so it's my great to welcome ilya shapiro to stage to talk about his book and then he and i will discuss the book. and later after that, we'll invite all of you to ask questions. so, ilya, thank you very much for being. and the podium is now yours. well, i'm delighted to be here. this isn't my first time speaking at aei, but it's my first time speaking since they completely redid this building. maybe it's my first time speaking in this building. actually. i remember the old one and it's an organization whose events i've long attended and whose scholars i've enjoyed interact them with and working with. so thanks very much, jeff and yuval levin, who couldn't it tonight for for hosting me and indeed auspicious that my event in d.c. comes on the third anniversary of the notorious tweet that was the seed for what eventually became this book, lawless. indeed, it was three years ago that news of justice breyer's retirement broke and i was commenting all day in my area of expertise my last book as mentioned, supreme disorder, was about the politics of judicial nominations in the supreme court. i

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so i'm very pleased to have the opportunity to introduce our speaker for today's book event, ilya shapiro, and talk with him about his book, lawless. so first, a few words about ilya