>> well in that i tried to copy thurgood marshall's technique to bring to the court very likely winners, cases that, i mean, never -- i never just the statute is unconstitutional, it was always how it affected the person. so if you think of who was the plaintiff in weinberger v-- -- these were all sympathetic cases on the facts. so what did you -- what was your question? >> you pretty much answered it. i see your views about incrementalism evolving both from your experience as a litigator, but also i assume they have been shaped by 25 years on the court, too. >> i think you appreciate that. when you're part of a collegial bench there is a strong tug toward the middle and away from extrem extremes. >> well, speaking of extremes, i have a couple of questions about dissents, something you obviously know a lot about and frankly, i could use a little advice about. so-- >> and your you're doing fine. [laughter] >> are there instances in which you disagreed with the court, but nonetheless, joined the opinion? >> yes, on the court we call those who dissents graveyard dissents, that is we bury t

a look back at thurgood marshall. to my left is justice kagan. justice kagan was with justice marshall what your?>> 1987. >> it seems like yesterday. that was after having attempted princeton and oxford and harvard for law and served in -- chambers as law clerk and all of our panelists this evening clerked for one judge or another as did i. >> a good court. >> it was a great court. >> in the white house counsel's office under the clinton administration and policy counsel as deputy director, could not keep a job, apparently. taught at the university of chicago law school and after getting tenure moved on and settled at harvard. not very long after that he became dean of the harvard law school and could not keep that job either. he became associate justice, solicitor general and then associate justice of the supreme court. judge paul engel meyer, he is judge of the southern district of new york and has been 2011. i should see he came on the court in 2010. he went to harvard and to harvard law school as well. he clerked for judge wald on the dc circu

and thurgood marshall not only doesn't destroy his papers but on his death gives papers to theibrary of congress and says they are to be open to researchers immediately. many great readers give their papers and say they want a 20 year hold. marshall says, take a look at them. >> thank you so much for the insight you provided because in the last 50 years, scholars like you have discover the depths of history to establish the truth. the additional fact is, what is your opinion to these kinds of development that really predicated on dishonesty and delusion. somehow or rather when we look at american history we never get to the kinds of insight you shared with us this afternoon but instead, we go into an intellectual kind of gymnastics to justify what was wrong and it could not be justified. can you explain how does this happen that unfortunately, we ended up not knowing the truth and not knowing the whole story of our history? >> how many hours do i have? >> take your time. [ laughter ] >> i have five minutes. let me answer you with a quick and dirty answer which is this, when you

later she sits down for in virtue about time as a clerk for justice thurgood marshall. american history tv primetime begins at 8 pm eastern. >>> coverage continues tuesday with several live debates. at 8 pm eastern on c-span, the senate debate between mitt romney and jenny wilson. to fill the seat of orrin hatch. on c-span two, massachusetts governor charlie did -- baker debates jason solace. at 10 pm on c-span, the arizona congressional district debates between democrats and republicans. all of the debates are available on tea-stain.org or you can listen on our radio app. >>> next, for prominent figures in american law, including alayna kagan, recalled their experiences working as clerks for thurgood marshall. they discuss his personality, his skills as a storyteller

lives and legacy of chief justices john jay and john marshall as well as associate justices thurgood marshall robert jackson. ginsburgppeals court on the history and evolution of the nation's highest court and the debate over original is him. , a discussion on southern culture in the u.s. fromhistory professor tennessee university. thursday, a look back 100 years at u-boat campaigns during world war i, starting with the 1918 u-boat attack. descendents of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and roosevelt share family stories at the kennedy center in washington. watch american history tv next week on c-span3 prime time. ♪ busuncer: the c-span recently traveled to hawaii. join us on the weekend to watch our visit to hawaii on c-span book tv and american history tv. we will feature stops across the hawaiian islands, showcasing the literary culture and unique history of the 50th state. the ranch on a walk who has been family owned and operated since the 19th century. david morgan, a descendent of a descendent of the founder, told us about his family and the history of cattle ranching in ha

