many aimed at him, that late december to bring us up to speed at how i looks now, tom goldstein, usedf wisconsin and director of thei said, knows more about the data and the ads in the race than anyone els on up, tom. >>. [ applause ] >> so tom you have to settle forenn,ot th wrong, no big deal. start by shg a number of ads that are currently aired in the republican presidential primary and then what i want doout whatg on currently but put into context what the use and effect of negative ads are. let's start by looking at the ads. >> it's the story of a lost city. lost opportunity. lost hope. a story of failed policies, failed leadership. the story of smoothd talking politicians, insider deals, and games of he said she said, rhetoric and division. one man has stood apart. stood strong, and true. voting against every tax increase, every unbalanced budget, every time. standing up to the washington machine, guided by principal, ron paul. armed with a plan to cut a trillion year one, eliminate the

tom goldstein is joining us, thank you for joining the program. >> thanks for having me. >> the makes incredibly, it's a sensitive balance if you will, we have the liberal leadi inin ining -- you suggested that ruth bader, ginsberg may be stepping down, how likely do you think that will happen? >> i think it's unlikely that the conservatives or liberals will step down and retire. they have been allowing the president to appoint the successor. i think that ginsberg may decide to go, but if santorum is elected or romney is elected, she will ftry to hang on. >> it's -- who is in the ovals of, we talk about the power of the supreme court and looking down the roster for what is on tap this year, there are very, very big decisions that could have major impact to political landscape and on the election in number -- election in november. the affordable health care act is at the end of the june, give us intel on what we can expect here. >> there are big fights and little fights, the big one is over the individual mandate, the requirement that every get health insurance starting in a few years

[applause] >> well, tom couldn't be here, so you have to go with ken goldstein.big deal. let me start by showing a number of ads that are currently currently aired in this republican presidential primary. and then what i really want to do is not so much talk about what's going on currently, but put into context what the use and effect of negative ads are. but let's first start by looking at some of those ads. >> it's the story of a lost city, lost opportunity, lost hope. a story of failed policies, failed leadership, a story of smooth-talking politicians, insider deals, games of he said/she said rhetoric. one man has stood apart, stood strong and true. voting against every tax increase, every unbalanced budget, every time. standing up to the washington machine, guiding by principle. ron paul, the one with a land to cut a trillion dollars year one. eliminate the waste, balance the budget. ron paul, the one we can trust, the one who will restore america now. [cheers and applause] >> i'm ron paul, and i approved this message. >> you know what makes barack obama happ

tom goldstein used to be university of wisconsin as a political cites professor, director of the advertisingmore about the data in the race than anyone else. so come up, tom. [applause] >> tom couldn't be here so you have to settle for ken goldstein got the first name wrong but no big deal. let me start by showing a number of ads that are currently -- or currently aired in this republican presidential primary and then what i really want to do is not so much talk about what's going on currently but put into context what the use and effect of negative ads are. but let's first start by looking at some of -- some of those ads. ♪ >> it's the story of a lost city, lost opportunity, lost hope. a story of failed policies, failed leadership. a story of smooth-talking politicians, insider deals, games of he said/she said rhetoric and division. one man has stood apart, stood strong and true. voting against every tax increase, every unbalanced budget, every time. standing up to the washington machine, guided by principle, ron paul, the one with the plan to cut a trillion dollars year 1, eliminate the wa

[applause] >> thanks so much my name is tom goldstein publisher of scotublog, we are incredibly grateful that those of us in the -- those of you in the room and watching either through streaming or through c-span are taking the time to be with us. everybody understands, i think, the significance of the case that the justices are about to hear on the patient protection act. both with respect to the fate of health care reform an also for the fate of the structure of the government. there are incredibly well-meaning and concerned people on both sides of the case. one small point of personal privilege, i have a dog in this fight as a lawyer in an amicus brief and want to make clear that my job here has nothing to do with that. it's simply to facilitate the discussion of the folks who are going to do the talking. i want to introduce them, we have produced a media guide for the folks who are here and you can find their buy yows at the back of that but let me just, so we can move quickly to the substance, give you a little background about each of them. paul clement is the former solicitor gene