region of jackson lewis pc. michael himself is former general counsel of i.c.e. so i'm really looking forward to his opportunity to reflect coming from both the private practice side but also with the government i.c.e. enforcement experience to sort of round out our discussion. so -- we probably messed up the seating order, if not the introduction order. so our plan is to have brief presentations from each of the speakers, with michelle starting us off with the history, background, and basically framing of the issue. then each of the panelists will speak. then we'll have sometime for a roundtable discussion that i'll facilitate so that people can, you know, speak among themselves, respond to some questions that we've prepared. and then we have a good amount of time set aside at the end for question and answer from the audience. i have a housekeeping matter, which is that we have only one mike for the q&a for the audience. so when it comes the time, if you do have a question, we would like you to indicate that you have a question, raise your hand or stand and wait

he's a principal in the region of jackson lewis, p.c. he's former general counsel of i.c.e. so i'm looking forward to his opportunity to reflect coming both from the private practice side and the government side to round out our discussion. so our -- we probably messed up the seating order, if not the --? >> no problem. >> introduction order. our planner is to have brief presentations from each of the speakers. with michelle starting us off with the history, background and basically framing of the issue. then each panelist will speak. then we'll have some time for a discussion that i'll facilitate so that people can talk among therms and we have a good amount of time set aside at the end of question and answer from the audience. i have a housekeeping matter which is that we have only one mike for the q. & a. for the audiences, so when it comes time, if you have a question we'd like you to indicate that you have a question, raise your hand and stand, wait for the mike to come to you and then identify yourself and your company or organizational affiliation before you ask your

legally,s a bigamist, because she was still married to lewis and saying she was married to jackson. the divorce does go through and andrew and rachel do legally 1794.in nearly at the time, it is not that big of a deal outside of lewis robards and a couple of other people. looking ahead 30 years, it is a big deal, when it comes to the presidential election. host: what happened? how did it have an impact on 1828? they used the jackson marriage as one of the angle to try to derail jackson's presidential campaign against adams. rapist marched rachel's smirchedr -- they be rachel's character, calling her a bigamist. it is something that enrages jackson and they have to constantly tell him to let it go. it is not important. focus on the big prize of the presidency. there are times when jackson is ready to fight duels, you know, ready to go back to his youth, when he was a little bit more violent, and do something with clay and others. but his friends convinced him to let it go. it is not that important. host: in your research, how much did john quincy adams, who has an image that does not

and rachel was actually a bigamist legally, because she was still married to lewis and saying she was married to jackson. so the divorce does go through and andrew and rachel do legally marry in early 1794. and at the time it's not that big of a deal outside of probably lewis robards and a couple of other people. but looking ahead 30 years, it is a big deal when it comes to the presidential election of 1828. brian: what happened? how did it have an impact on 1828? mark: in 1828, henry clay who was secretary of state at the time, and john quincy adams who was president, used the jackson marriage as one of the angles to try to derail jackson's presidential campaign against adams. they besmirch rachel's character and her honor by insinuating that she was a bigamist, that she was an adulterer, that she was a whore. if i can use that kind of language. and it's something that enrages jackson and his friends have to constantly tell him, just let it go. it's not that important. you know, focus on the big prize of the presidency. there are times when jackson is ready to fight duels. he's ready to go back to his