and you all know that ted olson, the noted conservative and member of the supreme court bar is going to be arguing the case in support of daca against the rescission of daca, and it is an interesting, and i have to say somewhat painful discussion. there were what is it, seven separate lawsuits coming out of three different districts, and federal district courts that are consolidated in the supreme court, and states and municipal tis i should add michael mongen who is the solicitor general of california is going to be splitting the argument with ted olson, and with the pending supreme court, and contingent on the supreme court approval, and that is what the respondents have made. and so, this is what happens when our issues get to the supreme court, and nancy moravetz has talked about this topic where we have an entrenched supreme court bar that is not very diverse, and it does not necessarily represent movements and when the movement cases make it for the court, and so there was a pretty fraught discussion i think among, and it is no secret among the various groups of the counsel and

ted olson who defended the case. >> daca was a program announced and administered by secretary napolitano. it made perfect sense to designate individuals who came to this country as children, who have been vetted come have committed no crimes. the government doesn't have the authority or the power or the resources to move with respect to deportation proceedings all the people at my periods of these individuals are the last persons in the world that we want to evict from this country. this policy made perfect sense to everyone. most people realized that. this administration does not want to take responsibility for terminating it, and gave excuse by the attorney general sessions that it was unlawful and, therefore, had to be terminated. that was an excuse that makes no sense. the daca policy was lawful and constitutional, and so the reason why the attorney general and the administration said that they were terminating it because it was unlawful is that they did not want to take ownership of the decisions. they did not want to be responsible or accountable to the people of this country and a

ted olson who defended the case. >> daca was a program announced bisek inistered napolitano -- by secretary napolitano. perfect sense to designate individuals who came as children, y who've been vetted, have crimes.d no the government doesn't have the uthority or the power or the resources to move with respect o deportation hearings for all the people it might. so these individuals are the ast persons in the world that we want to evict from this country. these -- this policy made sense to everyone. most people realize that. not administration does want to take responsibility for erminating if and gave the excuse by the attorney general sessions that it was unlawful and had to be terminated. that was an excuse that made no sense.s no the daca policy was lawful and constitutional. why the e reason attorney general and the administration said that they were terminating it because it unlawful is that they did not want to take ownership of the decisions. they did not want to be responsible or accountable to the people of this country and to all of the individuals involved in this program that th

of the reagan foundation's board of trustees, a partner at ibsen done gibson, dunn and crutcher, ted olson. ted served as solicitor general of the u.s. from 2001-2004. prior to that he served as assistant attorney general and the office of legal counsel at the justice department during the reagan administration from 1981-1984, and as private counsel to president reagan during his second term. ted's commitment to the principles of equality, liberty and justice not only served president reagan, but also helped him carry his legacy into the 21st century. it is his leadership that led to today'is worthy celebration of justice o'connor. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming to the stage mr. ted olson. (applause) >> 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. it is an honor to be with you 38 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. the gover

is something that she did not only in the united states, but aboard as well and she traveled with ted olson who is here, she traveled to asia, she traveled to africa and she met with judges every place that she went and she believed that our judges could be an asset to talk about judicial independence and of course today it may be that there are things that we can learn from judges aboard and i think that she would want to be -- >> you told me she once went toe to toe with some guy in china. >> not in china. it was in bethesda. but it was a judge of the chinese court and she had traveled in china and the judge was quite insistent that in china the supreme people's court had the last word and she was equally insistent that the last word lay with the people's congress. and of course she was correct about that. but she was willing to go toe to toe with the professor from the beijing university. >> and yet she said, ruth, that her -- the single decision she regretted was her -- vote that she regretted, was her vote in a case declaring state laws that barred candidates for judicial elections fro

on the others did is a former solicitor general ted olson, a conservative.e is known, for among other things, arguing the bush v gore case, but he is representing daca recipients in this case, going to be arguing what the trump administration is doing is illegal and in addition, the solicitor general of california, michael will be arguing on that side of the case as well. california is one of the with dacalong .ecipients host: ted olson's cocounsel? recipient.s a daca i understand he will be at counsel table with ted olson today. butt be arguing the case, will, just by his presence, undoubtedly have a pretty dramatic impact. i believe it is the first time anything like this has happened that a daca recipient has been one of the council at the table in front of the supreme court. host: who will be listening inside that courtroom today? host: many -- guest: many daca recipients, i am sure they will have a packed courtroom and there will probably be other top officials. only fits may be 400 people when it is really packed. line stretching out the court for seve

