but in the area of standard litigation, there's a problem with unrepresented parties. and the law schools can and probably should do more. they should focus again on the small cases. not big firm stuff. the number of cases it's not -- there's a big decline beginning in the late '80s, the way we select cases, almost entirely. not completely but almost entirely, you look to see if the lower courts have come to different conclusions on the same question of federal law. now, they do or they don't. and if they do, we'll probably hear it. if they're not, we probably won't. there are other things. that's the main thing. so i have not noticed any tendency whatsoever to try not to take cases. rather, sandra used to sit there and say, we have to take cases. can't we take some more cases and -- so they're not -- the conflicts are less. now, why? that is -- in my own explanation, which has no particular validity, is that -- you have seen in the '70s and '80s, what you saw. from 1960s when i was a law clerk, 60s, 70s, 80s on. tremendous civil rights laws statutes of all kinds of ti

meaning half americans women have been permanently unrepresented. have women helped make the country like it is, women on 20, are wondering if you are willing to swap out george washington with many famous women. welcome to "inside story." >> thanks. >> why is this a big deal, why is it important to get it done and why are you trying to get it done by 2020? >> well it's important to get it done because we really have very few reminders in our everyday lives of important women who have made enormous contributions to our country and we think it's long overdue that these women get recognized alongside these great men. why 2020? 2020 is the centennial anniversary of women's right to vote and we think that would be a great time to celebrate women with this new bill, and that if we start now, it is a long process and we may have enough of them in circulation by then that we may be able to really make you know a break through. >> at this point in the balloting online there are 15 women on your ballot, three will make it to your finals, along with cherokee

but in the area of standard civil litigation, i think there is a problem with unrepresented parties. and law schools can and probably should do more and they should focus again on the small cases not big firm stuff. justice breyer: your honor,on a number of things. on the number of cases, there is a big decline beginning really in the late '80s. now the way we select cases almost entirely -- almost. not completely, but almost entirely -- is you look to see if the lower courts have come to different conclusions on the same question of federal law. now, they do or they don't. and if they do we'll probably hear it. and if they're not we probably won't. now there are other things, but that's the main thing. so i have not noticed any tendency whatsoever to try not to take cases. rather, what sandra used to sit there and say, we got to take cases. now he does this. what? can't we take some more cases? so they're not -- the conflicts are less. now why? that is -- in my own explanation -- which has no particular validity -- is that you have seen in the '70s and '80s what you saw -- from 1960

there is a problem with unrepresented parties. law schools should focus on the small cases, not the big firm stuff. justice breyer: on the number of cases, there is a big decline in the late 1980's. the way we select cases almost entirely is you look to see if the lower courts have come to different conclusions on federal law. they do or they don't. if they do, we probably will hear it. they are other things, but that is the main thing. i have not noticed any tendency to try not to take cases. sandra o'connor is to say, we have to take cases. can't we take some more cases? the conflicts are less. why? my own explanation is you have seen in the 1970's and 1980's, what you saw from the 1960's on, tremendous civil rights laws, statutes of all kind, title seven, a revolution beyond that in a way the first 10 amendments apply to the states. every new major case is a subject of new argument. you will get 50,000 cases. there has been in congress a kind of increase legislation and major statutes, and those statutes are laws and they have

ferguson police force that used the police as a fundraising for mutants pallets and then having an unrepresentativee force which introduced bias but in reading the story it's interesting how much bias we see in the story. instead of analyzing, you have to approach this from the element of empathy. if you were a young african-american man in america today, you would see a system that's deeply biased against you. you would not trust the justice of that system. i think we need to be able to go in one another's shoes when we read a report like this. empathy is the real basis for eventual reform of these types of abuses. >> i do believe and want to believe that ferguson is the exception. i mean, the report on the ferguson police and the pervasive racism of their practices is -- cries to heaven. it's arrests the only people on whom dogs were loosed, the african-americans, and if there's anybody who needs policing, good, effective honest policing it's people in lower income communities in the united states, especially people of color where the crime rate is tragically hiring. i would say that you mention

but in the area of nord civil litigation i think there's a problem with unrepresented parties, and law schools can and probably should do more and they should focus again on the small cases, not big firm stuff. >> i had a couple of things. when the number of cases -- it's not -- there's a big decline beginning really in the late '80s. the way we expect cases, almost entirely, almost -- not completely but almost entirely -- is you look to see if the lower courts have come to different conclusions on the same questions of federal law. they do or they don't. and if they do, we'll probable probably hear if. it not we probably won't there are other things, but that's the main thing. so i have not noticed in the tendency whatsoever to try not to take cases. rather say we have to take cases -- no, he doesn't. can't we take more cases? and so they're not -- the conflicts are less. now, why? that is -- in my own explanation, which has no particular validity is that you have seen in the '70s and '80s what you saw -- from 1960s when i was a law clarke, '60s '7s so, '8s so on, tremendous civil rig

but in the area of standard civil litigation i think there is a problem with unrepresented parties. and law schools can and probably should do more and they should focus again on the small cases, not big firm stuff. >> your honor, >> on a number of things. on the number of cases, there is a big decline beginning really in the late '80s. now the way we select cases almost entirely -- almost. not completely but almost entirely -- is you look to see if the lower courts have come to different conclusions on the same question of federal law. now, they do or they don't. and if they do we'll probably hear it. and if they're not we probably won't. now there are other things, but that's the main thing. so i have not noticed any tendency whatsoever to try not to take cases. rather what sandra used to sit there and say, we got to take cases. now he does this. what? can't we take some more cases? so they're not -- the conflicts are less. now why? that is -- in my own explanation -- which has no particular validity -- is that you have seen in the '70s and '80s what you saw -- from 1960s when i w

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but in the area of standard civil litigation i think there is a problem with unrepresented parties. and law schools can and problemly should do more-- can and probably should do more and focus on the smaller cases and not the bigger stuff. >> on the number of cases, there is a big decline beginning really in the late '80s. now the way we select cases almost entirely, not completely but almost entirely is you look to see if the lower courts came to different conclusions on the cases of federal law. now if they do or they don't. and if they do we'll probably hear it. and there are other things contrary to law, but that is the main thing. and i have not noticed any tendency not to take cases. and sandra o'connor should say there and say we have to take cases. and now he sits there and says can't we take more cases. so the conflicts are less. now why? in my own explanation, which has no particular validity is that you have seen, in the '70s and '80s, what you saw, and from 1960s when i was a law clerk, 60s, 70s, 80s, tremendous civil rights laws, statutes, title seven, a civil rights re