Choosing and Using Vice Presidents
The subject of this event, sponsored by the University of Virginia, School of Public Affairs ,is CHOOSING THE VICE-PRESIDENT. Several members of a bipartisan national commission partici…
48 viewsThe subject of this event, sponsored by the University of Virginia, School of Public Affairs ,is CHOOSING THE VICE-PRESIDENT. Several members of a bipartisan national commission partici…
48 viewsMembers of the House Rules Committee heard testimony on a proposal to implement a British House of Commons style question period in the U.S. Congress. This would be a time in which members o…
257 viewsDePauw University, in Greencastle, Indiana, sponsored a forum on the American electoral system featuring members of the media, scholars, and elected officials who talked about the process th…
36 viewsThe Federal Communications Bar Association, a group of attorneys specializing in communications law, sponsored a forum investigating the role and applications of the First Amendment througho…
313 viewsThe Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice session of the America Bar Association discussed the impact of Washington lawyers on government policy and legal developments. They also examin…
77 viewsThe Maryland State Bar Association held a discussion entitled “Handling High Profile Cases”
48 viewsThe House Bipartisan Task Force on Ethics held a hearing on President H.W. Bush’s proposal on government wide ethics reform.
74 viewsPanelists discussed the process of appointing U.S Supreme Court Justices. The forum was sponsored by Northwestern University.
365 viewsThe Senate Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing to review the Report of the 1989 Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries.
75 viewsLloyd Cutler discussed his Quadrennial Commission on Legislative, Executive and Judicial Salaries recent report on raising the base pay of members of Congress. He answered viewer questions.
45 viewsPanelists in this roundtable discussion generally agreed that the separation of powers is important to democracy. Justice Antonin Scalia argued that this system prevents any one branch from …
848 viewsSeveral Panelists spoke before the Center for the Study of the Presidency at a forum held in Boston. They spoke about the upcoming transition of the George Bush Presidency.
81 viewsThe Commission on Executive, Legislative and Judicial Salaries held their Quadrennial Salary Review. These reviews, carried out every four years following a Presidential election. The commis…
48 viewsA panel of Bar Association representatives made statements to the Commission on Executive, Legislative & Judicial Salaries for a quadrennial salary review. Among many topics, the panel tal…
64 viewsThe Commission on Executive, Legislative and Judicial Salaries held their Quadrennial Salary Review. These reviews, carried out every four years following a Presidential election. The commi…
34 viewsOn this episode of America and The Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held their 6th Annual Judicial Conference, the “State of the Courts” was talked about. They then …
51 viewsWitnesses testified before the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management about the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. There is a short break during the program and is an inc…
69 viewsPanelists discussed the topic, “Publicly Good, Privately Bad: Does It Make A Difference?” They answered audience questions.
129 viewsMr. Cutler, a former White House Counsel in the Carter administration, testified in support of the nomination. Cutler described Judge Bork as moderate conservative rather than radical. He wa…
310 viewsWitnesses testified on day two of the Antonin Scalia’s confirmation hearing to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
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