i am arthur spitzer. my day job is legal director of the local office of the american civil liberties union but i am here wearing my hat as a volunteer for the d.c. bar. the first thing i need to say as we apologize for the lack of adequate food for which you all paid. i understand that more sandwiches are being made. they will be up shortly and nobody should hesitate to get up and get some food during the program. nobody will mind. annual to the 26th supreme court the view from the press gallery program which is sponsored by the d.c. bar section on courts, lawyers, and the administration of justice. i have a few other preliminaries in addition to food before we begin. importer. to arnold for are hosting us again maybe the eighth or 10th year. and thanks to marcia tucker, their pro bono coordinator for helping to host us and help with all the arrangements. thanks to c-span which is in the back for covering us again this year. you will be able to see the rebroadcast of this program and various odd hours fo

i'm arthur spitzer. my day job is legal director of the local office of the american civil liberties union, but i'm here wearing my hat as a volunteer for the d.c. bar and the first thing i need to say is we apologize for the lack of adequate food for which you all paid. i understand that more sandwiches are being made as i speak and are going to be up shortly and nobody should hesitate to get up and get some food during the program. nobody will mind. so welcome to the 26th annual the supreme court view from the press gallery program sponsored by the d.c. bar section on courts, lawyers and the administration of justice. i have a few other political naers in addition to food before we begin. first our thanks, to arnold importer in whose room we are gathered. they are hosting us again for i don't know maybe the eighth or tenth 84 and thanks to marsha tucker, their pro bono coordinator for helping to host us and help with all the arrangements. thanks to c span, which is in the back for covering us again the

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i'm arthur spitzer. my day job is legal director of the local office of the american civil liberties union, but i'm here wearing my hat as a volunteer for the d.c. bar and the first thing i need to say is we apologize for the lack of adequate food for which you all paid. i understand that more sandwiches are being made as i speak and are going to be up shortly and nobody should hesitate to get up and get some food during the program. nobody will mind. so welcome to the 26th annual the supreme court view from the press gallery program sponsored by the d.c. bar section on courts, lawyers and the administration of justice. i have a few other political naers in addition to food before we begin. first our thanks, to arnold importer in whose room we are gathered. they are hosting us again for i don't know maybe the eighth or tenth 84 and thanks to marsha tucker, their pro bono coordinator for helping to host us and help with all the arrangements. thanks to c span, which is in the back for covering us again the