give the court more of a human face to help people really understand what it's like to be the supreme court justice and how they go about doing their work. >> okay, thank you. next, a partner at the dc firm of arnold and porter, p spending many days writing not about the supreme court, but to the supreme court in the form of briefs. he's here to talk about the book, not briefs. it's the legal thriller called "the last justice," and now you researched the court for this book. tell us how -- about your take on the importance of personalities in understanding the court and the solicitor general as well. >> well, with regard to the justices, as tony mentioned, first couple pages of the book, nearly the entire supreme court is, there's not many surviving justices left in the book to go too much into their character, but i, you know, personalities mean a lot, you know, from a fiction writer's perspective it's about the characters. you request -- you can have the best plot around, but if the reader doesn't care for the characters, it's not going to matter, so i, you know, i research. i read everything i w

never heard anyone make fun of a sitting supreme court justice in front of a sitting supreme court justice when he made fun of scalia. >> here's the thing. one of the moer striking images tonight from my perspective was to see a sitting supreme court justice sitting maybe two feet away from bill o'reilly. it was quite bizarre. >> i agree, it was surreal. i'm like, please, sit a few seats away. don't make it look that obvious. >> kevin spacey, the star of the inelectrovideo, it looks as if he's looking for someone. >> like everybody has an agenda at this thing, yep. >> it's interesting though about this, kerry washington is there and people that play the roles are all there. >> and for folks throughout the night, we want to apologize for the technical glitch. there was some sort of problem with theer cnectio fro the hilton to us. we do have a portion of the speech that you missed and want to play for you now in its entirety. this is the very end of the president's speech from earlier tonight. take a listen. >> groucho marx once said -- that's that's groucho not carl. before i speak, i have

a tea party that happens to be in the home of then supreme court justice harlin stone. l hear her misspeak and refer to him as attorney general, when she clearly means supreme court justice. now listen to how this nonlawyer, francis perkins solved the puzzle of the constitutionality of social security. listen! listen to how history is made. >> we were having a great rangle about it, one day went out to tea, in washington you don't go to parties just because you want to go, you go because you have to go. i had to call upon mrs. stone, the attorney general, and she was at home on wednesday afternoons, and about 5:45, nearly the end of the day, i went to her house and presented myself, a lot of people there, went up to the dining room to get a cup of tea and there i met mr. justice stone who had just come home from the court and was getting his cup of tea, and we greeted each other, sat down to have another chat. he said how are you getting on. i said all right. then i said you know, i am having big trouble, mr. justice, because we don't know in this draft of the economic s

give the court more of a human face to help people really understand what it's like to be the supreme court justice, and how they go about doing their work. >> okay, thank you. next, a partner at the dc firm of arnold and porter, p spending many days writing not about the supreme court, but to the supreme court in the form of briefs. he's here to talk about the book, not briefs. it's the legal thriller called "the last justice," and now you researched the court for this book. tell us how -- about your take on the importance of personalities in understanding the court and the solicitor general as well. >> well, with regard to the justices, as tony mentioned, first couple pages of the book, nearly the entire supreme court is, there's not many surviving justices left in the book to go too much into their character, but i, you know, personalities mean a lot, you know, from a fiction writer's perspective it's about the characters. you request -- you can have the best plot around, but if the reader doesn't care for the characters, it's not going to matter, so i, you know, i research. i read everything i

. >> supreme court justice remains hospitalized after a shoulder replacement surgery and san francisco native. he fractured his right shoulder on friday when he fell off the bicycle. the supreme court justice is resting comfortably and expected to be released this week from the hospital. president clinton appointed breyer to the high court in 1994 and he is 74. >> a young man who suffers from tourette's syndrome was forbidden from flying jetblue because three could not stop himself from saying the word "bomb." he informed airport officials and provided memorial day -- medical documen. he had green light but when he boarded the flight he could not control his verbal tick. >> i probably said "bomb" about 100 times in that time and through ntsb. >> jetblue has offered the man free tickets but no warrant that he will be able to board a future flight. we will hear more from the man on "good morning america" at 7:00. >> alaska airlines is moving forward with a plan to install slimmer seats on the entire fleet allowing the airline to install six to nine more seats a plane which will include p

