Please welcome our guests to the stage. Please welcome our guests. Ladies and gentlemen, founder of freedom and faith coalition. [applause] have you had a fun conference . [applause] hasnt this been fun . [applause] we arent done yet. We are about to have the Vice President of the United States close out the conference. [applause] before we do that, can i ask everyone to stand and i want to him to lead our invocation. Now listen people pay heed to the call of prayer. Lift up your minds to the most high, your hearts to be lower lord of hosts. Praise the wonders of the lord. Thank him for all he provides. God to you we oh offer our petitions. Like a mustard seed increase our faith that we may stand firm in the truth. Give us strength against our foes and eloquence to persuade them. For license to do wrong but for freedom to do what is right. Tyranny of from the desperates. Release us from the shackles of oppression. You have poured your blessings upon america. May we be a light to the na
Giving you a front rope seat to democracy. Front row seat to democracy. James rosen, we are talking to you on publication day. Congratulations on your new biography of Antonin Scalia, scalia rise to greatness. He was putting on a show, but it was a great show. Why did you choose that quote, and how does it embody Antonin Scalia i . I chose that quote from Antonin Scalias youngest child, the fourth of his four daughters, make cilia, because meg scalia, she said that because he was largerthanlife, to all of us. And then you see in the epigraph, my conservation to this was to ask, he was cognizant that it was largerthanlife. And she said oh yes, he was putting on a show, but it was a great show. Throughout the book, his nickname which conjures up a bold fighter in the rain, despite that he was wellliked. How did he pull off both of these ideas . Scalia had an amazing mind and a crackling wit, and great personal affability. I like to say he was the kid from queens. He grew up on the street
James rosen, we are talking to you on publication day. Congratulations on your new biography of Antonin Scalia, scalia rise to greatness. He was putting on a show, but it was a great show. Why did you choose that quote, and how does it embody Antonin Scalia i . I chose that quote from Antonin Scalias youngest child, the fourth of his four daughters, make cilia, because meg scalia, she said that because he was largerthanlife, to all of us. And then you see in the epigraph, my conservation to this was to ask, he was cognizant that it was largerthanlife. And she said oh yes, he was putting on a show, but it was a great show. Throughout the book, his nickname which conjures up a bold fighter in the rain, despite that he was wellliked. How did he pull off both of these ideas . Scalia had an amazing mind and a crackling wit, and great personal affability. I like to say he was the kid from queens. He grew up on the streets of queens, so he combined and earthy county america chart with an ivy
James rosen, we are talking to you on publication day. Congratulations on your new biography of Antonin Scalia, scalia rise to greatness. He was putting on a show, but it was a great show. Why did you choose that quote, and how does it embody Antonin Scalia i . I chose that quote from Antonin Scalias youngest child, the fourth of his four daughters, make cilia, because meg scalia, she said that because he was largerthanlife, to all of us. And then you see in the epigraph, my conservation to this was to ask, he was cognizant that it was largerthanlife. And she said oh yes, he was putting on a show, but it was a great show. Throughout the book, his nickname which conjures up a bold fighter in the rain, despite that he was wellliked. How did he pull off both of these ideas . Scalia had an amazing mind and a crackling wit, and great personal affability. I like to say he was the kid from queens. He grew up on the streets of queens, so he combined and earthy county america chart with an ivy
Welcome everybody. Justices, it is so great to have you here to help celebrate civic learning week. To those of you who are tuning in our here for the first part of the day, this is in operating a full week of activity all around the United States to emphasize the centrality ofleard the ability to govern ourselves in this democratic republic. We are so delighted to be joined here by justices sotomayor and barrett. They need no introduction, but i feel compelled to provide one nonetheless and to kind of add respect for their offices and for their achievements to share what we have here. Nia sotomayor , associate justice, was born in the bronx on june 25th, 1954. She earned a ba from princeton university, graduating summa, loudly, and receiving the highest academic honor presented to an undergraduate. In 1979 she earned a jd from yale law school. She served as editor of the yale law journal. She later served as an assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorneys offi