this book, edited by tim johnson and jerry goldman, is a unique volume. the editors have assembled a series of essays written by journalists who cover the supreme court. each essay focuses on oral argument in a case before the supreme court and offers lessons on the court and the role of oral arguments. as you know, the supreme court's decision making process is a uniquely closed process to the public, virtually all of the court's deliberations occur behind closed doors. one of the only exceptions to this secrecy is oral argument when the court spends an hour in public discussion of a case. as such, oral arguments presents a unique window on the supreme court and its decision making. the panelists have observed countless cases of oral argument having had the unique opportunity to observe what the court does in oral argument. their experience gives us an interesting perspective on this public face of the supreme court. on our panel today, we have one of the editors, tim johnson of the university of minnesota's department of political science and law school

we will proceed first by asking tim johnson to describe how this book idea came about and what he andhope to accomplish with it. will then turn to the palace to discuss the case is that explore in their chapter. they will tell us why they and explain what we can learn about oral arguments from the case. then we will open up the discussion to broader questions. >> thank you all for being here today. this project was the brainchild of jerry goldman and night. jerry is the founder and continuing controller of oyez .org. when the project is complete, it will lock all audio that was ever released by the u.s. supreme court. jerry and i began working in early 2000 together to study oral arguments, something for which both of us really have a passion. we thought that it would be good to try to bring this process to many more people. as you know, you can go to the supreme court to hear the arguments, but seating is very limited. you may go in if you are lucky enough and hear an entire session of oral argument, but usually that is reserved for puritan 50 people, and often fewer than 25. you can

we will proceed by asking tim johnson to describe how this book idea came about and what he and jerryomplish about it. we will turn of the panelists and discuss the cases. they will tell us why they selected that particular case and explain what we can learn about oral argument from the case. then we will open the discussion to broad questions about oral arguments. >> thank you all for being here today. the project was the brainchild of jerry goldman, the founder and continuing controller of the website online which holds hundreds of hours of supreme court's audio. when the project is complete, it will hold all audio ever released by the u.s. supreme court. as we begin working in early 2000 together to start -- to study the oral argument, something we both have a passion for, we thought it would be good to try to bring this process to many more people. you could go to the supreme court to hear the arguments, but seating is limited. you could go in and hear an entire session of oral argument that is usually reserved for less than 25 people. you can sometimes sit in line in the back row

but on this list, other guys tim duncan, alonzo morning, that you know, okafor, pretty good players in their own right that he's surpassing jarvis. >> steve: ravern johnson is making crazy work of ucla and his career high is 26 and he already has 16 points in just the first half, and he's only missed one shot. roll on the pullup missing. >> marcus: one and done. one jump shot for ucla or a blocked shot inside and then go down the other end, spread it out and see who has the open jump shot if you're mississippi state. jarvis. >> steve: passing against ucla's defense. the wide open shot though mississippi state misses this time. anderson knocks that one home. >> marcus: generating some consistent offense, just not has been there for ucla. good job jerime anderson taking it strong to the basket but those types of plays few and far between jarvis. >> steve: varnado too easy. they are letting him get too deep in the post. >> marcus: and, you know, he's quick. he's got a quick first step but you're right. reefs nelson, if you're going to front, bounce him off that post position. you've got to do that. wow. jarvis. >> steve: an awful shot by dragovic who is now

tim: he's enjoying the rims here. he's barely touched them. james on the wing, not there. martell finds james again. that's a good pass inside, but he's unable to convert. he felt he was in. johnson on the other end leads boston college. ravenel. those charges continue to come. great defensive work by james. >> mike: they've done it both ways. they've blocked shots early. stepping in and covering up the body. a great recovery by james and then took the shot right in the chest. >> tim: that's an easy call to make. >> mike: ravenel went right through him. >> tim: roche appeared to be smarting just a bit, as you see trapani back on the floor, along with southern for bc. just under five minute to play. rhode island, quick 8-0 spurt. now lead it by eight. it's going to be a charge. this time against delroy james. josh southern got in position to collect it. >> mike: that's a good scouting report charge. easily left-handed player, you know he want to get to the strong hand, so step in and take it on the body. >> tim: two fouls on delroy james. he'll have to be careful the remaining five minutes plus. sanders. that was anan errant pass. that is rogers' game right there. >> mike: he has