i would also like to say, to briefly introduce our keynote speaker, john inazu. john is the sally d. danforth distinguished professor of law and religion and a professor of political science at washington university in st. louis. he's a graduate of both duke university and of the university of north carolina chapel hill. so this may tell us something about how he's come to live peaceably among people with whom he has deep differences. his scholarship folks on the 1th amendment -- on the 1st amendment's freedom of speech, assembly, religion and related questions of legal and political theory. most significantly for present purposes he's the author of a terrific book, "confident pluralism: surviving and thriving through deep differences." john? >> well, good morning. it's a great pleasure to be with you all today and i'd like to extend my gratitude to the newesum and federal society for having me. these brief introductory comments i'd like to set out the basic idea of confident pluralism and offer tentative reflections on the challenges it confronts today. the need

i would also like to say, to briefly introduce our keynote speaker, john inazu. job is to sally d. danforth distinguished professor of law and religion and a professor of political science at washington university in st. louis. he is a graduate of both duke university and of the university of north carolina at chapel hill. so this may tell us something about how he is, to live peaceably among people with whom he is chief differences. [laughter] his scholarship focuses on the first amendment freedom, on the first amendment freedoms of speech, assembly and religion and related questions of legal and political theory. most significantly for present purposes he is the author of a terrific book, "confident pluralism: surviving and thriving through deep difference." john? [applause] >> well, good morning. it's a great pleasure to be with you all today, and i like to extend my gratitude to both the newseum and the federalist society for having me and sponsoring this event, laurie for moderate to the distinguished panelists who have taken the time to engage with my book and be with us toda

i want to thank the federalist society, the religious freedom center at the newseum and john inazu for the thoughts from his book come and help you have enjoyed the panel. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone. there are books in the back if you would like to have john have a signature in your book. i would please hope you join us in celebrating his great work. thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> the federalist society forum on religious freedom will be available later today in our video library at c-span.org. this done the supreme court taking up related cases. and the three churches challenge to be denied state funding for playground resurfacing and losses from merchants refused to participate in same-sex marriages. president obama and italian prime minister holding a news conference right now after meeting at the white house this morning. live coverage on c-span. >> will you continue with the reform? one last thing this evening, will you bring some wine to the dinner with the president? this is an italian

i would also like to say, to briefly introduce our keynote speaker, john inazu. john is the sally d. danforth distinguished professor of law and religion and a professor of political science at washington university in st. louis. he's a graduate of both duke university and of the university of north carolina chapel hill. so this may tell us something about how he's come to live peaceably among people with whom he has deep differences. his scholarship folks on the 1th amendment -- on the 1st amendment's freedom of speech, assembly, religion and related questions of legal and political theory. most significantly for present purposes he's the author of a terrific book, "confident pluralism: surviving and thriving through deep differences." john? >> well, good morning. it's a great pleasure to be with you all today and i'd like to extend my gratitude to the newesum and federal society for having me. these brief introductory comments i'd like to set out the basic idea of confident pluralism and offer tentative reflections on the challenges it confronts today. the need