after introductions justice geinsberg spoke for about half an hour. >>> wow, thank you. i know you're very excited about what's to come and i'm excited about this packed room. how fabulous. we know the place to be on friday night in d.c. here we are. i have -- it just seems to be a fabulous job that i have and i have another special privilege this is -- which is get to introduce peter rubin whom many of us consider to be the father of acs and i would say feeling a little bit of slis rivalry because i thk peteruben will be the father of another child. so i mean, we should congratulate peter and jennifer. now a member of the massachusetts appeals court. a krill justice professor at georgetown university law center and it was there that he led a group of law students, scholars and lawyers and founding acs and beginning to build what has become our vibrant network of progressives, to counter the right-wing legal movement. so i hope you will extend a very, very warm welcome to our founding father, justice peter rub ruben. >> i hope you join me in thanking caroline frederickso