he was the inaugural holder of the griswold chair at the cleveland school of law. he has taught for many years when he has not been abroad, but he has been active also in consulting on the drafting of legislation for the legislature in ohio, on matters ranging from international trade to federalism to fetal heartbeats, and has immersed himself more fully in the life of a law as lived -- i know he has served as an active judge in the municipal court in lakewood, ohio, where he called home. so it has been a grand blending of the arts of rendering justice on the world stage and on the rights and wrongs of ordinary folk in the neighborhood. so would you join me in welcoming a dear friend? [applause] >> good afternoon. good to see you all here. i am starting with a quote of john marshall's. "the government of the united states has been emphatically termed a government of laws and not of men." so he said that in marbury versus madison, preaching the rule of law to his own federalist party, to the fellow justices on the supreme court, to the country, and to thomas jeffers