Are we good . Grade. Good evening, everyone. Im the treasurer of the Supreme Court Historical Society. I actually stayed in this room with some frequency but im usually faced in that direction so its a nice change of pace to be looking out there. I am asked to remind everyone please turn off all cell phones, tablets, apple watches even if they are in silent mode they can cause interference with the sound system so appreciate your assistance. This has been a long time coming. We began in 1991 with Justice Kennedy talking about the Court Packing plant and then the privilege of doing it again in 2018 to celebrate justice marshalls 50th anniversary on the court, so its fitting that we are here once again after the pandemic. Its nice to be back in the courtroom for the 70th anniversary. At the White House Historical association into the u. S. Capital society and we appreciate very much our partnership in that end ever. Id like to express the societies gratitude this evening to Justice Ketan
Talking about u. S. Federal entitlement programs sunday night on cspans q a. American history tv, u. S. University officers icon for aikrishnaures s prakash. He focuses on the separation of powers and argues that the United States constitution does not focus on what he calls double duty. This is a 45 Minute Program in the Supreme Court chamber. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, Justice Clarence thomas. Justice thomas has been wonderfully generous and giving of his time to the society when we called upon him. I want to thank him for taking the time away, particularly this first week of october when things are humming here in the court. We are also grateful to the large for allowing us to have this series here in the courtroom. It is my particular pleasure to richard deuce Justice Thomas this evening to introduce Justice Thomass evening because in the 11th circuit, referred to him as our judge. He was born on june 20 3, 1948, and graduated from coll
Justice thomas has been wonderfully generous and giving of his time to the society when we called upon him. I want to thank him for taking the time away, particularly this first week of october when things are humming here in the court. We are also grateful to the court at large for allowing us to have this series here in the courtroom. It is my particular pleasure to to introduce Justice Thomas this evening because in the 11th circuit, we refer to him as our judge. Our justice. He was born near savanna on june 23, 1948, and graduated from college at holy cross in 1971 and got his law degree from yale college in 1974. He was promptly appointed after finishing law school as an attorney assistant general and was working under thenattorney general john danforth. When danforth was elected senator, our host this evening followed him to washington and worked for senator danforth. He was appointed assistant secretary for civil rights in the u. S. Department of education in 1981. In 1982, pres
President of the center to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on nonpartisan basis. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience you can see the great members of the National Constitution center like people around the country are inspired by this nonpartisan mission of constitutional education and believe it is crucially important for citizens to educate themselves about the constitution so american democracy can thrive and survive. In this mission, we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration a few years ago, landmark cases which described the human story behind some of the most Important Supreme Court cases all times. That series was inspired by a common group death Ruth Bader Ginsburg made at event a few years ago where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those human stories so people can relate to the cases and understand the principles behind them. That series was such a success that by popular demand, we are launch
Now from the colby military writers symposium in vermont, retired colonel Robert Dalessandro describes strategies countries developed during world war i. Good morning. Good morning. And for those of you new to the occasion for this session, welcome to the 22nd annual colby military write is sim bose yum. This year we embark on a multiyear discussion of world war i. As one continuous half century of hostility. We call this years installment, won the war, lost the war. Centennial legacy of world war i, to establish this symposium theme to suggest its direction. This morning it is my particular honor to introduce colonel Robert Dalessandro. Connell Robert Dalessandro, is among relatively small group of world war i historians in america today, having written extensively on American Expeditionary force in the great war. Currently, colonel dalessandro is acting secretary of the American Battle Monument Commission and former director of the United States army center of military history. Colon