0 when abe lincoln dies and the radical republicans don t like andrew johnson, they shrink the size of the court to prevent him from having some appointments. the outgoing federalists when thomas jefferson was elected in 1801 shrank the size of the supreme court so he wouldn t have a first appointment. there s a history here. i feel like for students or viewers who took their last american government class in whatever 11th grade and they think what is it that the court does again and when we say the court, we tend to mean the supreme court of the united states. we sort of get what s going on there. explain why these lower courts, why something like a circuit court, district court, the court of appeals matter. what is sort of the structure that matters? it s a great question. the supreme court hears very few cases. the vast majority of cases are decided in the lower courts. the d.c. circuit is of particular importance because people don t realize the number of cases that have to go
the think area, both products of harvard law school and the hear extraordinary la law review but both of them, and both of them real students of the constitution. but that is where the similarities end because roberts coming from his very conservative background, very stable background, is a true conservative, and he believes that the constitution neeth to change the irony is one believes in change and one really believes in stability and it is roberts is the one who wants change. rose: we conclude this evening with karen elliott house, a pulitzer recipient for covering the middle east. on saudi arabia. so i think the country has problems, all of these problems of unemployment, wealth distribution, housing, poverty in a country that has got that much money, and those are not going to get better without some real younger energetic leadership. rose: the iphone 5, the supreme court, and saudi arabia, when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the follow
of the oath, the obama white house and the supreme court. 17 chief justice, 44th president, two people who in some respects have a lot in common, born within six years of each other, both came of age in the think area, both products of harvard law school and the hear extraordinary la law review but both of them, and both of them real students of the constitution. but that is where the similarities end because roberts coming from his very conservative background, very stable background, is a true conservative, and he believes that the constitution neeth to change the irony is one believes in change and one really believes in stability and it is roberts is the one who wants change. rose: we conclude this evening with karen elliott house, a pulitzer recipient for covering the middle east. on saudi arabia. so i think the country has problems, all of these problems of unemployment, wealth distribution, housing, poverty in a country that has got that much money, and those a
house and the supreme court. 17 chief justice, 44th president, two people who in some respects have a lot in common, born within six years of each other, both came of age in the think area, both products of harvard law school and the hear extraordinary la law review but both of them, and both of them real students of the constitution. but that is where the similarities end because roberts coming from his very conservative background, very stable background, is a true conservative, and he believes that the constitution neeth to change the irony is one believes in change and one really believes in stability and it is roberts is the one who wants change. rose: we conclude this evening with karen elliott house, a pulitzer recipient for covering the middle east. on saudi arabia. so i think the country has problems, all of these problems of unemployment, wealth distribution, housing, poverty in a country that has got that much money, and those are not going to get better wi
of the oath, the obama white house and the supreme court. 17 chief justice, 44th president, two people who in some respects have a lot in common, born within six years of each other, both came of age in the think area, both products of harvard law school and the hear extraordinary la law review but both of them, and both of them real students of the constitution. but that is where the similarities end because roberts coming from his very conservative background, very stable background, is a true conservative, and he believes that the constitution neeth to change the irony is one believes in change and one really believes in stability and it is roberts is the one who wants change. rose: we conclude this evening with karen elliott house, a pulitzer recipient for covering the middle east. on saudi arabia. so i think the country has problems, all of these problems of unemployment, wealth distribution, housing, poverty in a country that has got that much money, and those a