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Justice breyer has always been remarkably generous with his time in supporting society projects. In less than two weeks on june 6 at our annual meeting, he will be delivering the societys 41st annual lecture. Some background on Justice Breyer. He was born in San Francisco and after stanford, he came east. He has a ba from oxford. His law degree at harvard and went on to clerk for justice goldberg. He served with great distinction in the justice department. He served as chief counsel to the Senate Judiciary committee and served in other similar roles during that time of his career. He has taught at Harvard Law School at the Harvard Kennedy school of government, at the college of law in sydney, australia, a ....
continue to mark the journey of our people. and so judge as you well know. this is no ordinary nomination. not merely because you were there and i must say to you that. it must be somewhat daunting as is experienced as you are? sit there and with an array of people here about to question you it s not an easy position to be in a confident. i m not being solicit this you will handle it. well, but nonetheless there s not an easy position. but this nomination is more with all due respect judge and i assure you agree then about you. in the passing on this nomination of the supreme court we must also pass judgment on the weather or not. your particular philosophy is an appropriate one at this time in our history. and that was senator joe biden in september of 1987. he was addressing supreme court nominee robert bork about the importance of any appointment to the nation s highest court. now president biden will send his own nominee to the senate for confirmation. he s nominate ....
our tradition of progress? or will we move forward continuing to expand and envelop? rights of individuals in a changing world which is bound bound impact upon those individual sense of who they are and what they can do. will these nobeline human rights and human dignity, which is the legacy of the past two centuries continue to mark the journey of our people. and so judge as you well know. this is no ordinary nomination. not merely because you were there and i must say to you that. it must be somewhat daunting as is experienced as you are? sit there and with an array of people here about to question you it s not an easy position to be in a confident. i m not being solicit this you will handle it. well, but nonetheless there s not an easy position. but this nomination is more with all due respect judge and i assure you agree then about you. in the passing on this nomination of the supreme court we must also pass judgment on the weather or not. your particular philosophy ....
And visually what it means to live in a society of different people who stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Host hello, and welcome to landmark cases. This is the first of 12 Historic Supreme Court cases well be looking at this season. Mcculloch versus maryland, our case tonight. And for the next 90 minutes well learn more about this significant case, and the people and issues behind it, and why its so important in our American History process. Later on well take your calls, well also take your questions on facebook and twitter, and make you a part of this conversation. We have two guests at the table tonight to help us understand what mcculloch versus maryland is all about. Let me introduce them to you, farah peterson, and mark killenbeck. The first question, of course, why does this belong on the list of landmark cases . Well, one of the most dom ....
Unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Hello, and welcome to landmark cases. This is the first of 12 Historic Supreme Court cases well be looking at this season. Mcculloch versus maryland, our case tonight. And for the next 90 minutes well learn more about this significant case, and the people and issues behind it, and why its so important in our American History process. Later on well take your calls, well also take your questions on facebook and twitter, and make you a part of this conversation. We have two guests at the table tonight to help us understand what mcculloch versus maryland is all about. Let me introduce them to you, farah peterson, and mark killenbeck. The first question, of course, why d ....