Generals office during the Reagan Administration. He went on to serve the Reagan Administration and the george h. W. Bush administration and the department of justice and the office of white House Counsel before spending 14 years in private practice. During this time, he argued 39 cases before the Supreme Court. It is my pleasure to welcome the honorable john g. Roberts, jr, chief justice of the United States. [applause] thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Much. You very i appreciate that. Thank you. You very much for that very warm welcome. I am very pleased that the American Bar Association has invited me to speak on the occasion of the commencement of its year long celebration of the significance of magna cartas eighth centennial. From now until next august, the association will celebrate the meaning and significance of magna carta, both in the United States and in england. The aba will literally build on the past by restoring and rededicating a monument it built in 1957 at r