and ted olson, , you know, to ge credit where credit is due, is someone who i think is choice calculated to appeal to as broad a group of justices as possible. .. extraordinarily brilliant lawyers in our movement on this case and i have to express my opinion that i think ted olson is an interesting a brilliant choice in many ways but i also feel some regrets i guess, it wasn't my decision but a little sad that we don't have a movement that we're up there >> you said you're optimistic aboutit . could you tell me why you're optimistic that three or four years ago these same arguments that we now know for conservative judges that will never know about the world because it was atie decision . they probably want to say our power was unlawful, why would you think it's going to be ruled as lawful and not being unlawful? >> obviously supreme court affirmed circuit my 14 4 time. i guess two word answer, a legal realism i think that this case is a political one like many hot button cases in front of the supreme court and i have to believe that there are going to the five justices who have the stom

you probably all know that ted olson, noted conservative and member of the supreme court bar, will be arguing the case in support of daca and against the recision of daca. and it was an interesting -- and i have to say, somewhat painful discussion. there were what is it, seven separate lawsuits coming out of three different district courts that are consolidated in the supreme court. and states and municipalities, i should add michael longin who is the solicitor general of california, will be splitting the argument with ted olson if pending supreme court, contingent on supreme court approval. that's the proposal that respondents have made. this is what happens when our issues get to the supreme court. nancy morrow vets is someone who's talked a will tlot about dynamic where we have a very entrenched supreme court bar that is not very diverse, that doesn't necessarily represent movements when movement cases make it to the court. and so there was a pretty fraught discussion, i think, among, it's no secret, among the various groups of counsel and parties. and ted olson, you know, to give

. >> thank you, ted olson. >> good afternoon, commissioners and president hiland. i'm ted olson and i'm president of the swedish society of san francisco incorporated in 1875 in california, builders and owners of the swedish american hall at 267, also a california resource and they forwarded it to the u.s. registrar. the hall is located at 2168-74 market street. on behalf of our board and members, i thank the planning department and staff for helping us to prepare and for supporting or application for mill's act nomination and approval. at the time of the 1906 earthquake, my paternal graph, grandfather was secretary of this society at their scandinavian hall across from what is the main library, but which and there was under construction for the new city hall. the earthquake demolished the city hall and our city hall so they considered erecting a new city hall in what became the scandinavian sector of our city. my grandfather was a member of the society's construction committee and hired the major architect and once the hall was completed, my maternal grandfather m

ted olson. [applause] ted: thank you, john. and thank everyone of you for being here. everyone that has been involved in this is very, very excited, and we are full of anticipation. 38is an honor to be with you years to the day after sandra day o'connor took her seat as the first woman to serve on the supreme court of the united states. our constitution was adopted september 17, 1787. created,nment had including the supreme court -- it's created, including the supreme court, began functioning in 1789. nearly 200 years later, on this justice sandra day o'connor became the 102nd and first female supreme court justice. think about that for a moment. it took nearly two centuries to put the first woman on the united states supreme court. i was privileged to be in court that day. president reagan was there, members of the cabinet, senators , representatives, justices, and members of the prussian public -- the press and public watched as a commission signed by president reagan, and the oath of office was administered by the chief justice. o'connor was escorted to the bench an

lasting legacy, i want to take a moment and thank all of our reagan foundation trustees, in particular ted olson. thank you for giving us this opportunity. throughout today's discussion, we reviewed the historical context of justice o'connor's life and career and capture it significance. we have commented on the jurisprudence and now we will turn to the legacy and the lasting contribution in the ways we will continue to see her hand in law and the civic life of this great country. about 15 years before he o'connor, ronald reagan delivered one of his most consequential political speeches at a long day lunch in southern california. 1966, ronald reagan advanced an initiative to take judges out of politics and articulated his vision of an ideal judge. he called for judges to be men with ability come up men of honor and men who are fair-minded. when it came to his first nomination to the supreme court, he delivered a nominee who .ealized his vision , we have earlier today gotten a taste of justice o'connor's remarkable ability and the earnest and decent the with which she approached her decency her c

ted olson spoke at thest convention. >> these were students that had been unhappy with the fact thatfelt that their law school education was tilted so strongly to the left, that they were not hearing oppong vws. >> narrator: abortion. busing. protections for criminals. gay rights. the federalist society founders ought the courts had gone too far to the left. >> for years, for decades, the left, as we call them, progressivesa lot in the democrat party, were getting a lot of their agenda passed through the courts. >> narrator: what began as a student group quickly grew, a job network, then a pool of prospective judges, s.pported by powerful conservative don >> the olin foundation in particular, the brad foundation. there's this handful, thiste clof far-right foundations th tons on o money in them. and they start to nurture the fedelist society. >> ...many members of the federalist society... n >>rator: during reagan's presidency, more than half the political appointees of the justice department had ties tome the federalist society, as did all 12 assistant attorney generals. >> i have a

lasting legacy, i want to take a moment and thank all of our reagan foundation trustees, in particular ted olson. thank you for giving us this opportunity. throughout today's discussion, we reviewed the historical context

like ranking member mccaul and representatives pete olson, liz see fletcher and my colleague, ted yow ho, to change all of that with the exposition to provide opportunities act, the expo act, of 2019. our bill does three things. first, it provides authorization for the state department to use funds to build a pavilion for the 2020 dubai world expo so cities in the u.s. like bloomington and houston can compete to be the host city at the 2027 world expo. next, it requires the state department to seek out matching funds from the private sector in order to alleviate the cost burden. finally, it requires a series of reports from the state department which shall contain the following items. one, an estimate of the investment a pavilion could bring to the united states. two, a report on the human rights record of the united arab emirates. and three, ensure all applicable labor laws in u.a.e. are followed in construction of our pavilion. madam speaker, we could not have brought this bill to the floor without help. i'd like to thank speaker pelosi, leader hoyer and leader mccarthy for their su