Whose topic tonight is Warren Burger. And the Warren Burger, of course, is the founder of our society and is of immense importance to us. Theres no one more qualified than president sexton to deliver this lecture. He was a Warren Burger clerk, but he had a long history before that. And its worth a moment, president sexton earned his bchl a. In history and m. A. In ph. D. And religion from ford ham and taught and shared the Religion Department at st. Francis college in brooklyn before he went to Harvard Law School. He went to Harvard Law School graduating in 1979 and was Supreme Court review of the clerk review. He clerked on the d. C. Circuit before he clerked for Justice Burger. After his clerkship, he went to nyu in 191. By 1988, he was dean of the law school. And his tenure there was extremely successful, though law school was firmly ensconced in the rankings as one of the top five law schools in the country. And by 2002, he was elevated to president of nyu and served there until th
Well thank you all very much for joining us today. Im so grateful for the opportunity to be here at the Capitol Hill National security forum. And im grateful to my cohosts, republican senator marco rubio and i are the senate cohosts, chairman mccall and congressman are the house cohosts and the four of us represent i think the best in bipartisan support for u. S. Foreign policy and im grateful for this broad audience of folks from across the spectrum here in washington as well. Im particularly thrilled to have the opportunity today to talk with my dear old friend secretary madeleine albright. Ill greatly introduce you. You are probably better known to this audience than any other audience in the world but i think it bears repeating on taking the prerogative of a senator to say that before your distinguished service as ambassador to the United Nations and the 64th secretary of the United States, you worked in the United States senate as a staffer to senator ed mucsky of maine whose desk
Their phones and turn them off. Even on silent mode, they will interfere with the sound system here in the court. I am greg joseph, president of the society. Welcome. We are delighted to have you here today. We are honored to have resident emeritus of nyu john sexton, whose topic tonight is Warren Burger, the founder of our society and of immense importance to us. There is no one more qualified than president sexton to deliver this lecture. He was a Warren Burger clerk, but he had a long history before that. President sexton earned his ba in history and ma and phd and religion, and taught religion in brooklyn before he went to harvard law school. He went to harvard law school, graduating 1979 magna cum laude, and was the Supreme Court editor of the harvard law review. He clerked on the d. C. Circuit court before he clerked for chief Justice Burger. He went to nyu in 1981, and by 1988 he was dean of the law school. His tenure there was extremely successful. The law school is firmly ensc
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