A person the years, both politically and personally, but well, not everybody is paying attention to his attempt to take over the military in terms of putting them on the street against the american protesters, thats a turn to the democrats for a 2nd go, at least presumably this time around. You said you dont support biden, you didnt detect the kind of d. N. C. Dirty tricks against your brother. That wiki leaks revealed to the world in 2016, as they showed they deliberately attempted to sabotage your brother. Well, thats their job, their are the other side. They have a set of rules and a set of alterations to support. I never thought of them as dirty tricks. That is what you do in a Political Campaign against somebody whos basically your post and burn only basically opposed to them both campaigns. And they did a lot of things. Biden is on the placement, probably a little bit less aggressively nasty than clinton. But the crucial thing you stop those campaign trail oppositions. The crucia
I had been general counsel to the American Civil Liberties union for several years. Favor. E was 963 in my my biggest supporter on the Judiciary Committee was not senator biden, although he was certainly in my favor, but it was orrin hatch. I think today he would not touch me with a 10 foot pole. [laughter] friends, but if it came to a vote on me, i dont think he would be the supporter he was in 1993. With stephenr breyer when he was nominated the next year. This was well into the 90s, a vote in his favor. Theas not been that way for four most recent members of the court. On both sides of the aisle. I wish there was a way i could wave a magic wand and put it back to when people were andectful of each other congress was working for the good of the country and not just along party lines. Someday there will be great elected representatives who say enough of this nonsense, lets be the kind of legislature the United States should have, and i hope that day will come while i am still alive. S
The American Civil Liberties union for several years. The vote was 963 in my favor. My biggest supporter on the Judiciary Committee was not the then chair, senator biden, although he was certainly in my favor, but it was orrin hatch. I think today he would not touch me with a 10 foot pole. [laughter] we are still friends, but if it came to a vote on me, i dont think he would be the supporter he was in 1993. It was similar with Stephen Breyer when he was nominated the next year. This was well into the 90s, a vote in his favor. It has not been that way for the four most recent members of the court. And it has been on both sides of the aisle. I wish there was a way i could wave a magic wand and put it back to when people were respectful of each other and congress was working for the good of the country and not just along party lines. Someday there will be great people, great elected representatives who say enough of this nonsense, lets be the kind of legislature the United States should h
Justice ginsburg when i was growing up, the first branch was very different than it is today. And that persisted. I think back to 1993, when president clinton nominated me for the good job i now hold. I had been general counsel to the American Civil Liberties union for several years. The vote was 963 in my favor. My biggest supporter on the Judiciary Committee was not senator biden, although he was certainly in my favor, but it was orrin hatch. I think today he would not touch me with a 10 foot pole. [laughter] we are still friends, but if it came to a vote on me, i dont think he would be the supporter he was in 1993. It was similar with Stephen Breyer when he was nominated the next year. This was well into the 90s, a vote in his favor. It has not been that way for the four most recent members of the court. On both sides of the aisle. I wish there was a way i could wave a magic wand and put it back to when people were respectful of each other and congress was working for the good of th
[inaudible] [applause] president of the society and im delighted to welcome you to the Barbara Olson memorial lecture. This memorial lecture started as many of you know shortly after 9 11. This lecture started as many of you know shortly after 9 11, can you hear better mark ted olsons inaugural lecture remind you of what it means to be an american and how ourlegal tradition is a criticalpart of our identity as americans. That reminder is perhaps even more crucial today. Both ted was here today and barbara understood this connection. We want the lecture series to remind lawyers of it so they foster legal principles advanced individual liberty, personal responsibility and the rule of law and other lecturers have included justice scalia, Vice President cheney, ray randolph, edith jones, doug ginsberg, dennis jenkins, jeff sutton and justice neil gorsuch. Don mcgann, peter seals, john allison senators tom cotten and ben sasse. That brings us to todays lecture. It is my privilege to introdu