next to her is rick housman, university of california-irvine law professor and prolific writer on election law. just this morning crack of dawn he sent two more pieces he had just written commemorating bush v gore and probably, rick, your name if we google bush v gore, your name comes up like second with that. along with justice scalia saying, please get over it. and then next to rick is pam carolyn, professor at stanford and co-director of the supreme court litigation clinic. she's also written widely on bush verse gore and like judith, has been in the trenches. most recently as an assistant attorney general in the civil rights division. and then currently whose generously decided to stand in for nelson lund, who had been scheduled and wasn't able to make it, we appreciate you coming because you're probably the person who will most defend the ruling in bush v gore and we need to hear your voice today. he was longtime executive director of the committee for justice and now is executive director for freedom works foundation. he supported many of the republican appointments through the years