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The first lecture in this years series. This year, we are examining dissents opinions. Different aspects thereof. You have already been warned about your cell phones and your apple watches and so forth so i will not repeat that. But you will be in the doghouse if it goes off during the period of our evening. I also want to thank this evening our host, Justice Stephen breyer, who against all odds was able to come and introduce our speaker on the first day of a busy term. Justice breyer is one of the most faithful friends of the society. Whenever we have called on him to help us out, he has shown up and done a wonderful job. Him for taking time away from his busy schedule on first day of term. To impose too much on his time so i will abbreviate the introduction of Justice Breyer. Francisco. In san he received an a. B. From stanford. Aba from mod lang college, oxford and an ll. B. From harvard. He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur goldberg of the Supreme Court of the United States d
Professor is introduced by Justice Stephen breyer, then discusses the dissenting opinions delivered in cases between 1810 and 1927. Good evening. I from atlanta. Serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. I am pleased to welcome you to the first lecture in this years series. This year we are examining dissents, not majority opinions, different aspects thereof. You have been warned about your cell phones and apple watches so forth, so i will not appear that, but you will be in the doghouse if it goes off during the period of our evening. I also want to thank our host , Justice Stephen breyer, who against all odds agreed to come and introduce our speaker this evening on the first day of a busy term. Justice breyer is one of the most faithful friends of the society. Whenever we have called on him to help us out, he has shown up and done a wonderful job. I want to thank him for taking time away from his busy schedule on first day of term. I dont want to impose too much on
And early 20th century. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, im from atlanta and i currently serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. Im pleased to welcome you to the first lecture in this years silverman series. This year we are examining dissents not majority opinions. A different aspect thereof. Youve already been warned about your cell phones and apple watches and so forth. So i wont repeat that. But you will be in the dog house if it goes off during the period of our evening. I also want to thank this evening our host Justice Stephen breyer who against all odds agreed to come and introduce our speaker this evening on the first day of a busy term. Justice breyer is one of the most faithful friends of the society. Whenever we have called on him to help us out he has shown up and done a wonderful job. I want to thank him for taking time away from his busy schedule on first day of term. I dont want to impose too much on Justice Breyers time so im going to abbreviate
I am pleased to introduce tonight speaker Professor Emeritus at virginia, the university he chairs the History Department the editor of a five volume collection of letters as well as the author of dissent of the Supreme Court and the nations constitutional dialogue the lies in the state for affirmativeaction is part of the national dialogue. Many of us have struggled to explain the policy and how it works. In his new book the affirmativeaction puzzle traces to through the present day with Historical Context how affirmative action takes on racism. On the cover Orlando Patterson rates it is a comprehensive account for this nonwhite version of affirmativeaction and in the challenging historical task that no other issue divides americans more it is meticulously researched and honestly crafted work to draw their own conclusions about the value of this experiment. Please join me to welcome Melvin Urofsky to harvard bookstore. [applause] thank you. As a historian my mentor always told me to s