fabulous job that i have and i have another special privilege this is -- which is get to introduce peter rubin whom many of us consider to be the father of acs and i would say feeling a little bit of slis rivalry because i thk peteruben will be the father of another child. so i mean, we should congratulate peter and jennifer. now a member of the massachusetts appeals court. a krill justice professor at georgetown university law center and it was there that he led a group of law students, scholars and lawyers and founding acs and beginning to build what has become our vibrant network of progressives, to counter the right-wing legal movement. so i hope you will extend a very, very warm welcome to our founding father, justice peter rub ruben. >> i hope you join me in thanking caroline frederickson and all the ac staff now doing everything to make this such a great convention. it is not often one getion to introduce a living legend. and among those in our shared profession, the law, there's no legend greater than that of our next speaker. i had the wonderful experience for serve exampling for many

i get to introduce peter rubin, who many of us consider to be the father of acs. i feel a bit of sibling rivalry, -- we should congratulate peter. [applause] peter, as we know, is now an eminent member of the massachusetts appeals court. back in 2001, he was a distinguished constitutional law professor at georgetown university. it was there that he led a group of law students, scholars, and lawyers in founding acs and beginning to build a fiber network of progressives to counter the right-wing legal movement. i hope you will extend a very warm welcome to our founding father, just as peter rubin. [applause] >> i hope you'll join me in thanking caroline and all of the staff for everything they have done to make this such a great venture. [applause] it is not often that one gets to introduce a living legend. among those in our shared profession, the law, there's no legend greater than that of our next speaker. i have a wonderful experience of serving for many years on the georgetown faculty with justice ginsburg's late husband. it's a pleasure to introduce her, both b

i and other special privilege, which iif i get to introduce peter rubin, who many of us consider to be the father of acs, feeling a little sibling rivalry, because he will be the father of another child. we should congratulate peter and jennifer hunt. -- and jennifer. [applause] peter is now an eminent member of the massachusetts supreme court. he was a constitutional law and criminal justice professor at georgetown university law center. he led a group of law students, scholars, and lawyers and acs to counter the right-wing and movements. i hope that you will extend a very warm welcome to our founding father justice peter rubin. [laughter] [applause] >> i hope you will then meet in joining caroline and all the staff for everything they've done to make this such a great event. [laughter] [applause] it is not often one gets to introduce a living legend. there's no legend greater than that of our next speaker. i have a wonderful experience of serving for many years on the georgetown faculty would justice ginsburg's late marvelous husband marty and it is a special privilege for me to intr

i get to introduce peter rubin. many of us considered to be the father aof acs. it is a little bit of sibling rivalry. we should congratulate peter and jennifer. [applause] peter is now an eminient member of the appeals court. in 2001, he was a criminal law professor at georgetown university law center. it was there he led a group of law students, scholars, and lawyers in beginning to build what has begun our vibrant network of progressives to counter the right wing legal movement. i hope you will extend a very warm welcome to our founding father, justice peter rubin. [applause] >> i hope he will join me in thanking the staff to make this a great convention. [applause] it is not often one gets to introduce a living legend. among those in our shared profession, there is no legend greater than that of our next speaker. i have have a wonderful experience of serving for many years on the georgetown faculty with many. it is a pleasure to introduce her because of her friendship and longstanding support of acs. she spoke at the convention right here in this room. she hon