On july 7, 1981, i was driving in my car where i was a relatively recent partner at my law firm. Our lawyers and our spouses had returned from a firm outing to prescott, arizona, which has the oldest rodeo on the fourth of july. Of course aware of the rumors that then judge oconnor was being considered for the Supreme Court, we asked her some questions. As you would expect, she was dismissive of the rumors and quickly turned in a conversation to another topic. As i drove that morning, i turned on the news. Just in time to hear president reagan say, she is truly a person for all seasons. I had missed the first part of his remarks and i had not heard him say who she was. During the rest of his remarks, he did not repeat the name. Only when i of course was pounding my Steering Wheel asking, who is it . Only when a reporter began speaking, i knew she was Sandra Day Oconnor. I reacted the way many women lawyers reacted, with great emotion. We hoped the world for women and law had changed th
Oconnor. This Aspen Institute event is just over an hour. Good evening and thank you merrill. On july 7, 1981, i was driving in my car where i was a relatively recent partner at my law firm. Our lawyers and our spouses had returned from a firm outing to prescott, arizona, which has the oldest rodeo on the fourth of july. Of course aware of the rumors that then judge oconnor was being considered for the Supreme Court, we asked her some questions. As you would expect, she was dismissive of the rumors and quickly turned in a conversation to another topic. As i drove that morning, i turned on the news. Just in time to hear president reagan say, she is truly a person for all seasons. N a convn to another topic. As i drove that morning, i turned on the news. Just in time to hear president reagan say, she is truly a person for all seasons. I had missed the first part of his remarks and i had not heard him say who she was. During the rest of his remarks, he did not repeat the name. Only when i
Criminal suftis system more fair. They outlaw recommendations for them to consider. The Vice President of government studies at the Brookings Institution and i would like to welcome you to this forum on criminal Justice Reform. We are webcasting this event live so a warm welcome to all of our viewers from across the country and also those of you watching it live on cspan. We will be archiving video for this event so you will have an opportunity to view it later if you would like at brookings. Edu. We would also welcome any questions or comments that you have. Weve set up a twitter feed at cjreform. Thats cjreform. You are welcome to post any comments that you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities and we need to inform the criminal Justice System and develop alternatives to the existing policies. Today well be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach
We are going right into the next panel which is the view from the ftc, overseeing internet practices in the digital age. The panel looks to be incisive from a policy perspective and keeping in mind our cspan audience, we promise a Panel Discussion that is tv and Family Friendly as always. You have biographies with you that are printed. The brochure is also available at our website, in the interests of time ill keep the bios short. Seated with me at the podium here i have ted lipsky, acting director bureau of competition at the federal trade commission which addresses mergers and premerger clearance and anticome ppetitive practices. Ted is recognized in the field of anticompetition law and policy. With an extensive background as well in private practice and historic service at the antitrust division of the department of justice. I also have here on the panel, tom paul who is acting director of the bureau of Consumer Protection in the federal trade commission, the bureau of Consumer Prot
Kennedy centennial profile and courage award ceremony. Im delighted to welcome our of on line viewers. Now, there are many, many people credit for our decision to go online. Important ideas came from the person who us great ideass on how to use technology and libraryitiatives at the and thats my friend who claims to have a day job but i doubt it schlaussberg right there. I thank ed. [applause] knowth youll be happy to , ed, that Mike Barnacle seconded the idea. That. Thank him for we have so much to celebrate tonight, including president and mrs. Kennedys deep appreciation for the arts. Next guest is a multiple grammy award winner whose songs among the great pillars of american music. Andmusic spans generations his songs have provided the across decades of our warm providing a source of th and wisdom and beauty in a changing world. Taylors music embodies in its of song writing most personal and universal forms. A career that spans almost overa century, he has sold 100 million albums an