The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate, concerning whether the Texas senator’s campaign can sue to challenge federal law for the repaymen…
2,802 viewsThe Supreme Court heard argument in Hollingsworth v. Perry, docket number 12-144, on the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8 law. Nearly 18,000 same-sex couples were married in C…
13,226 viewsFollowing oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry, lawyers for the petitioners spoke to reporters and answered questions on the steps of the Court. …
291 viewsPanelists spoke about the concept of life tenure for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of a fixed term of years or a mandatory retirement age. No other western democ…
345 viewsA panel discussion was held on law and justice policies in the next Administration. Panel members focused on how an Obama or McCain Administration should differ from the Bush Administration…
824 viewsCharles Cooper talked about his support for the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court. Judge Alito was Mr. Cooper’s deputy in the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Depa…
191 viewsThe Institute of Bill of Rights Law, part of the William and Mary School of Law, marked the commencement of the new term of the United States Supreme Court with its 18th annual Supreme Court…
140 viewsSenator Allen and others talked with reporters about pending federal judiciary nominations and Senate Republicans' proposal to preclude filibusters on such nominations. They answered reporte…
55 viewsLegal scholars discussed how U.S. Supreme Court justices have interpreted the Constitution in major Supreme Court decisions, including the application of the Bill of Rights to the states fol…
189 viewsLegal experts and journalists talked about the most recent Supreme Court tem and several decisions made, including those affecting Affirmative Action, a Texas sodomy law, privacy rights, and…
79 viewsLawyers talked about various cases decided in the latest term. Among the topics they addressed were the potential impact of decisions on Affirmative Action, a Texas sodomy law, copyright iss…
116 viewsSubcommittee members heard testimony from a second panel of legal experts on the history and interpretation of impeachment.
583 viewsA press conference was held to announce the founding of Project on the Judiciary, a judicial monitoring group. Members of the advisory panel and others briefed reporters about why they feel …
329 viewsThe Washington College of Law at American University sponsored a panel discussion entitled, “Color-Blindness v. Racial Justice: The Supreme Court’s 1994-95 Term and the Struggle to Define Eq…
153 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…
126 viewsMarcia Greenberger of the National Women’s Law Center and Charles Cooper, Assistant Attorney General during the Reagan Administration, discussed the selection process for attorney general. …
53 viewsLegal scholars spoke in a forum on the impeachment and discipline process for federal judges, in which the regulations involving the removal of federal judges for misconduct in the operation…
456 viewsThe Washington Council of Lawyers sponsored an event on Legal Issues in President Campaign. Senator Joe Biden, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, debated on behalf of the Clinton ca…
234 viewsAs a part of the preview of the Republican National Convention, President Bush’s Supreme Court nominations were reviewed on "America & the Courts". The panel discussed how the president’s Su…
41 viewsThree former clerks to Chief Justice William Rehnquist discussed their experiences clerking for the Supreme Court Judge in Washington, DC. They recounted anecdotes about the Chief Justice to…
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