Michael obviously there is a lot of political intrigue in the Supreme Court. A lot of powerful people are interested in the decisions that you come to any effects that they have on Public Policy and commerce. My question is, what if any effect is that political interests have on the court decisionmaking process, and what steps do you take to maybe isolate yourself from that political interest . Is it just something that you and the other justices get used to overtime . Justice sotomayor you do not get on the court unless you are a concerned citizen. Every single justice has had a career in which they have devoted their lives, in some form or a the other or the other to the public view. Even any private practice they have been involved in activities that do public service. We are, by nature, citizen lawyers. You do not work as hard as we work, reach where we have reached, unless we have shown that to the powers that be. We get selected because we are the very best at some aspect of the
And we want to hear from Law Enforcement as well. 2027488002. You can join the conversation on twitter or facebook. Went to theell floor and talked about National Police week. Heres what he had to say. [video clip] on a proud sponsor of the resolution recognizing the work of active duty Law Enforcement officers come of the national lawnforcement officers the 15th anniversary proud1 and im also a cosponsor of the act that will provide flags flown over the capital to the family members of Law Enforcement officers lost in the line of duty. This bill has passed both the house and senate and it is awaiting the president s signature. Im also a cosponsor of the police act, which would expand equip laws and enforcement to respond to threats like the San Bernardino shootings. It would give the Police Officers the training they need to do their jobs more effectively. Im hopeful we can quickly move this important legislation. Im proud to represent kentuckys Police Officers in the senate. Law enfo
That do public service. We are, by nature, citizen lawyers. You do not work as hard as we work, reach where we have reached, unless we have shown that to the powers that be. We get selected because we are the very best at some aspect of the work that we have done. That work often includes public service. It means that there is not one of us who was unaware is unaware of political rights. We are aware. We read the newspapers. We listen to the news. Some of us are political junkies. Others are not. Being an informed citizen does not get translated into, now i am going to vote the way the public wants me to. The gift the Founding Fathers gave us is they gave us a lifetime job so that we would not feel pressure to do a decision based on Public Opinion from fear that somehow we would be driven from our work. So were not thinking about Public Opinion in terms of reaching the answer that we believe the law compels. Every year if you read the most sensitive decisions, you will see us recognizi
Have heard former callers talking about education in a way that breaks my heart. The world is laughing at us and if we want to remain a great nation, we have to to invest in our childrens education, because they are not keeping up with the children in china and india and the rest of the industrialized world. We have one Political Party in this nation that wants to cannibalize on our Education System to balance budgets. It has to stop. Our children are feeling the effects of their inability to raise taxes, to raise revenue. It is a serious situation and i am tired of my daughters future being pawned off because a republican does not have the spine to tax american money where it lies. Guest one of the important points he makes is we live in a Global Economy and one of our main competitive advantages in the Global Economics is a welleducated workforce. If we dont have a welleducated workforce, we lose the advantage because we will not be able to compete by saying bring your jobs to americ
That senator clinton made behind president obama after he defeated her in the 2008 primary. This is what doing everything to defeat trump looks like, guerin rote host again for the question this morning in our first 45 minutes, went to get from you about the role that senator sanders should play in the remainder of campaign 2016. Still formally in the race expressed he probably will not become a candidate and he will probably vote for former secretary of state clinton. But we want to get from you, senator sanders what his role should be. Call us at 2027488000. For those of you who still support senator sanders. And 2027488001 for all others. Senator sanders did talk about a wide range of issues concerning campaign 2016. You can see that interview two times tonight at 6 35 this evening and at 9 35 this evening. It was in the course of the interview that senator sanders spoke about the campaign and went he first expressed doubts about him becoming president. Bernie sanders im not going t