alito gave a speech in st. louis listing the 10 top things you don t know about the supreme court. he said that while oral argument often lasts one hour, preparation often takes reading over 500 hours of legal briefs. the speech was part of america s law day celebration. this is 40 minutes. any attorneys or nonattorneys who have managed to infiltrate the room. thank you for that wonderful introduction. dwayne was one of the stars of our law school class and it wouldn t have surprised any of his classmates to learn, had they been able to foresee this fact that today he would be one of the real stars of the federal judiciary. so i want to thank dwayne for the great introduction. i want to thank all of you for the warm welcome and i want to thank the bar association for all of the courtesies that have been extended to me. it s a great pleasure for me to be here and have this opportunity to talk to you this afternoon for many reasons. among other things, i welcome this opportunit