to argue from the plaintiffs' side the 26 states, we're going we're going to hear first from tim sandefur, and then for defense from simon lazarus. tim is a principle attorney at the pacific legal foundation in sacramento, california. as the lead attorney in the foundation's economic liberty project he works to protect businesses against abusive government regulation. he's the author of two books both published by the cato institute. "cornerstone of liberty, property rights in the 21st century" and "the right to earn a living, economic freedom in the law" as well as some 40 scholarly articles on the subjects ranging from eminent domain and legal issues of slavery and the civil war. i understand he's joust got an article on shakespeare. so he is truly a renaissance man and unbelievably prolific for someone so young. he's a graduate of hillsdale college and he is also a graduate of the chapman university school of law and he's an adjunct professor of law at the mcgeorge school of law in sacramento. please welcome tim sandefur. [ applause ] >> thank you very much. as you know, most of the at