and that was part of a strategy of steven a. douglas. when steven a. douglas comes to you and says let's let popular sovereignty solve the slavery in the territories, what does that sound like? that's self-government, isn't it? that's democracy. they're going to let the people on the ground make the choices, right? self-government. all right. yes. the doctrine of self-government is right, absolutely and eter l eternally right, but it has no just application. or perhaps i should rather say that whether it has such application depends on whether a negro is or not is a man. if the negro is a man, is it not to that extent a total destruction of self-government, to say that he, too, shall not govern himself? you talk about popular sovereignty as an example of self-government, and then you take a whole category of people and you exclude them from governing themselves. that's not really self-government. that's a fraud. that's a bad imitation of self-government. you know what the problem is, lincoln says, it's not just that steven a. douglas is a clever politic

to northern democrats of using race as a way of changing the conversation away from slavery as steven douglas often did. baa lot of northern voters i would say still couldn't get away from slavery because some contemporary, slaivery seemed even if one lived hundreds of miles away from it. >> buchanan, he strikes me, he is smart enough to understand that the duty of the president is to execute the laws of the constitution. in his final address he did say that if succession were legal then the constitution was nothing but sand. i look at his response and i have to think -- and i hope you can help us understand what was he thinking in saying that he could not -- while it was with illegal he couldn't do anything about it? >> well, i think he is operating on this constitutional notion that the government is not necessarily -- he wanted to be indesirable but there's no definitive statement that there is. that is what the civil war will determine. i think you have got about five or six states that have already left the union. texas i don't think goes out until march in 1861. you don't even have seve

would there be a lincoln without steven a. douglas? well, let me address mary and then douglas. the answer is mary todd and steve steven a. douglas are completely indispensable figures for the creation of abraham lincoln. there's no lincoln without these two people in illinois. mary doesn't play quite the same role as she did earlier in the first volume, but she plays a very important role here, and it's a little known incident in which lincoln runs for the senate in 1855, not 1858 against douglas. he runs for the senate in 1855. she pushes him to run. he was slated to run for the state legislature, and she -- he's elected again, and she -- he's been a congressman in the legislature, she thinks -- the senate seat opens up, and she thinks this is completely beneath him. his ambition is a little engine that knew no rest, and mary's was real are knew no rest, and lincoln's friend describe a period of two days of yelling and shouting and lincoln hanging his head and at the end of which he drops his being elected to the state legislature and announces for the senate because his wife s

but the result ultimately was the break with steven douglas that michael alluded to a little while agoand it also ultimately led to the northern democratic party losing large numbers of seats in the 1858 elections. led also to many northern democrats openly splitting with buchanan. one reads northern democratic newspapers during the last two years of the buchanan administration, it's hard to find that is supportive of their party's president. he came to be greatly loathed by many northern democrats. these actions ultimately led to the break-up of the democratic party in 1860. buchanan's vision of a union led by a democratic party ultimately required a united democratic party. by siding so heavily with southern interests, as he did in the case of the effort to have kansas admitted as a state under the le compton constitution. ultimately led to the break-up of the democratic party. and then ultimately, too, led as well democrats losing in 1860. should perhaps also add as well, just on a final note regarding le compton. the buchanan's administration's efforts to admit kansas as a slave st

sterling's friend steven douglas is saddened. >> distraught at the fact we have no indictment and norges being filed against this murderer. >> reporter: prosecutors say trainer and his partner pursued sterling on his motorcycle, that sterling eventually drove into trainer's cruiser door when the cruiser blocked his path and he fired. he said sterling was trying to avoid the cruiser. he only turned on his body camera after he shot and killed sterling a violation of the police department policy. sterling was not armed. >> i'm very upset we didn't have the benefit of that footage to tell us what happened. >> reporter: the mayor said officer trainer should resign. >> mpd has already reached out to his lawyers, asking the officer to resign. >> what about you, what do you think? >> that is exactly what i think. >> reporter: d.c. police have 90 ys see if department policies were violated. the police union says that they will cooperate with the investigation. meanwhile, we reached out to the attorney representing the sterling family. he says that he's disappointed with tonight's decision, ho

. >> reporter: steven douglas thought of terrence sterling like family. he organized this protest. >> it's important to be vigilant and let the city know that we aren't accepting of what has taken place today. >> reporter: the anger directed at courts and police, officers watched on from a distance. protesters shouted their way. >> it should have been a ticket, make even a night in jail, but death, shouldn't have been the life sentence he had to pay. >> reporter: douglas hopes sterling's shooting it would be a watershed moment. instead only -- shooting would be a watershed moment. instead only a moment for tears here. >> there had to be a better way to defuse the situation. this young man should still be alive and being loved on by his family and friends who really depended on him. >> reporter: this protest briefly spilled into new york avenue. police had to redirect traffic. no property damage here tonight. things remained peaceful. live in northwest pete muntean, wusa9. >>> there were protests right after sterling's death, too largely peaceful, but that

