Now Florida Governor rick scott talks governing in florida and talk about expanding access to health care and the annual National Lawyers convention in washington, d. C. Hosted by the Federalist Society. The topic is the future of constitutional law and the Supreme Court. This is just over half an hour. Good morning, for the first address today, we welcome a man who is no stranger to hard work. Raised in ad 340est household, learned the value of money, hard work, and traditional values, and this guided his pursuit of the American Dream ever since. After earning the ged from smu, worked in the Largest Law Firm specializing in health care manners. Later, in founding the hospital corporation, he established what has become the largest forprofit health care conglomerate in the nation. They employee over 199,000 people, thats job creation, of course. [applause] it provides Quality Health care to millions of people, but he didnt rest there. They have also worked with a group calledded world
I thought, i can go out. I can go to a restaurant in new york or and antique shop. I used to worry about going into the rock into the white house. It was really the happiest time of my life. Going to the white house and she found out they were the happiest times of her life. Sheere is the case where had a much different impact as first lady. May not have been the ones that people thought about at the time. You suggest she was a transformational first lady and set the stage where those to follow. How so . Away her generation was a bridge between traditional wives and mothers and the post womens liberation of the modern era. Ast is exactly how she was first lady. There were traditional first ladys receding her and afterwards, they were much more modern, still partners with their husbands and picking a particular policy to work on. Kennedy tapesine are widely available. You can listen to her own voice wonderful. Everyone should have it. Thanks to both of you for being at the table tonight
Important contributions to our law. Both in his opinions for the courts and when writing separately. Perhaps most notably in the areas of federalism and the federation of power. The jurisprudence of protection and the guarantee of trial by jury. And the law of free political speech. His opinions reflect a deeper appreciation for the liberty protecting structure of our constitutional system. He has advanced in understanding in the constitution, informed by the vital truths expressed in the declaration of independence, connecting our political and derivative documents. His personal fortitude is example to all who withstand the principal. Please join me in welcoming clarence thomas. [applause] good evening and it is so good to see you again. [laughter] he was really loose at the table so i think this is going to be a lot of fun. Thank you, thank you. As i talked about in the introduction, your path to the court is a remarkable american story. I would like to begin our discussion in the mi
6 00 p. M. Eastern here on c span. It was like shock and all. I saw it, that looks that he had on his face, and i could close my eyes and i could see him on the stretcher right now. I could see him putting his hand up, i could see his eyes, i can just close my eyes and i could just see it. I will never forget that first case, that sort of bringing me to reality of what was going on here. Tent,ter he got into the there was this initial sort of triage, he gets there, we get the report, we see him, he goes into the tent, the team starts in,ork we got pulled myself and my colleague that gote the forward, we both pulled in because the other team wanted us to begin right away. It is not want us to be bystanders. They said you guys have to get involved right away. And once they did that, and they pulled us in, it was like a jolt. Wake up. Now you have to act. You have to be a doctor. You have to be a surgeon, you have to be a care provider, you have to dismiss your emotion, you have to, you k
Justice or the court will say, we got it wrong. The fact that you have dissented in a case does not mean that you would reverse the case. It is the exact that if the exact same case came before you. , ais a case that is related little bit the same, a little bit different. There is a pretty important marker for a approach an approach for how to think about those cases. Well, our hour together is has passed quickly. I will give you a chance for one last word you would like to have one. Otherwise, i am afraid our bench is going to disappear. This happens when you go on too long. Let me just say no, no, no. It is your show. [laughter] somehow i dont feel that way. [laughter] lets again express our deep thanks to you for spending his time with us today. What a wonderful opportunity for all of us to hear from you. One of the things that is always fascinating when we have folks from the court is to have a sense of who the justices are and what they are like and what they are interested in. Yo