis? dr. huebner: that's a good question. lewis powell, in the same way that fortas is the last of the crony nominees powell is the last justice who comes from private practice to serve on the supreme court. there's been no one since powell who's come straight from practice to be elevated to the highest court in the land. so in that sense, he also represents sort of the end of that other pattern. and, i mean, i think you make a very good point. i mean, are there other qualities that we would look for in justices of the supreme court? i happen to think

you did not say that, sotomayor said that. argument for my site was that she is biased, and when you look at her life, i did not believe that. when i look at your life, i think you are a very fair, squared away person. senator hirono. >> thank you, chairman. i asked these two questions of every nominee comes before my committees. became anince you illegal adult, have you ever made unwanted requests for sexual favors or committed any assault of any nature? >> no. >> have you ever faced discipline or entered a settlement related to this kind of conduct? >> no. a law professor, you continue to be critical of affirmative action programs. article,programs and force hisl association between the race and the disadvantaged and imposes what you term dignitary harm harm. --dignatory what is that mean? judge rao: that is an article about constitutional law. the term dignity is used by the u.s. supreme court in other countries as well, and it was an attempt to ask wayne the different senses in which dignity was used in those cases. that w

then, supreme court justice some yes sotomayor talks about her life on the court. after that, c-span interviews some of the newest members of congress. carrying the body of former michigan u.s. congressman john dingell. longtime dean of the house was brought to the u.s. capitol,. representative debbie dingell the congressman, greeted some of the mourners gathered outside. the congressman's body was flown to dearborn, michigan for a funeral mass, where former vice president joe biden delivered a eulogy. we will show you those remarks in a few moments.