highs today, 56 reaganti naal, 52 at dulles. 54 bwi thurgood marshall.ell you a 2t4 70 deg. this is really a far cry from that totally. i right nos 42 at dulles. 39 gaithersburg. 46 in the city. 41 baltimore. 40 quantico. 36 at culpeper and winchester 24-hour ch hour, look ature attempe er from 6 to 24 degrees colder. so that's a pretty goodin cation of the direction that we're going in. because overnight tonight look8 at lows 3 in the ci elsewhere we are talking 31 manassas, 32 martinsburg. 31 hagerstown. 33 winchester. warmer of course eas water, 39 annapolis and 37t leonardtown. definitely the chill is on. so as i said, ridge of high pressure will be blding once we get into tomorrow. look what's hapning here, w have a freeze warning and a frost advisory. freeze warning here in the darker shade includes louden, culpeper, warren and thenrom dc, metro area to the south and northeast we are talking a fro advisory kicks in at midnight and in effect right through to a monday at 10. if you have any kind of plans or vegetation outside, that sensitive, bring i

case where justice stevens was in the minority against some of your good buddies, brennan and thurgood marshall, saying it should be illegal to burn the flag. the creation of graffiti on the washington monument might enlarge the market for free expression at a cost i would not pay. similarly, sanctioning the public desecration of the flag will tarnish its value, both for those who cherish the ideas for which it waves, and for those who wish to use martyrdom by burning it. a country's flag is a symbol of more than nationhood and national unity, it also signifies the ideas that characterize a society that has chosen that emblem, as well as a special history that has animated a growth in power and ideas. you still feel that way today? in light of the protests we are now seeing by people protesting the treatment of black citizens by police officers, we see it at national anthems playing during nfl games, players kneeling and others suggesting it should not be permissible. is there a nexus between flagburning and making that outlawed and disrespect during the playing of the national anthem? hon. ste

he sits down for an interview about his own career including his time as a clerk for justice thurgood marshall. prime time begins at 8 pm eastern. >> on june 1 288, -- and then at 10 pm eastern, on c-span, the arizona second congressional debate between and kirkpatrick and leah marquez peterson. all of the debates also available on c-span.org or you can listen on our free radio app. c-span, your primary source for campaign 2018. next, on american history tv, university of virginia law professor lectures on john j and john marshall who each served as chief justice of the united states. in the early years of powers, we also hear from supreme court the supreme court historical court chamber. i would like to express gratitude to justice clarence thomas. he has been wonderfully generous in giving his time to the society when we've called on him.

legacy of hief justices warren berger, john jay and john marshall and ustices robert jackson and thurgood marshallesday, federal appeals court udge douglas ginsburg on history and evolution of the nation's highest court and the originalism. wednesday, on lectures in history, a discussion on the u.s. ulture in with history professor tom lee f east tennessee state university. thursday, a look back 100 years german boat campaigns during world war i, starting with the attack that sank the north ff the coast of carolina. of on friday, descendants presidents ford, truman, theodore roosevelt share stories at kennedy center for performing arts. american history t.v. this week in prime time on c-span 3. >> wednesday morning, we're live in hartford, connecticut for the stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals tour. connecticut secretary of state be our guest on the bus during washington journal 9 a.m. eastern. nevada third district house debate between democrat tarkanian, d danny the seat is held by democrat running for, who is the senate, the cook political eport lists race as leaning democrat. in las of klas t.

circuit and then for justice thurgood marshall at the united states supreme court. after briefly practicing at a law firm, justice kagan became a law professor at the university of chicago law school and later at harvard. she then served in the clinton administration as associate counsel to the president and then as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy. after this time in washington, justice kagan served as the dean of harvard law school. she was then nominated and confirmed as solicitor general of the united states and then was appointed as associate justice of the supreme court. justice kagan has been a supporter of pro bono and public service throughout her career and we are happy to welcome her today as the aba celebrates the 10th anniversary of the national celebration of pro bono. we appreciate that justice kagan has taken time out of her very busy schedule to be here with us today, and we are especially grateful that she agreed to serve as the honorary chair of the 10th anniversary of the national celebration of pro bono. please join me in we

we certainly appointed people like thurgood marshall and justice ginsburg and justice sew take mayor because -- sotomayor because they had experiences that made them sensitive to violations of civil liberties. justice kavanaugh may be increasingly sensitive to these issues. i'm looking forward with some degree of enthusiasm. he's going to vote against my views on abortion and gay rights. that's what happens when you have an election. the president gets to appoint his nominee to the supreme court. this process has just been awful. now it's spreading to harvard law school where student mobs want to prevent him from teaching. he's been teaching for many i years in a distinguished way. it reminds me when i that was college and students and faculty was firing faculty members because they said they were communist and it didn't matter whether they were innocent or gil ticks as long as there was suspicion of communism, that's enough. if they responded by being angry, now they can't teach, because they expressed anger. it's such an old technique, it makes me sick to the stomach as a liberal.

