andolleague john malcolm director for legal and judicial study, welcome to the heritage foundation preserve the constitution series. today s event is called slavery and the constitution. the question of the hour is whether the constitution is proslavery or anti-slavery. that great shown us leaders and reasonable men and women have changed their viewpoints on this question. frederick douglass, the foremost 1840 sbolitionist in the a radically proslavery document. by the 1850 s, douglass changed his mind, concluding the constitution when construed in light of well-established wound interpretation is a glorious document. many are asking, what convinced douglass to change his viewpoint? some declare it was what the to servead hoped was a legacy of freedom. to be constitution were an adopter, a slaveholding instrument, why would neither slavery, slaveholding, nor slaves be anywhere found in it? that is not the focus of those who challenge the integrity of the constitution. some wh
heritage foundation. good evening i am elizabeth slattery and welcome to the heritage foundation. thank you for coming to the supreme trivia event. you can hear the teams out there that will be coming out in just a minute. we have two teams tonight. they are top supreme court litigators that are ready to go head-to-head in rounds of trivia regarding history, scandal, and more. before we introduce the teams i would like to introduce my cohost sheldon gilbert. thank you for being here. thank you. and welcome to basically super bowl for law nerds. we will kick things off by introducing the teams. it s my privilege to introduce team jefferson. the heckling has already started., and out team jefferson. we will start with lisa blatt. lisa heads-up appellate and supreme court practice. somebody recently said that sometimes a superstar is just a superstar. lisa is a superstar among superstars. she has argued my cases at the supreme court then any other woman and even more impress
welcome to the super bowl for law nerds. we will kick things off by introducing the teams. it is my privilege to introduce team jefferson. with team jefferson boo! the heckling has already started. come on out, team jefferson. we start with lisa blatt, who heads up [applause] up arnold &eads porter s supreme court practice. sometimes a superstar is just a superstar. lisa is a superstar among superstars. she has argued more cases at the supreme court than any other woman, and she has won 94% of her cases, which is a remarkable record. welcome, lisa. [applause] next up we have in gergen short ian gershengorn. fantasticd such positions as acting solicitor general of the united states for the obama administration and with over 12 oral arguments under his belt is ready to compete today. welcome, ian. [applause] and last, but definitely not least, charles rothfeld. charles is special counsel at mayer brown. he has worked on over 200 supreme court cases in his career, an
speaker@heritage.org. posting our guest today is martin dunlop who served as ronald reagan distinguished fellow at heritage, a conservative movement leader, she serves as chairman of the conservative action project and advocates for heritages american conservation ethics and advances energy and national research policy in general. she served as heritages president for external relations and most recently led our restore america project. we are joining heritage in 1998 she served as secretary of natural resources for the commonwealth of virginia on the cabinet of then governor george allen. she served significant roles in the reagan administration as deputy assistant to the president for presidential personnel, shall assistant director of his cabinet office as well as senior special assistant to attorney general ed meese and at the interior she was deputy undersecretary of the department as well as an assistant director for rick fish and wildlife. join me in welcoming my colle
good afternoon. welcome to the heritage foundation, and our auditorium. we welcome those who join us on our heritage.org web site on all of these occasions, our guests here inhouse we ask that last curtsy to check our mobile devices have been silenced or turned off, and of course for those watching online, you re welcome to send questions or comments at any time, simply e-mail speaker@heritage.org. hosting our guest today is becky norton dunlap the ronald reagan distinguished fellow here at heritage. that s conservative movement leader, she serves arizona chairman of the conservative action project and also advocates for heritage s american conservation ethic and advances energy and natural resources policy in general. she previously served as heritage s vice president for external relations and most recently led our restore america project. before joining heritage she served as secretary of natural resources for commonwealth of virginia and the cabinet of then-governor g