Comprise ourselves or men lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Before we begin the evenings program, i am commanded, not asked, im commanded to ask you to turn off your cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonya sotomayor. She has been enormously generous in giving up her time to the society when we call upon her to help us, and i want to thank her for taking time off during a very busy time in the life of the court. Sonya sotomayor was born in the bronx, new york, june 25, 1954. She earned a ba in 1976 from princeton. She earned a jd from yale law school, where she served as an editor of the yale law journal. She then was an assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorneys office, from 1979 to 1984. Then, she litig
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Im Chilton Varner and serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. I am pleased to welcome you to the third of four lectures that comprise ourselves or men lecture series. This years series focuses on new perspectives in dissent and the Supreme Court. Begin the evenings program, i am commanded, not asked, im commanded to ask you to turn off your cell phones, tablets, apple watches. Even in silent mode, they can interfere with the sound system here in the courtroom. So thank you for doing that. I would like to express the societys gratitude to our host this evening, justice sonya sotomayor. She has been and norma slid generous in giving up her time to the society when we call upon her to help us, and i want to thank her for taking time off during a very busy time in the life of the court. Sonya sotomayor was born in the bronx, new york, june 25, 1954. She earned a ba in 1976 from princeton. She earned a jd from yale law school, where she served as an editor of the yale la
At this time we ask that you please silence all sound producing devices for the duration of the meeting. Thank you. May have a motion to approve the agenda . Thank you, any comments or questions . All in favor . Any opposed. Thank you, the motion carries. Item 3, approval of the december 6, 2017 meeting minutes, motion to approve . Any comments or questions . To the public . Hearing none, all in favor . Any opposed . Thank you. The motion carries. Item 4, reports, the director report, thank you, shireen. Director mcspadden thank you, commissioner, and i want to extend a special welcome to commissioner papas very happy to have you working with us. I was at the National Association on aging board meeting. I mentioned before, but for those of you who havent heard, im one of two representatives from california to this National Association. And its a Great Organization, theyre focused on building the capacity of aaa so we can help older adults. It supports initiatives such as Livable Commun
Item 4, reports, the director report, thank you, shireen. Director mcspadden thank you, commissioner, and i want to extend a special welcome to commissioner papas very happy to have you working with us. I was at the National Association on aging board meeting. I mentioned before, but for those of you who havent heard, im one of two representatives from california to this National Association. And its a Great Organization, theyre focused on building the capacity of aaa so we can help older adults. It supports initiatives such as Livable Communities and dementiafriendly america. They advocate for funding for services for adults and adults with disabilities and provide tools such as the elder care locater. Theyre a Great Organization to belong to. Very supportive of the aaa, the area agencies on aging across the country. At the meeting we heard from cms officials talking about feature initiatives and opportunities for aaa and our cbo partners. They promised that theyre moving into an era