for more of the schedule go to booktv.org. d.c. circuit court judge brett kavanaugh spoke recently the heritage foundation about the judiciaries role in maintaining the constitutional separation of powers. he s introduced by former attorney general ed meese. this is one hour. good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. welcome to the heritage foundation center for legal and judicial studies and to our tenth annual joseph story distinguished lecture. as you might imagine the namesake of our lecture is that eminent jurist, joseph story he was remarkable patriot who carried out the founders vision of a constitutional republic. before joining the spring for it quite a career of his own. he was a congressman. he was a state legislator. he was the speaker of the massachusetts house of representatives, and he was also even while he was on the supreme court a professor at the harvard law school. interestingly enough he was also noted as one of the most successful authors of the first