Delivered October 26, 2016 MR. EDWIN MEESE: Thank you, John, and thank you, ladies and gentlemen. It’s a pleasure for me to join John Malcolm and The Heritage Foundation to welcome you to this, the Joseph Story Distinguished Lecture. This is one of Heritage’s most prestigious events of the year, and we are very happy to sponsor it this evening, particularly because of the guest that I’ll introduce in a moment.
Thank you, General Meese, for the kind introduction. I am honored to be here to deliver the Joseph Story Lecture. As General Meese said, Joseph Story had a profound influence on American law as a Supreme Court Justice and as a scholar, and I am honored to deliver a lecture in his name. I am particularly honored to be here when I look at the distinguished list of past speakers, including Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Clarence Thomas, my colleague Judge Ray Randolph, and my former colleague Judge Janice Rogers Brown, whom I miss greatly.