It is an honor for me to join all of the distinguished lawyers in this room. Thank you for that introduction. I am the 85th attorney general. [laughter] attorney general barr chinese has come in handy because i find that when you read congressional enactments from right to left, they make a lot more sense. [laughter] [applause] attorney general barr it is an here this evening. And to deliver the 19th annual Barbara K Olson memorial lecture. I here this evening. Have had the privilege of being friends with ted since we first met in the reagan administration. Ted was head of the of his of legal counsel. Of the office of legal counsel. I miss barbaras in bullions d barbaras ebullience. I was trying to figure out what would be an appropriate speech to give here at the Federalist Society. I was having difficulty. I thought the notre dame speech had done so well. I was just going to deliver it again. [applause] but,ney general barr recognizing that this years annual convention is a ritualism
Im eugene meyer, president of this aside im delighted to walking of the 15th annual memorial lecture. This lecture darted as many of you shortly after 9 11 [inaudible] this lecture started as many of you know shortly after 9 11 can you hear better . Sorry . [applause] ted olson inaugural lecture reminded of what a means to be an american and how our legal tradition is a critical part of our identity as americans. That reminder remind is perhape crucial today. Both ted who is here today and barbara understood this connection. We want the series to remind lawyers of it so they foster legal principles that advance individual liberty and personal responsibility and the rule of law. Others lecturers have included Justice Scalia, chief justice roberts, ice president cheney, judges ken starr, robert bork, ray randall, edith jones, doug ginsburg, jeff sutton and then judge not justice neil gorsuch, also included former attorney general michael mr. Casey, from white as counsel don mcgahn, john
Later we visit downtown rapid city for a look at their collection of lifesize statues of our nations past president s. We begin our special feature with the story of Calvin Coolidge in the black hills. We are here in south dakotas black hills in Custer State Park and we are at the State Game Lodge which is a 1920s era building that was constructed can several years before Calvin Coolidge made his summer white house here in 1927 and he and the first lady stayed here for three months from june through september 1927 while they were on vacation. Calvin coolidge took office in 1923 when he was Vice President and Warren Harding died so he served as the last little bit of Warren Hardings term and was elected to his own term in 1924 and so he came to south dakota in 1927 when a lot of people were speculative would he or would he not run for another term in 1928 and it was widely expected that he would but he came here in 1927 because he was looking for a place to escape the oppressive summer
The scientists gave no mind to security warnings that faithful day. He had to return from his vacation to teach a class the next day and wasnt going to let anyone stand in his way. After 14 years of high security, perhaps he was just ready to face his fate. Whatever it was, he hit the road, and not long afterwards, the news was blasted everywhere in the country. Dr. Moson. Fakirizade, the father of Irans Nuclear science had joined his martered colleagues, assassinated by the Israeli Regime, but just who was dr. Fakrizade, and what had he done to deserve the honor of marterdam, and why did the us and Israeli Regimes planned this assassination and more in hopes of dismandeling Irans Nuclear program . Well, my Dear Colleague mariam az is uh joining us with a bit of history on this topic. Please tell us more about dr. Fakh. Well, thank you, marzie, and greetings to your audience. Now, over the years, the authorities of the Islamic Republic have declared time and time again that the country
The scientists gave no mind to security warnings that faithful day. He had to return from his vacation to teach a class the next day and wasnt going to let anyone stand in his way. After 14 years of high security, perhaps he was just ready to face his fate. Whatever it was, he hit the road, and not long afterwards, the news was blasted everywhere in the country. Dr. Moson. Fakirizade, the father of Irans Nuclear science had joined his martered colleagues, assassinated by the Israeli Regime, but just who was dr. Fakrizade, and what had he done to deserve the honor of marterdam, and why did the us and Israeli Regimes planned this assassination and more in hopes of dismandeling Irans Nuclear program . Well, my Dear Colleague mariam az is uh joining us with a bit of history on this topic. Please tell us more about dr. Fakh. Well, thank you, marzie, and greetings to your audience. Now, over the years, the authorities of the Islamic Republic have declared time and time again that the country