Particular has a monumental role. It endeavors to guard the values and architecture of liberty, equality, and solidarity found in the constitution. It does so against the excesses of majority rule, partisanship, or president ial overreach. The Supreme Court, however, is made up of nine individual human beings. Each with her or his individual perspective on the balances struck in the constitution, and on the precise guideposts on decision making. We are most proud to have one of these nine with us this evening. Stevenslecture is honorable elana kagan, associate justice of the United States of Supreme Court. [applause] mr. Anaya notably, Justice Kagan replaced Justice Stevens on the Supreme Court after the late justice announced his retirement and president barack obama appointed her to the court. Justice kagan served as the first female solicitor general of the United States and in that position, she argued a number of important cases to the Supreme Court. She had a storied legal career
Thank you, i want to thank stephanie and skip for the clinr and Clinton School of public service, i want to thank the family for sponsoring this lecture series and thank you [laughter] [cheers and applause] i want to thank i want to thank all of you. I tried to entertain Justice Ginsburg for a few moments before we came over here by telling her stories of my adventures and misadventures in arkansas politics. [laughter] back when we all thought of each other as people, 3 dimensional human beings before we realized we were [cheers and applause] and its fairly well known, not actually met Justice Ginsburg until that memorable sunday evening in june of 1993 when she came to see me at the white house residence. I had only interviewed two other people and immediately leaked to the press and i had a lot young age, they worked hard and reporter called them, they were more afraid to say i dont know than anything else, so i got a good kick out of it. One of the most famous people in the entire w
[applause] good afternoon. My name is david, im the president of Washington Council of lawyers and Language Access director at ayuda aen in profit that offers legal, social and other services to immigrants in the d. C. Area. Im excited to welcome you to todays conversation with Justice Elena kagan and dean william tre nor. I would like to thank Georgetown University law center for hosting us today and making this a success. Before i offer a brief introduction of our speakers today, id like to take a minute to talk about the Washington Council of lawyers. We are a voluntary Bar Association committed to ensuring that our legal system treats everyone fairly. Regardless of money, position, or power. Our current Strategic Plan focuses on training, developing leaders, advocacy, and building community. Being a member of the washington down soifl lawyers gets you into great events like this one and make you part of a community of lawyers fwathered together around a common cause of ensuring acc
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Military affairs in United States military history. Hes also a fellow Department History alum from west point. And you know among others some comrades here. So joining him on this panel are two heavy hitters as well. Dr. John morrow you saw yesterday the Museum President ial counselor the franklin professor and chair of the History Department the university of georgia. Go dogs. Hes back and and joining him is associate professor of history at the university of new mexico, dr. Robert jefferson. To really lead us through this important topic. So on that adrian continued mission, right . Thank you. Appreciate that. Synonym to be its him. We are great. Thanks. Its an honor to be here. This is my third visit to the museum and every time i come its its grown. Its its mission has expanded. Its an exciting place and i i appreciate seeing that my father served in World War Two huey went ashore at normandy on the 14th day of the of the invasion and they served there for the rest of the war. My m