as well as associate justices robert jackson and thurgood marshall.eals court judge douglas date -- douglas ginsburg on the evolution of the nation's highest court in the debate over original is him. wednesday on lectures in history , a discussion on southern culture in the u.s. with a history professor. yearsay, a look back 100 at german u-boat campaigns during world war i, starting with the 1918 u-boat attack that sank the ss marak. and on friday, descendents of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and theodore roosevelt share family stories at the kennedy center for performing arts in washington. watch american history tv next week in primetime on c-span3. ♪ >> the c-span bus made the long journey to hawaii for the 39th stop of our 50 capitals tour. join us all weekend to watch the visit to hawaii on c-span's book tv and american history tv. we will feature stops across the hawaiian islands, showcasing its natural beauty and literary culture of the 50th state. ♪ >> tomorrow, democratic senator -- [horn] >> now we all know the stories about d

and that gives us -- and elena kagan clerked for justice thurgood marshal. we now have a majority on the court that not just comes from elite ivy league background, but came up through the even more elite channels of supreme court law clerks. and then i know at one point, we had talked about the religious makeup of this court. justice kavanaugh, who is a catholic, secedes another catholic, anthony kennedy, and it's intriguing to know that on this supreme court, we have five catholics, three jewish justices, and one protestant. so really, kind of different than the makeup throughout the united states, brooke. >> incredible. the faces, the additions and thinking so many of them having clerked for other justices, speaking of clerks. joan, thank you. brett kavanaugh won confirmation by the slimmest margin ever for a u.s. supreme court justice, but now he will be making history in a much different way. he will be the first justice to be backed by all female law clerks. it is an achievement he fores d foreshadowed in his testimony before the senate judiciary commi

howard -- hired right after graduation and clerking in the courts, he clerked also for justice thurgood marshall, he was hired by harvard law school. judge ginsburg was tapped to serve in the reagan administration in several positions before he named the assistant attorney general under attorney general ed meese. he was -- he has taught at numerous pretentious -- prestigious universities. he is now professor at george mason university antonin scalia law school. he is also a judge. recently his career has taken two fascinating paths. just last year, judge ginsburg traveled to dubai, europe, over in australia, and china. he has been teaching judges about the american model of competition, regulation, and antitrust laws. in china they have only had antitrust laws the last 10 years. he told me that these countries do not have the same understanding of healthy competition. he said american companies are taking a real beating around the world. for example, china and the european union have each given google a fine of about $1 billion. our secretary examined and found it was not as competitive. the new

of chief justices warren burger, john jacob and john marshall, as well as associate justices thurgood marshall. tuesday, douglas ginsburg on the history and evolution of the nation's highest court in the debate over originalism. wednesday on lectures and history from a discussion on southern culture in the u.s. with tom lee of east tennessee state university. thursday, a look back 100 years at german u-boat campaigns during world war i, starting with the 1980 u-boat attack that sank a ship off the coast of north carolina. descendents of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, thompson, and theodore roosevelt share family stories at the kennedy center for performing arts in washington. watch american history tv this week in prime time on c-span3. wednesday morning, we're live in hartford, connecticut, for the 44th stop on the c-span bus 50 capitals tour. the secretary of state will be our guest during "washington journal" starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern. saturday, new jersey senator cory booker spoke at the annual fall gala in iowa. andalked about his life career, including races and his parents faced

