today here at home, supreme court justice stephen breyer has given an interview to the new york times, in which he has said he does not intend to stay on the supreme until he dies. this is actually the first time justice breyer has said such a thing. justice breyer in this interview has expressed for the first time that he does understand that it matters who chooses his replacement. he expresses that he understands that it may not be ideal for his legacy if he were replaced on the court with, say, a right-wing justice who was diametrically opposed to everything he stands for, you can then spend the next 25 years undoing's accomplishments. and i know those things sound like elementary admissions. i'd prefer not to die in this job and it really matters who replaces me. but justice stephen breyer has never shopped to understanding those things or placing value on those things before. this is the first interview in which he has talked about those things. democrats and liberals have been wondering -- wondering? wondering is the nice word, since biden's inauguration day why justice stephen

today here at home, umm, supreme court justice stephen breyer has given an interview to the "new york times", he doesn't intend to stay on the supreme court until he dies. this is actually the first time justice breyer said such a thing. justice breyer, in this interview, expressed for the first time, he understands it matters who chooses his replacement. he expresses he understands it might not be ideal for his legacy if he were replaced on the court with, say, a right wing justice who is opposed to everything justice breyer stands for. i know those things sound like elementary admissions. i would prefer not to die in this job and matters who replaces me. but justice stephen breyer has never copped to understanding those things or placing value on those things before. it's the first interview in which he talked about those things in those ways. democrats and liberals have been wondering -- wondering -- wondering is a nice word. wonder, basically since biden's inauguration day why justice breyer was not retiring or stepping down while there is a precious window of a democratic preside

the supreme court didn't disclose every justice's vote, but all three liberal justices, stephen breyer court has a long precedent of not involving itself in foreign affairs. the decision suggests the department of homeland security committed some legal violation when it rescinded the policy but the ruling does not make clear what that violation is. immigration advocates are fighting back. the aclu says the policy punishes people for seeking asylum by trapping them in miserable, dangerous conditions. on february 19, the group human rights first said it's tracked 1,500 reports of murder, rape, kidnapping, corps tour and assault, more than 300 kidnappings or attempted kidnapping of children. emma and her two sons had been stuck for two months, in limbo, waiting on their request to enter the united states. [ speaking foreign language ] with me now, a vice correspondent and msnbc contributor and the author of "finding latinx: in search of the voices defining latino identity." also with me, a former law clerk to justice sonia sotomayor. i want to talk about the fact that we're talking about

professor of law and political science at yale university he clerked for judge associate justice stephen breyer and the judge on the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit. he's a regular visiting adjunct professor at columbia while -- columbia law school and the author of "the words that made us". joining us is moderator is a fellow at the national review institute is senior editor of the national review and an author of numerous books including liberty if history of -- and john marshall the man who made the supreme court. he was new york historical alexander hamilton. i was delighted to be able to work with him and in 2008 president george w. bush awarded him the medal and a white house ceremony. tonight's program will last one hour 50 minutes with questions and answers questions can be submitted via the q&a function on your zoom screen. we have disabled the chat function tonight but join the q&a. our speakers will get to as many questions as time allows and now i am happy indeed to share in our on the stage with tonight's speaker. thank you. >> thank you louise. thank you for joining us

. >>> in a wide interview, justice stephen breyer said he's struggling to decide when to retire fromupreme court but said, quote, i don't think i'm going to stay there until i die. the seniormost liberal justice is taking into account a host of factors including who will follow him. he said i don't want somebody appointed who will reverse everything i've done for the last 25 years. justice breyer added that will inevitably be in the psychology of his decision, according to "the new york times." some have asked him to step down while democrats control the white house and senate as well. >>> television legend ed asner is dead at the age of 91. he was best known for portraying the gruff news man lou grant on "the mary tyler moore show." we have more on the gifted actor. >> you know what? you've got spunk. >> well, yeah. >> i hate spunk. >> reporter: he plays no-nonsense lou grant. he drew from his blue collar roots. >> the job pays $10 less a week than a sectarian job. >> reporter: born in kansas city, missouri, his first job was on the assembly line for general motors. the acting bug b