[applause] >> ted olson inaugural lecture reminded of what a means to be an american and how our legal tradition is a critical part of our identity as americans. that reminder remind is perhape crucial today. both ted who is here today and barbara understood this connection. we want the series to remind lawyers of it so they foster legal principles that advance individual liberty and personal responsibility and the rule of law. others lecturers have included justice scalia, chief justice roberts, ice president cheney, judges ken starr, robert bork, ray randall, edith jones, doug ginsburg, jeff sutton and then judge not justice neil gorsuch, also included former attorney general michael mr. casey, from white as counsel don mcgahn, john allison and senators tom cotton in ben sasse. that brings us to today's lecture. it is my privilege to introduce for this year's lecture the honorable william barr, attorney general of the united states. people serve in government from a wide variety of reasons in addition to performing valuable public service. there's power. there's a stepping stone to e

this lecture started as many of you know shortly after 9/11, can you hear better -mark ted olson's inaugural lecture remind you of what it means to be an american and how ourlegal tradition is a criticalpart of our identity as americans . that reminder is perhaps even more crucial today . both ted was here today and barbara understood this connection . we want the lecture series to remind lawyers of it so they foster legal principles advanced individual liberty, personal responsibility and the rule of law and other lecturers have included justice scalia, vice president cheney, ray randolph, edith jones, doug ginsberg, dennis jenkins, jeff sutton and justice neil gorsuch. don mcgann, peter seals, john allison senators tom cotten and ben sasse. that brings us to today's lecture. it is my privilege to introduce the honorable william barr, attorney general to theunited states . peopleserving government for a wide variety of reasons in addition to performing valuable public service . there's power, there's a steppingstone even higher office or the prestige of having had the position and then the

billion recorders taking place in the media circled the wagons, went to court and sued them and hired ted olson'sent was attacking freedom of press, 90 of the committee chairman, press is not allowed in the room whatsoever, the only thing that gets out is what he leaks and what do people leak to the media, that's the headline in the run with the same thing, they don't know what is going on either they only know what they're being told, i have not heard a damn thing about the first amendment or media groups litigating going to court, i don't see the media association jumping up and down, they are fine with it. why are they fine with it? >> i believe far too many people in the washington media have given up journalism and instead taken on the role of advocacy. they don't believe their job is to report on what is happening there trained to shape public opinion to be consistent with their world view. it's where you eat nothing but kale and quinoa were those of us who cling to our bibles and our guns in our fried foods in real america is looked down upon. >> imagine if the shoe was on the other foot.

who has been a lawyer for about three years is going to be allowed to sit at counsel table with ted olsonformer solicitor general of the united states. >> laura: come on. the democrats know drama. they do know how to build -- remember obama with the styrofoam columns during his big night when he won? they know how to produce but at the court it's different. that stuff is not supposed to matter. maybe he's the most brilliant lawyer ever in three years -- i wouldn't have wanted to go to the courts three years out of law school but maybe he's super smart, but the bottom line is the way this case has unfolded is very strange, is it not? elaine duke, "the new york times" writing today was the acting secretary of homeland security. she didn't want her name on the policy rationales put forth by jeff sessions or steven miller who argued the program and encouraged new waves of illegal immigration. her refusal to site their policy objections is at the whaert of what they're saying is a major waebs in the government's case defending the -- is a major weakness in the government's case. do you buy tha

olson mario lecture. i have had the privilege of being friends with ted since we first met in the reagan administration and ted was head of the office of legal counsel and had the privilege of knowing barbara and had great affection for her and i miss her brilliance and ebullient and it's a real privilege for me too participate in this lecture of a way of honoring barbara. i was trying to figure out what would be inappropriate speech to give here at the federal society and i was having difficulty i thought maybe the notre dame speech had done so well i was just going to do it again. [applause] but recognizing that this year's annual convention is a regionalism, the theme, which is a fitting choice though i do say it's somewhat unoriginal for the federalist side. i say that because we all know that the federal society has played an historic role in advancing the principles of a regionalism and while other organizations have contributed over the years, certainly the federal society has been in the vanguard. a watershed for the cause was a decision of the american people to staine send warm awake into e white

olson memorial lecture. i here this evening. have had the privilege of being friends with ted since we first met in the reagan administration. ted was head of the of his of legal counsel. -- of the office of legal counsel. i miss barbara's in bullion's d -- barbara's ebullience. i was trying to figure out what would be an appropriate speech to give here at the federalist society. i was having difficulty. i thought the notre dame speech had done so well. i was just going to deliver it again. [applause] but,ney general barr: recognizing that this year's annual convention is a ritualism -- -- is originalism, the theme of it, is an original choice. it is not unoriginal for the federalist society. we know the federalist society has played an historic role in advancing the principles of originalism. while other organizations have contributed, the federalist society has been in the vanguard. a watershed for the cause was the decision for the american people to send ronald reagan to the white house, accompanied by his close advisory and the cadre of others who were committed to an originalist approach to the law. i was honored to wo

on the others did is a former solicitor general ted olson, a conservative. he is known, for among other things, arguing the bush v gore case, but he is representing daca recipients in this case, going to be arguing what the trump administration is doing is illegal and in addition, the solicitor general of california, michael will be arguing on that side of the case as well. california is one of the with dacalong .ecipients host: ted olson's cocounsel? recipient.s a daca i understand he will be at counsel table with ted olson today. butt be arguing the case, will, just by his presence, undoubtedly have a pretty dramatic impact. i believe it is the first time anything like this has happened that a daca recipient has been one of the council at the table in front of the supreme court. host: who will be listening inside that courtroom today? host: many -- guest: many daca recipients, i am sure they will have a packed courtroom and there will probably be other top officials. only fits may be 400 people when it is really packed. line stretching out the court for se

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 nominated o'connor, ronald reagan delivered one of his most consequential political speeches at a law day lunch in southern california. in 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 realized his vision. listening earlier today, we have gotten a taste of justice o'connor's remarkable ability and the earnest and decent the with which she approa