william rehnquist was chief justice.epublicans nominated vice president george herbert walker bush for president. democrats nominated massachusetts governor michael dukakis. president reagan visited the soviet union. gorbachev visited the united states. barack obama began his studies at harvard law school, hired on as a summer intern in chicago, anmet young lawyer named michelle robinson whom he later married. before he announced his candidacy, mark shields said this on "iide washington." >> i will say this about obama. he is genuine and spontaneous in the e field of teleprompter candidates. >> he has had not take --had to take a position. when he becomes a cacandidate, they will go after him and take him down. he ought to enjoy this while he can. >> hillary has money and all the organization. he has something nobody else has had, the excitement factor. people go wow. >> that was about three mths before barack obama announced. as he ends is on the job, his poll numbers are plummeting. record numbers of americans disappro

. >> ♪ year in whiche this program began, ronald reagan was in the white house, william rehnquist washief justice, democrats controlled congress, republicans nominated vice president bush for president, the democrats nominated michael dukakis. president reagan visited the soviet union that year. the soviet president visit date he -- visited the united states. barack obama began his studies and met a young lawyer named michelle robinson whom he later married. seven years ago, about three months before he announced his candidacy, mark shields said this on "inside washington." >> i will say this about obama quickly. he is genuine and spontaneous. with thenow, speculation, assuming he becomes a candidate, they will come after him and take him down. he ought to enjoy this while he can. >> hillary has the money and all the organization. but he has something nobody else has had -- the excitement factor. >> wow! that was about three months before barack obama announced. his poll numbers are plummeting. record numbers of americans disapprove of the way he is doing his job. and his signature ac

he clerked for judge john noonan jr., the ninth circuit court of appeals and chief justice william rehnquist of the united states supreme court. he spent time working abroad as legal assistant to the iran-u.s. claims tribunal in the hague and was legal officer at the united nations kpwepbgs division in geneva, switzerland. he spent time in private practice handling criminal and commercial litigation at the law federal of goetz, madtk-pb and dunn. he served for four years as the state's solicitor general. he was elected to his current position on the montana supreme court in 2004 and demonstrated integrity, fairness and superb analytical skills on mt.'s highest court. justice morris is known for his approachability, evenhandedness and down to earth manner. after all, he's from butte. he can often be found reading to students at smith elementary school in helena. he commanded the respect of his colleagues at the highest level of the law for eight years served the people of montana on the bench in the community. his nomination is an extraordinary mark in his career and i have no doubt he'll con

. >> john roberts has been chief justice for eight years and his predecessor william rehnquist i thinkef for 17 years i think it was? so we are early in what we anticipate to be a tenure of maybe 25 years. john roberts was the youngest chief justice ever named to the court since the great john marshall at age 50. so did you ever have the feeling that it was too soon to judge or to offer to take on the roberts court? >> i did actually and i point out in the book and i tried to make it very clear that i do consider this still a young court, even though the oldest justice is 80 and you really only have i think now three justices that are still in their 50's. but i did wonder about that. i guess i should tell you how the book really came about first. i was covering the elena kagan's confirmation hearings in the summer of 2010 when i received really two extraordinary e-mails the one e-mail was from an editor at shimek -- simon & schuster simon & schuster who was very interested in the book about the supreme court and the other e-mail was from a very faithful pbs fan, a young man who attache