tonight's lecture is being delivered by professor timothy s. huber. he received his b.a. from the university of miami and his ph.d. in history from the university of florida. he is a chair of the department of history at rhodes college in grandson has my year, riculated this namesake actually. some of you may remember that rhodes college is known within these halls as the alma mater of the late justice ford is. professor huebner is the author and the taney court, justices rulingings and legacy. he is co-editor with the late kermit hall of the second edition of major problems in american constitutional history. currently, he is completing a narrative history of the civil war and american constitutionalism to be published by university of kansas in early 2016. additionally, he serves and i'm happy to say as the associate editor of the supreme court historical society's journal of supreme court history. could continue as professor huebner's accomplishments and publications are many, but that would leave us less time of his words. i hope you will all join me in welcoming prof