At the tenure of justins clarion thomas by his many written opinions. [applause] good evening, everyone and welcome to the New York Historical society. I am louise New York Historical president and ceo and im thrilled to see all of you and her beautiful auditorium this evening. Tonights program the life and Turbulent Times of chief Justice John Roberts of the speaker series. Ias always i like to think is tremendous support which is enabled us to bring so many fine speakers to the stage. [applause] i would also like to recognize and take a number of trustees who have joined us this evening, barry barnett, judy berkowitz, susan, pat, suzanne, joe, jean inside. I would like to think each and every one of you and michael westberg, how to do not appear on a list. In any event, i would like to thank each and every one of you for joining us this evening and for all the work that you do on behalf of New York Historical. And i should say leading up to our we can with history in just a couple of
Our distinguished speakers series. And we welcome our find speakers to the stage. [applause] i like to recognize and thank the trustees who have joined us this morning. Duty berkowitz, suzanne x, joel pickett and size sternberg. I want to thank each and every one of you and Michael Weisberg. How did you not appear on my list . In any event i would like to thank each and every one of you and thank you for all you do on behalf of New York Historical. I should say leading up to the weekend with history in a couple weeks i want to give special recognition to the chair of our chairmans counsel, and Michael Weisberg who is the beauty cochair along with suzanne pack, thank you. And thanks to the chairmans councilmembers who are with us tonight. This program lasts about an hour. The q a will be conducted on notecards, you should have gotten a written note card and pencil, my colleagues are going up and down the hour with notecards and pencils. Your questions on notecards will be collected late
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This took place at the George Washington University Law school in washington, d. C. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our symposium celebrating the 100th anniversary. 100 years ago today, not today, but 100 years ago this year, Congress Passed a tat chute authorizing each justice to have a stenographer and a clerk and ever since then, the clerkships have developed into a superb institution and the National Institution center in philadelphia is honored to bring together former Supreme Court clerks for the first time in history for an all clerk reunion. Representi ining clerks from 25 justices over 50 terms. To come and celebrate this great anniversa anniversary. I am jeffrey rosen. Also a professor here at George Washington law school and im so happy both these institutions i care so much about have united for this important ak dcademic symposium. The Constitution Center in philadelphia has a very Inspiring Mission from the u. S. Congress and that is to bring together citizens of differe
I can see we have a few things to talk about today. Good morning. I am caroline. Im the president of the American Constitution Society and i would like to welcome you to our annual Supreme Court review. We are as all of you know and to our viewers on cspan, we are the nations leading progressive Legal Organization with over 200 students and lawyer chapters in almost every state and at almost every single law school. We originally formed as the progressive response after the bush versus gore decision. Acs was founded on the principle that law should be a force to the lives of all people. [applause] saye should not have to that is an aspiration but that is. That brings us to the Supreme Court term that ended yesterday. It left us with quite a number of Unanswered Questions and some that were answered in ways that we may not have liked. But, it all leads us to the conclusion that courts really matter. Whether you care about the environment, immigrants rights, an accurate census, or fear a