Stories behind the Supreme Court most historic ruling. Welcome to the Constitution Center. And the president of this wonderful institution which is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis. Tearful. That is so inspiring. Wonderful live cspan audience. You can see the great members of Constitution Center by people around the country are inspired by this mission of constitutional education and believe it is important for citizens to educate themselves so american democracy can thrive and survive. In this mission we are so excited to be partners with cspan. We have a wonderful collaboration a few years ago, landmark cases which described the human stories behind some of the most important Supreme Court cases of all time. That was inspired by a comment that Justice Ginsburg made at the Constitution Center event a few years ago where she said how inspiring it would be to hear those human stories so p
I owe him a personal debt for the kindness that he is shown to meet my family at a time of great need. John, we of the law school cant wait to have you back to i look forward to seeing you here as a friend and as a benjamin button professor of law. Dean morrison is the fifth dean ive under whom ive served in the 41 years hit on the nyu faculty i have respected in all and none more than trevor. Ishis enthusiasm, his openness, his commitment and his intellectual energy make me very confident about my next 41 years on the nyu faculty. [laughter] and norman, by different and mentor has guided the inspired worked sidebyside with me for almost 50 years in studying interpreting and seeking to enforce the bill of rights as a wise and thoughtful leader of the aclu the last third of the 20th century and has nyu laws First Citizen for more than 50 years, normans intelligence strategic sense and superb judgment have to be mightily to building for two institutional houses in which ive lived most of
We actually gave out an award to the person who did the most working at the least credit. When i left i was legal director, when i left to come back to nyu the louisiana affiliate a strong and courageous affiliate decided that they would give a party for me. I went down to baton rouge for a lovely dinner and the speech. Im sitting there waiting to be introduced. The director of the affiliate want to Say Something nice. I just want to know that im introducing you to the men who used to be bird newborn. [laughter] so it is not everyday you get to thank free of the most important people in your professional life on a single platform before an audience of family and your friends. As john intimated, the single most productive vote i i ever cast is back in 1971 when i was chair of the community to hire john as he i member of the nyu law faculty. As we all know, he went on to serve as a transformative dean at nyu before assuming the presidency of the university we owe john a special debt for
When the U.S. Supreme Court, in Richmond Newspapers v. Virginia (1980), in the words of Justice John Paul Stevens, “squarely held that the acquisitidon of newsworthy matter is entitled to
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