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CITIZENS IN THE NATION, THAT MUST STRIVE EVER TO COME CLOSER TO THE IDEAS AND THE REALITY OF THE RULE OF LAW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR INVITING ME TO THIS...
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| 00:21:34 |
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WHICH WE HAD THE THRILL TO HEAR LAST NIGHT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JUSTICE KENNEDY, A VOLUNTEER WILL PICK THEM UP. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE...
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| 00:22:13 |
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BAY EACH -- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL. SOMEONE HAVE A MICROPHONE BACK THERE? OK, GO RIGHT AHEAD. >>. AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR. MY NAME
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| 00:22:29 |
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IS -- GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR. MY NAME IS EMMANUEL. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE PROS AND CONS WERE OF BEING A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. [LAUGHTER] >> WHAT...
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| 00:22:52 |
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I MISSED THE PRACTICE OF LAW. I LOVE THE PRACTICE, I LOVE JURY TRIALS, I LOVE ADVISING CLIENTS.
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| 00:23:00 |
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THE CON IS THAT THERE IS A DISTANCE. THE FASCINATION IS THAT IN THE COURSE OF LEARNING ABOUT THE LAW, YOU FIND THAT YOU CAN ALWAYS LEARN MORE ABOUT YOURSELF....
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MY
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| 00:23:35 |
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QUESTION IS, WAS BEING A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE YOUR LONG- TERM GOAL WHEN YOU WERE YOUNGER? >> WAS BEING A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE MY LONG-TERM GOAL WHEN...
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| 00:23:50 |
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I FRANKLY WAS -- MY FATHER WAS A LAWYER. HE WOULD TAKE ME OUT OF SCHOOL. I WAS AT THE COUNSEL TABLE TENDRILS BEFORE I WAS OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. LAWYER....
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| 00:24:50 |
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COLLEAGUE IS STARTING THE CONSOLATION PROCESS. HOW HAS IT CHANGED SINCE YOU WENT THROUGH IT? >> I LIKED MY OWN. [LAUGHTER] YOU
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| 00:25:03 |
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KNOW, REMEMBER, THE SENATE IS A POLITICAL BODY AND THEY HAVE TO ACT IN A POLITICAL WAY. THE FRAMERS KNEW THAT. PHE FRAMERS SAID JUSTICES AND OTHER OFFICIALS...
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| 00:29:18 |
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ELENA KAGAN AS SHE GOES THROUGH THIS PROCESS? >> NO. [LAUGHTER] ACTUALLY, WE ARE VERY DISTANT FROM IT.
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| 00:29:29 |
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THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I HAVE KNOWN THE NOMINEE, BUT ACCORDING TO OUR TRADITION, YOU DID NOT CONTACT THEM. YOU WOULD THINK IF THERE ARE A GOOD...
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| 00:30:01 |
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I KNOW WITH JUSTICE STEVENS -- >> MICHELE, YOU HAVE TRIED JURY CASES. IT IS A GROUP DYNAMICS. YOUR PLACE ONE PERSON ON THE
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| 00:30:14 |
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JURY, -- YOU REPLACE ONE PERSON ON THE JURY, IT IS A DIFFERENT GROUP. JUSTICE PAUL WAS THE JUNIOR JUSTICE 11 YEARS. ARGUING, THINKING, DISCUSSING, MEDIATING,...
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| 00:31:57 |
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BE A CONSIDERATION. IS THAT AN ISSUE DURING THE CONFIRMATION? >> AGAIN, IT IS NOT FOR ME TO COMMENT ON HOW THE SET AT SHOULD GO ABOUT IT.
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| 00:32:09 |
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I WILL SETAY THE QUALIFICATIONS OF JUDGES HAVE CHANGED. A CENTURY AGO, REGIONALISM WAS OF TREMENDOUS IMPORTANCE. YOU HAD TO HAVE THE ASCENDANCY. NOW IT...
