justices are who include a former prosecutor in sonia sotomayor and a very pro-business vote in stephen breyer? >> absolutely. the idea this is a liberal covert seems to be somewhat ahick historical. william douglas would not be happy to see this is what is. >> can you planning a 2016 election where voters are highly conscious of the fact that they will have a role in picking a president who is going to shape the court it's start starting in 2017? >> i would absolutely hope for that. i have hoped for that in several federal elections and always been slightly disappointed. for some reason the public literacy about the supreme court is really weak. i think that's a fault of all of us in making sure the people don't get a good basic grounding in what the supreme court does up there. that's partially involved with the way it shields itself in secrecy and doesn't allow cameras in. as much as we can have shows like this to raise this awareness that is the first step. we have to hammer home to people how important the supreme court is. >> very briefly before you go, can you give me one republican one

scarlet: that was supreme court justice stephen breyer. a quick check on the markets and company movers. ramy inocencio is looking at those for us. i'm looking at some the best and worst performers on the s&p right now. take a look at the bloomberg terminal. looks like on the s&p, 12 of the top 13 performers on the s&p right now our energy or oil-related. speaking, of course, to the rise of what is happening with wti crude throughout the day today. i want to talk about gender morgan. kinder morgan is the second top performer on the s&p right now. it is up by about 16.5%. 16.5%. it has been as high as about 18.5%, and that was its biggest jump ever, ever since it ipo'd back in 2011. the company says it will not increase spending as it had earlier plan. instead, it says it is going to reduce its budget and cut its payout to investors. another couple of stocks i want to show comes on the secondary oil companies -- that includes southwestern and one out. consol energy is the top performer on the s&p right now, up by little more than 18%. they

stephen breyer called for reevaluation of the death of the. 60 teachers protested outside a courthousedetroit. there is a hearing to may force public school teachers to end their sickout. detroit teachers aren't happy about lope and bad working conditions. for suicide bombers attacked the town in cameron. at least 28 people were killed. 65 were wounded. thousands have been killed in a six year insurgency. a protest aimed at putting a stop that spell on refugees. showing themanikins dangers. intended foras interior ministers. they are discussing the crisis today in amsterdam. on courtney donohoe. betty: thank you so much. it's the start of another week and it appears central banks are the only game in town. it is that week in america. the bank of of japan is making waves as well this week. mark: last week, we spoke to him in office. he showed no interest in stimulus. seen change of corporate behavior. sustained, the global uncertainty and financial continues, that can thect the behavior of japanese corporate sector. mark: joining us now is neil jones. it's all about the timing. timeit j

overturn a supreme court precedent that's been on the books for nearly four decades - justice stephen breyer called that a matter of quote "considerable concern" - adding " ... -you start overruling things, what happens to the country thinking of us as a kind of stability in --... a world that is tough because it changes a lot." the supreme court has found an interest in making sure there aren't so-called "free riders"... employees who benefit from a union's negotiations - but refuse to support it financially. weighed against first amendment free speech concerns... today it appeared justice anthony kennedy was poised to strike down the current framework - asking quote " ... is it not true that many teachers ... strongly, strongly disagree with the union position on teacher tenure, on merit pay, on merit promotion, on classroom size? ... the union basically is making these teachers compelled riders for issues on which they strongly disagree." 23 states - along with the district of columbia - have laws like california's... meaning a win for the teachers public sector unions across the country.

. >> supreme court associate justice stephen breyer talks about his new book the court and the world this afternoon at the brookings institution. that is live at 2 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> the u.s. energy information administrator and other analysts testified before a senate energy and natural resources committee hearing on the outlook for energy and commodity markets. the witnesses answered questions on the effect of iran entering the world oil market. this is about two hours 20 minutes. >> good morning. we will call to order the committee on natural resources. thank you for joining us this morning. this is the first hearing that the energy committee has had in 2016 am at i think it's rather auspicious that today we're going to be conducting oversight to examine the near-term outlook for energy and commodity markets. i think everybody is interested in what you have to say, the predictions, the forecast. hopefully your crystal balls are clear and sharp this morning. it is an issue that is not only interesting but clearly consequential in so many different ways as we look to the ou

justice stephen breyer called for a review of the penalty because of the way it is imposed. press that the failure forced a husband and wife behind the attack to drive around after the shootings that killed 14 people. they were allegedly trying to set up the remote-controlled bomb. investigators say the couple planned to use the device to kill first responders. state john kerry says the u.s. may send more money to help clear minefields in laos. he is visiting the country today. until recently, about 300 people were killed every year by vietnam-era unexploded bombs. third u.s.ly the secretary of state to visit laos. thank you so much. falling oil prices have been a major drag on the stock can this year, so why have stocks dropped in tandem with oil? scarlet: ubs equity strategists others talked about this this morning. >> there is no doubt the correlation between stocks and oil have been tight in the last couple of months. investors viewing oil as a proxy for economic weakness. you can argue that there is certainly an element of demand saudi'st clearly, the and others are kee

. >> supreme court justice stephen breyer was at the brookings institution yesterday to talk about his book "the court and the world." it's about how globalization affects american law and house up in court decisions have an impact in other nations. justice breyer said the court should consider international precedence when the u.s. case law is unclear. >> good afternoon everybody. it is my pleasure to welcome all of you here this afternoon. thank you for braving the elements. it would require a little more bravery tomorrow afternoon or not this time. so we timed this event i think perfectly. and a particular welcome to justice breyer and joanna breyer. they are both friends of this institution, friends of many of us here. the connection with the brookings institution goes back a way. i suspect most of you noticed when you came into the front entrance of the building that there are some banners celebrating our hundred birthday here at brookings. this is also the 40th anniversary of the publication of justice breyer's first book, which came out under the brookings institution press. lat

goldstein: if it's defined, justice breyer, as not going to succeed, if the statute doesn't say -- stephen g.breyer no, no, by chance it happens not to succeed. mr. goldstein: oh, no, justice breyer. the -- in -- in the one that you just described, justice breyer, if it is the case that the law is going to go into effect, we do allow, including under first amendment overbreadth grounds, an effort to bring a declaratory judgment action. justice breyer: of course. and i'm just asking you if, in fact, they think it will succeed, they want it to succeed, that's why they passed it, and through a fluke it fails, does the fact that it fails mean that it doesn't violate, it doesn't -- does it not -- does it or does it not violate the first amendment? mr. goldstein: it doesn't. justice breyer: it does not. mr. goldstein: and here would be an example. justice breyer: and he fails -- if it fails -- mr. goldstein: if i could just finish, justice breyer, just so -- i really do want to help. if congress at the same time passed a law that said no federal funds shall be used to implement the ban on talkin