supreme court justice john paul stevens. she also helped in the transition -- headed up the role of picking and putting lawyers into the administration, so if you have any be about that, you can see her after the pan. we had a great chance to work together during that time. we were going to have greg craig on the panel tonight. it is tough in the white house counsel's office. he is not yet in witness protection, but he had an unavoidable conflict so he will not be with us this evening, so i regret that. but he is with us in spirit. so let me start. in honor of her role as the former executive director of the american constitution society, i will start with lisa. i want to ask you a two-part question. the first part is, you have been the executive director of the american constitution society and you have now been the white house staff secretary. we know which one is harder. you have to answer which one is more fun. when your done with that, last year i think at this conference, if you ask anyone in the audience, probably eve

sandra day o'connor and john paul stevens were in the dissent and the group that judge sotomayor was associated with filed a brief opposing this parental notification law saying -- quote -- "any effort to overturn or restrict the rights in roev. wade," they opposed any restriction, even allowing participates of a minor child to give parental notification or have parental modification their child would go through a major medical procedure and she took a stand opposed to that parental right that most of the american public, 75% of the american public support that parental right of that notification. she opposed it. according to the "the new york times" -- quote -- "the board monitored all litigation undertaken by the funds' lawyers and a number of the lawyers said miss sotomayor was involved and ardent supporter of the various legal efforts during the time with the group." i'm concerned judge sotomayor will bring this agenda to the court. judge sotomayor has given speeches and written articles promoting judicial activism and the president said "judges should have the empathy to recogni

supreme court justice john paul stevens. she also headed up in the transition the role of picking and putting lawyers into the administration. so if you have a piece about that you can see her about this. [laughter] >> after the panel. but we had a great chance to work together during that time. we were to have greg craig on the panel tonight. you know, it's tough in the white house and the west, particularly over last five and half months. he is not yet in witness protection but he did come up, he had an unavoidable conflict so he will not be with us this evening. so i regret that. but he is with us in spirit. let me start, i'm going to start in honor of her role as the former executive director of the american constitutional society or i'm going to start with lisa. and i want to ask you a two-part question that have nothing to do with each other. the first part is you have been the executive director of the mirkin constitution society, and you have been at the white house staff secretary. we know which one is harder. you h