The Honorable Janice Rogers Brown has served on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit since 2005.  She previously was an Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.  She spent much of her time with the scholars discussing her role as a jurist and the difficulties she sometimes faces in deciding tragic cases, such as those of habitual drug offenders who might otherwise be good people but run afoul of the law because of prior mistakes that have left them addicted.  Beyond the law, she led a stimulating and thought-provoking discussion about the direction in which the country is headed and the role the scholars can plan in protecting American values