mr. minear says it's the 10th anniversary of the publication of your book "my grandfather's son." justice thomas: i forgot about that. judge maggs: i want to ask -- justice thomas: so you're judge maggs now? judge maggs: about a week. justice thomas: i think that's great. [laughter] [applause] justice thomas: just changing the subject. [laughter] judge maggs: justice, you start out the book when you are 9 years old. why is that the place to start our autobiography? justice thomas: well, i had the manuscript to that and terry o is my final editor, just phenomenal human being and editor and musician and he understood. he dug deep within the manuscript and he said, you know you have a great title. i had picked out the title to "my grandfather's son" but he said, you have to explain the title within the first page or two. and he said, i found the explanation buried in your manuscript. and the line is, "i was 9 years old when i met my father," and he said that most people -- wouldn't think of that because ultimately my grandfather is my father. i'm my grandfather's son, not my father's

mr. minear: thank you, jane, for the warm introduction, and thanks to you and the law library of congress for your partnership with the supreme court fellows program and sponsoring this everyone's event. since its creation in 1832 when the great john marshall was still serving as chief justice, the law library has been an important resource and steady friend of the court. we could not ask for a better neighbor than the largest law library in the world, and they're pretty quiet too. [laughter] mr. minear: let me say just a word about the supreme court fellows program and my capacity as its executive director. each year the supreme court fellows commission made up of judges and other legal leaders appointed by the chief justice selects four talented professionals to spend a year within the federal judiciary participating in court administration while engaging in research and other enrichment opportunities. this afternoon's event is the public component of two days of activities in which we celebrate our current supreme court fellows and putting together 45 years of fellows program alumni. o