Marriage Equality
Member from the LGBT community talked about their personnel experiences in the fight for marriage equality and transsgender rights, and the ongoing struggles to gain full rights and protecti…
945 viewsMember from the LGBT community talked about their personnel experiences in the fight for marriage equality and transsgender rights, and the ongoing struggles to gain full rights and protecti…
945 viewsLegal experts reviewed key decisions of the 2015-16 Supreme Court term and examined how the court functioned with eight justices following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Topics include…
778 viewsLegal analysts compared the use of executive power by the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, particularly in the areas of war powers and national security. They discussed the use of d…
488 viewsFormer Solicitor General Theodore Olson and Former Acting Solicitor General Walter Dellinger gave an overview of the cases before the Supreme Court during the 2012-13 term. Cases discussed i…
302 viewsThe Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC, docket number 10-553. The case focused on on whether a teacher at a religious elementa…
1,211 viewsConstitutional scholars and attorneys previewed the upcoming Supreme Court term. Among the topics they addressed were cases involving Federal Communications Commission decency rules, the con…
486 viewsFormer U.S. solicitor generals and legal scholars Theodore Olson and Walter Dellinger talked about the current Supreme Court term.
247 viewsWitnesses testified about the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law. The hearing took place two days after U.S. District Court judge Roger Vinson ruled the law was unconstitutional. …
29,077 viewsLegal experts talked about the 2009-2010 Supreme Court term. They focused on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and the future of campaign finance law, as well as the future of g…
630 viewsLegal scholars spoke about the future of the Supreme Court and potential issues for the court in 2020. Among teh topics they addressed were business and economic law, federalism, and social …
273 viewsPanelists talked about the major cases heard and decided during the 2008-2009 Supreme Court term. They also responded to questions from audience members. Topics included the nomination of Ju…
212 viewsAt a conference on “The Legacy of the Rehnquist Court,” a panel of solicitors general discussed the impact of the Rehnquest Court, the structural Constitution under the Rehnquist Court, and …
301 viewsA panel discussion was held about how the philosophy of federalism has been expressed by the U.S. Supreme Court under Chief Justice Roberts. Judge Sentelle moderated. “Federalism: The R…
413 viewsThe panel talked about the impact of the presidency on the Supreme Court. They focused on the results of the 2008 Presidential Election and the role that the winner would play in changing th…
117 viewsU.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was joined in conversation about standards of excellence in legal reasoning and how the law’s coherence is principally advanced or impeded in opinion …
701 viewsRepresentatives of the District of Columbia and Mr. Heller and his attorneys spoke to reporters separately. They answered reporters' questions about details of the two sides of the Second Am…
1,614 viewsA panel of Supreme Court experts talked about the Boumediene v. Bush case scheduled for oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court on December 5, 2007, to decide if the Military Commissions…
158 viewsAs part of the judicial conference, the panelists discussed highlights of the 2006-2007 U.S. Supreme Court term, including the effects of the retirement of Justice O’Connor, the death of Chi…
174 viewsA panel discussion was held on the U.S. Supreme Court term that ended that day. Experts from both a progressive and conservative perspective examined the Court’s most noteworthy 2006-2007 de…
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