harold bruff served on the law facultie

host: now it is my great pleasure to welcome harold bruff and peter spiro. you're in for a treat because these two scholars are as good as they come. harold bruff served on the law faculties of arizona state university, university of texas, and gw law school wher

join me in welcoming harold bruff and peter spiro. [applause] peter: thanks, jeff, very much for that gracious introduction. it is really a thrill to have jeff here doing so many wonderful things at the national constitution center. it really is a huge asset to philadelphia. thanks also to all of you for coming today. it is really a delight and a pleasure to engage my old friend hal bruff in a conversation about his very excellent book, which is a real tour de force. i should mention before i forget that hal will be doing a book signing downstairs after our conversation, but hal and i go way back. he was a mentor to me when i was starting out studying the things he is one of the real leaders in in constitutional law. in the field. so, we are going to have a conversation. then i'll prompt hal with some questions, and then we will take some questions from the audience. and so, looking forward to a really terrific hour with you. so, the first question for hal really is, for you, is why you wrote this book. the conventional understanding

join me in welcoming harold bruff and peter spiro. [applause] peter: thanks, jeff, very much for that gracious introduction. it is really a thrill to have jeff here doing so many wonderful things at the national constitution center. it really is a huge asset to philadelphia. thanks also to all of you for coming today. it is really a delight and a pleasure to engage mry old friend hal bruff in a conversation about his very excellent book, which is a real tour de force. i should mention before i forget that hal will be doing a book signing downstairs after our conversation, but hal and i go way back. he was a mentor to me when i was starting out studying the things he is one of the real leaders in constitutional law. in the field. so, we are going to have a conversation. then i'll prompt hal with some questions, and then we will take some questions from the audience. and so, looking forward to a really terrific hour with you. so, the first question for hal really is, for you, is why you wrote this book. the conventional understanding of