one of the goals that my husband had for this place more than today's special guest, justice stephen breyer. breyer is a man for our time and demand for all time. here in boston, we are proud to claim him as one of our a graduate of stanford, oxford, and harvard law, he went on to workforce for supreme court justice arthur goldberg. he served for many years as a professor at harvard law school and taught at the kennedy school of government. he was a lawyer in the antitrust division of the justice department and was an assistant special counsel in the watergate proceedings. he was the chief counsel of the senate judiciary committee and that is something that is very special around this place. he is the kennedy staff alumnus. he told me that more than anyone he ever knew, stephen breyer and the ability to explain the most complex issues in the most doerstandable ways and i think that is one of the keys to his enormous powers of persuasion. from the first circuit court of appeals to the united states supreme court, justice breyer has made history and been part of the most momentous issues of o

. —— justice stephen breyer for confirmation. —— justice stephen breyerfor supper now confirmation. —e justices confirmed aren't partisan lines. i think this will be the first time that it justice partisan lines. i think this will be the first time that itjustice has been confirmed with only members of the party of the nominating president supporting the nomination. so, it really is a change from what had been historical pattern. justice cobia, justice ginsburg were both confirmed by unanimous or near unanimous margins. and that used to be the norm. —— justice scalia. unanimous margins. and that used to be the norm. -- justice scalia. joel goldstein will have to leave it there but thank you very much. thank you. the world health organization has called for europe to "seriously accelerate" its fight against coronavirus. a string of countries have reported record increases in cases, led by france, which registered more than 50,000 daily infections for the first time. the czech republic has followed spain in introducing a nationwide night time curfew. the who's emergencies expert mike ry

with thanks and appreciation, i ask you to welcome justice stephen breyer. [applause] jus. breyer: thank you. very nice. it is to introduce the introducer. joan has done a fabulous job and i am glad you are all here. what you do -- i was just talking -- my wife has written a book. she is a clinical psychologist and worked at dana-farber and wrote a book on what to do if your child is sick and it is helpful to a small group of people. she was talking about it at st. jude's in memphis. i could not resist talking about one of my books. everybody in the room, and there were a lot of people, they agreed the single most valuable thing is exactly what probably everyone in public office and most who aren't, in washington and elsewhere, agree to do, to get the word out to the next generation we have a history, we are a democracy, we have in fact a long history of up and down but basically it is a society today that is democratic but has basic human rights protected not perfectly and is more and more a society that is diverse and treats everyone as part of this group. we are part of t

as i understand it, president clinton first is interviewed stephen breyer and stephen breyer got up from a sick bed to go to that interview and he actually was running a fever, was not well at all, and allegedly clinton was taken aback and said the man has no sense of humor. and then interviewed ruth bader ginsburg. and i guess my question is, if breyer had been well and interviewed more to clinton's liking, do you think when his second -- and he had nominated breyer as apparently his initial intent was, do you think years later he would have then nominated ginsburg? >> it's hard to say. he actually wanted mario cuomo because he thought that earl warren had been so effective in managing the politics of the warren court and had persuaded -- he didn't want someone who would just be an i delog. bill clinton, not stupid, you can quote me on that and mario cuomo, like the hamlet of the 20th century american politics couldn't make up his mind whether he wanted to be a supreme court justice or not. i don't know what the competition was. but he couldn't decide. finally clinton started looking fo

the list of accomplished alumni includes supreme court justice stephen breyer, broadway legend carol channing and governor pat brown among many others. considered an elite school lowell has relied on two requirements to get in -- a high grade point affect and a state test. both of which will not be counted this year because of the coronavirus. >> there was not an option for an a, b, c, d, f. there was only the option of credit or no credit. >> reporter: the test was also suspended last spring. >> the proposal is the superintendent's proposal not a board proposal is for us to waive the policy for one year based on covid. >> reporter: students who apply will use the same lottery system as other high schools within the unified school district. the algorithm takes into account a few factors including if a sibling already attends that school and proximity to the school. still, the president believes the academic rigor at lowell will dissuade some families from even applying. >> and students will know that going in, stow a student who is not prepared for that is not likely to apply for tha

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>> the last few minutes of this website, now live a discussion with the supreme court justice stephen breyer, msnbc chief legal correspondence about the court's role to balance the legislative branches and the effect of the elections compor comports. >> it's a place where visitors come virtually as well as in person to experience democracy, hands-on learning about the u.s. senate and use that knowledge as a touch stone to understand the branches of our government. it's also a place where we encourage participatory democracy. we just started a nonpartisan effort called just to vote. go to the new website called just about.org but most important, i encourage you on november 3, just vote. it's the most important thing we do as citizens. this is a place where we work to engage civil discourse and inspire the next generation of leaders and i can think of no program and no speaker who meets every one of the goals my husband had for this place more than dave's special guests, justus steve. justice breyer is a man for our time and a man for all time. here in boston, we are proud to claim him as one

