Welcome to the 15th annual is this on . Welcome to the 15th annual Barbara Olson lecture. I am jeanne meyer, president of the society. This memorial started as many of you know shortly after 9 11. Ted nelsons inaugural lecture reminded us of what it means to be an american, how are our legal tradition is a critical part of our identity as americans. Bo ted was here today. And barbara understood this connection. We want this lecture to remind a lawyers of it. So that they foster legal principles that advance freedoms, personal responsibility, and the rule of law. Other lecturers have included a Justice Scalia, chief justice roberts, Vice President cheney, judges can start, robert burke, edith jones, douglas ginsburg, and j gibson. Nine judge, now justice neil gorsuch, former attorney general michael mukasey, peter teel, john allison, and senators tom todd. Torings us to the todays lecture. It is my honor to introduce Barbara Olson. White House Counsel don mcgann. Office, hecouncil serve
Annual is this on . Yes, ok. Welcome to the 15th annual Barbara Olson memorial lecture. I am eugene meyer, president of the society. This memorial lecture started as many of you know shortly after 9 11. Ted nelsons inaugural lecture reminded us of what it means to be an american, how are our legal tradition is a critical part of our identity as americans. Bo ted was here today. And barbara understood this connection. We want this lecture to remind a to remind lawyers of it. So that they foster legal principles that advance freedoms, personal responsibility, and the rule of law. Other lecturers have included Justice Scalia, chief justice roberts, Vice President cheney, judges can star, robert burke, edith jones, douglas ginsburg, now justice neil gorsuch, former attorney general michael mukasey, peter teel, john allison, and senators tom todd. And then sask. And ben saas. That brings us to todays lecture. It is my honor to introduce white House Counsel don mcgann. Before the council off
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I thought before we dug into some of the decisions, that we could talk about the court itself. Since 2005, the then considerable turnover with justices. I was one if you could give us a thumbnail sketch of the new one. Sure. Obviously, the first one who we talk about as adequate as chief Justice Roberts, who was appointed by president george w. Bush. He was initially nominated to replace sandra day oconnor. While that nomination was pending the chief justice passed away and roberts was renominated for the rehnquist position. And that meant there had to be new nominees for the oconnor position, and samuel alito was nominated for that. They essentially arrived at the court at the same time to think that maybe in a month of overl overlap. And theyre both quite conservative coming out of the reaganbush era justice departments, and then later justices stevens and souter retired, and they were replaced by Justice Sotomayor, president obama appointed her the first hispanic american on the Sup
Who was appointed by president george w. Bush and initially donated to replace senator leon connor and while that nomination was pending the supreme justice of the court passed away and proper to his renominated for the rehnquist physician. And that meant there had to be a new nominee for the oconnor position and samuel alito was nominated for that. They essentially right that the court at the same time. I think it may have been a month of overlap and they are owed quite conservative coming out of the reaganbush era, justice departments and then later justices stevens and souter retired and they were replaced by Justice Sotomayor who president obama appointed the first hispanic american on the Supreme Court and then elena kagan who had been president obama solicitor general. Host you recount in the confirmation hearings for both Justice Roberts and Justice Kagan but did so in a slightly different way. Guest during his confirmation hearings chief Justice Roberts prepared Opening Stateme