Im very honored. Its great to be here. Over 2000, i think. Thats great demand for you to be here. It is such an honor. Thank you so much for being here. We are thrilled that you are here for the stevens lecture. One of the special things about you being here, as the dean mentioned, is i know that this this lecture is actually named after Justice John Paul stevens, who was your predecessor on the bench. In fact, he gave the first inaugural lecture in 2011, and ive heard you speak eloquently at his Funeral Service and elsewhere about how you filled his seat on the bench, but you cant fill his shoes. Too large. Can you tell us a little bit about his influence on you and what its like to Carry Forward his legacy . Too large. Can you tell us a little bit about his influence on you and what its like to Carry Forward his legacy . Yeah, i mean, it was it was so sad for me and for all my colleagues this summer when he passed away. He was a great, great man, and i never had the chance to serve w
Thats great demand for you to be here. It is such an honor. Thank you so much for being here. We are thrilled that you are here for the steven fletcher. One of the special things about , as the deane mentioned, is i know that this this lecture is actually named after Justice John Paul stevens, who was your predecessor on the bench. In fact, he gave the first inaugural lecture in 2011, and ive heard you speak eloquently at his Funeral Service and elsewhere about how you filled his seat on the bench, but you cant fill his shoes. Too large. Can you tell us a little bit about his influence on you and what its like to Carry Forward his legacy . Yeah, i mean, it was it was so sad for me and for all my colleagues this summer when he passed away. He was a great, great man, and i never had the chance to serve with him, so unlike many of my colleagues, i cant tell stories about what it was like to be on the bench with him or in conference with him, but he is and long has been a hero of mine. He
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Stevens lecture brings the distinguished jurors to the life of our community. We are fortunate to have welcomed in previous years several outstanding judges including a number of Supreme Court justices who have enriched our thoughtprovoking insight on the role of our judiciary and its highest court and the nations legal and related political borders. The u. S. Supreme court has a monumental role and endeavors to guard the values and of liberty and a poverty and in solidarity of the constitution. It does so against the excesses of majority will partisanship or a president ial and the Supreme Court is made of nine individual human beings with her or his individual perspective and on the precise guideposts in decisionmaking the most proud to have one of those with us this evening. This years stephens lecture is the honorable illinois kagan and the Supreme Court. applause notably, Justice Kagan replaced just a stevens on the Supreme Court after delay justice announced his retirement and pr
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