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Michael obviously there is a lot of political intrigue in the Supreme Court. A lot of powerful people are interested in the decisions that you come to any effects that they have on Public Policy and commerce. My question is, what if any effect is that political interests have on the court decisionmaking process, and what steps do you take to maybe isolate yourself from that political interest . Is it just something that you and the other justices get used to overtime . Justice sotomayor you do not get on the court unless you are a concerned citizen. Every single justice has had a career in whi...

That do public service. We are, by nature, citizen lawyers. You do not work as hard as we work, reach where we have reached, unless we have shown that to the powers that be. We get selected because we are the very best at some aspect of the work that we have done. That work often includes public service. It means that there is not one of us who was unaware is unaware of political rights. We are aware. We read the newspapers. We listen to the news. Some of us are political junkies. Others are not. Being an informed citizen does not get translated into, now i am going to vote the way the public ...

Was founded on. Was founded on it was founded on a deep and profound belief from people that brought a great these areo people all arguable and debatable points today, but in many ways benefited from that tradition. So, i want to talk about citizenship, which is an interesting concept because in the islamic tradition, citizenship, the actual word in is thefor citizenship place you were born. Historically, it is conferred upon people based on birth. You can be naturalized, but it is a birthright if you are born in a place, historically you are a citizen of that place. One of the interesting ver...

Well, its a really great honor to be here and to be back in new york. Were on a 100city tour for the 20th anniversary of democracy now . And i also want to shout out to my colleagues, norman and dena and aaron over there in the back and the volunteers and the interns who are helping out. Democracy now is a joint effort, a joint project, a brain trust, a Remarkable Group of reporters and producers and videographers for the last 20 years. We didnt think it would go past nine months. It was the only election broadcast in 1996. I was asked to do the show when i was in a safe house in haiti and the...

Palestinian territories. He used the law to sue some of the most powerful people in the world on behalf of some of the least powerful. In 2002, michaelatner filed the first lawsuit against george w. Bush on behalf of guantanamo prisoners. Six years later, he won a landmark case at the Supreme Court against the Bush Administration. Today we speak with his family and friends and hear michael in his own words. This is no time for compromise, no time for political calculations. Us,oward zinn admonishes the job of thinking people not to be an aside of the executioners. Remindsin nation prize us all...