before joining he clerked for judge and now associate justice stephen breyer on the u.s. court of appeals for the third circuit. akhil reed amar is a visiting -- and the author of "the words that made us" america's constitutional conversation, 1760-1840. joining us is moderator this evening is richard brookhiser a fellow at the national review institute is senior editor of the national review and the author of numerous books including -- a history of america's professional idea and john marshall. he was historian and curator for new york historical society on christian alexander hamilton and i was delighted to have worked with him. and in 2008 president george w. bush awarded him the national humanities medal in a white house ceremony. tonight's program will last one hour and 50 minutes for questions and answers. the questions can be submitted via the q&a function on your zoom screen. in the interest of simplicity we disabled the chat function so please remember to use the q&a. our speakers will get to as many questions as time allows. and now i am happy to turn our virtu

in aissentinopinion sied by jusces sotoyor and gan, justice stephen breyer wrote -- "these people may end up with relatives, in shelters, or seeking beds in other facilities where the doubly contagious delta variant threatens to spread quickly." the united states recorded nearly 190,000 new coronavirus infections thursday and over 1200 deaths. in illinois, democratic governor jb pritzker has reinstated an indoor mask mandate for all residents regardless of their vaccination status. in texas, republican governor greg abbott has signed an executive order banning all government mandates on covid-19 vaccines, even the pfizer biontech shot, which was granted full fda approval this week. governor abbott's order came as texas hospitalizations approached their highest levels of the pandemic, with half of all intensive care unit beds occupied by covid-19 patients. the centers for disease control is warning against use of the drug ivermectin to treat covid-19 after the unproven treatment was widely promoted on fox news, prompting a surge of calls to poison control centers from people who self a

science at yale university before joining our faculty he clerked for a judge not associate justice, stephen breyer with the judge on the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit, also a regular visiting professor at columbia law school in the author of the recent release book the words that made us america's constitutional conversation 176. joining us as moderator is richard brooke kaiser senior fellow at the national institute, senior editor of the national review and an author of numerous books including give me liberty, history ofty americans the sessional idea and john marshall the man who made the supreme court he was historic in curator for the new york historical expedition, alexander hamilton moderate acumen entrant into work with him back then, president george w. bush awarded him the national he-man metal and a white house ceremony. would you like the program to last an hour and 40 minutes for questions and answers, the questions can be submitted via q&a function on your blue screen let me just say please remember to use a q&a. our speakers will get to as many questions as time allows

at yale university, before joining yale's faculty, he clerked for judge now associate justice stephen breyere was judge on the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit. he's also a regular visiting adjunct professor at columbia law school and the author of the recently released book "the words that made us, america's constitutional conversation 1760 to 1840." joining us as moderator this evening is a senior fellow at the national review institute, a senior editor of the national review, and an author of numerous books, including "give me liberty, a history of america's exceptional idea" and john marshall, the man who made the supreme court. he was historian curator for new york historical 2004 exhibition alexander hamilton, the man who made modern america. i was delighted to be able to work with him back then. and in 2008, president george w. bush awarded him the national humanities medal in a white house ceremony. this program will last an hour including 15 minutes for questions and answers. your questions can be submitted via the q&a function on your zoom screen. in the interest of simp

all three liberal justices, stephen breyer, sonia sotomayor, and kagan said they dissented. as noted, the court's decision that the department of homeland security committed some legal violation when it rescinded the policy. but the ruling does not make clear what that violation is. immigration advocates are fighting back. the aclu says the policy punishes penal for seeking asylum by trapping them in miserable, dangerous conditions. february 19th says the group tracked more than 1,500 reports of murder, rape, kidnapping, torture, and assault. more than 300 kidnappings of children. on one of my trips last year, i spoke to a woman with her two sons left in limbo for two months. >> with me now, paula ramos, msnbc contributor and the author of "finding latinx: in search for the voices redefining latino identity." also melissa murray, nyu law professor and msnbc lisle analyst and former law clerk to justice sonia sotomayor. all right, we're going to talk a lot about the legal piece of this. but i also want to talk about the fact that we're talking about a policy that is wrong, th

