The program started. Im the executive director of the Supreme Court institute and a professor here at georgetown. I want to welcome you to todays program, a preview of the cases that are set for the second half of this term. Hadfirst half of the term more blockbusters than we have seen in a long time. The second half promises to be even more exciting than the first half. Fortunately, we have an incredible panel today to discuss these cases. Before i get out of the way, i want to thank the American Constitution Society and the Federalist Society for cosponsoring this event. Maine, thehank in an special events score nader appeared i want to introduce our howe, onceany the editor of the scotus blog. Now she is just an independent contractor and a reporter for the scotus blog. Probably knows more about the Supreme Court than any person alive. With that, i will turn the program over to amy. That isis a tough a tough introduction to live up to. Nametags pointing to and have you google. What
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Job. I have to introduce a dear friend of mine. Im a journalist. Im a storyteller. I was an actor in my previous life. Andee things as journalists actors, or we like to think we do, that others do not see. Today, i will share a few things that i have seen about Laura Ingraham. [applause] do not cut into my time. I have to keep this brief. I dread looking at my phone and getting the tweet that reads, still introducing ingram. Long, cpac, 45 minutes late, very sad. I do not want that. We do not want that. Im going to move it along. [applause] as you know, Laura Ingraham worked for Ronald Reagan, and at the end of her tenure for her, he shook her hand and said, laura, make it matter. Make it matter. And she has taken that the heart for many years. She clerked for Clarence Thomas at the Supreme Court. [applause] she is the most listened to woman of political talk. She is the host of fox news the ingram angle. For some unseen things that you do not know about laura. Payback is hell. We were