Let me take just a moment to talk about what we are attempting to do here in the senate. Exaggeration and hyperbole is the order of the day. Say always reluctant to this truly could be one of the most important things we as members of this committee do. What the world is experiencing today, what the United States is facing today, is one of the most significant challenges that a lot of us will face in our lifetime. The bad news, the really bad possibleit is entirely that it will happen again, and i say this because the experts virus thatt this made the leap from one species can very easily happen again. There are 2000 of these viruses out there. Dohave no idea what they can if they get into a human being. Us they haves tell identified within their ranks about 2000 different viruses. Having said that, we need to want toward, and i stress what i am trying to do with this and what all of us are trying to do, look forward. There are a lot of hearings going on. Theres a lot of hyperbole goin
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Panel and we are each going to say a few words about are quite different roles. Well nathan and i have the same rule. He is trying to steal the 20th century for me and doing a good job. Well have a different roles and back stories. We will talk about that a little bit. Then were going to open it up to questions. Just for starters, this is not what it looks like behind the scenes of back story. In fact, rarely are we in the same place at the same time. I had to Google Nathan to see what he looked like. I talked to him every week even though. Introducing myself. I am a professor at the university of virginia. I cohost back story and i direct the National Fellowship program at the jefferson scholars foundation. My cohost Nathan Connolly is known to most of you as an outstanding scholar. He is the herbert back stir adams chair Herbert Baxter adams at the john hops guns university. The remaking of jim crows south florida. He is also hard at work on a book that is really a deep transnational
Textbooks on the First Amendment and founder and coauthor of the bolick conspiracy, a leading legal blog. And it is wonderful to have him. And a briefs omitted on behalf of the National Womens center, and 68 of the organizations in support of the respondent. Legal director of the National Womens law center, where she oversees the centers litigation efforts. She helped to create the centers legal effort for gender equity, and until august 2017 she served as the predirector for the Civil Rights Division within the u. S. Department of health and human services. Thank you both so much for joining. Thank you so much for having us. Nice to be here. Mr. Rosen we have so much to unpack. What a case this was. Eugene, you filed a brief on behalf of the petitioners, so lets begin with you. And i was it right back up to the first question and i will zip right back up to the first question shes chief Justice Roberts asked. The personnel here is a teacher, and as part of their job they personify chu
And a briefs omitted on behalf of the National Womens center, and 68 of the organizations in support of the respondent. Legal director of the National Womens law center, where she oversees the centers litigation efforts. She helped to create the centers legal effort for gender equity, and until august 2017 she served as the predirector for the Civil Rights Division within the u. S. Department of health and human services. Thank you both so much for joining. Thank you so much for having us. Nice to be here. Mr. Rosen we have so much to unpack. What a case this was. Eugene, you filed a brief on behalf of the petitioners, so lets begin with you. And i was it right back up to the first question and i will zip right back up to the first question shes chief Justice Roberts asked. The personnel here is a teacher, and as part of their job they personify church values. Is that enough to trigger the ministerial exception, in that case . Tell us what chief Justice Roberts was getting at in that q