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| 00:33:01 |
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WEST. YOU HAVE TO READ NEW
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| 00:33:05 |
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YORKERS, NONE OF WHOM WERE LACKING IN SELF-CONFIDENCE -- YOU HAVE THREE NEW YORKERS, NONE OF WHOM WERE LACKING IN SELF-CONFIDENCE. [LAUGHTER] I SAID...
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| 00:33:36 |
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IN AMERICA, PROVIDING PIVOTAL SWING VOTES, ESPECIALLY IN THE TIME OF JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? >> WELL, THE WORD "SWING...
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| 00:33:53 |
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ABHORRENT. AND HAS THE VISUAL OF WILD SPATIAL GYRATIONS. [LAUGHTER] MY JURISPRUDENCE IS QUITE CONSISTENT. I DON'T SWING AROUND THE CASES, THEY SWING...
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| 00:35:49 |
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WELL, THAT IS LIKE ASKING YOUR FAVORITE CHILD. THEY ARE ALL WONDERFUL. [LAUGHTER]
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| 00:35:58 |
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NO, I AM NOT SURE I WANT TO TOUCH THAT. IT IS ALWAYS THE OPINION I AM WORKING ON NOW. I THINK IT IS REALLY FOR THE OTHERS THE SAME. >> PEOPLE LOOK AT...
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| 00:36:16 |
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OF ISSUES WOULD BE POLITICS AND RELIGION. DO THOSE DEFINE YOUR BRETHREN AND SISTERS? IF NOT, WHAT ARE THE DIVIDING LINES? >> NO, YOU'RE BOTH REQUIRES...
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| 00:36:34 |
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REQUIRES YOU TO SEARCH FOR A NEUTRAL, TRADITIONAL, STRUCTURED REFERENCE TO THE LAW. NOW, OF COURSE YOUR BACKGROUND EFFECTS WHO YOU ARE. YOU ARE THE PRODUCT,...
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| 00:37:35 |
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| 00:37:38 |
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MEANS -- IF LACK OF EMPATHY MEANS THAT YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE LAWS DECREED, THAT IS JUST SILLY. WE SUPERVISE THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM....
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| 00:40:11 |
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2004, HE MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS. "TOUGH ON CRIME SHOULD NOT BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR THOUGHTFUL REFLECTION OR LEAD US INTO MORAL BLINDNESS. MANDATORY...
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| 00:40:48 |
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PENAL SYSTEM THAT WOULD WIN THE PRIZE FOR THE WORST SYSTEM, THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE WHAT AT LEAST BEAT RUNNER-UP. [LAUGHTER] -- WOULD AT LEAST BE RUNNER-UP....
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| 00:43:26 |
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ACTIVIST COURT MAKES A DECISION THAT YOU DON'T LIKE. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]
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| 00:43:33 |
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IT IS SILLY, ARE YOU BEING ACTIVELY NON-ACTIVE? >> THAT IS A GOOD ANSWER. [LAUGHTER]
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| 00:43:50 |
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JUSTICE, AFTER SPEAKING ABOUT OPINIONS THAT SOME MAY NOT LIKE, AT THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, PRESIDENT OBAMA DIRECTLY TOOK ISSUE AT A DECISION THAT...
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| 00:44:27 |
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THEY TALK ABOUT THE SEPARATION OF POWERS AND CHECKS AND BALANCES. WE OFTEN USE THEM AS INTERCHANGEABLE TERMS. BUT THERE REALLY DIFFERENT. SEPARATION...
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| 00:49:52 |
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YOU AUTHORED THE DECISION, ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM? >> THE CITIZENS UNITED CASE, THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER CORPORATIONS COULD SPEND THEIR
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| 00:50:04 |
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OWN MONEY SPEAKING THEIR VIEWS WITH REFERENCE TO POLITICAL CANDIDATES AND POLITICAL ISSUES. 60 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, 30 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION...
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