Welcome to the heritage foundation. Douglas and Sarah Allison auditorium. We welcome throws who join us on our heritage. Org website on all of these occasions. For those inhouse we appreciate that courtesy check that our mobile devices have been silence silenced or turned off. For those watching online and in the future, youre welcome to send questions or comments at any time, simply emailing speaker at heritage. Org and we will post todays program on our heritage home page for everyones future reference. Leading our discussion today is elizabeth slattery, legal fellow in our edwin maceease center. She writes about judicial powers and a variety of constitutional issues and she also manages heritages appellate advocacy programs including moot Court Sessions to prepare litigators for oral arguments. Her commentaries have appeared in the washington post, National Review online and many other news outlets. She received her j. D. From george masons Antonin Scalia law school and her bachelor