I am pleased to introduce tonight speaker Professor Emeritus at virginia, the university he chairs the History Department the editor of a five volume collection of letters as well as the author of dissent of the Supreme Court and the nations constitutional dialogue the lies in the state for affirmativeaction is part of the national dialogue. Many of us have struggled to explain the policy and how it works. In his new book the affirmativeaction puzzle traces to through the present day with Historical Context how affirmative action takes on racism. On the cover Orlando Patterson rates it is a comprehensive account for this nonwhite version of affirmativeaction and in the challenging historical task that no other issue divides americans more it is meticulously researched and honestly crafted work to draw their own conclusions about the value of this experiment. Please join me to welcome Melvin Urofsky to harvard bookstore. [applause] thank you. As a historian my mentor always told me to s
Similarly, i was a professional woman in the 70s and part of the movement to try to get the president to try to appoint more women to the federal courts at all much less the Supreme Court. So when Sandra Day Oconnor was appointed to the Supreme Court it meant the world to me. I was so hoping it would happen just like she said. She said it is okay to be the first. But i do not want to be the last. And i was watching her because i was so many first. And i didnt want to have her fail. I wanted to be the next one. Two; they were really my offensive lines. Host when will we see a woman chief justice . Guest there was talk of making oconnor chief justice. She would have been great. She was so fair and widely respected. John robert is a young man so i want to say in probably 40 years. Host next call is jay in toledo, ohio. We are listening and you are on with Linda Hirshman. We are talki about the Supreme Court. Caller thank you. Linda, you have such a wonderful sense of humor. It is so great
That cspan covered, i realized it wasnt just the issue of a lack of broadcast media inside the courtroom that made the Supreme Court very opaque. It wasnt just the cameras issue. It was the fact that they dont follow the same ethics rules as every other federal judge, the fact that they serve for life as opposed to most other democracies where there is a retirement age or a term limit. And, they dont put information online. They dont say when justice cane is speaking in massachusetts or in georgia. It was not just this one issue, but a whole host of issues that made the Supreme Court made it the most powerful but least Accountable Institution in washington. And it made sense to spend out the coalition and start my own thing. Brian where you come from . Gabe roth i come from nashville, tennessee. My parents are back in new jersey, but from age two to 18, i was in nashville. Brian where did you get your education . Gabe roth Washington University in st. Louis. Undergrad. It was one of th
The moment of time and david did a fantastic job. Where is david . David did a fantastic job and all of my people to a great job they helped me so much. We are doing a couple of other things right now. Its not easy. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon everyone. I would like to thank everyone here for coming out to politics and prose. As we embark on another wonderful reading. I would like to take care of some quick housekeeping first. Again please silence your cell phones at this time and we have cspan with us this afternoon so when you ask your questions please run up to our audience mic and form a look line. Lastly this is not the last event for today so while we usually would ask you to fold up your chairs david assets you leave your chairs where they are for next event. My name is Christopher Banks and i welcome you to politics and prose on behalf of the coowners of politics and prose and on behalf of our staff. We do over 500 events a year in additio
Good afternoon, everyone. I would like to thank everyone here for coming out. Another wonderful reading. I would like to take care of housekeeping firstperiod please silence your cell phones at this time and we have cspan with us this afternoon, so when you ask your questions please use our audience microphone. Lastly, this is not the last event today, so while we would usually ask you to fold up your chairs, today we ask you keep your chairs where they are. We welcome you today. We do over 500 events here in addition to events in this space we have different venues across the city and also hold book groups, classes and literary trips are at the year. I would like to begin by saying i am pleased to welcome Public Policy and a law professor, Melvin Urofsky, as he presents his new book, dissent and the Supreme Court. Its role in Court History and the nations constitutional dialogue. Melvin urofsky has written and edited 52 books and has devoted his career to studying americas legal histo