. >> that's because the creator of the auto art is his dearly departed brother, steven douglas hooper. >> this is me and my brother. >> steven is born in 1946 and raised in clifton, new jersey. according to big brother hugh, he's a cutup from an early age. >> my brother was normal until he was about 8, and then he changed. >> uh-oh. what happened? >> he started acting like stan laurel and mugging and dancing around. and he always had this crazy sense of humor. >> the brothers are drawn down two very different paths. hugh joins the army. little steven idolizes pop-art sensation andy warhol and the psychedelic painters of the 1960s. he wants to be part of that scene. >> as he got into high school, he just got totally into art. >> steven takes a few classes at a small art college. big brother hugh gets married and starts a family. >> where did he get the money to pursue a passion and not have to get a real job like the rest of us? >> well, steven had a job. he worked in a book binder. he operated a forklift. >> but when their mother has a serious health setback, the brothers must figure

many northern democrats of using race as a way of changing the conversation away from slavery as steven douglasten did. but a lot of northern voters i'd say still couldn't get away from slavery because as some contemporary sources note, slavery really seemed to enter into just about anything in the 1850s even if one lived hundreds of miles away from it. >> buchanan, he's smart enough to understand the duty of the president to do execute the law as the constitution says. in his final address he did say that if secession were legal, then the constitution is nothing but a rope of sand. i look at his response to the mor mon expedition. i hope you can help us understand what was he thinking in saying while secession was illegal, he couldn't do anything about it. >> i think fundamentally he's operating under this constitution notion that the government is not necessarily -- that is what the civil war is ultimately going to determine. i think fundamentally, with response to your question, you've got five or six states that have already left the union. texas i don't think goes out in march -- 1861. so

direct line, and so my chair, there's me and then my predecessor is justice stevens, and then the justice before that was justice douglas, and then the justice before that was justice brandeis. so four justices in that 100 years since justice brandeis was confirmed. i call it, knockwood, the longevity chair. that's the way think about it. you know, it is an honor to sit on this court obviously, but a special honor for me to sit in this particular chair, to be given the brandeis truth. truth be told, your a he n're n supposed to have favorites, but truth be told -- and excluding all of the justices i have known personally -- if you ask me who was my favorite supreme court justice i would say beyond a doubt it is justice brandeis. why is that? i was trying think of how to explain this, and he is, for one thing, one of the greatest writers on the court, you know, one of the three or four best writers. but it is not style alone with justice brandeis. he married style, to this great analytic power, analytic force in his opinions. he was very ground even at his most visionary, and he had visionary moments. it was always conne

justice douglas resigned from the court under pressure from his colleagues. in 1975 paul stevens were nominated to the court 19 days later. december 17, the senate control senate learned to -- moved to appoint justice tm and he served out his time. it was a different time, one could say. the biggest case of our year, buckley against faleo, money equal speech case, the death case which was near and dear to justice marshall's heart, greg against georgia. we wrote the sense which were fun and exciting. we wrote the most boring court opinions. chief justice burger and justice marshall were not close and somehow we got the dogs. i wrote a -- i drafted for the judge a opinion on the constitutionality of horses and bureau's act. they tended to be unanimous opinions but justice marshall cared about the draft and was no less demanding in the quality of majority of opinions that we got to write our draft as for the dissent. and we got to be members of the family. goody's here i'm elated to see him. he was summer assisted in the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york f

douglas resigned under some pressure from his colleagues. on november 28th, 1975 the republican president nominated john paul stevens to the court. 19 days later, december 17 the democratic controlled senate voted to confirm justice stevens. he was sworn in and served out the term. it was a different time. the big case is our year. we may talk about these later a little bit. the money equals speech case it was near and dear to his heart. they were fun and exciting. we wrote the most boring court opinio opinions. they are not close and some how we got the dogs. i wrote -- i drafted for the judge an opinion on the horses and burros act. they tended to be unanimous opinions but justice marshal cared about the craft and was noless demanding in the quality of the majority of opinions we get to write as for the decents. we got to meet members of the family. she was in the u.s. attorney's office for new york fans. when i was there we got to know sis sis and john and be a part of the family. it was an absolute thrill. >> well, i joined this distinguished panel in giving thanks for this great opportunity and say to chief judge thank you so much. i have

douglas resigned from the court under some pressure from his colleagues. on november 28, 1975 the republican president gerald ford nominated john paul stevens to the court. 19 days later, december 17, the democratic controlled senate voted to confirm justice stevens and he was sworn in and served out the term. so it was a different time one could say. the big cases our year when they talk about these later a little bit, buckley against vallejo, the money equals speech case, the death case which was near and dear to justice marshall's heart, greg against georgia, we wrote dissents which were fun and exciting, we wrote the most boring court opinions. chief justice berger and justice marshall were not close and somehow we got the dogs. i wrote -- i drafted for the judge an opinion on the constitutionality of the wild free roaming horses and burrows act and they tended to be unanimous opinions, but justice marshall cared about the craft and was no less demanding in the quality of the majority opinions that we got to write or draft as for the dissents, and we got to be members of the family. he was a summer assistant in the u.s. attorneys office in the summer di