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Thank all of our Reagan Foundation trustees, but in particular mr. Ted olson, a driving force behind this celebration. Ted, thank you so much for giving us this opportunity. [ applause ] we will turn to the legacy and discuss the contribution and the ways in which we will continue to see her hand in law and in the civic life of this great country. In 1966, outlining his vision of the creative society, Ronald Reagan advanced an initiative to take judges out of politics and articulated his vision of an ideal judge. He called for judges to be, quote, men with ability, men of honor and men who are...

Good afternoon. Before we moved to the third panel, the Lasting Legacy, i just want to take a moment and thank all of our Reagan Foundation trustees, in particular mr. Ted olson. Thank you for giving us this opportunity. applause throughout todays discussion, we reviewed the Historical Context of Justice Oconnors life and career and captured it significance. We have commented on the jurisprudence and now we will turn to the legacy and discuss the lasting contribution in the ways we will continue to see her hand in law and the civic life of this great country. About 15 years before he nominated...

Host we get to talk about the Supreme Court history for an hour. I want to start by understanding the court today. The way our court is structured and how it has evolved, how does the chief justice in this era wield authority . What tools do they have . Elizabeth the answer to that question is, in this era, as always, the chief justice, first and foremost, is the head and steward of one of our three ranches of government. I think there are some unique spects about that job in the sense that the court is not a political branch. It was deliberately designed not to be. The chief has a difficult j...

Host we get to talk about the Supreme Court history for an hour. I want to start by understanding the court today. The way our court is structured evolved, how does the chief justice in this era wield authority . What tools do they have . Elizabeth the answer to that question is in this era, as , always, the chief justice, first and foremost, is the head and steward of one of our three branches of government. I think there are some unique aspects about that job in the sense that the court is not a political branch. It was deliberately designed not to be. The chief has a difficult job, because,...

Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Thank you, peg. I appreciate that. Im tuajuanda jordan, president of st. Marys college of maryland, the National Public honors college. It makes me smile the say that. I am happy to welcome you to this discussion with the authors of this book. This event is sponsored by the center for the study of democracy here at st. Marys college of maryland and our department of history. The center is a skbroint initiative of the college in st. Marys city, the site of marylands first capital. The centers goal is to promote understanding of democratic values, traditions and i...