Good evening. Im Vice President of the letter on the Supreme Court. Were very privileged tonight ustice she wi distinguskrq speaker very shortly. Fewtly. i may or may not know already. Born in new york, raised in new 91 oxford, and Harvard Law School. Abner mikvah on thea5 nid. C. conivhtnr niby a marshklip with justicenini nrthc andnr a couple years of lawr p then in 1991, entering academia, teachingcor the unsa aray of chicagojfni law school, where she met xdprofessr barack obama. F years later, invitedni cok to washington tow ork fa fato ncommittee at the rqnest of vhe chairman, thennifani senator joe biden. nrninrtwonr years later, judge. H becomes white housew3b. counser nclinton. S ass oninininijfcookconrconir to the white house, coserve as. Two more years in domestic clintonqninb niadministration e white house. Judgeo hahe d. C. nnrnico republicans have no interest un confirming judges at that time 7 o rrq then returns toco niacadem, this time at Harvard Law School, joeao
Comprise ourselves or men lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Before we begin the evenings program, i am commanded, not asked, im commanded to ask you to turn off your cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonya sotomayor. She has been enormously generous in giving up her time to the society when we call upon her to help us, and i want to thank her for taking time off during a very busy time in the life of the court. Sonya sotomayor was born in the bronx, new york, june 25, 1954. She earned a ba in 1976 from princeton. She earned a jd from yale law school, where she served as an editor of the yale law journal. She then was an assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorneys office, from 1979 to 1984. Then, she litig
Tobi we are at the Michigan History Museum here in downtown lansing. We are part of state government, so our museum tells the story of michigan, all of michigan, including lansing. Today, we will walk through our galleries. The museum is set up, literally a walk through time. You come to the museum. It is at the end of the ice age. We talk about the first Indigenous Peoples that lived here in michigan and go to the end of the 20th century. We are standing in our exhibit it is one we just recently renovated. The focal point is this gigantic mural that is painted. It shows the story of the anishinaabek people through four seasons. One of the things it tells is the advanced society they had before europeans arrived. They had very sophisticated social structures. It was just a little different than the western civilization. They chose to live off of the land and not try to control the land. They spent a lot of their time really working in harmony with the lands to meet all their basic need
I am pleased to welcome you to the third of four lectures that comprise ourselves or men lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Before we begin the evenings program, i am commanded, not asked, im commanded to ask you to turn off your electronics. Cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonya sotomayor. She has been enormously generous in giving up her time to the society when we call upon her to help us, and i want to thank her for taking time off during a very busy time in the life of the court. Sonya sotomayor was born in the bronx, new york, june 25, 1954. She earned a ba in 1976 from princeton. She earned a jd from yale law school, where she served as an editor of the yale law journal. She then was an assistant District Attorney in the N
Im Chilton Varner and serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. I am pleased to welcome you to the third of four lectures that comprise ourselves or men lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Begin the evenings program, i am commanded, not asked, im commanded to ask you to turn off your cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonya sotomayor. She has been and norma slid generous in giving up her time to the society when we call upon her to help us, and i want to thank her for taking time off during a very busy time in the life of the court. Sonya sotomayor was born in the bronx, new york, june 25, 1954. She earned a ba in 1976 from princeton. She earned a jd from yale law school, where she served as an editor of the yale la