This morning. There is so much to learn and unpack we are fortunate to be joined by leading scholars and advocates of both sides to help us understand the arguments that we just heard. We will begin with Little Sisters of the poor case the first one argued and it is with great pleasure i introduce our two panelists professor of law at the Scalia School at george mason teaching family law and religion and property law and has written many books including putting childrens interest first and the conscience of theic institution and she filed a brief in support ofli Little Sisters with the petitioners on behalf of women scholars and louises deputy legal director at the aclu and the center for liberty that encompasses the work on womens rights was sexual and transgender rights and freedom of religion disability rights and has been with the aclu since 1982 as written many articles including religious refusal ofos accommodations and she filed a brief in support of the state of pennsylvania on
You but good evening everyone. [laughter] welcome to tonights lecture on one of this countrys most noted perhaps, though many will say noted for the wrong reasons. For generations the name Benedict Arnold has elicited a oneword description for most americans. Traitor. Perhaps we are wrong. Or perhaps partly wrong. Tonight, we will hear the rest of the story. It is a special pleasure to recognize the sponsor of tonights program, she and her husband have been the foremost supporters since the very beginning. It is in fact no exaggeration to say that the program it would not exist as we know it today without the extreme generosity of the chappell family. We are delighted that mary lou and john have joined us from philadelphia as it gives us the opportunity to express our deep appreciation for all that they have done for our program, not just tonight in particular but every night. John and mary lou, will you stand please . [applause] tonights speaker, dr. Joyce lee malcolm, earned her degr
Began to take on my life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . How does it feel to get up in the morning another 300 million americans want to know the state of your health that day . How does it feel . Encouraging. Know,cancer survivors that disease is a challenge. It helps to know that people are rooting for you. It is not universal. When i had pancreatic cancer and 2009, there was a senator whose name i do not recall. He said, i would be dead within six months. That senator is no longer alive. [laughter] [applause] but you cannot remember his name. I do not remember his name. What your current view is that as long as you are healthy and able to do the job, you intend to stay on the court. Is that correct . As long as i am healthy and mentally agile. [applause] Justice Stevens and previously oliver went homes retired when they were 90. We do like to break their record . The first week in july with Justice
So it is important to keep that comparison in mind. Something more extensive on the National Security side than on the criminal side. I want to make that clear theres nothing special. You took a lot of my time. A brief question but a good question. Let me raise one last issue. The solicitor general, donald borrelia, assured the Supreme Court any criminal defendant who was being prosecuted losing evidence directly or indirectly through surveillance authorized by section 702 of the fisa amendment would receive notification of that fact. That kind of notice is essential, and the lawfulness of surveillance. And after mister borrelia made that representation. Is not informing, the defendants when surveillance was used to build a case against them. They have changed since then. Hope it is an easy one for you. The department of justice always in forms, the defendants in the case against them build on evidence gained through 702 surveillance. The standard in the statute is evident, obtained or
Sen. Thillis on behalf of the chair, i will turn to our Witness Panel productions. Our first witness is professor of law at the Antonin Scalia school of law at george mason university. He has published extensively on ip law. Next, mark dean, cofounder of a medical device incubator. Mr. Dean is a coinventor on two hundred 50 issued and pending u. S. Patents. Then we have david jones, executive director of a coalition of innovative hightechnology Companies Like google, intel, microsoft and adobe. Then we will hear from david cap. He is director of the u. S. Patent and trademark office. If you all will stand very briefly so we can swear you in. Do you swear and affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth . Saint thank you all. You may be seated. Thank you Ranking Member tills and members of the subcommittee. In q4 this opportunity to speak with you today about the pressing need for reform of section 1 and why congress shoul