. >> william howard taft was president the six gentlemen aldridge, henry davis then from jpmorgan secretary of the treasury president of national city bank had also from jpmorgan and also the partner representing the art rothschild from europe you said it was one fourth of the entire wealth of the world? biv mcintyre burma station tire world. the opinion of the journal list at the time. they were prominent figures they would talk about the jekyll island group and then the investment houses. they said the been represented directly through the power to the much the concentrated in the investment firm's put it together. that concentration of wealth has only increased since then. >> host: was the federal reserve act at the time controversial? newspapers full of articles? >> it did receive publicity at the time. there was discussion people were aware the banks had influence. one aldridge released the legislation it was called the aldridge bill. nelson said don't do that. people know you are a republican and rich. don't call it that. appear in the he had ego and said i am expected -- respective s

courts of error correction and that was the supreme court initial faith or so it seemed by william howard taft, the capstone after the presidency was becoming chief justice of the united states and he sized this up and thought the court would greatly benefit from the ability to write the ticket create the own docket. not have to take every case that came along. under his leadership, his urging, congress passed in 1929, what's known as the judge's bill because all the judges of the country got behind this effort. an gave the court for the first time discretion over its docket. and so that's the place we are today. we have a supreme court that is capable of and does set its own agenda and in doing that, it sets the legal agenda for the country. you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. tonight on c-span2 booktv, a look at economics from global to local. up first "the wall street journal" kristin grind exams the 2008 complains of washington comiew mutual. doeses his list of countries that will make up the economics diseases stories of the future. and later mag gi aroundon is the

that was the supreme court's initial fate, or so it seemed, but william howard taft, the capstone after his presidency was becoming chief justice of the united states, and he sides -- size is something he thought the court would greatly benefit from the ability to write its own ticket, create his own pocket, -- docket, not take every case that comes along. so under his leadership, urging, congress passed in 1929 what's known as the judges bill, because all the judges in the country got behind this effort and gave the court for the first time discretion over its docket. and so that's the place we are today. we have a supreme court that is capable of and does set its own agenda. and in doing that it really sets the legal agenda for the country. and when you think about it, it's really a very powerful tool that members of the court have, especially if there's a majority of five of them, and projecting their own legal agenda onto the canvas of the country by means of the courts docket. i mean, just one example, and it's not health care, the health care case, really the court i would say did

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but william howard taft, the capstone after his presidency was becoming chief justice of the united states, and he sized this up, and he thought the court would greatly benefit from the ability to write its own ticket, create its own docket, not have to take every case that came along. so under his leadership, his urging, congress passed in 1929 what's known as the judges' bill because all the judges of the country got behind this effort and gave the court for the first time discretion over its docket. and so that's the place we are today. we have, we have a supreme court that is capable of and does set its own agenda, and in doing that it really sets the legal agenda for the country. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. [applause] [cheers and applause] >> hi, everyone! can you hear me? ah good, wow! [laughter] [cheers and applause] >> this is so exciting! [cheers and applause] >> this is my very first book and my very first and probably only book signing. [cheers and applause] this is so good, this is so good. well, you know, let me just say i am so proud of this

i would love to do william howard taft, those guys, sure. >> you're fantastic, very far from a presidentobert pattinson not the only big star this week. arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone. jennifer garner later in the week. >> we have misty may-treanor all live in times square. that's going to be pretty exciting stuff. >> great to be back out. have a good day, everyone. good morning, everyone. i hope you are having a nice monday. weather wise, i think that's going to put a smile on your face. plenty of sunshine throughout the day mixing with clouds. we look at maryland's most powerful radar, we are dry. we are scanning the skies. not a lot to scan in terms of wet weather. we will have to wait until tomorrow before that comes in to fruition. now, bel air as we head to harford, looking good to start. we see sunshine, put in to motion, a few clouds mixing with the sunshine as well as we go throughout the day, more of the same in to frederick. clouds and sunshine there. more last stop in rockville this morning, beautiful sunrise across the area and also mixing with some sunshine. t

i would love to do william howard taft, those guys, sure. >> you're fantastic, very far from a president four mont ,you have a choice to make. not just between two political parties, or even two people. it's a choice between two very different plans for our country. governor romney's plan would cut taxes for the folks at the very top. roll back regulations on big banks. and he says that if we do, d our economy will grow and everyone will benefit. but you know what? we tried that top down approach. it's what causethe mess in the first place. i believe the only way to create an economy built to last is to strestthen the middle class. asking the wealthy to pay a little more so we can pay down our debt in a balanced way. so that we can afford to invest in education, manufacturing, and home-grown american energy for good middle class jobs. sometimes politics can seem very small. but the choice you face, it couldn't be bigger. ♪ i'm barack obama and i approve this message. championships. >>> robert pattinson not the only big star this week. arnold schwarzenegger and sylvester stallone. jennife

williams howard taft weighed at ties 350 pounds. ey thinking? ♪ if he's good enough for lindy ♪ ♪ he's good enough for me ♪ herbert hoover is the only man ♪ ♪ can keep our country free >> the song for hoover, it's, you know, if he's good enough for lindy, he's good enough for me, meaning that hoover was supported by charles lindbergh who was such a figure hero for having flown across the atlantic. it's hard to imagine if there's anybody today, you know, if he's good enough for xx, he's good enough for me. ♪ happy days are here again ♪ the skies above are clear again ♪ >> roosevelt and his supporters had such a sense of optimism about if we can get into the leadership role, we will make things okay again, as tough as they seem. so how bizarre and yet perfect. ♪ happy days are here again becoming the roosevelt motto and the roosevelt song. it made people really believe if this guy gets in, things will really be better. indeed, it turned out to be true. ♪ happy days are here again ♪ the skies above are clear again ♪ ♪ vote