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and yet, he considered justice brennan his best friend on the court at that time. he got the feeling was reciprocated. the public would not know that from reading an opinion or dissent. these were two men who genuinely like each other and enjoy each other's company. >> hear from other justices during supreme court week. we look at the home to america's highest court. that is starting october 4th. >> van jones, the adviser for green jobs, resigned yesterday. one issue was at his admission last week to shining a petition calling for congressional official is let the 9/11 attack to occur. this lasts about one hour. we are very proud and excited to be here this morning. we have a combination of mr. ackerman's classes. i would like to call once did it up to introduce our special guest. -- one student up to introduce our guest. >> welcome. it is my honor to welcome van jones to our history class. he is the visionary, a civil rights activist, and is the current special advisor for green jobs, enterprise, and innovation. mr. jones was born in west tennessee and attended ja
and yet, he considered justice brennan his best friend on the court at that time. he got the feeling was reciprocated. the public would not know that from reading an opinion or dissent. these were two men who genuinely like each other and enjoy each other's company. >> hear from other justices during supreme court week. we look at the home to america's highest court. that is starting october 4th. >> van jones, the adviser for green jobs, resigned yesterday. one issue was at his...
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and that's why i sent this letter to john brennan to find out what happened. i want the results of the investigation ordered by the president. several of us were briefed yesterday morning, senator feinstein, senator sessions, myself and others, on what is happening. i think -- in fact, i know that you want to find out everything that happened. not only what happened there, but what may have gone right, what may have gone wrong prior to that. we're both former prosecutors. we don't want to compromise a prosecution. what resources is your department using to learn whether steps were missed that could have been taken to avert this tragedy? >> the fbi is certainly intimately involved in the investigation in working with the military investigators, the military prosecutors, who ultimately try the case. all of the resources of the justice department that have been requested have been made available and will be made available in order to determine exactly what happened at ft. hood and also to try to deemergency rod determine how we can prevent future events like this
and that's why i sent this letter to john brennan to find out what happened. i want the results of the investigation ordered by the president. several of us were briefed yesterday morning, senator feinstein, senator sessions, myself and others, on what is happening. i think -- in fact, i know that you want to find out everything that happened. not only what happened there, but what may have gone right, what may have gone wrong prior to that. we're both former prosecutors. we don't want to...
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there's no marshall, there's no goldberg, there's no brennan or black or douglas. you don't have that kind of leadership on the court today. you have moderates, and you have three or four, depending on whether or not you count justice thomas, movement conservatives who are really right-wing corporatists. and you have holding the swing vote justice kennedy who although far more conservative than the previous swing vote, justice o'connor, very conservative but not quite in lockstep with the other four. and these four are fairly young. they are going to be with us for a long time. the conservatives have made this effort. they have done several things. they have had a chain of promotions from the solicitor general to appellate courts and to the supreme court. and they have a whole chain of candidates. they are still in the wings, god forbid, should we have another republican president. and they have also done something else -- they have developed two doctrines over and over again. liberals are activists. they are going to overrule the democratic branch of the governmen
there's no marshall, there's no goldberg, there's no brennan or black or douglas. you don't have that kind of leadership on the court today. you have moderates, and you have three or four, depending on whether or not you count justice thomas, movement conservatives who are really right-wing corporatists. and you have holding the swing vote justice kennedy who although far more conservative than the previous swing vote, justice o'connor, very conservative but not quite in lockstep with the other...