On friday we took the cases from tuesday tuesday. Wednesdays we discussed the monday cases. But the deliberation is orderly at the conference. The justices speak in turn going around the table. And usually the discussion is over after everyone has spoken but sometimes on the more difficult cases there would be back and fort later on. But by the time the conference is over most of the cases have been decided and will not be will come out the way the way theyre designed to conference. But there are some cases that are difficult and these deliberations that occur at later times on spontaneous occasions you cant really say. And when you were the senior justice and the majority and youre thinking about who do we sign the opinion to what are you thinking about in that part of the process . Well, it varies. Youre concerned about distributing assignments fairly and equally is one thing. Mainly the primary thing when i was assigned responsibility was to try to pick the justice who would do the
Well, good morning, everyone or good afternoon. Its its a great pleasure to welcome Justice Stevens to georgetown law school. This is this is a new tradition that were starting today and it grows out of two programs that weve had in the past few years. So a few years ago Justice Sotomayor spoke to the first year class. And last year Justice Kagan spoke to the graduating class. And so a number of the faculty were thinking what would be a good new tradition would be to have a leading member of the bench and bar come in at the start of the year to talk to our first year students about their career and to offered a vice about legal careers as people start their legal studies. So i can tell you how delighted i am that Justice Stevens is joining us here today. So a round of applause for Justice Stevens. [applause] maybe i should quit while im ahead. [laughter] thank you all very much. [laughter] so just a few housekeeping matters. If you have cell phones, turn them off. Ill wait. And what we
Then q a with jeanettea coal director of the Smithsonian Museum of african art. Then your calls and comments on washington journal. Retired Supreme Court justice jeanpaul stevens spoke with Georgetown University law students wednesday on his life, legal career, and the Supreme Court. Justice steevepbs has a new book, stevens has a new book. In the book he outlines six ways the constitution should be amended to protect democracy. Justice stevens is the second longest serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court. He retired in 2010. This is just over an hour. Well, good morning, everyone or good afternoon. Its its a great pleasure to welcome Justice Stevens to georgetown law school. This is this is a new tradition that were starting today and it grows out of two programs that weve had in the past few years. So a few years ago Justice Sotomayor spoke to the first year class. And last year Justice Kagan spoke to the graduating class. And so a number of the faculty were thinking what
The event brings together ideas authors, and innovators to look at the latest trends in technology, culture, and business. Here is kerry shteyngart talking about his immigration status. In 1980, being rushing russian was the worst thing that you can be. I was sentenced to eight years of hubris school that for a crime i did not commit. When i was sentenced there, it was so bad being a russian, being a commie, i had to pretend that i was born in east berlin. I was trying to convince german kids there that i was german. [laughter] 10 years later, i show up at oberlin college, this small Marxist College in ohio. Being an immigrant was the coolest thing you could imagine. Nobody wanted to be the heterosexual white male. So i got as russian as you could be. I wore the whole thing with the bullets and all of that come up i tried to annex another college. [laughter] it was productive. That is part of the washington ideas for an airing tonight at 8 00 p. M. Also a conversation with the founder
Chief of staff to secretary of state colin powell. But first, do no harm . We will look at the central role the Health Professionals played in the cia torture program. Ddid doctors violate the nuremberg code banning human experimentation . Then to the 25th anniversary of the u. S. Invasion of panama. Clear this invasion was illegal. It is not debatable. The goals of the United States have been a safeguard the lives of americans, to defend democracy in panama. How in the world do restore that which has never existed . Panama customer been a democracy since we created panama for own purposes in 1903. Thiss did was go down american control and dominance in panama. We will speak with former panamanian diplomat Humberto Brown and latin american historian greg grandin. His latest piece, how the iraq war began in panama. And colonel wilkerson. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. New york city mayor bill de blasio