Club versus trump. Proceed. Nice to see you again. Thank you, chief judge thomas. May it please the court on behalf of the defendants. With me is karen hekker from the department of defense, general counsel. This case is about an internal transfer of funds among dods accounts and the internal transfer itself didnt harm plaintiffs, in fact, they dont contend otherwise, they contend that their interests were harmed by the subsequent downstream use of funds from the construction at border barriers and roads. But the transfer itself was authorized by a provision in the dod precipitations act, and that provision was not designed to protect the kinds of interest that the plaintiffs here assert, the kinds of recreational aesthetic and Environmental Concerns that theyve raised. The zone of interest requirement, which is a universal requirement, whether theyve whether theyre seeking refew under the apa or under an equitable it applies in any event and asks the court to determine whether those k
[applause] president of the society and delighted to welcome the memorial election. This memorial elector started shortly after 9 11. Just like it started, after 9 1 . [applause] the inaugural lecture reminded us of what it means to be an american and have the legal tradition is a critical part of our identity of americans. That reminder is more crucial today and they understood this connection. We want the series to remind lawyers of it so they foster legal principles that advance individual liberty and personal responsibility and the rule of law. Other lectures have included justice scalia, chief justice roberts, Vice President cheney, judges can star, robert, ray randolph, edith jones, doug ginsberg, jeff sodded in judge neil gorsuchs. Also former attorney general and white house counsel, and senators tom and ben. That brings us to todays lecture. It is my privilege to introduce for this years the honorable william barr attorney general of the United States. People serve in governme
Trumps war on the fbi. To start by giving brief introduction, josh is a supervisor or was supervisor special agent with the fbi, involved in highprofile terrorism and kidnapping investigations, he managed the bureaus Interagency Communications in response to crisis incidents as he describes them, overseas he was on multiple diplomatic and operational assignments, he has been awarded the fbi combat award four times for work embedded with military special operations and cia teams abroad, he is presently a cnn Law Enforcement analyst, many of you have probably seen him on cnn. Hes a team member term member, excuse me of the council in foreign relations, teaches National Security law at usc, he received masters from John Hopkins University and much more important from our perspective here in austin, graduate of the university of texas. [cheers and applause] [laughter] most relevant to his book is that he was james comeys special assistant. The book, again, cross fire hurricane gets its nam
Youre a member, would you please stand up and be recognized . Oh, come on, theres a couple of you here. There we go. Thank you. [applause] the president s society with an exclusive group of members that supports the ongoing works of president nixons foundation which awe applies the legacy and the vision to, that he had to opportunities facing our nation and the world today. And if youre interested in joining, please see any member of the staff, come track me down [laughter] or one of the front desk associates. Anybody can get you signed up this evening. Id also like to tell you about a a few special events that are on the horizon. On august 20th we will host Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino for their new bestseller, justice on trial, about the Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings. On september 11th, we will host two programs. The first is an annual commemoration of patriot day, and then we will host Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch that evening at 7 p. M. For a discussion with Nixon
More than 20 years, since the birth of the internet age as we know i, section 230 has provided websites we put the immunity from liability from other users post. The Electronic Frontier foundation describes important sectionos of 230 this way. This legal and policy framework has offered youtube users to upload their own videos, amazon yelps offered countless offer reviews, craigslist lads, and facebook and twitter offer social networking to billions of internet users. Given the sheer size of user generated websites, it would be impossible and feasible for online people to have objectionable content popping up on their price. In short, section 230, a lot to protect the kind of innovations that is allowed the internet to drive since 1996. And yet, over the past few years section 230 has faced heighten criticism for both the left and right. They encouraged from the left argued that social media giants enjoy special protection. They know consequences. And other critics on the right have ar