The first lecture in this years series. This year, we are examining dissents opinions. Different aspects thereof. You have already been warned about your cell phones and your apple watches and so forth so i will not repeat that. But you will be in the doghouse if it goes off during the period of our evening. I also want to thank this evening our host, Justice Stephen breyer, who against all odds was able to come and introduce our speaker on the first day of a busy term. Justice breyer is one of the most faithful friends of the society. Whenever we have called on him to help us out, he has shown up and done a wonderful job. Him for taking time away from his busy schedule on first day of term. To impose too much on his time so i will abbreviate the introduction of Justice Breyer. Francisco. In san he received an a. B. From stanford. Aba from mod lang college, oxford and an ll. B. From harvard. He served as a law clerk to Justice Arthur goldberg of the Supreme Court of the United States d
Professor is introduced by Justice Stephen breyer, then discusses the dissenting opinions delivered in cases between 1810 and 1927. Good evening. I from atlanta. Serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. I am pleased to welcome you to the first lecture in this years series. This year we are examining dissents, not majority opinions, different aspects thereof. You have been warned about your cell phones and apple watches so forth, so i will not appear that, but you will be in the doghouse if it goes off during the period of our evening. I also want to thank our host , Justice Stephen breyer, who against all odds agreed to come and introduce our speaker this evening on the first day of a busy term. Justice breyer is one of the most faithful friends of the society. Whenever we have called on him to help us out, he has shown up and done a wonderful job. I want to thank him for taking time away from his busy schedule on first day of term. I dont want to impose too much on
And early 20th century. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, im from atlanta and i currently serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. Im pleased to welcome you to the first lecture in this years silverman series. This year we are examining dissents not majority opinions. A different aspect thereof. Youve already been warned about your cell phones and apple watches and so forth. So i wont repeat that. But you will be in the dog house if it goes off during the period of our evening. I also want to thank this evening our host Justice Stephen breyer who against all odds agreed to come and introduce our speaker this evening on the first day of a busy term. Justice breyer is one of the most faithful friends of the society. Whenever we have called on him to help us out he has shown up and done a wonderful job. I want to thank him for taking time away from his busy schedule on first day of term. I dont want to impose too much on Justice Breyers time so im going to abbreviate
Mind of San Francisco mayor london breed, and not in a good way. No. You may recall last week we saw crowded beaches and parks as people got outside, perhaps a little bit too far from home. Both the mayor and Governor Newsom scolded californians for not practicing social distancing and for crowding parking lots at parks instead of just walking to their neighborhood park. Breed made it very clear there will be consequences if the behavior doesnt change this weekend. Last thing we want to do, as i said, is to start to close the last bit of fresh air that were able to get during this very difficult time. So parks we know are essential, and i know other places have chosen to just close parks and other places down. We dont want to get to that place, but if we see more people playing in basketball courts, if we see more people playing volleyball with one another and baseball and some of the sports that are more teamrelated, we will have no other choice. A lot of parking lots will be closed t
Education, labor, and pensions will please come to order. I have one goal today and that is Accurate Information. Accurate information that can help americans understand what they should do about the coronavirus and Accurate Information to help members of congress to help decide what else we ought to be doing about the coronavirus. Around the world, the spread of the Novel Coronavirus alarming. 90,000 cases in 65 countries. 3,000 deaths according to the world health organization. But most people in the United States are at low risk. Heres what the New York Times said on its front page two days ago on sunday in describing the situation in our country. Quote, much about the coronavirus remains unclear. And it is far from certain that the outbreak will reach severe proportions in the United States. Or affect many regions at once. With its topnotch scientists, modern hospitals, and sprawling Public Health infrastructure, most experts agree the United States is among the countries best prep