ted olson is a partner in the washington dc office. ted was solicitor general of the united states during 2001 through 2004 and from 1981 until 1984 he was assistant attorney general in charge of the office of legal counsel used a part legal justice and has argued 62 cases before the supreme court and has prevailed in over 75%. lets me say that again,ai 75% of those arguments, remarkable achievement. his cases have involved separation of powers, federalism, voting rights, the first amended, equal protection and due process, sentencing, jury rights, punitive damages, commerce clause , telecommunications, 2000 c presidential election and i think we all remember that one. bush versus gore. campaign finance, same sex marriage, again a civil rights pioneer and other federal constitutional questions i am grateful for all they have done. at the end of that chat justice ginsburg and ted will take a few questions from the audience. without further ado justice ruth bader ginsburg and ted olson. [applause]. >> thank you, james. thank you, luis.ima

without without further to, justice ginsburg and ted olson. [applause]n imagine what >> thank you james and louise. you can imagine what a pleasure this. >> is the microphone working? minus. >> can you hear me? i think someone is in the way of the camera. you can imagine what a pleasure it is for me, and advocate to be able to ask questions of a supreme court justice. [laughter]r] however, i suspect you'll hear her turn the tables on me very soon after we get started. and at the risk of repeating a couple of the things that james said about justice ginsburg i wanted to add a word or two of my own before we start our dialogue, i don't know where the fireplaces, think it is behind is james i'm sure felt the toughest thing about introducing someone like justice ginsburg is that it is tempting to say either too much because she has accomplished so much and has led a such a distinguished life in our society and our culture or too little because you already know who she is and what she has done and you're here to hear from her and not for me. but i

without further ado justice ginsburg and ted olson. [applause] >> thank you james and thank you louise. you can imagine what a pleasure it is -- pardon? >> is the microphone working? >> can you hear me? you can imagine what a pleasure it is for me an advocate to be able to ask questions of a supreme court justice. [laughter] however i suspect you will hear her turn the tables on me very soon after we get started. and at the risk of repeating a couple things that james said about justice ginsburg i want to add a word or two of my own before we start our dialogue. i don't know where the fireplace is. [laughter] as james m. sure felt the toughest thing about introducing some unlike justice ginsburg is tempting to say either too much because she has accomplished so much and has led such a distinguished life in our society and our culture or too little because you are do you know who she is and what she has done and you are here to hear from her and not from me. i can't resist the opportunity to say a couple of words about this remarkable w

the memorial lecture series started shortly after 9/11 with ted olson's inaugural election. lecture that reminded us how to be an american and how legal tradition is a critical part of our identities. ted and barbara understood this connection. we want the lecture series to remind lawyers of that so they foster principles that expand freedom and the rule of law. other lecturers have included the man who this convention is honoring, justice scalia, judges -- chief justice roberts edith , jones, former attorney general michael mukasey, peter teal, and senator tom cotton. that brings us to today's lecture. it will be my honor to introduce senator ben sasse. after graduating from harvard college where he went on a wrestling scholarship and earned a history phd at yale. he worked for private equity firms before becoming the president of midland university which he pulled out of difficult financial straits. then he ran for the senate. since he has been elected senator, he has not only done a couple of things that i will mention quickly, but he is also -- has also moonlighted. he ha

ted olson is a partnerthe un in the washington office is. he was solicitor general of the united states during 2001 to may 2004 from 1981 until 84 he was assistant general in charge of the office of legal counsel. he has argued 62 cases before the supreme court and has prevailed in over 75%-- let me say that again 75% of those arguments, remarkable achievement. his cases have involved separation of powers, federalism, voting rights, the first minute, equal protection and due process, sentencing, jury rights, punitive damages, taking property, commerce clause, telecommunications, 2000 presidential election-- i think we remember that one, bush versus gore. campaign finance, same sex marriage, again a civil rights pioneer in other federal constitutional and sagittal questions. i'm grateful for all they have done. at the end of the chat,take a f justice ginsburg and ted will take a few questions from theon audience and you will be able to interact. without further ado justice ruth baderce ginsburg and ted olson. [applause]. >> thank you, james.

and this lecture series started as many of you shortly after 9/11 with ted olson's inaugural lecture which reminds us of what it means to be an american and how our legal tradition is part of the identity. ted was here today and barbara understood this connection. we want the lecture series to remind lawyers of it so they foster legal principles that advance individual freedom, personal responsibility, and the rule of law. other lecturers will include the man of whom this convention is honoring justice scalia, chief justice roberts, vice president chaney, ray randolph, douglas ginsburg, john allison, and senator tom cotton. that brings us to today's lecture. this is my honor to introduce senator ben sass. after earning a history ph.d. at yale, he worked for mckenzie and company and private equity terms before becoming the president of the midland kbrufrt which he pulled out of some very difficult financial straits. then the fifth generation ran for rt senate. he also since he's been elected, senator, he has not only done a couple things that i mentioned quickly. he's also moonlighted.

the memorial lecture series started ted olson's inaugural election. it reminded us how to be an american and how legal tradition is a critical part of our identities. barbara understood this connection. towant the lecture series foster principles that expand freedom and the rule of law. include the man who this convention is honoring, star,e scalia, judges can edith jones, former attorney general michael mukasey, peter teal, and that brings us to today's lecture. it will be my honor to introduce senator ben sasse. after graduating from harvard college, he went on a wrestling scholarship and earned a history phd at yale. he worked for private equity firms before he to president of midland university which he pulled out of difficult financial straits. then he ran for the senate. since he has been elected done a, he has not only couple of things that i will mention quickly, but he is also moonlighted. uber andriven for my understanding is he has a five-star rating. [laughter] [applause] >> in addition to his bio and his driving, i would add that asse, de

the memorial lecture series started ted olson's inaugural election. it reminded us how to be an american and how legal tradition is a critical part of our identities. barbara understood this connection. towant the lecture series foster principles that expand freedom and the rule of law. include the man who this convention is honoring, star,e scalia, judges can edith jones, former attorney general michael mukasey, peter teal, and that brings us to today's lecture. it will be my honor to introduce senator ben sasse. after graduating from harvard college, he went on a wrestling scholarship and earned a history phd at yale. he worked for private equity firms before he to president of midland university which he pulled out of difficult financial straits. then he ran for the senate. since he has been elected done a, he has not only couple of things that i will mention quickly, but he is also moonlighted. uber andriven for my understanding is he has a five-star rating. [laughter] [applause] >> in addition to his bio and his driving, i would add that asse, de

this is not the justice department of robert bork and ted olson and -- >> elliot richardson. >> peoplesubstantial legal backgrounds. >> what was comey -- he was -- in july, what was that? was he being justice roberts, i'm not going to go and -- was he i'm not going to assert myself? >> that's as good a guess as anything. he tried to make both sides happen. pi he tried to lay out a powerful case against hillary clinton that she committed several crimes. he said there was no intent but then pointed out the 33,000 e-mails. >> could you have prosecuted that? >> oh, my gosh, yes. the two main elements to improve intent is destroying evidence. well, she destroyed 33,000 e-mails. and what we call false exculpatory statements. you've got at least 12 lies. how about, i had only one cell phone. she had 13 cell phones and they all disappeared. how could they all disappear unless you've destroyed them? so that evidence is powerful evidence of intent. of setting up the private server in order to evade the ability of either the state department or the public to get access to the place you don't want