Hello. Great to be back with you all. I hope you had a delicious and enjoyable lunch. So many wonderful places here in alexandria. I want to extend a special thanks and appreciation to Historic Alexandria and the american or the emerging revolutionary war for inviting me to be part of this symposium and spend some time with all of you today. I also want to extend a special welcome to all those participating remotely. Thank you for joining us. And of course, a special thanks for all of you for being here today. Im very, very happy and very honored to be here today. I learned a tremendous amount and thoroughly enjoyed all of the presentations from this morning and really just looking forward to spending a little bit of time this afternoon talking with you about george mason, his ideas, and most particularly the virginia declaration of rights and their Global Impact. So just to get us started in building off some of what we learned this morning. Our George George mason, the fourth was a f
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, amar joined the yale faculty in 1985 at the tender age of 26. He is now 37 years later. Yales only current professor to have won the university. His unofficial triple crown, the sterling chair for scholarship, the devane medal for teaching and the lamar award for alumni service. His work has won awards from both the American Bar Association and the federalist society, and hes been cited by supreme Court Justices in more than 40 cases, as he says in his punchy way, tops in his generation. As an academic, he is patently that rare thing. A true scholar teacher. And not only that, a public intellectual of the best sort, one who can convey weighty ideas in a compelling and clear way. Not incidentally, a trait ordinarily known that lawyers are ordinarily known for. Here is one pithy example from a recent book chapter titled founding myths, commenting on the legacy of charles beards economic interpretation of the constitution. Quote beard is bunk. Closed
From Yale Law School and clerking for then judge, now Supreme Court Justice Stephen breyer, amar joined the yale faculty in 1985 at the tender age of 26. He is now 37 years later. Yales only current professor to have won the university. His unofficial triple crown, the sterling chair for scholarship, the devane medal for teaching and the lamar award for alumni service. His work has won awards from both the American Bar Association and the federalist society, and hes been cited by Supreme Court justices in more than 40 cases, as he says in his punchy way, tops in his generation. As an academic, he is patently that rare thing. A true scholar teacher. And not only that, a public intellectual of the best sort, one who can convey weighty ideas in a compelling and clear way. Not incidentally, a trait ordinarily known that lawyers are ordinarily known for. Here is one pithy example from a recent book chapter titled founding myths, commenting on the legacy of charles beards economic interpreta
Hello. Great to be back with you all. I hope you had a delicious and enjoyable lunch. So many wonderful places here in alexandria. I want to extend a special thanks and appreciation to Historic Alexandria and the american or the emerging revolutionary war for inviting me to be part of this symposium and spend some time with all of you today. I also want to extend a special welcome to all those participating remotely. Thank you for joining us. And of course, a special thanks for all of you for being here today. Im very, very happy and very honored to be here today. I learned a tremendous amount and thoroughly enjoyed all of the presentations from this morning and really just looking forward to spending a little bit of time this afternoon talking with you about george mason, his ideas, and most particularly the virginia declaration of rights and their Global Impact. So just to get us started in building off some of what we learned this morning. Our George George mason, the fourth was a f
Breyer, amar joined the yale faculty in 1985 at the tender age of 26. He is now 37 years later. Yales only current professor to have won the university. His unofficial triple crown, the sterling chair for scholarship, the devane medal for teaching and the lamar award for alumni service. His work has won awards from both the American Bar Association and the federalist society, and hes been cited by Supreme Court justices in more than 40 cases, as he says in his punchy way, tops in his generation. As an academic, he is patently that rare thing. A true scholar teacher. And not only that, a public intellectual of the best sort, one who can convey weighty ideas in a compelling and clear way. Not incidentally, a trait ordinarily known that lawyers are ordinarily known for. Here is one pithy example from a recent book chapter titled founding myths, commenting on the legacy of charles beards economic interpretation of the constitution. Quote beard is bunk. Closed quote and you can follow his s