Good evening. I am glad to be here with you for the first lecture in the Supreme Court Historical Societys series, this Supreme Court and the civil war revisited. The timing is just right, for this year marks the 150th anniversary of the war between the states. A bit about the society which i joined many years before i got this good job. And i remain among the legions of supporters of the societys many endeavors. Some of them dorothy mentioned. This society has been a key player in improving public understanding of the court and its role in the constitutional framework of our government. Regular attendees of these lectures know how engaging they have been. And i appreciate, too, Something Else dorothy mentioned. The societys preening program for high schoolteachers and the books produced by the society are works well conceived and good to read. Among my favorites, claire cushmans court watches, eyewitness accounts in Supreme Court history. It is a collection of welltold anecdotes about
Youre part of one where were trying to convince those High School Students that they better understand this and they should understand its history and they should how it relates to democracy, human rights, et cetera, rule of law, because if they dont understand it, they wont have it. Thats the connection between the courthouse, the judiciary committee, the judiciary itself and the document that you want to talk about which im delighted to let you talk about. One or two more questions that are always people ask, i assume you. When you got on the Supreme Court, appointed by president clinton, when you had your interview with him, famously you had been injured, unfortunately, in a bicycle accident and then you kind of get out of the hospital to go to the interview or wasnt that kind of awkward to go do an interview when you were not in such good shape, you had broken some bones . I dont know. I cant remember. All right. So you get on the court. You get on the Supreme Court and when youre
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