history tv, university of arkansas law eck issor mark killenb introduced by supreme court justice stephen pryor, then discusses dissenting opinions written between 1810 and 1927. >> good evening, ladies and gentlemen. serve as president of the supreme court historical society. i am pleased to welcome you to the first lecture in this year's silverman series. this year, we are examining ,issents, not majority opinions different aspects thereof. you have already been warned about your cell phones and your iple watches and so forth, so will not repeat that, but you will be in the doghouse if it goes off during the period of our evening. i also want to thank this evening our host, justice stephen breyer, who against all odds agreed to come and introduced our speaker this evening on the first day of a busy term. justice breyer is one of the most faithful friends of the society. whenever we have called on him to help us out, he has shown up and done a wonderful job. i want us to thank him for taking time away from his busy schedule on first day of term. i do not want to impose too much on justice brey