legacy of chief justice warren burger, jon jay and john marshall as well as robert jackson and thurgood marshall. tuesday, federal appeals court judge douglas ginsburg on the history and evolution of the nation's highest court and the debate over original is him. wednesday, lectures and history, a discussion on southern culture in the u.s. with history professor, tom lee of east tennessee state university. thursday, look back 100 years that german u-boat campaigns during world war i, starting with the 1918 u-boat attack that sank the ss barak and the diamond shoals lightship off the coast of north carolina. on friday, descendents of president ford, truman, mckinley, johnson and theodore roosevelt share family stories at the kennedy center for performing arts in washington. watch american history tv next week on prime time and cspan-3. >> british prime minister, theresa may delivered closing remarks at her party's annual conference in birmingham england. she spoke about housing assistance programs to speed construction of new homes and crowded uk cities and the ongoing negotiations. this is an ho

warren berger, jon jay, and john marshall, as well as associate justices robert jackson and thurgood marshall. tuesday, federal appeals court judge douglas ginsburg on the history and evolution of the nation's highest court, and the debate over originalism. wednesday on "lectures in history," a discussion on southern culture in the u.s. with history professor tom lee of east tennessee state university. thursday, a look back 100 years at german uboat campaigns during world war i. starting with the 1918 uboat attack that sank the "s.s. marak" and diamond shoals light ship off the coast of north carolina. and on friday, descendants of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and theodore roosevelt, share family stories at the kennedy center for performing arts in washington. watch "american history tv" this week in primetime on c-span3. >>> air force secretary heather wilson spoke at the national press club last month about the air force modernization efforts and the need for cost-effective measures. this is an hour.

williams, the president of the thurgood marshall college fund wrote an op-ed saying the relationshipdo have is paying off -- he says he talks about the pell grant maximum rising, including other things. he thinks there is some advancement being made. >> i think if you look at the overall picture you don't see it. stepse see is incremental that he is referencing but the bigger effort has to go to are you getting more people into college? this was an administration going after affirmative action in terms of higher education. they say they are fighting on behalf of asian-americans but i think they are trying to undercut the nation -- the notion that colleges should help to repair the racial divide bringing more people of color into those institutions of higher learning. a are it should all be on the basis of merit. it is fine, but merit in part has to do with what you have to overcome in order to achieve. you can't leave people behind willy-nilly. it is not the case that every person with the highest ac t score is emitted to the best school. in this book i tell the story of james meredi

and legacies of chief justices warm burger and john marshall, as well as robert jackson and thurgood marshallsday, federal appeals court judge douglas ginsburg on the history and evolution of the nation's highest court and of the debate over original is in. and on wednesday, on lectures in history, a discussion on southern culture in the u.s. with history professor tom lee of east tennessee state university. on thursday, in a look back 100 years at german u-boat campaigns during world war i, starting with the 1918 attack that sink the ss mark off of the coast of north carolina. and on friday, descendents of president ford, truman, mckinley and theodore roosevelt share family stories at the kennedy center in washington. watch american history tv this week in primetime on c-span3. c-span, where history unfolds daily. created as aan was public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cabl

is in c-span 3.this week on eastern, the warren court looks at thurgood hn jay and marshall. tuesday douglas ginsburg on the evolution of the nation's highest court and the originalism. wednesday on lectures in a discussion on southern culture in the u.s. with tom lee. thursday, a look back 100 years u-boat campaigns i starting with the u-boat tack. -- attack. of truman,escendants mckinley, johnson share their stories. t.v. thisican history primetime on c-span 3. >> we have news and policy issues that impact you. oming up tuesday morning, we look at the role of women in the 2018 campaign. and then democratic strategist donna brazil on how the trying to party is appeal to

warren berger, john jay, and john marshal, as well as associate justices robert jackson and thurgood marshall. tuesday, federal appeals court judge douglas ginsburg, on the history and evolution of the nation's highest court. and the debate over originalism. wednesday, on lectures and history, a discussion on southern culture in the u.s., with history professor tom lee of east tennessee state university. thursday, a look back 100 years at german u-boat campaigns during world war one, starting with the 1918 u-boat attack that sank the ssmerak and the diamond sholes light ship off the coast of north carolina. and on friday, descendants of presidents ford, truman, mckinley, johnson, and theodore roosevelt, share family stories at the kennedy center for performing arts in washington. watch american history tv, this week, in prime time, on cspan3. >>> tonight on the communicators. jeanette manfra, assistant homeland security secretary for cybersecurity and communications talks about cyber threats against the u.s. and how the country is working to foil foreign efforts to interfere in the 2018 midte