The so good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the kansas city public library. Roberts ran to come his fact that presentation at the kansas city public library, five sarah Library District from the library journal. [applause] is a graduate of the university of washington. He has a masters degree from Columbia University school of journalism. Hes been a reporter for the observer, the wall street journal, managing editor come executive editor and editorinchief of Congressional Quarterly and more recently the editor of the National Interest in the american conservative. The american conservative is collaborative, but it sounds a lot like robert merry. This is a description of their philosophy purely blue and constitutional government, fiscal prudence comest on monetary policy, clearly delineated quarter summer production of civil liberty come up in premarket and strengthen Foreign Policy makes a diplomatic acuity. We dear closely to our institutional maximum ideas of radiology, pri
The bill of rights and the debates that are echoed today. She speaks with the director of the institute for constitutional history at the New York Historical society and George Washington University Law school host its nice to be having this conversation with you. I very much enjoyed reading your book the bill of rights the fight to secure americas liberties and my first question is an easy one why did you write the book . Guest probably for the same reason that i wrote a brilliant solution. I think that american are hobbled by about the myths of the birth of the country. I think all country have ms. A mess but it is a part of hours and i think that the story is much more interesting and admirable that i was tempted when i realized a lot of people i spoke to thought that the bill of rights was part of the original constitution and it was written by the statute standing in the park. All brilliant all amazingly selfinterested, no egos and that it became instantly the most important part
It was designed to display the bill of rights, and it opened in 1936. Only the bill of rights occupied the case. We had to wait until 1952 to bring all three founding documents together. The story of how the declaration and constitution came to the archives is the one we never tire of hearing. Now i would like to introduce jessie krantz, historian of the National Archives. She became the first historian in 2013. She was previously with [indiscernible] with the center for legislative archives and has been with the agency since 1999. Please welcome jessie krantz. [applause] jessie thank you, david. I am very happy that steve could be with us today during American Archives month to talk about his new book american treasures. It shows not only the important record created by other federal agencies but also the record that we as a National Archive has created ourselves. In writing his book, he discusses several different sets of records, but the nearest and dearest to my heart is that recor
Electronic devices you may have and also to not use any cameras during the course of this evening. Official photographers are entitled to take pictures. It is my pleasure to introduce justice breyer. He has had a distinguished career, starting as a law clerk to goldberg and going on to have many important positions in the department of justice and working for the Senate Judiciary committee. He was appointed to the First Circuit court of appeals and he and was thears chief judge of that court. Clinton tapped him to be a justice here and he turned out to be one of six people who, law clerk and a justice at this court. Here, he said at the far end of the bench for 11 years. It was the secondlongest time that anybody has sat as the most junior justice. More years had 11 and he has moved around on the bench. We are pleased to have him here tonight for this lecture. Justice breyer. Breyer 11 days or something. I was thinking about asking tice alito for not taking to not take the oath or 11 d
Only the official photographer is permitted to take photographs. It is my pleasure to introduce Justice Stephen breyer. He has had a distinguished career, starting as a law clerk to goldberg and going on to have many important positions in the department of justice and working for the Senate Judiciary committee. In 1980, president carter appointed him to the first appeals and hef served 14 years and was the chief judge of that court. Clinton tapped him to be a justice here and he turned out to be one of six people who, during their career, served both as a law clerk at this court and asked a justice at this court. When he got here, he said at the sat at the far end of the bench for 11 years. It was the secondlongest time that anybody has sat as the most junior justice for the long a period. Now, he has had 11 more years and he has moved around on the bench. We are pleased to have him here tonight to host this evenings lecture. Justice breyer. [applause] Justice Breyer i think i missed