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The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Murr v. Wisconsin, a case that concerns when the government must compensate private property owners for land-use regulations that prohibit how a pers…

Harvard Law School Professor Richard Lazarus was interviewed via Skype about Chief Justice John Robert’s approach to opinion writing assignments and other administrative tasks.

Phone lines were open for viewer calls on news of the day. Richard Lazarus spoke via video link about Chief Justice John Robert’s approach to opinion writing assignments and other administra…

A portion of a forum examining upcoming Supreme Court cases was shown. A discussion on recent changes at the U.S. Supreme Court included the retirement of Justice Souter and new Justice Soni…

A portion of a forum examining upcoming Supreme Court cases was shown. The cases previewed included one on Gun Rights, and an Appeal by Former Enron Executive Jeffrey Skilling. The Smithsoni…

Panelists talked about enforcement of federal regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency, global warming, and the Supreme Court case Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency,…

Panelists discussed the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which was handed down the previous day. They also responded to questions from members of the audience. …

The panelists talked about Supreme Court cases involving the Clean Water Act, beginning with the Rapanos and Carabell cases having to do with wetlands. The discussants were involved in argui…

Richard Lazarus was interviewed about the life and career of U.S. Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts, Jr. Mr. Lazarus has been a friend of John Roberts since Harvard Law School and was a …

The Georgetown Law Center hosted a faculty panel discussion entitled, “Exploring the Supreme Court’s Terrorism and Detainee Cases: A Preliminary Assessment of the Rulings.” Panelists examin…

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider legal challenges to the 2002 campaign finance law on September 8. A panel of legal scholars and Federal Election Commission officials discussed the pendi…

During this panel discussion hosted by the Georgetown University Law Center, law professors analyzed cases scheduled to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in the 2001-2002 term. Solicitor Ge…

Participants talked about the conflicts between environmental protection and private property rights. Among the issues they discussed were acquiring private lands, building agreements betwee…

Legal scholars talked about upcoming Supreme Court cases. The cases focused on various issues including on public aid involving private schools, federal directions to states, and campaign fi…