Serving. Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. I am very delighted to welcome you to our event today. Its on the conservative case for class actions a book written by professor fitzpatrick that galvanized this debate. We have three outstanding speakers, panelist i should say. Our first is the head of the class action practice here at gibson, dunn crutcher. Is litigated and defended countless class actions including over 20 dismissals of class action cases. You may have a sense of where his position is on that. He is a graduate of georgetown, undergraduate, and University Virginia law school where he was on the long review, and is alo the author of the chapter in the popular guide series on so please welcome christopher chorba. [applause] our next panelist is the profession selfie wrote the book. He is a graduate of notre dame where he was runnerup valedictorian, but he made up for that when he went to Harvard Law School and one the diploma. [inaudible] a lot easier, a lot easier. And he
Booktv to this breakfast program. Ali khan will discuss his book the next pandemic on the front lines against humankinds gravest dangers. A former director of the office of Public Health, preparedness and response at the centers for Disease Control and prevention, ali khan has been on the frontline in the attempt to contain the world after these diseases. He is not the first, throughout history humans have been fighting diseases, waging deadly and neverending wars against rampant and violent contagions. Humans are not affected by microbes, during ali khans time as a detective our speaker has had his own russians with viruses, infections and contagion. For example in 1995 he worked among red cross workers in the year for the first ebola crisis. After 9 11 he was called washington to defend the spread of anthrax in the Senate Office building. In 2003 he was called to hong kong to quarantine victims of sars. These are just some of the stories ali khan chronicles in the next pandemic on th
Response at the centers for Disease Control and dr. Kahn has been in the fight to contain the worlds deadliest diseases. Hes not the first to have done so they draft history he hasut been fighting diseases and doing deadly wars against deadly contagion spread of factors never been a time when humans were not affected by microbes that fought against them. Our speakers speaker has had his own brushes with viruses and Infectious Diseases and contagion. For example in 1995 he worked among red cross workers in the apollo crisis and after 9 11 he was called to washington to the Senate Office building and in 2003 he was called to hong kong to quarantine victims. These are just some of the stories that dr. Kahn chronicles. As an epidemic intelligence officer, disease hunter d welll his mission for for two decades was to prepare the public for disease outbreaks and health emergencies. He has seen it all. While dr. Kahn tells us microbes will always be a problem he also writes not all epidemics
Intellectual and cultural institutions read and he has served as a member of the wall street journal editorial board, a columnist for the Financial Times and Bloomberg News and has taught economic history at this stern school of business. Now in addition to her prolific book writing amity serves as apresident ial scholar for kings carriage college, chairs the board of the Calvin Coolidge president ial foundation and in a coup forus at and i , chairs the Selection Committee or the Manhattan Institutes hyattprize, an award she herself has one. Amitys latest work , Great Society a new history is a stunningachievement. Few decades have imprinted on the popular imagination as much as the 1960s and so many of us remember that decade for its most dramatic and turbulent moments. The assassinations of the kennedys and Martinluther King jr. , march on washington and antiwar protests. Neil armstrong on the moon and fighting in vietnam. Amitys focus though is not the drama that played out on Telev
Lonely voice you know how it is in the house if you believe in balance budget or you believe we should spend less or have a limited Constitutional Government really you know, controversial thing unfortunately we never get any of the other side but then we lose a lot on our side that could be better at it and i guess thats one of my frustrations but i try very hard to have the same opinion whether it is republican president or democrat president that, you know, constitution was specific. Spending power was ours things like that that we should keep our plans on and i think we too easily give that up and i think one of the interesting things that i found coming up here is that democrats are better on these issues when it is republican president they want to oppose republicans are better on this when it is democratic. But when the partieses are the same they tend to sort of ac acquiesce a little bit on separation of powers and many this book you write the case against socialism it operates