And i am glad i didnt have to answer them and thank you to chris and kevin for doing that. We will reconvene in 15 minutes for a panel on civic virtue. Thank you for being here. I am a fellow here at the Stockdale Center and its a pleasure to be with peter to discuss virtue. He is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the author of numerous books and he is director of constitutional studies at the American Enterprise institute and the author of numerous books. We will start i think with peter. The thank you. It is great to be here with my panelists and thanks to ed and the Naval Academy for this opportunity. I thought it might be useful to do something unusual, for me at east to approach the panels topic of civil virtue and its decline and its reinvigoration from a somewhat autobiographical perspective. Long ago and far away when i went to college, the cutting edge topic is something we called engraved tones and the critique of liberalism. We have leading authors and books and
It is published by paul Gray Mcmillan and the editors are myself and Michael Mcconnell was a professor at Stanford University school of law and was a judge of the Circuit Court of appeals. We have a conference about one year ago in which all of the papers that were gathered together for this short publication were discussed and analyzed and we have with us today, to the participants in the conference and opposite to the essays included in this collection. Antonin scalia was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court who wrote and signed opinions directly on fundamental elements of the american system. He was also a scholar and a leading public figure. It is appropriate that to honor this man with the selection of reflections on his impact on education. Seeing broadly is not just schools but scholarship and Public Discourse as well. In doing so, we hope to discover the, through the education and look into the fundamentals of the justices thinking if you doubt his impact on
Court of appeals. We have a conference about one year ago in which all of the papers that were gathered together for this short publication were discussed and analyzed and we have with us today, to the participants in the conference and opposite to the essays included in this collection. Antonin scalia was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court who wrote and signed opinions directly on fundamental elements of the american system. He was also a scholar and a leading public figure. It is appropriate that to honor this man with the selection of reflections on his impact on education. Seeing broadly is not just schools but scholarship and Public Discourse as well. In doing so, we hope to discover the, through the education and look into the fundamentals of the justices thinking if you doubt his impact on constitutional prudence, cast unseen at harvard that he was not only one of the most important justices in the nations history also among the best. And Justice Elena kagan
The administration of george w. Bush. This Hoover Institution event is about an hour and 20 minutes. Good morning, i am paul peterson, director of the education, policy and governance at Harvard University , and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. I would like to welcome you all today to an event that celebrates the publication of the new book called scalias constitution, essays on law and education. It is published by paul Gray Mcmillan and the editors are myself and Michael Mcconnell , who is a professor at Stanford Universitys school of law and was a judge of the Circuit Court of appeals. Of appeals. We held a conference about year ago in which all of the papers that were gathered together for this short publication were discussed and analyzed and we have with us today, to the participants in the conference and opposite to the essays included in this collection. Antonin scalia was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court who wrote and signed opinions directly o
David, its great to be with you. Thanks for making time to talk about your book american underdog. [inaudible] [laughter] im eager to talk to you about this because i enjoyed it as you can tell ive got dogeared pages. As you know, i worked in the house of representatives as a staffer to the former free markets professor and dick armey had a big impact on the house and the underpinning that the congress did in the 90s and we talked about this and here you are coming to former freemarket economics professor, still a professor but in the house of representatives. I followed his work and all the guys like him. They had been role models for me. You cant put free economic values together into your politics. Host that his wife was so fascinated about because the book is as you talk about this emphasis of ethics and economics, Public Service and the fact is he has a lot of people came to know you in your surprise victory as a House Majority leader you were the only person in the house to be th