>> the left saw him as a far right extremist. >> liberals were appropriately worried about what robert borkould do if he got on the supreme court. >> among his views, he was against the 1964 civil rights act. >> blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters. >> ted kennedy led the charge against bork. >> robert bork's america is a land in which women would be forced into back alley abortions. >> the women's groups frankly are afraid. they're afraid of you. >> one incendiary example of why, bork had upheld a mandatory sterilization order for women who wanted to work at a chemical plant. >> i suppose the five women who chose to stay on the job on that job with higher pay and chose sterilization, i suppose that they were glad to have the choice. >> those in favor of the bork nomination will vote aye. those opposed will vote no. >> a young joe biden, then chairman of the senate judiciary committee, called for a vote. >> mr. byrd. >> no. >> the noes won. republicans were furious. >> let this trashing go on and let this good man be characterized as some sort of frankenstein's monster without rais

club and we organized a field trip to byu law school when i was in high school to go hear judge robert borkpeak. it was fantastic. activities like that were a good way to make girls like you in high school. [applause] fortunately, i found one in high school. she is here with me. wave to everybody, sharon. [applause] our former president loves, loves sharon. he thinks she is great. i was with him at the white house and he asked a question. i won't bore you with the details, it would take too long and deviate from my speech, but it was a complicated question about the intricate interaction between the constitution and senate rules. it was a strategic question. he wanted to know how he could engage in a particular maneuver and i said, that is fascinating and coincidental. i was talking to one of my staff members about this. to answer your question, i would need a few hours and would need to consult with experts on the senate rules, and i would need a couple of lawyers. and he said, that is fine, you can do that. go talk to johnny. and i realized that is what i was doing the rest of the day. i

robert bork's antitrust paradise and the list goes on. in addition to all of that do you know in the last two years, he sat down with our article one initiative and created a fascinating and educational 16 episode video series focused on article one of the constitution called the constitution line by line. with his steady guidance the series walks audiences through every word of the document and offers his unique reflections as a lifelong admirer and student of the constitution. these videos have been viewed more than 300,000 times. if you haven't watched it yet i invite those of you here in person to check it out and/or many viewers joining us by live stream, you can watch the series, the society's youtube page. we've invited the senator, related to the convention theme, we are delighted he could carve out time to join us. please join me in welcoming the senior senator from the state of utah senator mike lee. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. the absolute first time that ever happened in the city of washington so thank you. i love this

among the speakers were robert bork, antonin scalia and ted olson. president reagan appointed bork and scalia to serve as judges on the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia that here. ted olson already served in the office of legal counsel and the department of justice. about 200 people attended the symposium. and so began the federalist society for law and public policy studies. what started as an organization for law students grew quickly. for my part, i arrived as a first-year student at tulane law school in the fall of 1984. two years after the society's first symposium. as a orientation for first-year students, representatives spoke and encouraged us to become involved in extracurricular activities. most of the student groups like the log review or the student bar association had no overt ideological agenda. one student group clearly did. the president of the new chapter of the national lawyers guild explained its history as a liberal counterweight to what he called the conservative american bar association. [laughter] tha

american exceptionalism, robert bork's antitrust paradox. and the list goes on.n addition to all of that, did yout know in the last two years set down with the article one initiative in create fascinating and educational 16 episode video series constitution line by line. with a steady guidance this series walks audiences through every word of the document and offers his unique reflections lifelong admirer in student of the constitution. these videos have now been viewed more than 300,000 times. if you have not watched it yet, i invite those of you here in person to check it out. and the many viewers who are joining us on lifestream you can watch the series from the federal society's youtube page. this morning we invited the senator to offer remarks related to our convention theme and we are delighted he could carve out time from his schedule to join us. with that please join me and warmly welcoming the senior center from the state of utah senator mike lee. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> that's absolute first time that's ever happened in the cit

moving from antitrust to constitutional law, so that was robert bork, who was not known at the time. he left too, he left he became solicitor general. so i am there with charles reisch, and he begins by going around the room and asking each student why did you go to law school? and he shouldn't be given he would say, no, that is a better answer. he debated each of us about why we went to law school to convince us that we should not be there, and the moral there is that there are no livable lives to be lived in the law. then he moved on and when he was finished with this, egot of volume -- he got a volume and david open up to a particular part and tell us a story. one partner was terribly irascible, he would call he gets into the office and he would berate them and he would yell and get red in the face and great pencils. what happened to him? he had a stroke and died at his desk. there was another sad man who had been passed over for partner , but they kept him on to do our jobs, and one of the duties was to take each young associate to lunch on the associate's birthday, and the club