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Former Senator Lowell Weicker (R-CT) and former Watergate committee staff talked about their work. Senator Weicker served on the Senate Watergate Committee, officially known as the Select Co…

Panelists talked about federal land management in western states, the operational legal theories, and the possibility of transferring control of those lands to the states. Topics included wa…

Witnesses testified at a House Judiciary Committee hearing on whether President Obama had the legal authority to issue executive action changing the country’s immigration laws.

To mark the 40th anniversary of Watergate, Chapman University School of Law hosted a symposium titled “A Commemoration of the Rule of Law.” In this last session, panelists considered Waterga…

June 17th marked the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in that ultimately resulted in President Nixon’s resignation. To commemorate the anniversary, the Chapman University School of La…

June 17th marks the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in that ultimately resulted in President Nixon’s resignation. John Dean - former White House Counsel to President Nixon and a key …

Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal and other legal scholars reviewed the 2010-2011 Supreme Court term. Topics included Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the impact of Justice Elena Kagan, and upcoming ca…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held its fourth day of hearings on the appointment of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens. Witnes…

Panelists talked about the major cases and issues before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2007-2008 term. Topics included Guantanamo Bay detainees, the District of Columbia’s gun ban, and the d…

Legal experts talked about the professional evaluation of judicial nominees made by various organizations for members of Congress. Among the topics they addressed were the criteria by which …

Witnesses testified about the confirmation process and whether judicial nominees needed to affirmatively demonstrate they merit lifetime appointments to the federal bench, or whether the Sen…

The House Judiciary subcommittee heard testimony from members of Congress, legal experts and others on H.R. 351, a proposal to repeal current laws mandating that all registration and voting …

The panelists debated the policy implications of the term limits movement and the prospect for legal challenges.

A panel of professors testified in favor of the nomination. Professor McDonald compared Judge Bork to the “great justices of the past” and found Bork to be of high qualification and mainstre…