. >> up next, a conversation with former supreme court justices sandra day o'connor and david souter. david mccain, president of the kennedy library foundation, and on behalf of my colleagues and david putnam, i'd like to thank all of you for coming. we count on your support, if you are not already, become a member. please visit our web site jf k library.org for more information. i'd like to thank bank of america which is the lead sponsor, boston capitol, lole institute, and wbur, the wbh network, and c-span. we are honored to have with us tonight retired supreme court justices sandra day o'connor and david souter. they are here to discuss the importance of service. david souter said when he was a boy he learned the lesson of democracy and functions of the three branches of government at town meetings. he called them the most radical exercise of american democracy that you could find. didn't matter if someone was rich, poor, young, old, sensible, foolish, they were governed by fundamental fairness. today when 2/3 of americans can't name the three branches of government, a rebirth of c

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. >> next, a conversation with former supreme court justices, sandra o connor and david soute souter. this is about an hour and 10 minutes. >> on behalf of my foundation colleagues and colleague director, i'd like to thank all of you for coming this evening. we count on your support, and if you are not already, i encourage you to become a member of the library. please visit our website jfklibrary.org for more informationment i want to express particular thanks to the friends and institutions who make this possible. bank of america which is our lead sponsor of the kennedy library forum series, boston capitol, institute, and the boston foundation along with our other sponsors. this forum will be broadcast on the wgbh forum network, and c-span. we are honored to have retired supreme court justices with us here to discuss their shared passion, the importance of civic education. david recalls when he was a boy, he learned the lessons of democracy and the functions of the three branches of government at new england town meetings. he's called those meetings the most radical exercise of ameri