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We are grateful for your continuing in the tradition. The great dean of the law school, long ago, author vanderbilt once said reform is not for the shortwinded. That is a tradition we take on here. Hopefully not tonight. Grateful for you being here as we launch the discussion of my new book; the fight to vote this book represents the Brennan Center for justice. We are partly a communication hub, think tank and group devoted not to the specifics of Justice Brennan and his Juris Prudence but taking his ethos that the law above all else must respect dignity and the constitution must be understood as a charter for each generation. We are able to take this charge. We are 20 years now at the law school. We are in the fight on Voting Rights, money in politics, the drive to end mass incarceration and so many things. This book reflects that. I am asked a lot why do this book now . Why do this book now . This is without question one of the most challenging moments for our democracy in many years