Groups that dont disclose their donors and take up to 250 million into the scheme, according to the washington post. Weird enough that people feel the need to run tv ads for judicial nominees, but when theyre taking a check for 17 million, two checks for 17 million if an anonymous donors or maybe two anonymous donors, yeah, if you think thats weird its because it is. That shoofnts happen that shouldnt happen anywhere around a court. And if theres one thing that we are entitled to there have been a lot of highminded speeches about the judiciary and its independence and all of that. The most important standard that a court must meet is that it is not a pantomime court. A pantomime court in which the rituals of adjudication get acted out. People come to the bench wearing their robes, hear the arguments, render decisions, read the briefs, buff at the end of the but at the end of the day, the decision is cooked by big special interest influence that insinuated its way into the court by cont
Justice welcome the new at the bottom of the stairs. Down the from the door he greets me,r, and then we go back into the courts together. What is your philosophy in your office, there is a lot of pictures in here. About thetalk first , heress that i have one of the national gallery. And about five from the museum of art. It is painters all from the United States in the period back the 1930s. To did you pick them yourself . Yes. And what is your favorite . The favorite is in the outer room, it is called infinity, and it looks like a figure eight. What are these on your desk. Thehese are two from national gallery, these are my number one favorites of the items from the museum of american art. Talk about these photos over here, tell us just about anyone that comes to mind. Photo, Justice Kennedy and i are taking part in the Washington National play. Ors production of a from thehe ball scene play, the prince welcomes guests of the various kinds. So he welcomed the ambassador of russia, the
It is traditional when a new justice comes on board for the justice welcome the new at the bottom of the stairs. Down the from the door he greets me,r, and then we go back into the courts together. What is your philosophy in your office, there is a lot of pictures in here. About thetalk first , heress that i have one of the national gallery. And about five from the museum of art. It is painters all from the United States in the period back the 1930s. To did you pick them yourself . Yes. And what is your favorite . The favorite is in the outer room, it is called infinity, and it looks like a figure eight. What are these on your desk. Thehese are two from national gallery, these are my number one favorites of the items from the museum of american art. Talk about these photos over here, tell us just about anyone that comes to mind. Photo, Justice Kennedy and i are taking part in the Washington National play. Ors production of a from thehe ball scene play, the prince welcomes guests of the
Achieve, to participate in and contribute to society violates the equal protection clause. 81, massive victory. I thought it was very interesting her points she often made in the dissent. The Supreme Court argued in the 2007 case ledbetter versus Goodyear Tire and rubber company, the majority saitd, you know what . If you have been discriminated against in pay in your job, and you learn about it years later, you can no longer appeal for redress because you had to have come to the court at the moment the discrimination first occurred. Of course, that was a catch22, an impossible situation. If you didnt know about it, you couldnt possibly come to the court. And she addressed this, and she said comprehend she said the majority does not comprehend or is indifferent to the insidious way in which women can be victims of pay discrimination. So she called on congress to act to address really this mistaken opinion of the court, and we did in 2009, the first year i came to the senate. And anothe
A live look at the upcoming term continues with remarks from former u. S. Supreme court law clerks. The George Washington law overview and the National Constitution center started about 10 minutes ago. One thing that just struck me was that there was a component to the interview, but the result was a very personal component and what she talked about is that she really cares deeply that the clerks are civil with each other, and are good people and well get along with each other and with clerks for all the other chambers. She will try to screen for that. That was that, and i got a call a week later and i was obviously thrilled to say yes, and it was an amazing year. So, i will turn to rory little. Au really did in a red and real sense clerk for five justices which has to be the modern record. Tell about how you got hired by Justice Stewart, and then how you came to be the serial law clerk. Many bostons we have in the crowd. If you are still looking for a job. Got there through the backdo