briefo offer just a introduction to justice kagan. city,s born in new york she received her undergraduate education at princeton, where she graduated summa cum laude. she then visited oxford as a graduate fellow from princeton, and she earned her master s degree there. she returned to harvard law go, graduated three years later, laude, after being the editor of the harvard review. she worked for the d.c. court of appeals, and later, the supreme court. after her clerkship, she practiced law for several years. abandoned the practice of law at the call of the academy. she spent four years at the university of chicago as a professor of law. then, service to the president. she served as associate counsel to bill clinton and later as deputy director of president s domestic policy county. she began as a visiting decided they they liked her pretty well, so she became a permanent member of the faculty there. she was named dean of the harvard law school. asked bye, she was president o
urhing are asking, melvin ofsky, author of louis d. brandeis: a life, on next. this is about one hour. [applause] justice kagan wears many hats this evening. we are very grateful to justice kagan for being the host of the delightednd we are that justice ginsburg is here as well. this society depends on the justices of the report and they have been most generous. otherwise, we would have to hoste to unable this. thank you for your generosity and support. i do offer just a brief introduction for justice kagan, and she will be introducing our lector or this evening. justice kagan was born in new york city and received her undergraduate education at princeton where she graduated summa cum laude. visited oxford university as the graduate fellow from princeton and she earned her master s degree there. she returned to harvard law school, graduated three years cloudy, after being the supervisor of the madam law review, then distinguished clerkships. she was thurgood marshall
ladies and gentlemen, welcome the president of brandeis university. [applause] ms. lynch: good evening, it brings me great pleasure to welcome everyone. students, faculties, alum, staff, distinct panelists and friends to this remarkable gathering here at brandeis university. i want to welcome in particular some of our special guests. massachusetts attorney general marla healy. [applause] congresswoman katherine clark. [applause] state senators michael barrett, james eldridge, and karen socha. [applause] ms. lynch: state revenues and state representatives david linsky and dave kaufman. [applause] our very own jeannette mccarthy. [applause] counselorscity kathleen mcmenamin and george darcy. [applause] and i want to give a very special warm welcome to a member of our audience, frank brandeis gilbert, grandson of justice brandeis. [applause] our centennial celebration of our namesake, louis brandeis, has to made possible by people too numerous to name. but i must give a spec
nominated boston attorney louis brandeis to the u.s. supreme court on january 28th, 1916. in june of that year, he became the first jewish person to sit on the nation s highest court. he served until 1939. up next on american history tv, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his nomination, a panel including u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader begins fwurg discusses his contributions to american democracy. this program at brandeis university in massachusetts is about two hours. [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome lisa m. lynch, interim president of brandeis university. good evening. it gives me great pleasure to welcome everyone, students, faculty, alums, trustees, staff and distinguished panelists and friends to this remarkable gathering here at brandeis university. i want to welcome in particular some of our special guests, massachusetts attorney general mara healey. congresswoman katherine clark. state senators michael barrett, james e
say the city of detroit needs to work it out with their creditors, are you then ruling out any federal aid of some sort? people and others ask the question of are we going to solve this problem, it has been made clear by local leaders and that leaders, and by us, the broader issue is one that needs to be resolved between the city and its creditors. we will, of course, as we would with any city in this country, work with that city and have a policy discussions with leaders in the city and make suggestions and offer assistance where we can. i think it is important to that the broader issue say, i have as i have several times already today, when the local leaders say the matter of insolvency is one that has to be resolved between the city and its creditors, we concur with that. we are going to work with detroit, moving forward, to help it move forward, but i do not have a specific idea to present to you today. pensionederal guarantee you re asking the wrong person. maybe y