Isabel wilkerson entered. Washington journal continues. Host we are back with richard , who is here to discuss with us the history of president s Court Roosevelt packing attempt. Good morning. Lets start with information for our cspan viewers. What does the constitution say about the size of the Supreme Court . Guest nothing, really, except that there shall be a Supreme Court and achieve justice. The number of justices is left of congress to prescribe. Host the only people who can decide on how many justices sit on the Supreme Court is the congress of the United States . Guest thats right. By ordinary legislation subject of course to the president s veto. Host what size did the Supreme Court start at . The constitution requires a chief justice. How many were there . Guest six at the beginning. It was an even number. In those days the nation was divided into judicial circuits. In those days the Supreme Court justices had real duties in each circuit. With respect to any given circuit. Co
From the chief Legal Correspondent for cbs news covering the Supreme Court and the confirmation battle. I am delighted to be moderating this incredibly timely conversation about a terrific book written by teethree about our history going to the most recent with kavanaugh and then outlined the possible path forward and when i read the book for the first time so professor Randy Barnett scooped me on those words thats how he described it as the indispensable guide and then also waiting the judicial confirmation and network book about the recent fight of Justice Kavanaugh. So that conversation about the news of the day or the week or the month and Justice Ginsburg and on the upcoming part of the nomination with incredible experts so i will start with teethree who is head of the center for constitutional all studies because in june we stood in front of the Supreme Court waiting for the interns to the opinions in our hands and then we go for those before we break the news to be quick and a s
To the stories that you have told, including the story of veronicas family. Very moving. If i were a justice, the commitment i would make to you and to all people affected by follows is that i would the law as you enacted it, and i have no agenda. I would not be coming in with any agenda. I would do equal justice under the law for all, and not try to force or disrupt in any way the quality choices that you and your colleagues have adopted. Sen. Hirono so are you saying that the impact of the Affordable Care act on the millions of people who rely upon it, that you would deem to be policy considerations that we should address . Sen. Hirono senator, i think that you choose the law and you have structured the Affordable Care act. You set the policies. And i think when a court has to interpret those statutes or decide how it applies in a Certain Circumstance, the court looks to traditional legal materials, looks to the briefs, listens to the real world impacts on the litigants before the co
Princeton, and oxford, and harvard for law, and served in the chambers of a law clark. All of our panelists this evening, clark for one judge or another in a decent circuit. All four of us. Its a good court. He was a great court. I was in the white house counsels office, and clinton administration. And the policy council as deputy director. She couldnt keep a job apparently. University of chicago law school, and then after getting tanya there she moved on inside at harvard. Not long after that became the dean of harvard law school. And then can get that job either. And became an associate solicitor general first, and then an associate justice of the Supreme Court. Judge uncle meyer at the far and, is in the district of new york, and has been since 2011. He came in the court on 20 twin. In 2011 in the southern district. He went to harvard, and to harvard for law school as well. Clerk for judge world on the d. C. Circuit. And was in the Solicitors Office with a solicitor general. And the
Needs to increase its population by 1 billion in order to compete in the global marketplace. Find more information on your Program Guide or apple tv. Org. Good morning everyone, good afternoon, wherever you are in this great nation and welcome, who could have imagined what a timely conversation this would be. Im jan crawford, chief Legal Correspondent for cbs news covering the Supreme Court and upcoming confirmation battle and im delighted to be moderating what is going to be, and incredibly timely conversation about our terrific book written by kato as elia schapiro supreme disorder honored to get a sneak peek of it i thought, this is just really an indispensable guide i have to keep on my desk for the next upcoming confirmation battle, professor Randy Barnett of Georgetown Law School Supreme Court expert scooped me on those words, thats how he described it an indispensable guide and Carrie Severino has also written a guide herself with judicial confirmation a book about the recent fi