Mikvah on the d. C. Circuit judge, followed by a clerkship with Justice Thurgood marshall here on the Supreme Court. And a couple years of law practice, then in 1991, entering academia, teaching at the university of chicago law school, where she met professor barack obama. Two years later, invited back to washington tow ork to work for the Senate Judiciary committee at the request of the chairman, then senator joe biden. Two years later, judge mikvah becomes white House Counsel for president clinton. Justice kagan is asked to come to the white house, serve as associate white House Counsel. Stays there for a couple years. Two more years in domestic policy roles on behalf of the Clinton Administration and the white house. Then president clinton nominates Justice Kagan to be a judge on the d. C. Circuit judge, but the republicans have no interest in confirming judges at that time so that doesnt come to pass. She then returns to academia, this time at Harvard Law School, joining the facult
Thank you, jerry, so much. As you can tell from that introduction, before coming here, i couldnt keep a job. Jerry, thank you for everything you do for the Supreme Court Historical Society and everything that the Supreme Court Historical Society does for the Supreme Court. The Historical Society does extremely important work in reminding people of the importance of our constitution and our judicial system and its history. And were deeply appreciative. This evening marks the second of the societys 2019 leon silverman lecture series, which is devoted this year to dissents and the spupreme court. On my way over here, professor driver and also jerry libin reminded me that ive written a few of those. Tonights speaker is professor justin driver, professor of law at yale law school. He teaches and writes in the area of constitutional law, and hes the author, most recently, of a book called the schoolhouse gate public education, the Supreme Court, and the battle for the american mind. That boo
May or may not know already. Born in new york. Raised in new york. Educated at princeton, oxford and Harvard Law School. Then became a clerk to judge abner mickva on the d. C. Circuit, followed by a clerkship with Justice Thurgood marshall here at the Supreme Court. Then a couple of years of law practice, and then in 1991, entering academia teaching at the university of Chicago Law School where she met professor barack obama. Two years later, invited back to washington to work for the Senate Judiciary committee as special counsel at the request of the chairman, then senator joe biden. Two years later, judge mickva becomes white House Counsel for president clinton. Justice kagan is asked to come to the white house. Serve as associate white House Counsel. Stays there for a couple of years in that role and then two more years in domestic policy roles on behalf of the clinton administration. In the white house. And then president clinton nominates Justice Kagan to be a judge on the d. C. C
Shortly. Let me tell you a few things about Justice Kagan you may not know already. Born in new york, raised in new york, educated at princeton, oxford, and Harvard Law School, then became a clerk to judge admiral mick flip on the d. C. Circuit followed by clerk justice, and a couple of years of law practice, then in 1991, i can be mia teaching at the university of chicago law school, where she met professor barack obama. Two years later, invited back to washington to work for the Senate Judiciary committee of the special counsel, at the request of the chairman and senator joe biden. Two years later judge make the becomes white House Counsel for president clinton. Justice kagan is asked the come to the white house to serve as an associate white House Counsel. Stays there for a couple of years and that rule, and two more years and domestic policy rolls on behalf of the Clinton Administration in the white house. And president clinton nominates Justice Kagan, but the republicans have no i
Kreutz. As you wake up, we want to let you know how its going to be outside today. A look at the forecast with lisa argen. Hey, lisa. Good morning to you. A lot of cloud cover here across the bay area. Not talking any fog. Temperatures are cool. They cooled down yesterday. Its 45 in oakland as well as fremont and napa and nevada, 40 santa rosa and looking at 24 hour temperature change. Pretty significant, 2 to 9 degrees cooler from livermore, san jose and oakland. Looking at forecast clouds to start out. Partly cloudy throughout the afternoon. Another cool one, mid and upper 50s by noontime. By 4 00 the winds are picking up. A wind advisory in the hills. Along the coast all through the evening. Them it gets quite gusty for everyone. Its going to be a chilly night. Were talking about offshore winds which, of course, are a problem when you havent had rain for an entire month. So well talk about the dry conditions that need to be vigilant today and a warmup to start the workweek coming up