differentiation with the manual vote counting counting the votes again one by one now the supreme court justice chief had already come out and said that this was not possible and said that anyone with thought this was possible had been deceived because the system electoral system here is fully automated therefore a manual vote counting would not be possible as far as the inauguration ceremony is concerned it's still going on everything scheduled will go on as planned security has been stepped up across the city in hotels where dignitaries are are going to be staying with some countries about more than a dozen have already said that they will be sending a high level delegation so that still is going ahead also there will be a military parade during the day after the announcement of the elections you know that emotions have been running high so we did see the protesters did get the government said about seven people had died in the election tensions people are still very hyped up about you all to the election but so far everything that has been planned for the nineteenth of april here in venezuel

and action had come to town here, was talking supreme court justice sandra o'connor. i mean, that was, that surprised him because she's sober to indicate that she didn't remember it because it was unfortunate those things to happen with supreme court justices, victims of threats. but as martin was saying, his intestines was later set aside by the louisiana supreme court. and now what we hear is the of the whole wing to himself in the georgia state penitentiary, angola, because he spends the wee hours of the morning wandering the house -- the halls shouting to only those he can't see any. >> guest: i started this book, louisianlouisian a case and its louisiana state penitentiary in angola. >> guest: another one of those cases, another one of those issues that are very, very tough. the supreme court said what he do with them into, whether it's on death row or not, who doesn't want to take his medications? and the court said, well, if you can show that it is medically necessary, you can force it to medicate them. but what doctors going to say yes, it's medical necessary s

court. andrew jackson picked one justice who ran for president four times while he was serving on the supremert. >> y, can you imagine it was very different in those days, that's for sure. >> you did a lot of research for the book, justice o'connor, was there -- as you looked at the presidents over time and how they made their choices for the supreme court was there a set of qualities or a set of judgments that you think lent themselves to better choices for the court? >> well, yes i can pick out a few grounds that would improve the chances of getting a good one, but i don't think that was primaryin the case of most appointments. i think that great many of those appointments were really influenced a lot by the political situation. they wanted to put somebody on that the president himself thought was politically a wise choice and would not give him problems by virtue of poor appointments. i think a lot of consideration was given to things like that. >> woodruff: do you think that's still the case today? >> maybe to some extent but much less so. >> woodruff: you've spoken about this before and

and actually had come to town here and was stocking supreme court justice sandra o'connor. i mean unfortunately things do happen the supreme court justices and this was a threat. but as martin was saying his death sentence was set aside by the louisiana supreme court and now will be here as he has a whole room to himself in the georgia state penitentiary at angola because he spends the wee hours of the morning wandering the halls shouting. not as a courtesy to him but as a courtesy to other inmates. >> guest: the louisiana case and the louisiana state penitentiary in angola. >> guest: but another one of those issues that are very very tough. what do you do with an inmate who was on death row or not he doesn't want to take his medication and the courts as well, if you can show it's medically necessary you can forcibly medicate them but what doctor is going to say yes it's medically necessary so you can kill a guy? another one of the issues i used to lie awake at night thinking about, it's so troubled me not because they cared which was the right way to go but these are puzzle

supreme court justice, is scheduled to speak at a reception at the university of baltimore school ofjah cummings will speak. 32,000 square feet of a library. the reception is going to happen tonight. it's at 6:00. >>> bride and groom can spend tens of thousands of dollars on the big day, what about you? the loyal guests? expect to spend $539 for each wedding you attend this year. that's up $200 from last year. include the dress, hotel, and things like the bachelorette party. no mention of the guys. if you are in the bridal party expect to pay $600 to be part of the wedding. >>> unemployment fraud is costing the government billions of dollars in paid benefits to people who are still working no longer alive or behind bars. of the $108 billion paid out in unemployment benefits, in 2011, more than $3 billion was paid out dishonestly. the largest share was the people who were still working. >>> biggest donation ever of the 1891 graduates are giving almost $7 million, of estate to the carol county school for scholarships. its the largest for scholarships in the 146 year history. the endowm

i thought first of all there should be a rule that no supreme court justice should be allowed to go to in washington. there is something about that, the highest judge judicial bench in the country you're out there rubbing shoulders, and yucking it up with these guys. and bill o'reilly the highest rated pundit news guy on tv is right next to them and they're laughing. it just seems too chummy. >> cenk: it is. >> and the other thing you've got deliberates of culture around obama. i think we cannot not talk about that either. people want to be a part of that, whether they agree with his politics or disagree, this is a really popular president. he is the toast of the town in d.c. so to speak and people no matter what side of the aisle they're on they want to be part of the glitz and glamour that comes with this celebrity president. they want to take part of it whether they agree or not. >> cenk: we got to leave it there, but it comes with a price. that's the problem. if you cross the politicians then you're not going to get invited to the parties any more. they never cross the politicians.

