Really is so, the Court Decides about 80 cases a year. But and about 75 of them need to be decided but theyre not the reason the court is such a powerful institution and not the reason people say that about who you should vote for in the president ial election. In any given term theres typically five or six cases really the reason we care about the court. And those are the cases that have truly Significant Impact on our politics, on our society, on our government. There are also, though, typically cases, the reason theyre so hard and part of the reason that makes them so important is the law runs out before you get to the decision. So how do we justify giving so much power to what amounts to a kind of monarchal institution in cases like that . And its not actually so easy to do if you think about it. But one of the ways we do it is by who we appoint. Who we give that kind of power to. So we look ideally for people who have experience in politics, who have been in a position where theyv
Maybe back but probably ahead, im the Legal Affairs correspondent for National Public radio. If you dont know who these people are in detail, look it up. [laughter] we have to five minutes and were big talkers. This is the former he acted for a long time. Emily chief Legal Correspondent for cbs news and the solicitor general for the United States for four years. And before that, the deputy solicitor general so he was there a long time in both of these guys are often and they went a lot and they lose occasionally. But theyre both very good advocates and im going to start by talking about news. And theres two cases up for the Supreme Court pending, waiting for justice to say what you want to do with them. One is from the d. C. Circuit in the d. C. Circuit ruled when Congress Asked for information in this case President Trumps Accounting Firm related to whether or not they wanted to pass legislation that would require the disclosure of a president taxes. The d. C. Circuit said yes you hav
applause thank you. Its really an honor and a privilege to be here. I was asked to say a few words to introduce the next panel. I would start by saying something that we probably know. The court is a fairly powerful institution. It was not always so, one of the signs of how powerful it is is that you do see, in any president ial election, people say it matters who you vote for because they will pick the next Supreme Court justices. If you think about why that really is, the Court Decides about 80 cases a year. About 75 of them need to be decided but thats not the reason the court is powerful and not the reason people say that about who you should vote for for the president ial election. There is typically five or six cases in any term which is why we care about the court. Those are the cases that have truly Significant Impact on our politics, society, and government. Part of the reason that makes them so important is that the law runs out before you get to the decision. So how do we ju
Cities tour. You are watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend, on cspan3. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2019] next, from the Ronald Reagan fact president ial foundation and institute, six former law clerks recall working with sandra day oconnor. This is part of an allday conference commemorate the 38th anniversary of Justice Oconnors senate confirmation. [applause] thank you. Its really an honor and a privilege to be here. Few wordsd to say a to introduce the next panel. I would start by saying something that we probably know. The court is a fairly powerful institution. It was not always so, one of the signs of how powerful it is is that you do see, in any president ial election, people say it matters who you vote for because they will pick the next Supreme Court justices. If you think about why that really is, the Court Decides about 80 cases a year. About 75 of them need to be decided but thats not the reason court is powerful and not the reason p
Now,s we have a rather large crowd this morning for this particular session. And thats why im very thrilled to introduce the next program. For the past year at the library of congress you may sit down because i have a few more things im going to say. The past years the library of congress, we have been celebrating changemakers, and i can think of few people who fit the description in the United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. [applause] at 4 a. M. This morning, students from American University camp out in front of this facility and they are here. To talk about the graduation from Columbia Law School and spent most of your career advocatingfo all of these things and youve been called recently the beyonce of jurisprudence. She said i would rather you say jlo. [laughter] without further ado shes joined by the coauthors of her bestselling memoir, coauthors mary come adjunct professor at georgetown law Professor Emeritus at georgetown law and her interviewer today and the