Sutton, an honor to have him down. He flew in last night, right through the storm, and so were grateful that his flight made it here safely and that we are able to have this event today. Judge sutton is a judge of the u. S. Court of appeals for see six inch circuit where he has served since 2003. Nominate i by george w. Bush, former solicitor general of ohio, been in private practice, has clerked for several judges, including Justice Scalia, the subject of his new book. So, the occasion for todays event is the essential scalia. That is the new book that the judge suton edited with ed whelan, another friend of us who has been here some spoken to this chapter about another scalia book. So were all but scalia in this chapter. Jut sutton evidence his law degree from the ohio state university. He has served as chair of the federal judicial and Conference Committee on the rules of practice and procedures. The was appointed to that position by chief justice john roberts. He has taught constit
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Point counterpoint. But i expect that to happen. At any moment. So i have all the questions here. Theyre really good ones. And not surprisingly, there are about four of them that are basically the same, but with a little bit of a twist. And it was a question that i was planning to ask anyway. So what i would like to do is just start over here and one at a time tell me who you think was the most hated general of the war. I think we all pretty much know this answer already. But and well go down the panel with that, and then start back here and say who do you think was the most loved general of the war. Okay . So lets start over here. The most hated general of the war. I get not only that question, but i getting to first. [ laughter ] can you start on that end . So i can kind of deal with the rest of us . Youre on the spot. Okay. Im not seriously i am not dodging when i answer this. I dont hate any of them. I really dont. Anybody of any rank from private to general, any of these guys who
Planning on asking anyway, and what i would like to do is start over here. One at a time, tell me who you think was the most hated general of the war . I think we all pretty much know this answer already. We will go down the panel with that, then we will say who you thought was the most loved it general of the war. Lets start over here. The most hated general of the war . I get not only that question, but i get to go first. [laughter] can you start on that end, so i can kind of be like the rest of us. You are on the spot. I am not dodging when i answer this. I dont hate any of them. I really dont. From private to general, got into a harms way , they deserve admiration, some more than others, possibly. [applause] you all can tell i am not the politician type, so i am not saying that just to be evasive, but i really dont. If i have to answer the question, the one that i am most puzzled, if you will, about some of the decisions he made during the war, in fact all of them, would be joe joh