Hello. Can you hear me. Good evening. A little bit of housekeeping. Please silence your cell phones. We dont want them to ring while david king is talking. Also, cspan is filming us. Later in the question and answer portion, if you would please go to the microphone at this side so you can be heard. Also after the event, before the signing, if you would please take your chairs and lean them against something solid, just help us make this store orderly looking again. Ok. At the time when there is a growing sense of unease among sensible people is of the rise of fascism, it is important to look toward the past and analyze the conditions that made fascism possible. We turn toy past. Ians for the murky one such scholar, david king, is with us. He is a professor who once taught european history at the university of kentucky. A New York Times best selling writer, he has written several best selling books. He is here to reach was from his the beer hall putsch, called as one with a great recurr
Context of Justice Oconnors life and career and captured its significance. We have commented on the jurisprudence and now we will turn to the legacy and discuss the lasting contribution and the ways we will continue to see her hand in law and the civic life of this great country. About 15 years before he nominated oconnor, Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most consequential political speeches at a law day lunch in southern california. In 1966, Ronald Reagan advanced an initiative to take judges out of politics and articulated his vision of an ideal judge. He called for judges to be men with ability come up men of honor and men who are fairminded. When it came to his first nomination to the Supreme Court, he delivered a nominee who realized his vision. Listening earlier today, we have gotten a taste of Justice Oconnors remarkable ability and the honor and fairness and decency with which she approached her life and her craft. As one of Justice Oconnors [indiscernible] without fanfare,
Thank all of our Reagan Foundation trustees, but in particular mr. Ted olson, a driving force behind this celebration. Ted, thank you so much for giving us this opportunity. [ applause ] we will turn to the legacy and discuss the contribution and the ways in which we will continue to see her hand in law and in the civic life of this great country. In 1966, outlining his vision of the creative society, Ronald Reagan advanced an initiative to take judges out of politics and articulated his vision of an ideal judge. He called for judges to be, quote, men with ability, men of honor and men who are fair minded. Well, when it came to his first nomination to the Supreme Court, president reagan delivered a nominee who realized his vision minus the men part. Listening to the sessions earlier today, we have gotten a taste of Justice Oconnors remarkable ability and the honor she brought to the court and the fairness and decency in which she approached her life and her craft. I like to think those
Good afternoon. Before we moved to the third panel, the Lasting Legacy, i just want to take a moment and thank all of our Reagan Foundation trustees, in particular mr. Ted olson. Thank you for giving us this opportunity. applause throughout todays discussion, we reviewed the Historical Context of Justice Oconnors life and career and captured it significance. We have commented on the jurisprudence and now we will turn to the legacy and discuss the lasting contribution in the ways we will continue to see her hand in law and the civic life of this great country. About 15 years before he nominated Sandra Day Oconnor, Ronald Reagan delivered one of his most consequential political speeches at a law day lunch in southern california. In 1966, outlining his decision in creative society, Ronald Reagan advanced an initiative to take judges out of politics and articulated his vision of an ideal judge. He called for judges to be men with ability come up men of honor and men who are fairminded. Whe
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