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issues facing a court that currently has eight justice of th justices. 11:00 a.m., we'll talk with stephen breyerw.e www.emkinstitute.org to register. we have a quick break. a whole, new live hour coming up. new special guests including obama insiders on kamala harris and joe biden's strategy, ahead. really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> tech: every customer has their own safelite story. this couple was on a camping trip... ...when their windshield got a chip. they drove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service you can trust. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ to save you up to 60%. these are all great. and when you get a big deal... ♪ ...you feel like a big deal. ♪ priceline. every trip is a big deal. ♪ that life of the party look walk it off look one more mile look reply all look own your look... ...with fewer lines. there's only one botox® cosmetic. it's the only one... ...fda approved... ...to temporarily make

as for the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg recently passed on the bench at age 87, stephen breyeron the bench is 82. no other western democracy allows its most powerful judges to serve to advanced age. in fact, thr32 states in the und states have mandatory retirement ages for judges from 70 to 90. and there are definitely old drivers on the road that need a renewal license test. do we need to set a sunset year? joining me is daniel bettermast. he co-authored an article, america has become a gerotocrasy. i never heard that word before. what accounts for that, professor? >> hi, thanks for having me, i think the two major reasons are, number one, the elected officials reflect the largest voting bloc and that's, of course, the baby boomers and to a lesser degree the sagging generation. and now the incumbency are probably one of two major technical issues and i would add into that the fact in united states we don't culture, we talk about old age and what the role of people in politics should be as they get older. i think it's difficult, perhaps, to have a blanket maximum age law. becau

in 1984, judge stephen breyer was confirmed with 87 votes. want, and in response we w ent high. did republicans' good faith behavior improve the democrats' behavior? no. it only encouraged them. within a decade democrats reached norms. the unilaterally escalated their war over the judiciary by filibustering for the first time in history a judicial nominee. and remains to this day one of the most respected lawyers and constitutional scholars in the country. he was a natural and inspiring choice to serve as a federal appellate judge. left, that was precisely the problem. mr. estrada was latino and brilliant and charismatic and young, and widely seen as a future nominee to the u.s. supreme court. so the left decided to strangle mr. estrada's nomination with false, insincere attacks and unprecedented obstructionism. they filibustered his nomination. not once, not twice, but seven times. service to hateful leftist groups who are vilifying an honorable man and a tantrum of little cynicism and blatant racial condescension. during this ordeal mr. estrada's family suffered irreparable tr

after graduating from harvard, professor driver clerked for judge merrick garland, justice stephen breyer, and justice o'connor, sandra o'connor. and i don't know where this rings on the list of professor driver's compliments, but professor driver -- accomplishments, but professor driver was also a student of mine. and i can tell you from those long-ago years that he is super smart and super thoughtful, with a very kenai for -- keen eye for fascinating historical subjects. subjects. so you are in, as i am in, for a real treat, justin driver. [applause] >> hey, so i've been introduced by a lot of people over the years, but i have to confess it is an odd sensation to be introduced by a supreme court justice. perhaps one of the few things more still is being in the audience -- odd still is being in the audience when he introduces a law professor. it must feel like a really fancy restaurant where the main course arrives before the appetizer. it's a sort of proper standard of affairs has been woefully inverted. it was justice elena kagan or -- doing the intro tonight makes it all the more thri

it was similar with stephen breyer when he was nominated the next year.his was well into the 90's, a vote in his favor. it has not been that way for the four most recent members of the court. and it has been on both sides of the aisle. i wish there was a way i could wave a magic wand and put it back to when people were respectful of each other and congress was working for the good of the country and not just along party lines. someday there will be great people, great elected representatives who say enough of this nonsense, let's be the kind of legislature the united states should have, and i hope that day will come while i am still alive. susan: ilya, you just published a book on the supreme court. we just heard the late justice ginsburg, hoping for a day when congress would return to less partisan times. you call it, under the same toxic cloud that affects all of our public discourse. how did we get to this point? ilya: yeah, i share her wish that we could wave a magic wand and unwind it. it turns out this is what i , wanted to find out in writing a boo

stephen breyer discusses on c-spac c-span, c-span.org or with the radio app. >> watch live senate confirmation hearings for amy coney barrett starting monday with opening statements by judiciary committee members and judge barrett. watch on c-span, c-span.org and listen live on the c-span radio app and be sure to view a play list of amy coney barrett's legal views. next, a hearing on nasa cyber security concerns during the coronavirus pandemic, including weaknesses in the network due to nasa's reliance on outside institutions such as private companies and universities. the house space subcommittee hearing is an hour and 20 minutes. minutes. >> this hearing will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. before i deliver my opening remarks, i want to note today the committee is meeting virtually and announce a couple of reminders to the members about conduct of this hearing. first, members should keep their video feed on as long as they're present in the hearing and members are responsible for their own microphones. please keep your microphones muted

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listen to the oral arguments live or on-demand at www.c-span.org/supremecourt, next, justice stephen breyer talks about the role of the supreme court with msnbc chief legal correspondent in a discussion presented by the edward kennedy institute for the u.s. senate. on behalf of the edward m kennedy institute and the united states senate, i am very pleased to welcome all of you to this very special edition of our "getting to the point" series. the kennedy institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan slate envisioned and plant i'm a light has been, senator edward kennedy. visitors,ace where virtually as well as in person, to experience democracy. through hands-on learning about the united states senate. and they will

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