kenneth starr has argued 36 cases before this court and is now a professor of law at pepperdine universitylost him when he answered the call to public service to go into the justice department and become solicitor general of the united states, and he was warren burger's law clerk, and has his own book about the court, "first among equals at." -- "first among equals." paul has passed the 50 mark. he was here when i was a clerk, and is a partner at king and spalding. @@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ great experience because he has been solicitor general of the united states and argued 40 cases before the court. back at the have this experience -- the fact that he has this experience has contributed to that volume. there are things we should not question. but what those things that is not questioned and accepted as authorial is the book on supreme court practice, and it is immensely helpful. i'm going to turn the proceedings over to our contributors. thank you very much for your contributions to the law, and for being here this evening. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, and good evening. i'm