supreme court said is reasonable. opposition critics say this is still not fair. they say members of the ruling coalition are putting off needed changes. the supreme court justices will decide on the matter by the end of the year. if they declare the results are invalid, prime minister abe would have to hold another election. >>> a senior official from the international olympic committee says there's no clear leader. executive director gilbert felle has inspected all three candidate cities. >> translator: the competition for the 2020 games is harder to call. it's like comparing the bid to 100 meter sprint without olympic champion usain bolt on the track. >> he pointed out that beijing was the clear favorite to host the 2008 games. he said some ioc members will make up their minds after seeing presentations in july by each candidate city. members will vote for the winner in september. >>> people in northern areas of japan are dealing with powerful gusts. >> a very strong low pressure system battered much of the country over the weekend. it's still lingering near hokkaido and northern japan, producing very strong winds yesterday. let's take a look at this video. i

supreme court justice elena kagan will speak at the event, along with u.s. representative elijah cummings. the center includes 15 classrooms, a 32,000-square-foot library, and a 300-square-foot mock courtroom. the shooting death of florida -- the shooting death of a florida teenager trayvon martin is back in the headlines. i keep hearing is being held today for george zimmerman, who was -- i key hearing is being held today for george zimmerman, who was accused of second-degree murder in the case. >> george zimmerman was accused of second-degree murder in the telling of trayvon martin. at issue, can he claim the controversial standard ground youruring trial -- stand ground law during trial? he waved the right prior to trial. >> is it your decision not to have a pretrial immunity hearing? >> after consultation with my counsel, yes, your honor. >> has anyone promised you anything to make this decision? >> no. >> has anyone threatened you? >> no, your honor. >> george zimmerman's attorneys say that they reserve the right to use a standard ground during the trial

and actually had come to town, was talking supreme court justice sandra day o'connor. that's -- that surprised us. she still participated in the case. she didn't remember it because, unfortunately, those things do happen. supreme court justices are victims of threats. but as martin was saying, his death sentence was later set aside by the louisiana supreme court. and now what we hear is he has a whole wing to himself in the georgia state penitentiary at angola pause he spends the wee -- because he spends the wee hours of the morning wandering the halls shouting at only people he can see and hear. not as a courtesy to him, but to other inmates. >> guest: it's the louisiana state penitentiary at angola. my mistake. >> guest: but, you know, it's another one of those cases, another one of those issues that are very, very tough. the supreme court says what do you do with an inmate whether on death row or not who doesn't want the take his medication? and the court says, well, if you can show it's medically necessary, you can forcibly medicaid them. but what doctor's going to

supreme court ruled on bush v. gore, former supreme court justice, sandra day o'connor said it was probably a mistake for the supreme. of the court's decision, o'connor told the "chicago tribune" on friday, it took the case and decided it when it was still a big election issue. maybe the court should have said, we're not going to take it, good-bye. the case she said stirred up the public and gave the court a less than perfect reputation. ben, woulda, coulda, shoulda. >> this is when there was a precipitous decline in public bn about the court. it's entertaining to hear republican senators go after activist judges, there's no better example than this. and it's something that chief justice roberts tried to deal with after citizens uthed he saw opinion about the court erode again. that might be one of the reasons why he weighed in the way he did on health care. >> joy, think progress writing if nothing else, bush v. gore demonstrates how justices determined to reach a certain result are capable of bending both the law and their own prior jurisprudence in order to approve it. >> this came across as five republicans who

a president vice president secretary of state a congress a supreme court justice and all of those are still occupied land to this day in fact that meets every month on the second saturday of the march and the people of texas you are interest should come to those meetings that's what it is today the purpose the goal of the republic of texas and what we're doing is to restore and to preserve all the freedoms and all the sovereign rights that were won in eight hundred thirty six test the battle of santa sent over when that treaty was signed. in other words we're here to make sure that the people get to exercise those rights even though an overreaching federal government of the u.s. keeps trying to take away more and more of the rights and freedoms we're here to restore them and to make sure they're preserved. to have the same. i drove here from lake jackson texas two hundred forty miles i had to wake up early but i wanted to come i went last month to this meeting. and what i see are some people that are concerned about. where our country's heading and. then they'd they'd look for the alt

