History of gun regulation and how the Second Amendment has been interpreted over the citys. Good morning, and welcome. Its a pleasure to welcome you to this briefing hosted by the National History center. Im karin wulf, im the executive director of the institute of Early American History and culture at william and mary and ill be introducing todays speakers and moderating the q a afterwards. Please note that we have distributed cards, theyre on your chairs. And the purpose of those cards is to facilitate the q a. Jeff is standing outside. Hes waving. Jeff will collect those cards for any questions that you have and ill facilitate the discussion the speakers. Were looking forward to a very valuable hour of presentation and discussion. This briefing is part of an ongoing series sponsored by the National History center that brings Historical Perspective to issue confronting congress and the nation. The center is strictly nonpartisan and as such the purpose of the briefing is not to advoca
[inaudible conversations] hello, hello. Can i have everyones attention, please. Thank you. Good afternoon. Let me begin by saying thank you to you all for being here. For those of you that dont know me, i am a fellow and Deputy Director [applause] today is going to be a particularly nice treat for me today because in addition to listening to a wonderful author discussed a new book i have the distinct honor of introducing the man whos going to bring him up to the stage. Michael knew casey is one of the most brilliant lawyers of our time. [applause] he is an authority on a host of legal topics ranging from National Security to constitutional and criminal law. Hes developed his expertise over the course of a long distinguished career in Public Service first as a federal prosecutor and most notably as the chief judge of the District Court for the Southern District of new york and at the 81st attorney general of the united states. [applause]e] returned toet private practice n Dallas Council
I am delighted to be here today we work with the anti Bribery Group that works internationally and i am delighted to be here to introduce to you evan thomas, a longtime friend so ultimately she skipped classes and stanford is a wonderful. She calls it we had access to all the correspondence and the very first night that shes buts there, 16yearsold and she walked up to a veteran and asked him to dance and just is not done them. Hes still in love with her, his name is andy campbell. It didnt work out. I love it when she was on the review at her father gave her a car pitch is pretty grand so she went to the parking lot and painted her own parking space. Four times that we know of. This is 1951. It is a different era and for a woman is ringed by spring because if you didnt its not like youre going to start working. She had lots of suitors and one in particular. This was our one in th the bucks they mentioned they had access to the correspondence and we were looking for the love letters bet
Senate confirmation. The Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and good afternoon. My name is john heubusch. I have the honor of being executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you for coming out. If you would, in honor of our men and women in uniform who defend our freedom around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. [in unison] i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty john thank you, please be seated. In the fall of 1988 when president Ronald Reagan broke ground at the sight of his future president ial library, im not sure he could have imagined that his foundation, the one bearing his name would one day also be operating a robust institute in washington dc, one just steps from the white house he would soon leave behind for his beloved homeland ranch in the west. However, i do know that todays celebrati
Context of Justice Oconnors life and career and captured its significance. We have commented on the jurisprudence and now we will turn to the legacy and discuss the lasting contribution and the ways we will continue to see her hand in law and the civic life of this great country. About 15 years before he nominated oconnor, Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most consequential political speeches at a law day lunch in southern california. In 1966, Ronald Reagan advanced an initiative to take judges out of politics and articulated his vision of an ideal judge. He called for judges to be men with ability come up men of honor and men who are fairminded. When it came to his first nomination to the Supreme Court, he delivered a nominee who realized his vision. Listening earlier today, we have gotten a taste of Justice Oconnors remarkable ability and the honor and fairness and decency with which she approached her life and her craft. As one of Justice Oconnors [indiscernible] without fanfare,