For serious readers. [laughter] good morning. My name is kirsten carter, senior archivist at the president ial library. On behalf of the library i would like to welcome you to the roosevelt reading festival. Fdr planned for the library to become the premier Research Institution for studying the entire roosevelt era. The Library Research room is consistently one of the busiest of all the president ial libraries and is europes group of authors reflect the wide variety of Research Done here. If you love the roosevelt reading festival and want to support this and other programs we do here, i encourage you to become a Roosevelt Library member. You can join today at the membership table in the hall or online at fdrlibrary. Org. If you havent already, please do go see our new special temporary museum exhibition, images of internment, the incarceration of japanese americans during world war ii. Let me quickly go over the format for the festival session today. At the top of each hour a session
This is a 50minute event in the Supreme Court chamber. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the trustees of the Supreme Court historical society, welcome to our 42nd annual lecture. Before we do anything else, ill ask everyone to take out their phones and turn them off, even on silent mode, they will interfere with the sound system here in the court. Im greg joseph. Im president of the society. Welcome. Were delighted to have you here today. Were honored to have as our lecturer, john sexton of nyu, whose topic tonight is Warren Burger, and 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. Hes, was a Warren Burger clerk, but he a long history before that. President sexton earned his ba in history and ma in ph. D. In religion from fordham. He went to harvard law school, graduating in 1979, magna cou e magna cumlaude. He went to nyu in 1981. And by 1988, he w
This is a 50minute event in the Supreme Court chamber. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the trustees of the Supreme Court historical society, welcome to our 42nd annual lecture. Before we do anything else, ill ask everyone to take out their phones and turn them off, even on silent mode, they will interfere with the sound system here in the court. Im greg joseph. Im president of the society. Welcome. Were delighted to have you here today. Were honored to have as our lecturer, john sexton of nyu, whose topic tonight is Warren Burger, and 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. Hes, was a Warren Burger clerk, but he a long history before that. President sexton earned his ba in history and ma in ph. D. In religion from fordham. He went to harvard law school, graduating in 1979, magna cou e magna cumlaude. He went to nyu in 1981. And by 1988, he w
This is a 50minute event in the Supreme Court chamber. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the trustees of the Supreme Court historical society, welcome to our 42nd annual lecture. Before we do anything else, ill ask everyone to take out their phones and turn them off, even on silent mode, they will interfere with the sound system here in the court. Im greg joseph. Im president of the society. Welcome. Were delighted to have you here today. Were honored to have as our lecturer, john sexton of nyu, whose topic tonight is Warren Burger, and 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. Hes, was a Warren Burger clerk, but he a long history before that. President sexton earned his ba in history and ma in ph. D. In religion from fordham. He went to harvard law school, graduating in 1979, magna cou e magna cumlaude. He went to nyu in 1981. And by 1988, he w
Alright. David i dont consider myself a journalist. Nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job. How do you define leadership . What is it that make somebody tick . I like to start by acknowledging the presence of mrs. Bush. Thank you very much for being here. [applause] actually, i was supposed to do that. David sorry. [laughter] david i want to ask you about your parents. How are they doing . Mr. Bush i hate these tough questions. Thank you for asking. Told dad today i would be on stage with bill, and you were the moderator. David what did he say . Mr. Bush he was surprised. [laughter] david okay. Surprised you could not do anybody better . Oprah wasnt available. Mr. Bush thank you very much. I am fortunate to be the only president with both parents alike after the presidency. Every day is a blessing to have your mom and i live. They are doing well. 92 and 93 years old. Thank you for asking. I will