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John seigenthaler, author of james k. Polk, howd they talk you into doing a biography on this president . John seigenthaler sr. Arthur schlesinger called me on the phone and said, youre a tennessean. Polk was a tennessean. Why dont you write a biography for this series that times books is doing on the president s . And i said, arthur, i dont have time. Im retired. He said, i want you to do one thing. He said, alan nevins ph has done a paperback that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take the weekend and read it and tell me no. And i read the excerpts from the diary, and i could...

And early 20th century. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, im from atlanta and i currently serve as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society. Im pleased to welcome you to the first lecture in this years silverman series. This year we are examining dissents not majority opinions. A different aspect thereof. Youve already been warned about your cell phones and apple watches and so forth. So i wont repeat that. But you will be in the dog house if it goes off during the period of our evening. I also want to thank this evening our host Justice Stephen breyer who against all odds agreed to...

Sundays Chris Wallace, Eleanor Holmes norton, and lloyd abrams. This is one hour and 10 minutes. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Walter to the news forum. We welcome you tonight to welcome the newseum and the First Amendment and to look to a new chapter in it i would like to look to several of the Founding Partners we have with us this evening, leslie hill and carol, ryan and myra, arthur, and robin. [applause] jan we are also honored to have several trustees in attendance. Shelby, phil, david, jack gutierrez, jack kirschenbaum, john lee, charles, mike regan,rd, john, mike, and barbara wal...

Freedom forum. Tonightme you all here to celebrate the museum and the First Amendment and look forward to a new chapter. I would like to recognize some of the museums Founding Partners who we are so pleased to have with us this morning. [applause] we are also honored to have several of our trustees in attendance coleman, davidke jack kirschenbaum, john lee, charles, peter prichard, mike, john, prichard, mike, john, barbara. [applause] after more than 11 years, the museum will close its doors on pennsylvania avenue at the end of the month. While we are sad, we are also heartened that nearly 10 ...

Ryan and myra arthur and robin. [applause] we are also honored to have several trustees in attendance. Shelby, phil, david Jack Kirschenbaum john lee Charles Peter prichard, mike, john, prichard, mike, john, barbara. [applause] after more than 11 years, the newseum will close its doors on pennsylvania avenue at the end of the month while we are sad we are heartened that nearly 10 million visitors walked through our doors to experience a story of news, the role of the free press in history and the core freedoms of the First Amendment religion speech and petition are applied to their lives every...