please join me in welcoming becky norton dunlop. becky. [applause]. >> thank you very much, john, and lets me add my words welcome to the group we have here today have the heritage foundation. the heritage foundation is an organization, research and education organization that finds its policy roots in the constitution of the united states of america and i think that is a very important point when it comes to having discussions of such as the one we'll have today. we think that if you are on originalist that you don't look too prior court decisions, you look to the constitution. and what does the constitution say and how we should behave and act in this country today. we have a great conversation that we will have today. it's one that we need to have more often these days. given the challenges that we are facing and giving the opportunities that we have. it certainly the two thoroughly timely and it's my privilege to introduce the person who will moderate the discussion today. stand rasmussen. stan and i met through heritage activities and

please join me in welcoming becky norton dunlop. becky? >> thank you very much, john. let me add my words of welcome to the group we have here today on belaugh of the heritage foundation. you know the heritage foundation is an organization, a research and education organization that spines its policy roots in the constitution of the united states of america. that's a very important point when it comes to having a discussion such as the one we're going to have today. we think that if you're an originalist, that you don't look to prior court decisions, you look to the constitution. and what does the constitution say how we should behave and act in this country today. we have a great conversation that we're going to have today. it is one that we need to have more often these days given the challenges that we're facing and given the opportunities that we have. it's certainly particularly timely and it is my privilege to introduce the person who's going to moderate the discussion today, stan rasmussen from the sotherland foundation. they've been very active in the policy di