supreme court justice was scheduled too, but i'm told he cancelled. there was a special elton john event too. they say the judges would have paid their own way for the basketball and music. but taxpayer advocates warn that taxpayers pay to fly judges into town and pay for their hotel accommodations too. federal judges in the ninth circuit took heat last summer for their conference in maui. >> these dollars do not belong to us. they belong to the american people. >> reporter: of course, a spokesman says the cost to taxpayers for the kansas city conference is still unknown. a similar event cost more than $100,000 tax dollars. >>> the u.s. state department is hoping that a $5 million cash reward will lead to the capture of war criminals in central africa, including joseph coney. he and his gang steal children and then force them to fight with his troops. they are considered to be killers, rapist, torturers and looters. the state department says cash rewards have been helpful in capturing other war criminals, so it's time to up the ante against coney and

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a president vice president secretary of state a congress a supreme court justice and all of those are still occupied lands to this day in fact that government needs every month on the second saturday of the march and the people of texas who are interested come to those meetings that's what it is today the purpose the goal of the republic of texas and what we're doing is to restore and to preserve all the freedoms and all the rights that were won in eight hundred thirty six test the battle of santa sent over when that treaty was signed. in other words we're here to make sure that the people get to exercise those rights even though an overreaching federal government of the u.s. keeps trying to take away more and more of the rights and freedoms we're here to restore them and to make sure they're preserved. to have the same. i drove here from lake jackson texas two hundred forty miles i had to wake up early but i wanted to come i went last month to this meeting. and what i see are some people that are concerned about. where our country is heading. and they they look for the alternative. b

[laughter] supreme court chief justice john roberts will be played by buzz light year.enator mitch mcconnell will be played by dame edna. cnn anchor wolf blitzer will be played by a furby. lockyear will be played by the facemelt guy from "raiders of the lost ark." and white house press secretary jay carney will be played by ralphie from "a christmas story." ladies and gentlemen, this is a huge honor. m [applause] >> great job, conan. that was awesome. we want to thank everyone for a really terrific night. especially my family and friends. everybody in the room tonight. thank you very much. it was a great night. [applause] we ask that you stay seated, at least around your table until the president and his party depart or its they will be escorted out by the incoming president the white house correspondents association. [applause] >> next, q and a. after that, irish president michael higgins.

and if we're going to ask supreme court justices that they honor rights tivacy, if we're going to look for in our judges not just for respect for law, but for compassion as well, surely is not too much to expect that journalists, especially leading, terribly influential, powerful journalists in powerful media with a right to make and break man officials, also have a little compassion. into yr office walks michael marsh. kind of a weird-looking fellow-- outdoor boots ancamoufge gear and funny-looking glasses. he says, "i'm an active member "of the audubon society. "i just happened to be up on lake ardor, "fming the night activities of the long-winged bat..." "with very high spe film. "all of the sudden, i heard some splashing. "i pointed my camera over there. "lo and behold, when i got back "and developed the films, here's what i've got." what have you got? you look and there's joe valentine. by himself? no. he's swimming with someone els can you see who he's swimming with? a young woman. they got any clothes on? can't quite tell that. they're swimming, after all. are you trying to sell

. >>> retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor, one of the leading figures in our modern u.s. history, now says the supreme court made a mistake in agreeing to decide the case of bush v. gore. in doing so, the court, of course, ended up deciding the election. many will forever believe it came down to the political leanings of the justices. the retired justice said the court stirred up the public, likely added to the problem, and hurt its reputation. she told "the chicago tribune" editorial board, quote, maybe the court should have said, we're not going to take it, good-bye. >>> well, as we reported here friday night when congress finally acted to fix the air travel delays as a consequence of those sequester forced budget cutbacks, it wasn't so much a profile in courage as it was sheer customer service. washington had managed to anger everyone who flies. the delays ruined a lot of plans. but they passed a bill that fixed the problem last week. now a new problem, it still hasn't been signed by the president because there was a typo in it. one word is missing a letter. so, like