Rioters and arsonists left entire city blocks in ruins in some cases, barbaric in their attacks on people. In cities like rochester, new york, a man in white was savagely beaten for trying to stop a group of looters in a store under their apartment. And a dallas man trying to protect his neighborhood was beaten within an inch of his life by these socalled protesters and demonstrators. The man is stable, but police have made no arrests whatsoever. Nearly all of these ugly scenes of vicious mobs rioting unfolding in the streets and neighborhoods of democratic partyrun cities, democraticrun cities. And local Law Enforcement in nearly every one of those cities was apparently ordered to permit leftwing extremist groups including antifa run rampant to do as much damage as possible to property and injury to citizens and Law Enforcement alike as they chose. Where were those mayors, where are they now . And why arent citizens demanding these mayors, these city council members, these Police Chie
Protesters turned into a mob. Rioters and arsonists left entire city blocks in ruins in some cases, barbaric in their attacks on people. In cities like rochester, new york, a man in white was savagely beaten for trying to stop a group of looters in a store under their apartment. And a dallas man trying to protect his neighborhood was beaten within an inch of his life by these socalled protesters and demonstrators. The man is stable, but police have made no arrests whatsoever. Nearly all of these ugly scenes of vicious mobs rioting unfolding in the streets and neighborhoods of democratic partyrun cities, democraticrun cities. And local Law Enforcement in nearly every one of those cities was apparently ordered to permit leftwing extremist groups including antifa run rampant to do as much damage as possible to property and injury to citizens and Law Enforcement alike as they chose. Where were those mayors, where are they now . And why arent citizens demanding these mayors, these city coun
Important place, nine justices and only them meet around a table in the Conference Room. Aty discuss the cases heard oral arguments and begin the process of reaching a decision of the court. Sit at one end and it wraps around the table in order of seniority. I remember the first time i set foot in the room. It is pretty daunting the first few times. Because thats where the actual work and the Decision Making takes place. We dont have any observers in the Conference Room. Nobody can enter the room who is not a justice. No secretary, no law clerk. Not even a message bearer. I have to be professional and accurate and fair and each of my colleagues feel the same way. So there is a little tension and excitement in the room. We love it. Were designed to do that. The job is no good if you cant argue. I initiate the discussion for an argued case. I will say, this case is about this and the arguments are so and so. And i think we should reverse or affirm and heres why. Sometimes in an easy case
You. Before i go further, i am instructed to tell you to please turn off any cell phones, apple watches, what other gadgets you may have, so they do not interfere with our system. Thank you. As you know our host tonight is Justice Sonia sotomayor. We are pleased to have her with us tonight and want to thank or on behalf of the society for giving her time when we call upon her to participate in events like this. It is quite important to us and quite important to you. We very much appreciate it. I will tell you briefly a bit about the justice. She is a native new yorker, born in the bronx, very unhappy about last night baseball game, i gather. Undergraduate work at princeton and went to yale law school, then joined the District Attorney office in New York County as an assistant District Attorney. She was a litigator in the international and commercial law area. That attracted attention and before long, she had become a Federal District judge on the Southern District of new york. Six year
Host we get to talk about the Supreme Court history for an hour. I want to start by understanding the court today. The way our court is structured and how it has evolved, how does the chief justice in this era wield authority . What tools do they have . Elizabeth the answer to that question is, in this era, as always, the chief justice, first and foremost, is the head and steward of one of our three ranches of government. I think there are some unique spects about that job in the sense that the court is not a political branch. It was deliberately designed not to be. The chief has a difficult job, because, im sure you heard this expression. The chief is chief among equals. They cannot control the other justices. They have the power to cajole, but not control. And there are some Great Stories throughout history that illustrate that very well. Host specifically, does the chief have a role in what cases are heard, and who writes the opinions . Elizabeth those are probably two of the princi