Here. I spent any evenings on the second floor and listening to the local authors talk about the books. So i really appreciate the invitation. I want to say hi to everybody out there who have not been able to see facetoface, in person. So thank you for tuning in. Obviously i am doubly honored that ron has agreed to speak with me tonight about the book. Go back. We were introduced by a local, years ago. Ron has been very encouraging and helped me quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. Enron of course with a vietnam veteran, most of the book that i wrote is about World War Two veterans and i want to give you a little bit of a background before and i start speaking. Before world war ii, if you are paralyzed, you. Much but no helper as they would be called. Instead the average lifespan of someone would be 18 months of someone wanted in world war i. World war ii was a game changer, the advent of penicillin. In other drugs. They had surgical units are be
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We thought you take this opportunity to be in prime time this week. Were focusing on books related to the Supreme Court. It began its fall session monday october 5th and here are the books we will be showing you tonight. We will begin with Erwin Chemerinsky who has written a book called the case agaist the Supreme Court. After that in the biography on thurgood marshall. And a new book out called sisters is lot about the first to women to serve on the Supreme Court and their relationship. Finally we will visit with the Justice Stephen breyer whose book is out about international what. Would Dash International law. First is Erwin Chemerinsky ti if and the case agaist the Supreme Court from thethinks hl tucson book festival last march. Sure it is actually off. With that i am very pleased to introduce the founding dean of the university of California School of law which the six short years as one of the finest law schools in the country. A prolific scholar a legendary teacher of constituti
Become one of the finest law schools in the country. He is a scholar, legendary teacher of constitutional law and related subject, he himself himself has argued many cases before the United States federal court including the Supreme Court. He is a frequent public commentator issues and perhaps the most gifted translator legalese into plain english. [laughter] which the public oppose him a huge debt of gratitude. Caller. Thank you. Let me start by thanking the tucson festival of books for having me and for all of you for coming it is enormously gratifying for me as an author but to see so many people on a beautiful afternoon coming to hear about the Supreme Court and the constitution is wonderful. [applause] thankyou. I will tell a story that the book begins wi book begins with. I was tearoming a case thatrgera youre very familiar with, buck versus doll. It involves a woman by the namea of carrie buck, as she by allrgl accounts had a normal childhoodw she went to the normal publicrga ph
Will be doing a call in program with cspan said he cannot sign books until 4 00 then he will have a very short window before he passed to catch his flight t consign books from 4 00 through 4 20 p. M. I hope you can catch him then. [laughter] that is at the bookstore attend on the ball at the university of arizona bookstore they are purchased at that location if you are enjoying the festival we encourage you to become a friend of the festival your taxdeductible donation allows to offer programming free of charge learn more about friends of the festival benefits that the information with our at tucson book festival website at of respect for the author and fellow audience members please turn off yourself comes at this time if he thinks you have please double check to make sure it is actually off. With that i am very pleased to introduce the founding dean of the university of California School of law which the six short years as one of the finest law schools in the country. A prolific scho