The Federalist Society held a discussion with legal experts about the upcoming 2020-21 Supreme Court term. Panelists discussed high profile cases, the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a…
287 viewsIn honor of Constitution Day, George Washington University Law School hosted a virtual conversation with U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. They discussed the role of the Constitutio…
912 viewsTimothy Sandefur talked about his book The Permission Society: How the Ruling Class Turns Our Freedoms into Privileges and What We Can Do About It, in which he examines the difference betwee…
2,057 viewsPanelists debated the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. Policy experts discussed whether and to what extent U.S. government housing policy contributed to the crisis, as well as implicatio…
768 viewsThe District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument in Wagner v. FEC. The case concerns three independent contractors with various federal agencies who argued that the ban …
1,121 viewsFormer Solicitor General Kenneth Starr, former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal, Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O’Connor, and others talked about ways the Supreme Court could b…
1,437 viewsLegal scholars previewed the two same-sex marriage cases to be argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on March 26 and 27, 2013. Hollingsworth v. Perry concerned California’s Proposition 8 law,…
862 viewsLaw professor Richard Sander and former New York Times correspondent Stuart Taylor talked about their book, Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts the Students It’s Intended to Help, and Why…
1,008 viewsPanelists talked about U.S. courts and future cases on gun rights. Topics included recent Supreme Court decisions on an individual’s right to bear arms and the right of state and local gover…
1,284 viewsDavid Cole talked about the book he edited, The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable (New Press; September 1, 2009). In his book he collects the memos released by the Justice Departm…
477 viewsLegal experts representing both progressive and conservative perspectives talked about the Supreme Court’s most noteworthy decisions during the previous term and identified emerging trends. …
547 viewsFrank Murray discussed the case before and after the audio tapes of the oral arguments for Raines v. Byrd were played with corresponding courtroom drawings. The case was the first Supreme Co…
326 viewsThe panelists discuss the role of the president’s counsel and described their work at the White House as the president’s top legal advisers. They also answer questions from the audience.
122 viewsThe American Constitution Society convened a panel of experts on the Supreme Court’s recently ended term. Panelists discussed cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court during its 2003-2004 ter…
167 viewsLawyers for the government, environmental groups, and watch dog organizations argued a case involving the disclosure of documents and information relating to Vice President Cheney’s energy p…
573 viewsThe panelists talked about conservative judicial activism. They discussed whether or not a new era of conservative judicial activism was beginning, and the possible implications of such a ph…
538 viewsPublic Citizen Litigation Group Co-Founder & Director Alan Morrison and National Association of Manufacturers Vice President for Litigation Quentin Riegel debated whether a company has the s…
1,127 viewsThis panel of respected legal minds, which was moderated by Dean Kathleen Sullivan of Stanford Law School, discussed the question of technology and its appropriate use in court rooms. Widesp…
143 viewsThe Senate Rules committee heard testimony about several campaign finance reform proposals.
139 viewsAt this meeting of the American Bar Association in Toronto, Canada, this panel discussed the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to deem the Line Item Veto as unconstitutional.
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