![]() ![]() ![]() But you write, "We had prepared for everything, everything, that is, except everything that was actually about to happen." You addressed the House floor where you quoted President Abraham Lincoln. Our preparations had started as far back as May 2020." You were ready for everything, from the bullying of-bullying of state election officials to the possibility of Pence throwing the election into the House of Representatives. And you write on page 112, "By the time January 6th arrived, we had been preparing for the counting of the electors for months. When Tommy took his life, you were putting the final touches on your strategy and what you were going to say during the proceedings to count the electoral votes and the expected objections on January 6th. And the power of his life and what he believed in is what helped guide you through a big assignment you had a year ago tomorrow. Tommy's funeral was on January 5th, actually a year ago today. ![]() CAPEHART: Including you, as I-as I learned in the book. And then Tommy said back to her, as Ali reported to us, well, we only have one Lincoln Memorial, but we all have our own flags, so people can do with their flags what they want. And then Ali said, well, I think Justice Stevens said that allowing someone to desecrate a flag is like allowing someone to desecrate the Lincoln Memorial. And Tommy said, yeah, but what do you think about his dissenting opinion in Texas versus Johnson? Because Tommy said, even Justice Scalia got that right, that you can't put someone in jail for flag desecration, which is just a thought crime. And she started talking about how much she loved Justice Stevens and what a great justice he was. And they were on the way down, and Tommy was just six or seven years old. And Ali was clerking for Justice Stevens, and she took Tommy down to Justice Stevens’ chambers to meet him. I remember, we have a close friend who actually lived in our basement apartment named Ali Nathan, who's now a federal judge. I mean, Tommy was a moral and political and legal philosopher, and he had an extraordinary precociousness of understanding. RASKIN: Well, I describe him as my greatest student and also my greatest teacher eventually, because the pupil certainly surpassed the teacher in so many ways. ![]()
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