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What was FDR’s relationship with the Supreme Court he created -- having appointed seven of nine justices -- and did the court reflect his wartime vision? Author Cliff Sloan provided some ans…

Georgetown University law professor Cliff Sloan, author of The Court at War, talked about the civil rights and civil liberties cases taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court during World War II an…

Akhil Reed Amar and Clifford Sloan talked about the background of the 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison, in which the court ruled unanimously that it was the ultimate arbiter o…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Moore v. Texas, which concerns whether Texas' criteria for determining if an intellectually disabled person can be sentenced to death. In 2002, the S…

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens moderated a discussion on the crucial 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison that established a judicial right to review whether legislation i…

President Bush’s two appointments to the Supreme Court were expected to move the Court further to the right. But surprise decisions in the cases of Guantanamo Bay detainees and a convicted c…

Rehema Ellis moderated a discussion about how best to help young people. Topics included the failures of public schools, the changing face of the country, immigration, affirmative action, No…

Guests talked about the life and career of Justice Breyer. During the course of the program several highlights of Justice Breyer’s speeches and interviews were shown.

The Washington Legal Foundation hosted a discussion in which panelists gave an assessment of the Supreme Court’s progress thus far at the mid-point in its term. Attorneys who have clerked fo…

Senators of the Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters heard testimony from White House attorneys concerning the events surrounding the death…

The Senate Whitewater Committee members heard testimony from Clifford Sloan, former associate counsel to President Bill Clinton, and Stephen Neuwirth, an acting associate counsel to the pres…

The two-week long schedule of House and Senate hearings includes several White House officials and Department of Treasury personnel. The administration’s witnesses voluntarily gave up their …

During day two of Whitewater hearings on Capitol Hill, the House Banking Committee met for a second time today to look into certain aspects of the Whitewater investigation. According to guid…