secretary of state madelinal bright the overarching goal was to create a global community of democratic nations. secretaryal bright's vision became a reality in -- secretary albright's vision became a reality in 2000. this july marks the 10-year anniversary and my resolution honors their achievements over the last decade. the resolution also expresses hope for success at the anniversary conference to be held in krakow this july. the community has always been in important, but in light of the recent tragedy in bold, the significance of this resolution has dramatically increased. the community of democracies has deep ties with poland and polish leaders. the organization was founded in warsaw under the leadership of the then minister of foreign affairs of poland. it was the government of poland that initiated the establishment of a permanent secretariat in warsaw in january of 2009 to strengthen the institution. it is fitting that poland will host the conference. poland has endured much sorrow recently but we know the country and her people will find the resilience to emerge stronger as they have before, following this unimaginable tragedy. this resolution honors those

. >> i served on the united states commission for the empowerment for the poor with madeline albright. we had not many lawyers and reformers from around the world i thought of a bakery. it should be clean. 482 days, 22 government officials. h it's the rule of law. we must learn and understand and defend our own system ss that the rest of the world agrees with us is never done. thank you. >> i do have to say if you like his impression of the english bar is center, you should hear his impression of president reagan. if you have any other questions for justice kennedy, please hold them up. a volunteer will pick them up. it's my pleasure to introduce, a very dear friend. [applause] >> our first two questions come from students at a high school. jo i've always been interested in becoming a supreme court justice one day. i want to know what the pros and cons are >> i mission the practice of law and advicing clients there's a distance. in the course of learning about law, you can always learn more about yourself. that means, you have a lot more to learn. >> i believe we have a second questio