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The Seventh Circuit Court reviewed a three-judge panel’s ruling that police can legally detain and search a person whose car is parked illegally. The dissenting judge in the 2-1 decision sai…

Frank Easterbrook, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit, talked about the late Robert Bork’s last book, Saving Justice: Watergate, the Saturday Night Massacre, and Other Adv…

Associate Justice John Paul Stevens made opening remarks at the annual dinner of the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference. He took the opportunity to straighten out the historical record of t…

Chief Judge Easterbrook gave his annual State of the Circuit address to the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference. This luncheon event at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference was held Monda…

Chief Judge Frank Easterbrook delivered his State of the Circuit Luncheon Address highlighting the challenges the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals faced during the past term. Topics included…

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Farmer-Paellmann v. Brown and Williamson, a case involving slavery reparations. The program began with a telephone interview from…

The panelists discussed the use of foreign and international law sources in domestic constitutional interpretation. They responded to questions from members of the audience. Columbia Law …

America and the Courts included: On Thursday, February 16, 2006 Justice Samuel Alito was at the U.S. Supreme Court for a formal investiture as a Supreme Court justice. After the investitu…

Interview with 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Frank Easterbrook. He spoke about some of his past opinions, his personal life and professional life, among other topics.

Attorneys and Legal scholars talked about the role lawyers play in American society and the role they should play in combating social justice. They also talked about the role of fashioning a…

Several judges spoke in a forum during the 1993 national workshop for Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals on the Constitutional separation of powers. The judges discussed the court’s role in…

The forum was called Presidential Lawmaking Powers: Vetoes, Line-Item Vetoes, Singing Statements, Executive Orders and Delegations of Rule Making Authority. The Federalist Society is chaire…

Judge Easterbrook was interviewed about his career, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, what it is like to be a judge, and the recent discussion of judicial salaries.

This is a panel discussion of the Basic Plan of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. The plan, which was adopted by Congress in November 1987, establishes guidelines for all federal offenses. Hen…