of law and science at yale university and before joining he clerked for an associate justice stephen breyer when he was judge for the court of appeals for the first circuit . akhil reed amar is an adjunct professor at columbia law school and author of the recently released book "the words that made us: america's constitutional conversation, 1760-1840" joining us as moderator this evening is richard brookhiser, senior fellow at the national institute, a senior editor of the national review and author of numerous books including me liberty: a history of the americas ty sectional idea and john marshall, the man who made the supreme court. it was historian curator for 2004 exhibition, alexander hamilton the man who made america, i was delighted to be able to work with him back then and in 2008, president george w. bush awarded him the national humanities medal in the white house ceremony. tonight's program lasts an hour including 15 minutes for questions and answers. the questions can be submitted via the q&a function on your zoom screen. in the interest isof simplicity we have disabled the cha

as you know, justice stephen breyer, one of the three liberals on the court, the oldest justice on the court, spoke to the "new york times" d.c. bureau and he warned against court expansion saying if democrats do it, republicans will do it back in the future. it's a common argument. what's your response to it? >> i appreciate that justice breyer is trying to promote a book he's recently published, but the fact is the supreme court has already been packed by republicans. they packed it when they held a vacancy open for 14 months following the untimely death of antonin scalia. they packed it when they rushed through the confirmation of amy coney barrett. so the court has been packed. the fact is we have to stop the bleeding right now. we have a 6-3 majority that is hostile to democracy itself. when we pass voting rights legislation, when we pass not just the john lewis voting rights act but for the people act which contains a set of transformative democracy reforms to strengthen our democracy, we won't have a situation where republicans are winning national elections. that's why they're

supreme court justice stephen breyer turned 83 years old yesterday. seven of the other justices wished him a happy birthday with clarence thomas writing the dissent. new jersey governor phil murphy is facing criticism for taking a vacation to italy amidst a spike in coronavirus cases he knows he can get that food in jersey, right? their state flag is sausage and peppers. [ laughter ] today was director, james cameron's, 67th birthday and he celebrated the same way he does every year, by not releasing "avatar 2. the fast food chain wendy's announced, last week, they will open 700 so- called ghost kitchen that's only prepare food for delivery orders and it will not include a dining room for customers. and in case you've never seen a wendy's dining room, here's what it looks like. [ laughter ] and finally, authorities in new york are looking to question a couple after an mta train operator allegedly let his girlfriend drive the d-train, last week, through multiple subway stops and she was so bad at it that none of the passengers noticed and that was a mo

there were no oral arguments for the case and no full briefings which justice stephen breyer slammedriting in the dissenting opinion, quote, these questions call for considered decision making informed by full briefing and argument. their answers impact the health of millions. we should not set aside the cdc's eviction moratorium in the summary proceeding. former law clerk to justice sonia sotomayor, now an nyu law professor and msnbc legal analyst. as someone who has been in the room, melissa, help us understand how this went down and why how it went down matters. >> so this is a decision from what's known as the shadow docket and these are the emergency appeals the court takes up on an expedited basis and, again, without full briefing or even oral argument. this is a case where we didn't have full ventilation of both sides because it's happening in a very expedited, rushed fashion because of the emergency nature of this. so that's one of the things we've been talking about a lot over the last couple of years. the supreme court has been more and more active deciding on the shadow do

supreme court justice stephen breyer is still undecided on retiring from the high court.he court telling the new york times, i don't think i'm going to stay here until i die. antonin scalia doesn't want to step down to have someone appointed who will reverse his work. those are headlines. >> definitely want him gone. >> president biden suggested we give names of americans and allies to the taliban and. how does that happen? we will discuss next. you have the best pizza in town and the worst wait times. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire pete: outrage after president biden admitted the us may have provided televangelist of names of american and afghan allies with the state department contradicting that claim. >> the notion we are providing names of individuals who may stay behind in afghanistan or in a way that would expose anyone 2 additional risk, that is simply simply false. >> humanitarian joins me to react. you've been very active in the effort