please join me in welcoming our joseph story distinguished lecturer for 2017, the honorable brett kavanagh. [ applause ] >> thank you general meese for the kind introduction. i'm honored to be here to deliver the joseph story lecture. as general meese said, joseph story had a profound influence on the american law as supreme court justice and as a skoler and i'm honored to deliver a lecture in his name. i'm particularly honored to be here when i look at the past list of distinguished speakers, my colleague ray randolph who i miss greatly. i will admit that i've not been a regular attendee at the story lecture for the last few years because as john malcolm of heritage knows, every year it seems to fall on the same night as basketball tryouts for the cyo girls basketball team i coach at blessed sackriment school in d.c. and this year i finally pulled rank at senior yort and i moved the team's tryouts back a night. so tonight i am with you. last night i was trying with limited success to get 47 fifth and sixth grade girls to listen to me. i will try not to use my coach voice with you tonight.